Radiant energy inventions 08/09

20090212197 - Large -area pixel for use in an image sensor: A pixel for detecting incident radiation (In) over a large area with high sensitivity and low power consumption. The pixel comprises a semiconductor substrate (1), covered by a thin insulating layer (2), on top of which a dendritic or arborescent gate structure (3) is arranged. The dendritic gate (3) is... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20090212200 - Pixel circuit, electro-optical device of digital driving type, and electronic apparatus: There is provided a pixel circuit that is disposed in correspondence with an intersection of a scanning line and a data line. The pixel circuit includes a pixel electrode, a pixel transistor of a first conduction type that has a control node connected to the scanning line, a first node... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090212199 - Radiation image detection apparatus and manufacturing method of radiation image detector: In a radiation image detection apparatus having a radiation image detector that includes the following stacked in the order listed below: a bias electrode, a photoconductive layer, a substrate side charge transport layer, and an active matrix substrate, the radiation image detector does not include an area adjacent to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090212198 - Method and apparatus for a light fixture having a security light and permanently mounted wall-washing leds: A light fixture (200) comprises a mounting fixture (501) that is configured and arranged to facilitate mounting the light fixture to a mounting surface other than ground along with at least a first light socket (502) and a plurality of permanently mounted light emitting diodes (LED's) (503). The light socket... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090212201 - Method of measuring relative movement in two dimensions of an object and an optical input device using a single self-mixing laser: An optical input device for measuring relative movement between an object (15) and a sensor unit comprising a laser device (3, 5) having a laser cavity for emitting a measuring beam (13, 17) and a respective radiation-sensitive detector (4, 6) for generating a measurement signal representative of changes in... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090212202 - Imaging apparatus for taking images of objects in a plurality of directions and vehicle incorporating the same: The invention relates to an imaging apparatus that is capable of taking images of objects in at least three directions on a single imaging device, has a wide imaging angle of view and can easily be made compact, and a vehicle incorporating it. The imaging apparatus comprises a single imaging... Agent: Richard M. Rosati, Esq. Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090212203 - System for determining an operational state of a mems based display: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an operational state of a MEMS device of a scanner system may be determined. In the event it is determined that the MEMS device is possibly operating in an unsafe mode, the laser may be turned off and/or the MEMS device may... Agent: Microvision, Inc.

20090212204 - Channel cell system: The present invention provides an improved cold-atom system having multiple chambers such that a first of the chambers includes an atom source. The system also includes an atom trap disposed inside a second of the chambers. A fluidic connection is provided between the first of the vacuum chamber and the... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.c.

20090212207 - Chemical detection system and method using a capacitive trans impedance amplifier: The exemplary embodiments provide a method, system, and device for identifying chemical species in a sample. According to one embodiment, the method, system, and device may include introducing a sample gas into a differential ion mobility device, ionizing at least a portion of the sample gas to generate at least... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090212206 - Mass spectrometric method and mass spectrometer for analyzing a vaporized sample: A mass spectrometric method for analyzing a vaporized sample, comprising the steps of: forcing sequentially generated charge-laden liquid drops to move towards a receiving unit of a mass spectrometer along a traveling path; establishing a concentration gradient for a target analyte so as to permit diffusion of the vaporized sample... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090212208 - Method and apparatus for time-of-flight mass spectrometry: A method and apparatus for time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry. The apparatus improves the ion focusing properties in an orthogonal direction and permits connection with an orthogonal-acceleration ion source for improvement of sensitivity. The apparatus comprises an ion source for emitting ions in a pulsed manner, an analyzer for realizing a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20090212205 - Method of improving signal-to-noise for quantitation by mass spectrometry: Selectivity of a measurement from a mass spectrometer is improved by selecting an extracted ion current window for the measurement after data acquisition. A plurality of mass spectra are acquired over a period of time. A first extracted ion current window is selected and from the plurality of mass spectra... Agent: Kasha Law Llc

20090212209 - Optimization of excitation voltage amplitude for collision induced dissociation of ions in an ion trap: Collision induced dissociation of precursor ions in an ion trap is performed by determining a predicted fragmentation-optimized excitation voltage amplitude based on an indicator of damping gas pressure, such as a damping gas flow rate, and optionally other parameters including precursor ion m/z and an indicator of the Mathieu parameter... Agent: Thermo Finnigan Llc

20090212210 - Mass spectrometer system: This invention describes a vacuum interface for a mass spectrometer system formed from a diverging nozzle. The vacuum interface may be used to transfer a beam of ions from an atmospheric pressure ionisation source into a vacuum chamber for analysis by a mass analyser.... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP Attn: Ip Department

20090212211 - Electron microscope system and method for evaluating film thickness reduction of resist patterns: The invention provides a system for achieving detection and measurement of film thickness reduction of a resist pattern with high throughput which can be applied to part of in-line process management. By taking into consideration the fact that film thickness reduction of the resist pattern leads to some surface roughness... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090212212 - Scanning electron microscope system and method for measuring dimensions of patterns formed on semiconductor device by using the system: The present invention is for providing a scanning electron microscope system adapted to output contour information fitting in with the real pattern edge end of a sample, and is arranged to generate a local projection waveform by projecting the scanning electron microscope image in the tangential direction with respect to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090212213 - Projection electron beam apparatus and defect inspection system using the apparatus: A sample is evaluated at a high throughput by reducing axial chromatic aberration and increasing the transmittance of secondary electrons. Electron beams emitted from an electron gun 1 are irradiated onto a sample 7 through a primary electro-optical system, and electrons consequently emitted from the sample are detected by a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090212214 - Sample inspection apparatus: The invention avoids charge up when creating a focus map for an electron beam apparatus for inspecting a sample. An auto-focus (AF) control apparatus controls to drive an actuator for moving a focus lens of an optical microscope while acquiring a contrast signal from the optical microscope for each of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090212215 - Scanning electron microscope and method of measuring pattern dimension using the same: In dimension measurement of semiconductor pattern by CD-SEM, the error value between dimensional measurement value and actual dimension on the pattern is much variational as it is dependent on the cross-sectional shape of the pattern, and a low level of accuracy was one time a big problem. In the present... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090212216 - Mining methods and apparatus: A method and apparatus for horizon control in a mining operation is provided. Fresh product 3 is cut from a seam 1. The cutting exposes a fresh cut product face 25. The fresh cut product face 25 is observed at a position immediately adjacent a cutter 11. Any temperature contrast... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20090212217 - Scanning imaging device: A Terahertz scanning imaging device for imaging objects where the object is larger than the object to imager distance. The imager comprises scanning elements, sensors, and an image processor. The scanning elements are used to direct radiation to the sensors. Multiple scanning elements and sensors may be used, each scanning... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090212218 - 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

20090212219 - Infrared imaging optical system with varying focal length across the field of view: Provided is an infrared imaging optical system with an advantageously varying focal length across the field of view. More specifically, in a particular embodiment, provided is an inverse telephoto lens group having a field of view on the order of at least two radians. The focal length of the lens... Agent: Polsinelli Shughart Pc

20090212220 - Method and system for measuring and compensating for the case temperature variations in a bolometer based system: A focal plan array system of the bolometer type which comprises: (a) an array of i×j pixel detectors of the bolometer type for sensing scenery radiation; (b) a case which accommodates said array of detectors, said case having a front window that provides exposure to the sensing element of all... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090212221 - Sensor system and support structure: The disclosed system and apparatus for a sensor support structure generally includes a substantially reflective support strut having discontinuous protrusions on the support surface presented to the field of view of the sensor. These discontinuous protrusions may be suitably configured such that ambient thermal radiation is generally reflected away from... Agent: The Noblitt Group, Pllc

20090212222 - Radiation conversion device and radiation image capturing system: A radiation conversion device includes a radiation detection device, which detects radiation having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information, and a battery unit for supplying electrical power to at least the radiation detection device. The battery unit is equipped with at least two batteries,... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090212223 - Radiation image capturing system, apparatus for supplying image capturing instruction information, program, method for supplying image capturing instruction information, and radiation image capturing method: A radiation image capturing system includes a plurality of image capturing apparatus having different specifications for capturing a radiation image of a subject, a plurality of processors having specifications corresponding to the specifications of the image capturing apparatus, for controlling the image capturing apparatus and processing radiation image information acquired... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090212224 - Nuclear imaging scanner with event position-identifying accelerometers: A nuclear medical imaging system has one or more detector units arranged around or that can be swept around a patient bed. Each of the detector units includes an angular orientation-sensing accelerometer. By determining angular orientation of the detector from signals outputted by the accelerometer, the circumferential position of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090212225 - Methods for positive emission tomography (pet) target image segmentation: A method for positive emission tomography (PET) target image segmentation is provided. The method comprises capturing and digitizing image data of a selected target, determining an initial concentration ratio based on an initial source background ratio and an initial volume estimate of the selected target employing a concentration ratio table,... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p.

20090212226 - Space charge dosimeters for extremely low power measurements of radiation in shipping containers: Methods and apparatus are described for space charge dosimeters for extremely low power measurements of radiation in shipping containers. A method includes insitu polling a suite of passive integrating ionizing radiation sensors including reading-out dosimetric data from a first passive integrating ionizing radiation sensor and a second passive integrating ionizing... Agent: Ut-battelle/chicago/bhgl

20090212227 - Activation device for activatable indicators used in product labelling: The invention relates to an activation device for temperature-sensitive and/or time-sensitive indicators for product labelling, said indicators being activated by UV light and said device comprising a UV light source. The device is equipped with a controller/regulator, which can be used to control and/or regulate the irradiation period and/or the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090212228 - Charged particle beam apparatus including aberration corrector: A focused charged particle beam apparatus including an aberration corrector, capable of finding the absolute value of the aberration coefficient at high speed, and capable of making high-accuracy adjustments at high speed. A deflection coil tilts the input beam relative to the object point, and measures the defocus data and... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.c.

20090212230 - Electron beam writing method, fine pattern writing system, method for manufacturing uneven pattern carrying substrate, and method for manufacturing magnetic disk medium: When performing writing on a substrate applied with a resist by rapidly vibrating electron beam in a direction orthogonal to a radial direction of the substrate and X-Y deflecting the electron beam while rotating the substrate in one direction, a long element is written by scanning the electron beam with... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090212231 - Heavy ion radiation therapy system with stair-step modulation: A system for modulating a fan beam for radiation treatment employs shutters that may move rapidly into and out of different beamlets of a fan beam, the shutters having a systematic weighting so that a limited number of shutters may obtain a far greater number of regularly spaced energy reductions.... Agent: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

20090212229 - Projection lens arrangement: A charged particle multi-beamlet system for exposing a target using a plurality of beamlets. The system comprises a first plate having a plurality of holes formed in it, with a plurality of electrostatic projection lens systems formed at the location of each hole so that each electron beamlet passes through... Agent: Howrey LLP-eu

20090212232 - Ion source and ion implantation apparatus: An ion source is to extract a ribbon-shaped ion beam longer in the Y direction in the Z direction and provided with a plasma generating chamber, a plasma electrode which is disposed near the end of the plasma generating chamber in the Z direction and has an ion extracting port... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20090212233 - Maldi chip holder: The invention relates to a holder for a MALDI chip, having a broken corner contour, comprising a first and second respectively accessible bearing surface and a moveable fixing means which interacts with the broken corner contour and which pre-tenses the MALDI chip against the bearing surfaces. The invention also relates... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch Pc

20090212234 - Sterilization device for a stethoscope and associated apparatus: A sterilization device for a stethoscope is provided, comprising a cover member and an ultraviolet light source. The stethoscope includes a chestpiece member having a face portion adapted to contact a patient. The cover member is adapted to operably engage the chestpiece member such that the cover member is movable... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090212235 - Scanning fluorescent reader with diffuser system: A fluorescence detection apparatus includes a support structure attachable to the thermal cycler and a detection module movably mountable on the support structure. The detection module includes one or more channels, each having an excitation light generator and an emission light detector both disposed within the detection module. The excitation... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090212236 - Uv fluorometric sensor and method for using the same: An ultraviolet (UV) fluorometric sensor measures a chemical concentration in a sample based on the measured fluorescence of the sample. The sensor includes a controller, at least one UV light source, and at least one UV detector. The sensor emits UV light in a wavelength range of 245-265 nm from... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20090212237 - Composition for determination of ionizing radiation absorbed dose and use thereof: For providing a composition for ionizing radiation determination that realizes determination of absorbed dose simply in enhanced quantitative manner while avoiding any influences from visible light, ultraviolet rays, etc. with the use of a composition for determination of ionizing radiation absorbed dose being highly responsive to ionizing radiation, there is... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090212240 - Charged particle beam exposure system: A charged particle beam exposure system has a blanking aperture array (31) having groups of apertures (53) controlled by shift registers (75), wherein different inputs (C) to the shift registers influence a different number of apertures. Charged particle beamlets traversing the apertures are scanned across a charged particle sensitive substrate... Agent: Jones Day

20090212238 - Apparatus for ion nitriding an aluminum alloy part and process employing such apparatus: The invention relates to a device for implanting ions in an aluminium alloy part (5), said device comprising an ion source (6) supplying ions accelerated by an extraction voltage, and first means for regulating (7-11) an initial beam (f1′) of ions emitted by said source (6) to form an implantation... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.c.

20090212239 - Charged particle beam apparatus: An assist gas having a very small amount and a uniform concentration is fed by a charged particle beam apparatus, in which a supply amount of gas is intermittently fed by a massflow controller, and gas is passed through a diffusion mechanism connected to the massflow controller, whereby an assist... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20090212241 - Laser heated discharge plasma euv source: A self-magnetically confined lithium plasma which also may have an applied axial magnetic field is irradiated at sub-critical density by a carbon dioxide laser to generate extreme ultraviolet photons at the wavelength of 13.5 nm with high efficiency, high power and small source size.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20090212242 - Microscope system and vs image production and program thereof: A whole specimen image generated in the bright view field observation method is displayed, and arbitrary domains are designated. And the fluorescence VS image of each object of interest is generated by acquiring the shape of microscopic image for every small block which is formed by dividing the inside of... Agent: Gibbons P.c.

20090206234 - Analyzer and use thereof: This invention provides an analyzer for judging whether or not a tangible component is present in a sample in a preparation, and analyzing, if a tangible component is present, the tangible component with efficiency and high accuracy. For this purpose, an analyzer (100) of the present invention analyzes a tangible... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090206236 - Illumination device and display device: An illumination device includes: a light emitting element to be a light source; a light amount detecting means for detecting the amount of light emitted by the light emitting element; a light emitting element drive means for controlling drive current supplied to the light emitting element so that the difference... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090206235 - Method and device for adjusting flash intensity: A flash intensity adjusting device includes an image capturing module, an image-displaying module, a main-image selecting module, an image partition module, a pre-flash brightness-value acquiring module, a flash-intensity calculating module, and a flash derive device. The main-image selecting module is configured for selecting a main image area from the image-displaying... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090206237 - Phototransistor: A photo transistor has an active region (24) spaced from a source (28) by barrier (26). A drain (20) is laterally spaced from the active region (24). Light incident on the active region creates electron-hole pairs. Holes accumulate at the barrier and modulate the effective barrier height to electrons. A... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090206239 - Inspecting method for objective lens driving device and inspecting apparatus for the same: An inspecting method for an object lens driving device including a base, an objective lens, a holder for holding the objective lens on the base, and a drive mechanism for driving the holder so as to move the objective lens in the focus direction, the method comprising the steps of:... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090206238 - Optical substrate for reduced background fluorescence: A new optical substrate design allows a target to be illuminated with minimal illumination of undesired surfaces within the image collection ray path. The non rectangular substrate provide different surfaces through which a target is illuminated and imaged and thereby prevents illumination rays from crossing the substrate surface through which... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090206240 - Optical device and optical system: Provided is an optical device, comprising a plurality of polarizers that are arranged along a propagation direction of incident light; a first phase element that is disposed between the plurality of polarizers and that has a phase lag axis forming a prescribed angle relative to transmission axes of the polarizers... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090206241 - Image sensor: An image sensor that includes a plurality of light detection units and a filter array including a plurality of filters, wherein each filter is disposed on a corresponding one of the light detection units. The filter array includes a first white filter that transmits light incident light on the filter... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090206242 - Film thin waveguides, methods of fabrication thereof, and detection systems: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure, among others, include solid state, thin film waveguides, detection systems including waveguides, and methods of detecting target compounds.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090206243 - Image capturing system and method for the analysis of image data: This application relates to image capturing systems and methods for the analysis of image data.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090206244 - Single track optical encoder: Disclosed are various embodiments of a reflective optical encoder having at least three channels—two data channels and one index channel—disposed along a common axis or single track. The single track configuration disclosed herein permits very high resolution reflective optical encoders in small packages to be provided. In addition, the single... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20090206247 - Adjusting the detector amplification in mass spectrometers: The amplification of secondary-electron multipliers in mass spectrometers is automatically adjusted by generating mass spectra with single ion signals, determining the average value of the peak heights of these single ion signals, and setting the amplification so that the average peak height assumes a desired nominal value. The amplification may... Agent: Patrick J. O'shea, Esq. O'shea Getz P.C.

20090206246 - Detection apparatus and methods: Detection apparatus including an IMS detector (1, 100) or the like has a gas inlet (10) with a gas flow path arrangement (40, 41, 102) by which sample gas is supplied to the detector. In one arrangement two regions (40 and 41) of a gas flow path arrangement are connected... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090206245 - Mass analysis method using fine metal particles: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel mass spectrometry method which overcomes the conventional problems mentioned above, which can analyze at a high sensitivity and high accuracy a chemical reaction on a surface of a self-organized membrane bound to a metal, and which can be... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090206248 - Ion energy spread reduction for mass spectrometer: A method for reducing the energy spread of ions over a specific and limited mass to charge ratio range is disclosed, along with an ion deceleration arrangement for implementing such a method. An electric field, having an electric field strength E is generated by a deceleration electrode arrangement (250). Ions... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090206249 - Shutter and gate valve assemblies for vacuum systems: A shutter and gate valve assembly includes a valve housing that defines a passage therethrough, a valve member having a valve aperture, the valve member movable between a non-operating position that seals the passage and an operating position that aligns the valve aperture with the passage, and a shutter movable... Agent: Varian Inc. Legal Department

20090206250 - Parallel plate electrode arrangement apparatus and method: A system for guiding an ion beam along an axis (Z), comprises at least one section having upper flat plate strip electrodes (Iu, 2u, 3u, 4u and 5u) and lower flat plate strip electrodes (Id, 2d, 3d, 4d and 5d) for producing at least one electric field of substantially symmetric... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090206254 - Composite charged particle beam apparatus, method of processing a sample and method of preparing a sample for a transmission electron microscope using the same: An apparatus is provided that precisely conduct ion beam etching to a sample having the properties of which easily change by electron beam irradiation with no loss of ease of operation and throughput. An apparatus includes an ion beam lens barrel and an electron beam lens barrel, which can observe... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20090206252 - Defect inspection method and its system: A method for enabling management of fatal defects of semiconductor integrated patterns easily, the method enables storing of design data of each pattern designed by a semiconductor integrated circuit designer, as well as storing of design intent data having pattern importance levels ranked according to their design intents respectively. The... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20090206251 - Optical microscopy with phototransformable optical labels: First activation radiation is provided to a sample that includes phototransformable optical labels (“PTOLs”) to activate a first subset of the PTOLs in the sample. First excitation radiation is provided to the first subset of PTOLs in the sample to excite at least some of the activated PTOLs, and radiation... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20090206253 - Substrate inspection method, substrate inspection apparatus and storage medium: In a substrate inspection method, it is inspected whether the metal electrode is electrically connected to the conductive film by radiating electron beams onto a surface of the substrate to detect the number of secondary electrons emitted therefrom. The method includes placing the substrate onto a mounting table; inspecting the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090206256 - Electron beam device: A multi-biprism electron interferometer is configured so as to arrange a plurality of biprisms in an imaging optical system of a specimen. This generally requires a plurality of ports for the electron biprisms in a magnifying optical system from an objective lens onward and also requires electromagnetic lenses, which are... Agent: Brundidge & Stanger, P.C.

20090206257 - Pattern inspection method and inspection apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection apparatus and an inspection method excellent in that high-sensitivity defect detection performance is achieved without causing throughput degradation even if an adequate contrast of a defective region cannot be obtained due to characteristics of an inspected sample. To achieve... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090206255 - Substrate inspection device and substrate inspection method: Provided is a substrate inspection apparatus for inspecting defects of a pattern formed on a laminated structure on a substrate. The laminated structure includes a first and a second layer sequentially formed on the substrate, which have different compositions from each other. The substrate inspection apparatus includes: an electron emission... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090206258 - Electron beam observation device using pre-specimen magnetic field as image-forming lens and specimen observation method: An electron beam observation device includes a mechanism which disposes a specimen at an upstream side in an electron beam traveling direction outside an objective lens, from which an image is transferred under a magnification of ⅕ to 1/30, in addition to an inside of the objective lens in which... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090206259 - Review method and review device: The review method comprises the steps of: performing focal adjustment for a plurality of coordinate positions pre-registered on the coordinate on an object under observation; creating a criterion for focal adjustment based on a focal position at each of the plurality of coordinate positions; setting a focal probe range based... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090206260 - Night vision technology: broad band imaging: The invention is directed to a night vision system that has an illuminator that transmits light towards a target using light outside the visible spectrum. A receive optics focuses an image on a charge coupled device. This system with an ultraviolet illuminator allows the night vision system to view images... Agent: Law Office Of Dale B. Halling

20090206261 - Apparatus and method for analyzing relative outward flow characterizations of fabricated features: An apparatus and method for characterizing gas flow through features fabricated in a hollow part. A pressure regulated cooled gas is applied to an interior of the part to the features fabricated in the part. At the same time, a pressure regulated heated gas is applied to an exterior part... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090206262 - Terahertz detector: A detector for electromagnetic radiation in the range 80 GHz to 4 THz comprises a laser light source (115) an optical modulator (13) arranged to modulate light from the laser light source (11) and a filter system (17) for selecting a defined range of frequencies of the modulated light. The... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090206263 - Terahertz time domain and frequency domain spectroscopy: A terahertz spectrometer having a wider range of terahertz radiation source, high temporal resolution of scanning (<0.0.099 μm or ˜0.3 pico second) over a wider range of scanning (up to ˜100 pico seconds). Also disclosed are exemplary applications of the spectrometer in biomedical, biological, pharmaceutical, and security areas.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090206264 - Infra-red temperature sensor: An infra-red temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of a medium includes a housing; a thermal infra-red sensor element having a predetermined field of view and disposed in the housing; and a diaphragm closing the housing spaced along an axis from and in the field of view of the thermal... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090206265 - Electron bombarded image sensor array device and its manufacturing method: The invention relates to an electron bombarded image sensor array device comprising a vacuum chamber having a photocathode capable of releasing electrons into said vacuum chamber when exposed to light impinging on said photocathode, a photocathode capable of releasing electrons into said vacuum chamber when exposed to light impinging on... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090206266 - Radiation transducer and method to produce a radiation transducer: A radiation transducer has a luminophore layer applied on a substrate, and at least one anti-discoloration substance is applied on the luminophore layer. In a method to produce a radiation transducer a luminophore layer is applied on a substrate, and at least one anti-discoloration substance is applied on the luminophore... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090206267 - Plasma panel based ionizing radiation detector: A radiation detector is formed from a plasma panel that includes a front substrate, and a back substrate that forms a generally parallel gap with the front substrate. X (column) and Y (row) electrodes are coupled by gas discharge events to define one or more pixels. Impedances are coupled to... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090206268 - Method of increasing the conversion efficiency of an euv and/or soft x-ray lamp and a corresponding apparatus: The present invention relates to a method of increasing the conversion efficiency of an EUV and/or soft X-ray lamp, in which a discharge plasma (8) emitting EUV radiation or soft X-rays is generated in a gaseous medium formed by an evaporated liquid material in a discharge space, said liquid material... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090206269 - Method for determining the material composition of a material sample: A Method for determining the material composition of a material sample which emits radiation comprises the following method steps: recording a spectrum of the energy deposited in a detector material by the radiation; determining a first energy deposited in a first energy range, a second energy deposited in a second... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090206271 - Focussing mask: A mask suitable for use with a particle beam source such as ion or electron source for forming features and structures and writing on surfaces of materials. The mask comprising an aperture plate, having a plurality of apertures, and focusing means disposed to underlie the aperture plate. The plurality of... Agent: James D. Stevens Reising Ethington P.C.

20090206272 - Variable-ratio double-deflection beam blanker: The invention provides methods for conjugate blanking of a charged particle beam within a charged particle column using a beam blanker. The beam blanker comprises a first deflector, a second deflector and a blanking aperture, the first deflector being positioned between a gun lens and a main lens, the second... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090206270 - Ion beam apparatus and method for ion implantation: A multipurpose ion implanter beam line configuration constructed for enabling implantation of common monatomic dopant ion species and cluster ions, the beam line configuration having a mass analyzer magnet defining a pole gap of substantial width between ferromagnetic poles of the magnet and a mass selection aperture, the analyzer magnet... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090206273 - Apparatus for measuring beam characteristics and a method thereof: An apparatus and a method for detecting particle beam characteristics are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus may have a body including a first end and second end and at least one detector between the first and second ends. The apparatus may have a transparent state where a portion of... Agent: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Assc., Inc.

20090206274 - Multi-electrode negative ion generator: A negative ion generator includes a multi-electrode device with an emitter for generating a current. A first counter electrode includes an aperture therein with a distal end of said emitter being operatively positioned within said first counter electrode. A second cylindrical electrode includes an aperture therein with the second counter... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090206275 - Accelerator particle beam apparatus and method for low contaminate processing: A system of introducing a particle beam such as a linear accelerator particle beam for low contaminate processing. The system includes an accelerator apparatus configured to generate a first particle beam including at least a first ionic specie in an energy level of 1 MeV to 5 MeV or greater.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090206276 - Fuel activation apparatus for methane gas: There is provided a far infrared radiator capable of highly activating methane gas prior to combustion to thereby attain an enhancement of thermal efficiency at combustion. In a passage of methane gas prior to combustion, there is positioned absorbent material (58) produced by mixing at least carbon with tourmaline as... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20090206277 - Nanoparticles as agents for imaging finger prints: This invention relates to a novel analytical method for detecting prints, for example fingerprints, and to nanoparticles suitable for conducting such methods.... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090206278 - Photo-optical-electronic gas, pressure and temperature sensor: A sensor according to the invention includes a surface having a sensing material that is responsive to a change in an environmental condition when illuminated. An illumination source is positioned to illuminate the surface. A receiver is positioned to receive light emanating from the surface; and a detector detects a... Agent: Venable LLP

20090206280 - Charged-beam exposure apparatus having an improved alignment precision and exposure method: The first charged-beam optical system, which is one of the charged-beam optical systems, detects first marks provided on the chips formed in the wafer. The positions of the chips made in the wafer are calculated from position data about the first marks detected. The charged-beam optical systems detect the second... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090206279 - Method and device for removing particles generated by means of a radiation source during generation of short-wave radiation: A method for removing contaminant particles (14), such as atoms, molecules, clusters, ions, and the like, produced by means of a radiation source (10) during generation of short-wave radiation (12) having a wavelength of up to approximately 20 nm, by means of a first gas (22) guided at high mass... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090206281 - Vapor delivery system useful with ion sources and vaporizers for use in such system: Vapor delivery systems and methods that control the heating and flow of vapors from solid feed material, especially material that comprises cluster molecules for semiconductor manufacture. The systems and methods safely and effectively conduct the vapor to a point of utilization, especially to an ion source for ion implantation. Ion... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090206282 - Method for manufacturing semiconductor device or photomask: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device or a photomask by exposing a pattern while scanning a plurality of deflection regions determined depending on a deflection width of an exposure device on an exposure target with electron beams, enables a computer to execute a step of extracting a first pattern... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090206283 - Electron emission device of high current density and high operational frequency: An electric device operable with a THz-range frequency of the device output is presented. The device comprises a photocathode installed in either one of a diode, triode and tetrode configuration, and is exposed to illumination. In some embodiments of the invention, the device is configured as a diode and photomixing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090206284 - Systems and methods for the detection of orientation features on a material web: This application relates to systems and methods for the detection of orientation features on a material web.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090206285 - Device for analysing composition of contents of a container by measuring absorption: The invention relates to a device for analysing the composition of the contents of a container, characterised in that it comprises spectral analysis means of the contents of the container for measuring the absorption of waves by the container and its contents, and means (50) for providing information relative to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090206286 - System and method for particle stream characterization: The invention relates to a system and method for characterization of a particle flow, for example, for characterization of material for milling, in particular for milled cereals, in a roller frame with a roller passage formed by a pair of rollers whereby the system comprises a withdrawal portion after the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20090206287 - Method and system for testing indirect bandgap semiconductor devices using luminescence imaging: Embodiments of methods and systems for identifying or determining spatially resolved properties in indirect bandgap semiconductor devices such as solar cells are described. In one embodiment, spatially resolved properties of an indirect bandgap semiconductor device are determined by externally exciting the indirect bandgap semiconductor device to cause the indirect bandgap... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090200450 - Burst light receiving power monitor circuit, method, and program: The present invention allows immediate reading of a monitor voltage of a required arbitrary burst cell and provides a burst light receiving power monitor circuit that monitors the monitor voltage of a burst cell, the burst light receiving power monitor circuit comprising: a memory that includes a plurality of areas... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090200449 - Photoelectric conversion device and imaging system: A photoelectric conversion device comprises: a clipping unit including a MOS transistor which has a source connected to a signal line and a drain being connected to a power supply, and the clipping unit clipping an electric potential of the signal line to an electric potential corresponding to an electric... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090200451 - Color pixel arrays having common color filters for multiple adjacent pixels for use in cmos imagers: Image sensors and methods of operating image sensors. An image sensor includes an array of pixels and an array of color filters disposed over the array of pixels such that each different color filter is disposed over multiple pixels. A method of operating an image sensor including an array of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090200452 - Image sensor with buried self aligned focusing element: An image sensor includes an optical sensor region, a stack of dielectric and metal layers, and a buried focusing layer. The optical sensor is disposed within a semiconductor substrate. The stack of dielectric and metal layers are disposed on the semiconductor substrate above the optical sensor region. The metal layers... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090200453 - Optical touch screen assembly: An optical touch panel including a support defining a detection region, an optical illumination assembly including at least two edge emitting optical light guides extending along adjacent portions of the detection region and having ends adjacent to one another and at least one mechanical coupling and optical coupling assembly, at... Agent: Klony Lieberman Lumio Inc.

20090200455 - Cmos aps with stacked avalanche multiplication layer and low voltage readout electronics: An image sensor includes a pixel having a protection circuit connected to a charge multiplying photoconversion layer. The protection circuit prevents the pixel circuit from breaking down when the voltage in the pixel circuit reaches the operating voltage applied to the charge multiplying photoconversion layer in response to the image... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090200454 - Pixel circuit for global electronic shutter: An image sensor formed of an array of pixels, each pixel including a photodiode coupled between a first reference voltage and a first switch, the first switch being operable to connect the photodiode to a first node; a capacitor arranged to store a charge accumulated by the photodiode, the capacitor... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090200456 - Angle selective photo sensor structures for accurate color control, out coupling and background rejection, in led luminaries: The invention relates to an apparatus for measuring light and a luminaire comprising the apparatus. The apparatus measures light from a first light emitting device located in a first position and comprises a light transmissive device having at least three surfaces: a first surface, a second surface and a third... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property And Standards

20090200457 - Automatic cleaning of maldi ion sources: In an ion source that generates ions by matrix-assisted laser desorption (MALDI), ion acceleration diaphragms having apertures though which ions are accelerated and which have become contaminated by matrix material, are cleaned by temporarily heating the diaphragms. During the cleaning process, the sample support plate is moved aside but remains... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20090200458 - Adhering matter inspection equipment and method for inspecting adhering matter: A technology for collecting a granular substance adhering to a baggage with high rate without touching the substance and inspecting whether a dangerous or specific sample material is adhered to the baggage. A method for simplifying or automating such an inspection is also provided. An adhering matter inspection equipment (1)... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090200459 - Analytic spectrometers with non-radioactive electron sources: In an analytical spectrometer in which accelerated electrons are used to ionize analytes, a non-radioactive electron source uses a gas discharge to generate the electrons. The gas discharge is located in a substantially hermetic source chamber and the free electrons in the plasma of the gas discharge are accelerated in... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20090200460 - Ethane implantation with a dilution gas: To implant a carbon-containing species, a gas containing carbon is ionized in the ion chamber. The ionization of this gas will typically produce a number of ionized species. However, many of these resulting ionized species are not beneficial to the desired implant, as they contain only non-carbon atoms. These species... Agent: Nields, Lemack & Frame, LLC

20090200461 - Closed loop control and process optimization in plasma doping processes using a time of flight ion detector: A method of controlling a plasma doping process using a time-of-flight ion detector includes generating a plasma comprising dopant ions in a plasma chamber proximate to a platen supporting a substrate. The platen is biased with a bias voltage waveform having a negative potential that attracts ions in the plasma... Agent: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC

20090200462 - Scanning probe microscope capable of measuring samples having overhang structure: A scanning probe microscope tilts the scanning direction of a z-scanner by a precise amount and with high repeatability using a movable assembly that rotates the scanning direction of the z-scanner with respect to the sample plane. The movable assembly is moved along a curved guide and has grooves that... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090200463 - Charged particle beam device with retarding field analyzer: The invention provides a charged particle beam device to inspect or structure a specimen with a primary charged particle beam propagating along an optical axis; a beam tube element having a tube voltage; and a retarding field analyzer in the vicinity of the beam tube element to detect secondary charged... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090200464 - Tem with aberration corrector and phase plate: The invention relates to a TEM with a corrector (330) to improve the image quality and a phase plate (340) to improve contrast. The improved TEM comprises a correction system completely placed between the objective lens and the phase plate, and uses the lenses of the corrector to form a... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20090200465 - Pattern measuring method and pattern measuring device: A pattern measuring method and device are provided which set a reference position for a measuring point to be measured by a scanning electron microscope and the like, based on position information of a reference pattern on an image acquired from the scanning electron microscope and based on a positional... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090200466 - Thermography camera configured for gas leak detection: A portable thermography camera system (100) renders a video image of a survey scene over a narrow spectral bandwidth corresponding with an absorption band of a gas to be detected in the video image. The camera system forms a scene image onto a focal plane array (108) and generates a... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20090200467 - Automatic image-based volumetric detection of an object in a space: Automatic image-based volumetric detection of an object in a space is achieved based on a combinational characteristic produced by combining a first characteristic of a reference image associated with the space when empty, and second characteristic of a detection image associated with the space at a time when object detection... Agent: Law Offices Of Scott B. Stahl Suite 200

20090200468 - Clip-on infrared imager: A clip-on infrared imager may be coupled and decoupled to an existing night vision system to add infrared imaging to provide a fused image through at least one of the night vision system eyepieces.... Agent: Insight Technology Incorporated Attn: Peter W. Murphy

20090200469 - Alternating row infrared filter for an image sensor: An image sensor includes near-infrared cut filters formed over an array of photosensitive elements in a predetermined pattern. The near-infrared cut filters may be formed over one half of a photosensitive element in a split pixel arrangement, over one half the photosensitive elements in the array, over every other photosensitive... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090200470 - Radiation detection apparatus and radiation image capturing system: A radiation detection apparatus includes a casing, and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information. The radiation detection apparatus further includes a data compression circuit, which compresses... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090200471 - Infrared-detecting element and infrared image sensor using the same: An infrared-detecting element includes: a substrate; a laminated body; an anchor coupling a part of the laminated body with the substrate and supporting the laminated body with a gap above the substrate; and an amplifier provided on the substrate and connected to at least one of the lower electrode and... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090200472 - Thz investigation apparatus and method: Apparatus for measurement of a sample comprises means for generating electromagnetic radiation comprising a photoconductive device, the generating means is arranged to generate an output signal comprising electromagnetic radiation in dependence upon radiation received by the photoconductive device and to transmit the output signal towards a sample space, the apparatus... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090200473 - Method for measuring radon and thoron in air: A novel method for measuring airborne radon and thoron capable of separately measuring radon and thoron with high sensitivity, having a small-sized device structure, and free of the influence from its measurement environment. In the method, by measuring Cherenkov light generated when airborne radon and thoron are adsorbed to an... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090200474 - Low-power positron emission tomography (pet) imaging system: The power consumed by a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging system is substantially reduced by utilizing an analog memory, such as a switch-capacitor analog memory, to sample and store analog values for a number of gamma ray signals so that only the stored analog values that represent pairs of gamma... Agent: Law Office Of Mark C. Pickering

20090200475 - Tensiographic drophead: A tensiographic drophead comprises a quartz body 10 having a terminal surface 18 with a peripheral drop suspension edge 20. A liquid feed bore 14 extends through the body for supplying a liquid to the terminal surface to form a drop 32 whose outer edges are suspended from the suspension... Agent: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Attn: Gregory M Stone

20090200476 - Dosimetry device for verification of a radiation therapy apparatus: The present invention relates to a dosimetry device for verification of quality of a radiation beam in standard and conformal radiation therapy, and for IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) applications. The device includes an active area comprising individual radiation detectors. The active area comprises a limited number of lines of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090200477 - Image reader: In an image reader, if a first and second light sources alternately light-up when a conveying unit conveys an imaging target medium, a visible light data group that is based on a reflected light, of a wavelength inside a visible spectrum, of a first light having a wavelength inside the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090200478 - Imaging detector: A hybrid imaging detector is for detecting ionizing radiation such as X-rays or electron radiation, or other ionizing radiation. The detector has a sensor (10) on a read-out chip (20). The sensor (10) includes a plurality of sensor material layers (12,14) of different materials stacked on top of one another,... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20090200479 - Radiation detection apparatus and scintillator panel: A radiation detection apparatus 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 light, wherein the concentration... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090200480 - Integrated neutron-gamma radiation detector with optical waveguide and neutron scintillating material: An integrated neutron-gamma radiation detector includes a gamma sensing element, a neutron sensing element comprising a neutron scintillating material at least partially surrounded by an optical waveguide material, and a photosensing element optically coupled to both the gamma sensing element and the neutron sensing element. A portion of the gamma... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090200484 - Dual mode gas field ion source: A focused ion beam device is described. The focused ion beam device includes an ion beam column including an enclosure for housing a gas field ion source emitter with an emitter area for generating ions, an electrode for extracting ions from the gas field ion source emitter, one or more... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090200483 - Inner gantry: A system includes a patient support and an outer gantry on which an accelerator is mounted to enable the accelerator to move through a range of positions around a patient on the patient support. The accelerator is configured to produce a proton or ion beam having an energy level sufficient... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090200482 - Method for focusing electron beam in electron column: The present invention relates to a method for improving focusing in an electron column that generates an electron beam. The method for controlling the focusing of an electron beam in according to the present invention reduces the spot size of the electron beam when the electron beam reaches a specimen,... Agent: Park Law Firm

20090200481 - Ion radiation therapy system having magnetic fan beam former: An improved beam forming system for ions used in radiation treatment employs a magnet system of successive quadrupole magnets to convert an ion pencil beam to a fan beam with reduced neutrons production compared with conventional beam spreading techniques using scattering foils.... Agent: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

20090200485 - Method and apparatus for generating ion beam: A device for replenishing ionizable material in a field ionization apparatus is disclosed. The device comprises a heatable reservoir containing the ionizable material, a field ionization electrode structure, and a channel being in fluid communication with said heatable reservoir. The heatable reservoir and the channel are designed and constructed such... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090200486 - Quantum dot-dna-metallic nanoparticle ensemble as fluorescent nanosensor system for multiplexed detection of heavy metals: A first embodiment is a quantum dot-DNA-metallic ensemble that can be used as a fluorescent nanosensor for multiplexed detection of the presence and the quantity of one or more target ions in a single assay. In this design, DNA-functionalized multi-colored quantum dots are used as energy donors and god nanoparticles... Agent: West Virginia University Research Corporation

20090200487 - Methods of altering surgical fiber: The present disclosure relates to methods of altering a surgical fiber by irradiating the surgical fiber with an energy beam such that material is removed therefrom.... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090200488 - Charged particle beam writing apparatus, and apparatus and method for correcting dimension error of pattern: A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a first area density calculation unit configured to calculate a first area density occupied by a pattern of a first dimension in a predetermined region, a first dimension error calculation unit configured to calculate a first dimension error caused by a loading effect,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090200493 - Methods for in situ surface treatment in an ion implantation system: A system and methods are provided for mitigating or removing workpiece surface contaminants or conditions. Methods of the invention provide treatment of the wafer surface to provide a known surface condition. The surface condition can then be maintained during and following implantation of the workpiece surface with a dopant.... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20090200494 - Techniques for cold implantation of carbon-containing species: Techniques for cold implantation of carbon-containing species are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for ion implantation including a cooling device for cooling a target material to a predetermined temperature, and an ion implanter for implanting the target material with a carbon-containing... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP/varian Semiconductor, Equipment Associates, Inc.

20090200495 - Particle-beam exposure apparatus with overall-modulation of a patterned beam: In a charged-particle exposure apparatus for exposure of a target with a beam of electrically charged particles, the illumination system includes a deflector device adapted to vary the direction of incidence of the illuminating beam upon the pattern definition device, the pattern definition device forms the shape of the illuminating... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090200490 - Generating and visualizing an ion beam profile: A method for generating and visualizing an ion beam profile is provided. The method includes specifying an incidence direction of a particle beam, specifying a target region that is to be irradiated by said particle beam, creating an ion beam profile from points that are located on a downstream side... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090200489 - Hermetically sealed housing with electrical feed-in: The invention relates to a hermetically sealed housing with an electrical feed-in. A standard printed circuit board 120 seals against housing 100. The sealing is carried out on a flat side of printed circuit board 120. The printed circuit board contains electrically conducting tracks (130, 132, 134, 136) which make... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20090200491 - Ion implantation method and apparatus: Using a beam current of an ion beam, and a dose amount to a substrate, and an initial value of a scan number of the substrate set to 1, a scan speed of the substrate is calculated. If the scan speed is within the range, the current scan number and... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090200492 - Ion implantation method and apparatus: Using a beam current of an ion beam, a dose amount to a substrate, and a reference scan speed, a scan number of the substrate is calculated as an integer value in which digits after a decimal point are truncated. If the scan number is smaller than 2, the process... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090200496 - Headlamp system including hid and ir illuminators: A headlamp system providing both visible and IR illumination, provided in the same housing and using the same wiring harness as a headlamp system currently in use by the US Military, but instead of utilizing incandescent bulb technology as does the headlamp system currently in use, the headlamp system provided... Agent: Karen Tang-wai Sodini

20090200497 - Beam current calibration system: A charged particle beam device is described. The charged particle beam device includes an emitter adapted for emitting a primary charged particle beam, a specimen location adapted for holding a specimen, from which secondary and/or backscattered charged particles are released on impingement of the primary charged particle beam, a detection... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090200498 - Thickness sensor for measuring the thickness of sheet-like objects: A sensor for measuring sheet-like objects has a contact member and a screening member screening off light from a light source from a section of an array of photo sensitive elements. During an output cycle, output signals representing the light intensities received by the respective photo sensitive elements indicate where... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090200450 - Burst light receiving power monitor circuit, method, and program: The present invention allows immediate reading of a monitor voltage of a required arbitrary burst cell and provides a burst light receiving power monitor circuit that monitors the monitor voltage of a burst cell, the burst light receiving power monitor circuit comprising: a memory that includes a plurality of areas... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090200449 - Photoelectric conversion device and imaging system: A photoelectric conversion device comprises: a clipping unit including a MOS transistor which has a source connected to a signal line and a drain being connected to a power supply, and the clipping unit clipping an electric potential of the signal line to an electric potential corresponding to an electric... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090200451 - Color pixel arrays having common color filters for multiple adjacent pixels for use in cmos imagers: Image sensors and methods of operating image sensors. An image sensor includes an array of pixels and an array of color filters disposed over the array of pixels such that each different color filter is disposed over multiple pixels. A method of operating an image sensor including an array of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090200452 - Image sensor with buried self aligned focusing element: An image sensor includes an optical sensor region, a stack of dielectric and metal layers, and a buried focusing layer. The optical sensor is disposed within a semiconductor substrate. The stack of dielectric and metal layers are disposed on the semiconductor substrate above the optical sensor region. The metal layers... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090200453 - Optical touch screen assembly: An optical touch panel including a support defining a detection region, an optical illumination assembly including at least two edge emitting optical light guides extending along adjacent portions of the detection region and having ends adjacent to one another and at least one mechanical coupling and optical coupling assembly, at... Agent: Klony Lieberman Lumio Inc.

20090200455 - Cmos aps with stacked avalanche multiplication layer and low voltage readout electronics: An image sensor includes a pixel having a protection circuit connected to a charge multiplying photoconversion layer. The protection circuit prevents the pixel circuit from breaking down when the voltage in the pixel circuit reaches the operating voltage applied to the charge multiplying photoconversion layer in response to the image... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090200454 - Pixel circuit for global electronic shutter: An image sensor formed of an array of pixels, each pixel including a photodiode coupled between a first reference voltage and a first switch, the first switch being operable to connect the photodiode to a first node; a capacitor arranged to store a charge accumulated by the photodiode, the capacitor... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090200456 - Angle selective photo sensor structures for accurate color control, out coupling and background rejection, in led luminaries: The invention relates to an apparatus for measuring light and a luminaire comprising the apparatus. The apparatus measures light from a first light emitting device located in a first position and comprises a light transmissive device having at least three surfaces: a first surface, a second surface and a third... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property And Standards

20090200457 - Automatic cleaning of maldi ion sources: In an ion source that generates ions by matrix-assisted laser desorption (MALDI), ion acceleration diaphragms having apertures though which ions are accelerated and which have become contaminated by matrix material, are cleaned by temporarily heating the diaphragms. During the cleaning process, the sample support plate is moved aside but remains... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20090200458 - Adhering matter inspection equipment and method for inspecting adhering matter: A technology for collecting a granular substance adhering to a baggage with high rate without touching the substance and inspecting whether a dangerous or specific sample material is adhered to the baggage. A method for simplifying or automating such an inspection is also provided. An adhering matter inspection equipment (1)... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090200459 - Analytic spectrometers with non-radioactive electron sources: In an analytical spectrometer in which accelerated electrons are used to ionize analytes, a non-radioactive electron source uses a gas discharge to generate the electrons. The gas discharge is located in a substantially hermetic source chamber and the free electrons in the plasma of the gas discharge are accelerated in... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20090200460 - Ethane implantation with a dilution gas: To implant a carbon-containing species, a gas containing carbon is ionized in the ion chamber. The ionization of this gas will typically produce a number of ionized species. However, many of these resulting ionized species are not beneficial to the desired implant, as they contain only non-carbon atoms. These species... Agent: Nields, Lemack & Frame, LLC

20090200461 - Closed loop control and process optimization in plasma doping processes using a time of flight ion detector: A method of controlling a plasma doping process using a time-of-flight ion detector includes generating a plasma comprising dopant ions in a plasma chamber proximate to a platen supporting a substrate. The platen is biased with a bias voltage waveform having a negative potential that attracts ions in the plasma... Agent: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC

20090200462 - Scanning probe microscope capable of measuring samples having overhang structure: A scanning probe microscope tilts the scanning direction of a z-scanner by a precise amount and with high repeatability using a movable assembly that rotates the scanning direction of the z-scanner with respect to the sample plane. The movable assembly is moved along a curved guide and has grooves that... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090200463 - Charged particle beam device with retarding field analyzer: The invention provides a charged particle beam device to inspect or structure a specimen with a primary charged particle beam propagating along an optical axis; a beam tube element having a tube voltage; and a retarding field analyzer in the vicinity of the beam tube element to detect secondary charged... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090200464 - Tem with aberration corrector and phase plate: The invention relates to a TEM with a corrector (330) to improve the image quality and a phase plate (340) to improve contrast. The improved TEM comprises a correction system completely placed between the objective lens and the phase plate, and uses the lenses of the corrector to form a... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20090200465 - Pattern measuring method and pattern measuring device: A pattern measuring method and device are provided which set a reference position for a measuring point to be measured by a scanning electron microscope and the like, based on position information of a reference pattern on an image acquired from the scanning electron microscope and based on a positional... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090200466 - Thermography camera configured for gas leak detection: A portable thermography camera system (100) renders a video image of a survey scene over a narrow spectral bandwidth corresponding with an absorption band of a gas to be detected in the video image. The camera system forms a scene image onto a focal plane array (108) and generates a... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20090200467 - Automatic image-based volumetric detection of an object in a space: Automatic image-based volumetric detection of an object in a space is achieved based on a combinational characteristic produced by combining a first characteristic of a reference image associated with the space when empty, and second characteristic of a detection image associated with the space at a time when object detection... Agent: Law Offices Of Scott B. Stahl Suite 200

20090200468 - Clip-on infrared imager: A clip-on infrared imager may be coupled and decoupled to an existing night vision system to add infrared imaging to provide a fused image through at least one of the night vision system eyepieces.... Agent: Insight Technology Incorporated Attn: Peter W. Murphy

20090200469 - Alternating row infrared filter for an image sensor: An image sensor includes near-infrared cut filters formed over an array of photosensitive elements in a predetermined pattern. The near-infrared cut filters may be formed over one half of a photosensitive element in a split pixel arrangement, over one half the photosensitive elements in the array, over every other photosensitive... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090200470 - Radiation detection apparatus and radiation image capturing system: A radiation detection apparatus includes a casing, and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information. The radiation detection apparatus further includes a data compression circuit, which compresses... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090200471 - Infrared-detecting element and infrared image sensor using the same: An infrared-detecting element includes: a substrate; a laminated body; an anchor coupling a part of the laminated body with the substrate and supporting the laminated body with a gap above the substrate; and an amplifier provided on the substrate and connected to at least one of the lower electrode and... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090200472 - Thz investigation apparatus and method: Apparatus for measurement of a sample comprises means for generating electromagnetic radiation comprising a photoconductive device, the generating means is arranged to generate an output signal comprising electromagnetic radiation in dependence upon radiation received by the photoconductive device and to transmit the output signal towards a sample space, the apparatus... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090200473 - Method for measuring radon and thoron in air: A novel method for measuring airborne radon and thoron capable of separately measuring radon and thoron with high sensitivity, having a small-sized device structure, and free of the influence from its measurement environment. In the method, by measuring Cherenkov light generated when airborne radon and thoron are adsorbed to an... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090200474 - Low-power positron emission tomography (pet) imaging system: The power consumed by a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging system is substantially reduced by utilizing an analog memory, such as a switch-capacitor analog memory, to sample and store analog values for a number of gamma ray signals so that only the stored analog values that represent pairs of gamma... Agent: Law Office Of Mark C. Pickering

20090200475 - Tensiographic drophead: A tensiographic drophead comprises a quartz body 10 having a terminal surface 18 with a peripheral drop suspension edge 20. A liquid feed bore 14 extends through the body for supplying a liquid to the terminal surface to form a drop 32 whose outer edges are suspended from the suspension... Agent: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Attn: Gregory M Stone

20090200476 - Dosimetry device for verification of a radiation therapy apparatus: The present invention relates to a dosimetry device for verification of quality of a radiation beam in standard and conformal radiation therapy, and for IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) applications. The device includes an active area comprising individual radiation detectors. The active area comprises a limited number of lines of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090200477 - Image reader: In an image reader, if a first and second light sources alternately light-up when a conveying unit conveys an imaging target medium, a visible light data group that is based on a reflected light, of a wavelength inside a visible spectrum, of a first light having a wavelength inside the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090200478 - Imaging detector: A hybrid imaging detector is for detecting ionizing radiation such as X-rays or electron radiation, or other ionizing radiation. The detector has a sensor (10) on a read-out chip (20). The sensor (10) includes a plurality of sensor material layers (12,14) of different materials stacked on top of one another,... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20090200479 - Radiation detection apparatus and scintillator panel: A radiation detection apparatus 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 light, wherein the concentration... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090200480 - Integrated neutron-gamma radiation detector with optical waveguide and neutron scintillating material: An integrated neutron-gamma radiation detector includes a gamma sensing element, a neutron sensing element comprising a neutron scintillating material at least partially surrounded by an optical waveguide material, and a photosensing element optically coupled to both the gamma sensing element and the neutron sensing element. A portion of the gamma... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090200484 - Dual mode gas field ion source: A focused ion beam device is described. The focused ion beam device includes an ion beam column including an enclosure for housing a gas field ion source emitter with an emitter area for generating ions, an electrode for extracting ions from the gas field ion source emitter, one or more... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090200483 - Inner gantry: A system includes a patient support and an outer gantry on which an accelerator is mounted to enable the accelerator to move through a range of positions around a patient on the patient support. The accelerator is configured to produce a proton or ion beam having an energy level sufficient... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090200482 - Method for focusing electron beam in electron column: The present invention relates to a method for improving focusing in an electron column that generates an electron beam. The method for controlling the focusing of an electron beam in according to the present invention reduces the spot size of the electron beam when the electron beam reaches a specimen,... Agent: Park Law Firm

20090200481 - Ion radiation therapy system having magnetic fan beam former: An improved beam forming system for ions used in radiation treatment employs a magnet system of successive quadrupole magnets to convert an ion pencil beam to a fan beam with reduced neutrons production compared with conventional beam spreading techniques using scattering foils.... Agent: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

20090200485 - Method and apparatus for generating ion beam: A device for replenishing ionizable material in a field ionization apparatus is disclosed. The device comprises a heatable reservoir containing the ionizable material, a field ionization electrode structure, and a channel being in fluid communication with said heatable reservoir. The heatable reservoir and the channel are designed and constructed such... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090200486 - Quantum dot-dna-metallic nanoparticle ensemble as fluorescent nanosensor system for multiplexed detection of heavy metals: A first embodiment is a quantum dot-DNA-metallic ensemble that can be used as a fluorescent nanosensor for multiplexed detection of the presence and the quantity of one or more target ions in a single assay. In this design, DNA-functionalized multi-colored quantum dots are used as energy donors and god nanoparticles... Agent: West Virginia University Research Corporation

20090200487 - Methods of altering surgical fiber: The present disclosure relates to methods of altering a surgical fiber by irradiating the surgical fiber with an energy beam such that material is removed therefrom.... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090200488 - Charged particle beam writing apparatus, and apparatus and method for correcting dimension error of pattern: A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a first area density calculation unit configured to calculate a first area density occupied by a pattern of a first dimension in a predetermined region, a first dimension error calculation unit configured to calculate a first dimension error caused by a loading effect,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090200493 - Methods for in situ surface treatment in an ion implantation system: A system and methods are provided for mitigating or removing workpiece surface contaminants or conditions. Methods of the invention provide treatment of the wafer surface to provide a known surface condition. The surface condition can then be maintained during and following implantation of the workpiece surface with a dopant.... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20090200494 - Techniques for cold implantation of carbon-containing species: Techniques for cold implantation of carbon-containing species are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for ion implantation including a cooling device for cooling a target material to a predetermined temperature, and an ion implanter for implanting the target material with a carbon-containing... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP/varian Semiconductor, Equipment Associates, Inc.

20090200495 - Particle-beam exposure apparatus with overall-modulation of a patterned beam: In a charged-particle exposure apparatus for exposure of a target with a beam of electrically charged particles, the illumination system includes a deflector device adapted to vary the direction of incidence of the illuminating beam upon the pattern definition device, the pattern definition device forms the shape of the illuminating... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090200490 - Generating and visualizing an ion beam profile: A method for generating and visualizing an ion beam profile is provided. The method includes specifying an incidence direction of a particle beam, specifying a target region that is to be irradiated by said particle beam, creating an ion beam profile from points that are located on a downstream side... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090200489 - Hermetically sealed housing with electrical feed-in: The invention relates to a hermetically sealed housing with an electrical feed-in. A standard printed circuit board 120 seals against housing 100. The sealing is carried out on a flat side of printed circuit board 120. The printed circuit board contains electrically conducting tracks (130, 132, 134, 136) which make... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20090200491 - Ion implantation method and apparatus: Using a beam current of an ion beam, and a dose amount to a substrate, and an initial value of a scan number of the substrate set to 1, a scan speed of the substrate is calculated. If the scan speed is within the range, the current scan number and... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090200492 - Ion implantation method and apparatus: Using a beam current of an ion beam, a dose amount to a substrate, and a reference scan speed, a scan number of the substrate is calculated as an integer value in which digits after a decimal point are truncated. If the scan number is smaller than 2, the process... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090200496 - Headlamp system including hid and ir illuminators: A headlamp system providing both visible and IR illumination, provided in the same housing and using the same wiring harness as a headlamp system currently in use by the US Military, but instead of utilizing incandescent bulb technology as does the headlamp system currently in use, the headlamp system provided... Agent: Karen Tang-wai Sodini

20090200497 - Beam current calibration system: A charged particle beam device is described. The charged particle beam device includes an emitter adapted for emitting a primary charged particle beam, a specimen location adapted for holding a specimen, from which secondary and/or backscattered charged particles are released on impingement of the primary charged particle beam, a detection... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090200498 - Thickness sensor for measuring the thickness of sheet-like objects: A sensor for measuring sheet-like objects has a contact member and a screening member screening off light from a light source from a section of an array of photo sensitive elements. During an output cycle, output signals representing the light intensities received by the respective photo sensitive elements indicate where... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090194668 - Image sensor module, camera module including the same and electronic device including the camera module: An image sensor module may include an image sensor, a variable thickness member and a lens member. The image sensor may include a light receiver configured to receive a light. Further, a driving voltage may be applied to the image sensor. The variable thickness member may be arranged on the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090194669 - Sun tracking solar panels: A system is provided for maximizing solar energy utilization by moving a solar panel to track movement of the sun from sunrise to sunset. Preferably, the solar panel is inclined from the horizontal plane by a fixed angle of about ten degrees. And, movements of the solar panel are accomplished,... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20090194670 - Intelligent solid state lighting: A light fixture, using one or more solid state light emitting elements utilizes a diffusely reflect chamber to provide a virtual source of uniform output light, at an aperture or at a downstream optical processing element of the system. Systems disclosed herein also include a detector, which detects electromagnetic energy... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090194672 - Digital radiographic imaging apparatus: A light sensing array has a plurality of electrically isolated photosensors, each photosensor having a first terminal and a second terminal, each of the terminals of each photosensor being isolated from the terminals of the other photosensors, wherein each photosensor responds to an incident light level by producing a charge... Agent: Carestream Health, Inc.

20090194671 - Image sensor reflector: An array of pixels is formed using a substrate, where each pixel has a substrate having an incident side for receiving incident light, a photosensitive region formed in the substrate, and a reflector having a complex-shaped surface. The reflector is formed in a portion of the substrate that is opposed... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090194673 - Image detection apparatus: An image detection apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes: a conversion unit that converts an emitted radiation ray to an electric charge; a group of pixel units, each of the pixel units including a storage capacitor that stores an electric charge and a switching component connected to the storage capacitor;... Agent: Moss & Burke, PLLC

20090194674 - Controller for a photosensor: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method and/or system for driving a photosensor.... Agent: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

20090194675 - Optical receiver applicable to gpon system: An optical receiver is disclosed, in which no additional photodiode to monitor the optical input level and no temperature control unit are necessary. The receiver of the invention provides an avalanche photodiode (APD) to receiver the first optical signal with the first wavelength and a PIN-PD to receive the second... Agent: Venable LLP

20090194676 - Nuclear gauges and methods of configuration and calibration of nuclear gauges: Nuclear gauges and method of configuration and methods of calibrations of the nuclear gauges are provided. The nuclear gauges are used in measuring the density and/or moisture of construction-related materials. The nuclear gauge can include a gauge housing having a vertical cavity therethrough and at least one radiation detector located... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20090194677 - Simulated dose calibrator source standard for positron emission tomography radionuclides: A method for calibration and a calibrator source standard calibrated by the method are provided. The calibration method includes providing mock syringes, or other simulated dose container. A first of the mock syringes is filled with a short half life positron emitter. A second of the mock syringes is filled... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090194682 - peptide identification and quantitation by merging ms/ms spectra: The present invention is directed to methods of merging spectral data resulting from collision fragmentation processes, such as, for example, Pulsed Q Dissociation (PQD), high-energy collision-induced dissociation (HCD), electron transfer disassociation (ETD), collision-induced dissociation (CID), and photo-dissociation processes, such as, but not limited to, infrared multi-photon photo-dissociation (IRMPD), to provide... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090194685 - High-throughput screening of metabolic disorders using a laser desorption ion source coupled to a mass analyzer: Methods and kits for high throughput screening and analysis of metabolic disorders using a laser desorption ion source coupled to a mass analyzer (for example, MALDI) are provided. The metabolic disorders can be amino acid, organic acid or fatty acid oxidation disorders. A panel of disorders can be analyzed at... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090194680 - Method and apparatus for normalizing performance of an electron source: A method for operating a mass spectrometer includes determining a first performance characteristic while operating the mass spectrometer with a first electron emitter, storing first information relating to the first performance characteristic, determining a second performance characteristic while operating the mass spectrometer with a second electron emitter, storing second information... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090194681 - Method and apparatus for response and tune locking of a mass spectrometer: A mass spectrometer and a technique for operating it involve setting an operating parameter that influences a rate of flow of electrons from an electron source into an ion volume so that ions produced from a material in the ion volume in response to electrons satisfy an ion production target,... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090194683 - Method of operating a linear ion trap to provide low pressure short time high amplitude excitation: In accordance with an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for fragmenting ions in an ion trap of a mass spectrometer. The method comprises a) selecting parent ions for fragmentation; b) retaining the parent ions within the ion trap for a retention time... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090194684 - Method of operating a linear ion trap to provide low pressure short time high amplitude excitation with pulsed pressure: Methods for fragmenting ions in an ion trap are described. These methods involve a) selecting parent ions for fragmentation; b) retaining the parent ions within the ion trap for a retention time interval, the ion trap having an operating pressure of less than about 1×10-4 Torr; c) providing a RF... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090194679 - Methods and apparatus for reducing noise in mass spectrometry: The invention pertains to methods and apparatus for performing mass spectrometry with reduced noise. In some embodiments, an additional amount of a carrier gas is introduced into a mass spectrometer to reduce the noise.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090194678 - Methods and devices for the mass-selective transport of ions: A method for the mass-selective transport of ions, especially in a mass spectrometer, comprises the steps movement of the ions on a movement path on which a plurality of electrodes are arranged, and loading the electrodes with pulse-shaped acceleration voltages under the effect of which the ions experience a mass-dependent... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20090194686 - Methods for fragmenting ions in a linear ion trap: Methods for fragmenting ions retained in an ion trap are described. In various embodiments, a non-steady-state pressure of a neutral collision gas of less than about 5×10−4 Torr and an excitation amplitude of less than about 500 mV (peak to ground) is used to fragment ions with greater than about... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090194687 - Ion source vessel and methods: An ion source and method for providing ionized particles to a molecular/atomic analyser, such as a mass spectrometer, are disclosed. The ion source includes a vessel defining a channel; a gas inlet extending from the gas source into the channel, for introducing a gas flow into the channel; a sample... Agent: Smart & Biggar

20090194688 - Mass spectrometer: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a quadrupole rod set ion guide or mass filter device (6). A broadband frequency signal (10) having one or more notches (11a, 11b, 11c) is applied to the rods of the quadrupole rod set (6). The notched broadband frequency signal (10) causes undesired ions... Agent: Waters Technologies Corporation C/o Waters Corporation

20090194690 - Inspection method and inspection system using charged particle beam: An electron beam system includes a sample holder to hold a sample, electron optics to obtain an image of the sample, an electrode to control a charged state of the sample, a monitor to determine a range of voltage applied to the electrode, and a processing unit to obtain plural... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090194689 - Method and system for measuring properties of microstructures and nanostructures: A method is presented for characterizing properties of a specimen, such as a microstructure and a nanostructure. The method includes attaching a first end of the specimen to a first probe (204) and attaching a second end of the specimen, which is spaced apart from the first end by an... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino, LLP

20090194692 - Charged particle radiation apparatus: A magnetic shield with which a high magnetic field suppression effect is realized in a restricted space and a charged particle radiation apparatus using the magnetic shield are described below. To achieve the above-described object, a scanning electron microscope wherein a shield for shielding against an external magnetic field is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090194691 - Electronic microscope apparatus: To enable measurement of an elastically scattered electron image, a characteristic-X-ray-based element image and an electron-beam-energy-spectroscopy-based element image with a high S/N and high spatial resolution in an electronic microscope having a function to produce an element image. Measurement of a characteristic X-ray signal and electron beam energy loss spectra... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090194693 - Imaging apparatus for combined temperature and luminescence spatial imaging of an object: An imaging apparatus is disclosed for combined temperature and luminescence spatial imaging of an object (1), such as a bio-array for detection of biological molecules. Light (5) is separated into a first (10) and a second (20) optical path, where the first optical path (10) guides infrared (IR), and the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090194695 - Radiation conversion device and radiation image capturing system using the same: A radiation conversion device is driven by an on-board battery, detects radiation that has passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into image information. A charging cradle to which the radiation conversion device is connected carries out a charging process on the battery. The radiation conversion device includes a... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090194694 - Radiation detection apparatus and radiation image capturing system: A radiation detection apparatus including a casing, and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information, and an electronic circuit accommodated inside the casing, further comprising: storage device... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090194697 - Apparatus for use in operator training with, and the testing and evaluation of, infrared sensors which are for missile detection: Apparatus (2) for use in operator training with, and the testing and evaluation of, missile detection systems which use infrared sensors which integrate incident energy over a finite time period, which apparatus (2) comprises at least one infrared illumination source (4) for illuminating the sensors, characterised in that the infrared... Agent: Venable LLP

20090194696 - Method and system for determining the rate of non uniformity of bolometer based systems: A focal plan array system of the bolometer type having means for determining the rate of non-uniformity which comprises: (a) an array of i×j pixel detectors of the bolometer type for sensing scenery radiation; (b) a case which accommodates said array of detectors, said case having a front window that... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090194698 - Thermal infrared detecting device: A thermal infrared imaging device includes a diode, a power supply for supplying a constant power supply voltage to an anode of the diode through a first interconnection, a voltage setting circuit for setting a voltage across the diode, and a current read circuit which is connected to a cathode... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090194699 - Sensing apparatus having an optical assembly that collimates emitted light for detection: An apparatus for optical sensing of samples includes an optical source, an optical assembly, a sample holder, an objective lens, and a detector. The objective lens collimates light emitted by the sample. Preferably, the optical assembly rotates about an axis, allowing the sensing apparatus to sense results from plural locations... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090194700 - Radiation detection apparatus: An electronic cassette has a casing and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information. The electronic cassette further includes a winding member accommodated rotatably inside of the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090194701 - Radiological imaging apparatus: A radiological imaging apparatus using a semiconductor radiation detector to make it possible to reduce a radiation measurement off time that may result from an attempt to avoid polarization, the radiological imaging apparatus comprising a capacitor that applies a voltage to a semiconductor radiation detector that detects a radiation from... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090194702 - Method and system for quantum and quantum inspired ghost imaging: A preferred embodiment comprises a method and system for (a) detecting objects or targets which may or may not be nonreflective to electromagnetic radiation, and/or (b) generating an image of a subject or area, comprising generating an entangled photon pair beam; splitting the entangled photon pair beam into first and... Agent: U S Army Research Laboratory Attn Amsrl Cs Cc Ip

20090194703 - Method and circut arrangement for determining the radiation intensity using directly counting detectors: A method and a circuit arrangement are disclosed for determining radiation intensity using counting detectors or detector elements, in which x-ray radiation photons, which are either absorbed or absorbed in part, generate electrical signals, the pulse number and pulse height of which is correlated to an incident radiation intensity, and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090194704 - Method and device of ion source generation: An implanter is equipped with an ion beam current detector, a temperature sensor, a temperature controller and a cooling system to increase the ratio of a specific ion cluster in the ion source chamber of the implanter. Therefore, the implanting efficiency for a shallow ion implantation is increased consequently.... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090194706 - Method and device for the selective withdrawal of compontents from complex mixtures: The method according to the invention permits a selected withdrawal of one or a few molecularly disperse or cellular components of a system, such as molecules, molecular complexes, vesicles, micelles, cells, optionally together with an associated volume element V having a size of 10−9 l≧V≧10−18 l from a larger sample... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090194705 - Producing time variation in emanating light: An excitation component or arrangement can provide excitation to a moving object so that information is encoded in time variation of light emanating from the object. For example, in each of a sequence of segments, it can provide a respective non-binary excitation spectrum, and the spectra can be different with... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20090194707 - Microfluidic immunoassay device: An optical fiber for use in an immunoassay device having at least one microfluidic channel, the optical fiber being for transmitting excitation light to the microfluidic channel and for transmitting emitted fluorescence to a light detector.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090194708 - Uv-dosis indicators: The present application provides a composition showing a color change depending on the absorbed radiation-dose, comprising (a) an acid responsive colorant; (b) a photolatent acid; characterized in that (b) is a sulfonyloxime ester compound; and its use as a radiation dose indicator.... Agent: Joann Villamizar Ciba Corporation/patent Department

20090194709 - Laser processing machine with a cutting guide: A laser processing machine includes a laser device that generates a laser beam onto a workpiece when moving along a predetermined traveling path, an ultrasonic apparatus that generates a ultrasonic wave, and a guide member arranged near to and moved with the laser device along the traveling path for transferring... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090194710 - Writing apparatus, writing data conversion method, and computer-readable recording medium storing program: A writing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store writing data, an acquiring unit configured to acquire pattern information on a plurality of patterns defined in the writing data, based on the writing data, a first table generating unit configured to generate a first table in which each pattern... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090194711 - Electron beam writing method, fine pattern writing system, method for manufacturing uneven pattern carrying substrate, and method for manufacturing magnetic disk medium: When writing a hard disk pattern on a substrate applied with a resist by scanning an electron beam on the substrate while rotating a rotation stage, writing is started with respect to each radial direction position of each area based on a predetermined encoder pulse for each radial direction position... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090194712 - Passive actinide self-burner: The invention relates to the confinement of an alloy formed of actinide transuranic radioactive wastes and beryllium metal within a neutron moderating and reflecting apparatus to cause accelerated destruction (burning) of the actinide wastes. Waste actinides, including plutonium, neptunium, americium, and curium, emit alpha particles by radioactive decay. The alpha... Agent: Laurence Danese

20090194713 - Shielding for ionizing radiation: A shielding (11) for reducing the amount of radiation passing through the shielding comprises a first part (111) and a second part (112), wherein the first part is arranged for being withdrawn from the second part and wherein said first and second parts comprise abutments. At least one pair of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090194714 - Fiber optic liquid level sensor: There is disclosed a fiber optic liquid level sensor apparatus that functions using total internal reflection and an index of refraction. More specifically, there is disclosed a fiber optic liquid level sensor apparatus comprising two fiber optic strands, each having a first end and a second end, substantially oriented in... Agent: Asemblon, Inc Jeffrey B. Oster -- Legal Department

20090194715 - Laser scanning microscope and assembly for non-descanned detection: A scanning microscope with a light source which emits illumination light for illuminating a specimen, with at least a first detector for detecting the detection light proceeding from the specimen, and with an objective through which the specimen can be illuminated and detected, wherein the objective is arranged in an... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department