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20130119232 - System and method for generating extreme ultraviolet light: A system for generating extreme ultraviolet light may include a chamber, a target supply device configured to supply a target material into the chamber, a laser apparatus configured to output a laser beam to irradiate the target material, a wavefront adjuster configured to adjust a wavefront of the laser beam,... Agent: Gigaphoton Inc.

20130119237 - Ambient light illumination for non-imaging contact sensors: A sensor is provided for capturing images of skin topology having an upper surface providing a platen, and a one or two-dimensional array of light sensing pixel elements for receiving light representative of the topology of skin when upon the upper surface and illuminated by at least redirected ambient light... Agent:

20130119239 - Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same: An image sensor includes a color filter, an over-coating layer formed on the color filter, and a medium layer formed on the over-coating layer, wherein the medium layer is configured with at least two medium layers of which refractive indices are different from each other.... Agent: Intellectual Ventures Ii LLC

20130119233 - Imaging device with high dynamic range: A high dynamic range imaging device including a first substrate with multiple pixels, each pixel having a photodetector associated with multiple read-out circuits. Each read-out circuit including a device for charging and discharging the photodetector that is associated with the read-out circuit. Each charging and discharging device being controlled by... Agent: Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Ene Alt

20130119240 - Photoelectric conversion cell and array, reading method therefor, and circuit thereof: In order to achieve a photovoltaic cell and an array of high sensitivity and high dynamic range, there is a need for a photovoltaic cell and an array which are combined so that an amplified photovoltaic element and a selection element are resistant to external noise, and so that the... Agent:

20130119236 - Resonance enhanced absorptive color filters: Resonance enhanced color filter arrays are provided for image sensors. Resonance cavities formed with color filter materials that enhance the color filtering capabilities of the color filter materials. Resonance enhanced color filter arrays may be provided for back side illumination image sensors and front side illumination image sensors. A layer... Agent:

20130119235 - Solid-state imaging apparatus and method for driving solid-state imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of pixels each configured to output a signal generated by a photoelectric conversion via a source follower circuit; an output line connected to the plurality of pixels; a current source circuit portion for supplying a current to the output line; and a first... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130119238 - Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method thereof: According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel region which is configured such that a photoelectric conversion unit and a signal scanning circuit unit are included in a semiconductor substrate, and a matrix of unit pixels is disposed, and a driving circuit region which is configured such... Agent:

20130119234 - Unit pixel and three-dimensional image sensor including the same: A unit pixel of a three-dimensional image sensor includes a non-silicon photodetector and at least one readout circuit. The non-silicon photodetector is formed at a silicon substrate, and the non-silicon photodetector comprising at least one of non-silicon materials to generate a photocharge in response to incident light. The at least... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130119241 - Sensor state map programming: Systems and methods are provided to implement a state map to control operations of a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensor. The state map can be a table comprising one or more locations. Each of the locations can comprise a destination state to define the operations of the sensor and an exit... Agent: Altasens, Inc.

20130119242 - Optical sensor: An optical sensor comprising a waveguide having a sensing layer which is molecularly imprinted such that it will receive and retain target entities to be sensed, the optical sensor further comprising a detection apparatus arranged to detect a change of an optical property of the waveguide which occurs when the... Agent: Emd Millipore Corporation

20130119243 - Optical monitoring module: An optical device and method providing multi-channel bulk optical power monitoring is disclosed. The device and method may include a scanning mirror, a plurality of input optical fibers, a plurality of output optical fibers, and at least one sample optical fiber optically connected to a photodetector. The device and method... Agent: Calient Networks, Inc.

20130119244 - Light-emitting element driving circuit: A light-emitting element driving circuit comprising, a light-emitting element, a driving unit which has a control terminal and is configured to drive the light-emitting element according to a potential of the control terminal, a node connected to the control terminal, a monitor configured to monitor an emitted light amount of... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130119245 - Method and apparatus for estimating a downhole fluid property using a charged particle densitometer: An apparatus, system and method are disclosed for estimating a property of a fluid downhole, the apparatus including but not limited to a carrier that is conveyable in a borehole; a test cell carried by the carrier for capturing a fluid downhole; a fluid channel immersed in the fluid downhole,... Agent: Baker Hughes Incorporated

20130119246 - Detector, preamplifier selection apparatus, systems, and methods: Optical detection apparatus (300) comprising an optical detector (302, 304, 306), a detector amplifier (336, 338, 340), and switching means, e.g., a multiplexer (344, 348), for dynamically selecting at least one of the optical detector or the detector amplifier by switching from among at least two alternative optical detectors and/or... Agent: Halilburton Energy Services, Inc.

20130119247 - Mass spectrometer: A mass spectrometer is disclosed wherein an ion signal is split into a first and second signal. The first and second signals are multiplied by different gains and are digitised. Arrival time and intensity pairs are calculated for both digitised signals and the resulting time and intensity pairs are combined... Agent: Micromass Uk Limited

20130119249 - Method and a mass spectrometer and uses thereof for detecting ions or subsequently-ionised neutral particles from samples: A method is used in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer for analysis of a first pulsed ion beam, the ions of which are disposed along the pulse direction, separated with respect to their ion masses. The ions of at least one individual predetermined ion mass or of at least one predetermined... Agent: Ion-tof Technologies Gmbh

20130119248 - Methods and apparatuses for producing mass spectrum data: The present invention is concerned with methods and apparatuses for generating mass spectrum data using a mass spectrometer by subtracting noise mass spectrum data representative of noise in the mass spectrometer from signal mass spectrum data representative of the mass/charge ratio of ions in a sample material. This produces a... Agent: Kratos Analytical Limited

20130119250 - Defect inspection method, and device thereof: A conventional pattern inspection, which compares an image to be inspected with a reference image and subjects the resulting difference value to the defect detection using the threshold of defect determination, has difficulty in highly-sensitive inspection. Because defects occur only in specific circuit pattern sections, false reports occur in the... Agent:

20130119251 - Method and apparatus for charged particle beam inspection: A charged particle beam inspection apparatus comprises: an electron gun for irradiating an electron beam onto a sample; a detector for detecting a signal obtained from the sample; an image processor for forming an image from the signal obtained from the detector, and an energy controller for controlling the beam... Agent: Ebara Corporation

20130119252 - Gas field ion source and method for using same, ion beam device, and emitter tip and method for manufacturing same: To provide a gas field ion source having a high angular current density, the gas field ion source is configured such that at least a base body of an emitter tip configuring the gas field ion source is a single crystal metal, such that the apex of the emitter tip... Agent:

20130119253 - Motion detection systems and methodologies: A motion detector system including first and second pairs of pyro-electric elements, electrical interconnections between the pyro-electric elements in the first pair providing a first signal output and local temperature compensation for the elements in the first pair, electrical interconnections between the elements in the second pair providing a second... Agent: Visonic Ltd.

20130119254 - Gas measurement module for use in therapeutic settings having a microspectrometer with a shortened optical path: Gas within a ventilation circuit (12) is analyzed by a spectrometer included in gas measurement module (16) that is inserted into the respiratory circuit. The gas measurement module includes an infrared source and a movable filter member comprising at least two filter elements. The optical path length of the spectrometer... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

20130119255 - Methods and devices for clothing detection about a wearable electronic device: A method in a wearable electronic device of detecting clothing includes: detecting whether the wearable electronic device is coupled to a user, determining whether the wearable electronic device is covered, and adjusting one or more device settings of the wearable electronic device. A secondary check can perform an additional determination... Agent: Motorola Mobility, Inc.

20130119256 - Nondestructive testing of a carrier element of an elevator installation: A testing device includes a receiving unit for electromagnetic signals arranged on a carrier element to be tested to generate test data from received electromagnetic radiation. The test data are evaluated in a processing system to determine a deviation of the test data from a nominal state of the carrier... Agent: Inventio Ag

20130119257 - Sighting device and security sensor system utilizing such sighting device: To provide a sighting device for use in a security sensor system, in which device enables an operator, assigned to conduct a sighting work, to look into the sighting device from a proper direction. The sighting device includes an eyepiece lens provided with a microlens, an objective lens provided with... Agent: Optex Co., Ltd.

20130119258 - Method and apparatus for the detection of x-ray quants: A method for the detection of X-ray quants is provided. The X-ray quants are generated in an X-ray tube and impact on a multi-pixel X-ray detector including a two-dimensional matrix of test-signal-generating pixels. The method includes assigning, by an evaluation unit, pixels that generate a test signal within a predetermined... Agent:

20130119259 - Apparatus and methods for cooling positron emission tomography scanner detector crystals: Detector crystals in a positron emission tomography (PET) apparatus gantry are cooled by directing cooling gas flow into a cooling duct bounded by the crystals and a cover defining the patient scanning field within the gantry. The cooling gas cools the crystals. Cooling gas may also be directed radially outwardly... Agent: Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc.

20130119260 - Radiographic imaging device: A radiographic imaging device has two radiation detectors 20 (20A and 20B) that capture radiographic images. Sets of image information representing the radiographic images captured by the radiation detectors 20A and 20B can be individually read out, and sensor portions 13 configuring at least one of the radiation detectors 20... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130119261 - Neutron detector and method for detecting neutrons: A 10B neutron detector and an associated method of detecting neutrons. The detector includes an exterior shell bounding and sealing an interior volume, a neutron-sensitive boron coating located on at least part of the exterior shell at the interior volume. One of the boron coating and the exterior shell serves... Agent: General Electric Company

20130119262 - Radiation diagnosis apparatus: The radiation diagnosis apparatus includes: a first radiation detector; a second radiation detector for generating an output signal having a same polarity as that of the first radiation detector; an inverter formed at an output terminal of the first radiation detector to invert the polarity of the input output signal;... Agent: Snu R&db Foundation

20130119263 - Ion implant apparatus and a method of implanting ions: Ion implant apparatus using a drum-type scan wheel holds wafers with a total cone angle less than 60°. A collimated scanned beam of ions, for example H+, is directed along a final beam path which is at an angle of at least 45° to the axis of rotation of the... Agent: Twin Creeks Technologies, Inc.

20130119264 - Ion wind generator and ion wind generating device: Provided is an ion wind generator capable of diversifying either or both of the amount of wind or wind direction. An ion wind generator is provided with a first electrode, a second electrode having a downstream area which is arranged at a position in a plan view shifted from first... Agent: Kyocera Corporation

20130119265 - Methods for the inactivation of mircroorganisms in biological fluids, flow through reactors and methods of controlling the light sum dose to effectively inactivate microorganisms in batch reactors: The present invention relates to a method for determining an effective dose of monochromatic or polychromatic light from one or more light sources to inactivate microorganisms present in a biological fluid, preferably a non-transparent fluid. Moreover, there is provided a method for the inactivation of microorganism in a biological fluid... Agent: Baxter Intermational Inc.

20130119266 - Device for subjecting a fluid to a disinfecting treatment by exposing the fluid to ultraviolet light: A device for subjecting a fluid to a disinfecting treatment by exposing the fluid to ultraviolet light comprises a reactor (10) having an inner space (11) in which means (20) for emitting ultraviolet light are arranged, an inlet (12) for letting fluid into the inner space (11), and an outlet... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

20130119267 - In situ holder assembly: An in situ optical specimen holder is disclosed which allows imaging and analysis during dynamic experimentation. This holder assembly includes a set of focusing and reflection optics along with an environmental cell. Electromagnetic radiation can be used to optically excite the specimen in the presence or absence of fluid and... Agent: E.a. Fischione Instruments, Inc.

20130119268 - Method and apparatus for curing the coating of a component by means of free radicals generated by ultraviolet (uv) radiation: Apparatus for curing the coating of a workpiece (1) by means of UV radiation, which is provided with at least one tank (2) of inert gas heavier than air and into which the workpiece (1) is inserted. The apparatus comprises a plenum (3) adjacent to the tank (2), into which... Agent: Lifitec S.l.u.

20130119269 - Apparatus for curing the coating of a component by means of free radicals generated by ultraviolet (uv) radiation: Apparatus for curing the coating of a workpiece (2), which comprises a tank (1) that contains an inert gas heavier than air and into which the workpiece (2) is inserted, and at least one UV-radiation source (4) situated on the exterior (E) of the tank (1) and facing at least... Agent: Lifitec ,s.l.u.

20130119271 - Electrothermal vaporization atomic fluorescence spectroscopy and spectrometer for determination of cadmium: An electrothermal vaporization atomic fluorescence spectrometer for determination of Cadmium comprising a sampling system, a light source, an atomizer, a light path system, a detection system, and a display device. The sampling system includes an electrothermal vaporization device and a capture trap; the capture trap comprises a Tungsten or Molybdenum... Agent: Beijing Titan Instruments Co., Ltd.

20130119270 - Wavelength division devices, multi-wavelength light generators and optical biosensor systems using the same: A multi-wavelength light generator includes a broadband light source and a wavelength division device. The multi-wavelength light generator is configured to generate a first output light having a first line width. The wavelength division device is configured to divide a wavelength of the first output light to provide a plurality... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130119277 - Dynamic signal extension in optical detection systems: Systems and methods for measuring a target in a sample, the target being capable of generating an emitted light in response to an excitation light. In an example system, an excitation light source generates the excitation light along an excitation optical path. An attenuation filter arrangement selectively adds an attenuation... Agent: Molecular Devices, LLC

20130119275 - High throughput hot testing method and system for high-brightness light-emitting diodes: A method of performing a hot test of a wafer-level, packaged high-brightness phosphor converted light-emitting diode (pc-HBLED) includes selectively heating portions of the phosphor layer using a laser to provide a predetermined temperature gradient in the phosphor layer. The selective heating can directly heat the silicone in a silicone-based phosphor... Agent: Kla-tencor Corporation

20130119272 - Image obtaining apparatus, image obtaining method, and image obtaining program: An image obtaining apparatus includes: a light source configured to irradiate a biological sample having a fluorescent label with an excitation light, the excitation light exciting the fluorescent label; an optical system including an objective lens, the objective lens being configured to magnify an imaging target of the biological sample;... Agent: Sony Corporation

20130119274 - Luminescent borates, materials and articles incorporating such borates, and methods and apparatus for their production and use in article authentication: Embodiments include luminescent materials and associated production methods. The material includes a crystal borate having a first substitutable element, neodymium substituted for the first substitutable element at a first substitution percentage of at least about 20 percent, and ytterbium substituted for the first substitutable element at a second substitution percentage.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20130119273 - Method and apparatus for illumination and detection in resolft microscopy: A method for illumination and detection in RESOLFT microscopy using a pulsed or continuous light source for excitation light and switching light is characterized in that the excitation light (4) is irradiated in pulses and in that the pulse of the excitation light (4) is longer than 150 picoseconds, preferably... Agent: Leica Microsystems Cms Gmbh

20130119276 - Method for measuring the lifetime of an excited state in a sample: The present invention relates to a method for measuring the lifetime of an excited state in a sample, in particular a fluorescence lifetime, and to an apparatus for carrying out such a method. First, an excitation pulse is generated and a sample region is illuminated with the excitation pulse. Then,... Agent: Leica Microsystems Cms Gmbh

20130119278 - Radiographic image erasing device: A radiographic image erasing device includes: a first light source that applies first erase light including a wavelength in the ultraviolet region to a storage phosphor sheet in which a radiographic image has been stored and recorded; a second light source that is placed at a height identical to that... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130119279 - Radiating element for irradiating surfaces, having a socket: In various embodiments, an emitter for the irradiation of surfaces is provided. The emitter may include: an emitter vessel and an emitter base connected thereto, wherein the emitter base has at least one gas opening, which is designed for supplying a process gas into a spatial area adjacent to the... Agent: Osram Ag

20130119280 - Broadband infrared light emitting device: [MEANS FOR SOLVING] The broadband infrared light emitting device at least includes: a light source 4 that emits first excitation light λ1 in a first wavelength range; a first glass phosphor 51 that has an excitation band in a first wavelength range, and when the first excitation light λ1 is... Agent: National University Corporation Nagoya University

20130119281 - Photoelectric detector with mos gas sensor: A dual sensor fire detector includes a smoke sensor and a gas sensor. A source of radiant energy emits a beam which is formed into first and second beams. One beam is directed into a smoke sensing chamber. The other is directed to a gas sensor. Outputs from the smoke... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20130119282 - Wafer level packaging, optical detection sensor and method of forming same: An optical detection sensor and method of forming same. The optical detection sensor be a proximity detection sensor that includes an optical system and a selectively transmissive structure. Electromagnetic radiation such as laser light can be emitted through a transmissive portion of the selectively transmissive structure. A reflected beam can... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Pte Ltd.

20130112848 - Flexible readout and signal processing in a computational sensor array: A computational sensing array includes an array of sensing elements. In each sensing element, a first signal is generated from a transducer. A second signal is produced by a collection unit in response to receiving the first signal. The second signal may be modified, in a conditioning unit. A sensing... Agent: The Johns Hopkins University

20130112849 - Solid-state image pickup device: A solid-state image pickup device capable of suppressing the generation of dark current and/or leakage current is provided. The solid-state image pickup device has a first substrate provided with a photoelectric converter on its primary face, a first wiring structure having a first bonding portion which contains a conductive material,... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130112852 - Solid-state image pickup device: A solid-state image pickup device includes a column ADC realizing higher precision and higher-speed conversion. Converters converts a signal of each pixels output via a corresponding vertical read line to a digital value by sequentially executing first to N-th (N: integer of three or larger) conversion stages. In the first... Agent: Renesas Electronics Corporation

20130112851 - Solid-state imaging device: The solid-state imaging device 1 includes an imaging photodetecting section 10, a trigger photodetecting section 20, a row selection section 30, a column selection section 40, a holding section 50, a pixel data output section 60, a trigger data output section 70, and a control section 80. In a shutter... Agent: Hamamatsu Photonics K.k.

20130112853 - Solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging device 1A includes a CCD-type solid-state imaging element 10 having an imaging plane 12 formed of M×N pixels that are two-dimensionally arrayed in M rows and N columns, N signal readout circuits 20 arranged on one end side in the column direction for each of the columns... Agent: Hamamatsu Photonics K.k.

20130112854 - Solid-state imaging device: The present invention provides a solid-state imaging device including a first substrate provided with a plurality of photoelectric conversion units thereon, and a second substrate provided with a reading circuit and parallel processing circuits thereon. The solid-state imaging device includes a DC voltage supply wiring configured to supply a DC... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130112850 - System and method for generating a deselect mapping for a focal plane array: A method for generating a deselect mapping for a focal plane array according to one embodiment includes gathering a data set for a focal plane array when exposed to light or radiation from a first known target; analyzing the data set for determining which pixels or subpixels of the focal... Agent:

20130112855 - Ambient light sensing system and method: A sensor for range finding and ambient light measurement wherein the sensor includes an array of pixels capable of sensing illumination in a plurality of wavelengths and generating a response thereto for each wavelength; the sensor including an ambient light sensing system which includes a module for adjusting the response... Agent:

20130112857 - Sensor and method of detecting a target analyte: A sensor and a method of detecting a target analyte are provided. The sensor includes a substrate; a layer comprising a plurality of through holes, wherein the layer is disposed above the substrate; a first element configured to detect a target analyte; a second element that can produce a detectable... Agent: Agency For Science, Technology And Research

20130112856 - Vacuum photosensor device with electron lensing: A scalable vacuum photosensor configured to simplify mass production with a housing having an evacuated first side at an ultrahigh vacuum and a second side which does not require high vacuum. The first side of the device is sealed to a base plate, having a central electron readout element, using... Agent: The Regents Of The University Of California

20130112858 - Polarization diversity detector: A polarization diversity detector includes at least one optical fiber having a first end for receiving a beam of light and a second end for transmitting the beam of light. A collimator receives the beam of the light from the optical fiber and outputs a collimated beam. A polarization diversity... Agent: Gooch And Housego PLC

20130112861 - Indexed optical encoder, method for indexing an optical encoder, and method for dynamically adjusting gain and offset in an optical encoder: An optical encoder may include an encoder disk, an illumination system, and a detector to detect light diffracted from the encoder disk. The encoder disk may include a signal track comprising a diffraction grating, and an index track comprising a reflective index mark, wherein a width of the index mark... Agent: Faro Technologies, Inc.

20130112859 - Optical encoder readhead configured to block stray light: An optical readhead for measuring a displacement along a measuring axis direction between the readhead and a scale track comprises an illumination portion configured to output source light to the scale track and a monolithic detector configuration. The monolithic detector configuration comprises: a first track photodetector portion configured to receive... Agent: Mitutoyo Corporation

20130112860 - Reflective optical scale for encoder and reflective optical encoder: A reflective optical scale for an encoder, in which a first region and a second region are alternately arranged on an underlying member, wherein the first region has a reflecting member on the underlying member, a layer made up of a first material, and a layer made up of a... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130112864 - Controller and control method for improving signal performance of ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer: Provided are a controller and a control method for improving signal performance of an ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. The controller and control method apply electric signals for causing ions injected into an ion trap of the ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer to be injected to the center of the... Agent: Korea Basic Science Institute

20130112863 - Generation of harmonics in oscillation mass spectrometers: The invention relates to measuring cells and measuring methods in oscillation mass spectrometers in which clouds of the same species of ion oscillate harmonically in a potential well in a longitudinal direction, decoupled from their motion transverse to this direction. A frequency analysis of the longitudinal oscillations of these ion... Agent: Bruker Daltonik Gmbh

20130112868 - Ion detection arrangement: A mass spectrometer is disclosed having a mass analyser with a mass-to-charge dispersive element for separating ions according to their mass-to-charge ratios along a dispersive plane and an ion deflector to deflect ions leaving the mass analyser in the dispersive plane. A shielding arrangement, located between the dispersive element and... Agent:

20130112866 - Ion generation using wetted porous material: The invention generally relates to systems and methods for mass spectrometry analysis of samples. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a mass spectrometry probe including at least one porous material connected to a high voltage source, in which the porous material is discrete from a flow of solvent.... Agent:

20130112867 - Ion generation using wetted porous material: The invention generally relates to systems and methods for mass spectrometry analysis of samples. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a mass spectrometry probe including at least one porous material connected to a high voltage source, in which the porous material is discrete from a flow of solvent.... Agent:

20130112865 - Method of avoiding space charge saturation effects in an ion trap: A mass spectrometer includes a first ion trap arranged upstream of an analytical second ion trap. The charge capacity of the first ion trap is set at a value such that if all the ions stored within the first ion trap up to the charge capacity limit of the first... Agent: Micromass Uk Limited

20130112862 - System and method for dilution of a sample for introduction to a quantitative analysis apparatus: A system for insitu dilution of a sample followed by volume reduction prior to introduction to a quantitative analysis apparatus. The system includes a first inlet for introducing the sample to the system, a second inlet for flow of a diluent introduced into the system separate of the sample, a... Agent: Acme Analytical Laboratories Ltd.

20130112869 - Mass spectrometry system with molecular dissociation and associated method: A mass spectrometry system based on the general principle of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is disclosed. An ion source (10) generates a beam (B) of ions having a negative charge state. A first mass analyzer (20) transmits only ions having a predetermined mass. The ions are passed through a stripper... Agent: Eth Zurich, Eth Transfer

20130112870 - Hollow cylindrical analyzer: The invention provides constructions of an energy analyzer with entrance angles slightly greater than π/2. The analyzer is capable of collecting electrons in 2π azimuth directions, has a high energy resolution, and a large entrance solid angle. The analyzer is compatible with transmission electron microscopy and other surface analysis techniques.... Agent:

20130112871 - Inspection method and device: The high magnification, high resolution and real-time property of an SEM image are realized when the electrical characteristics of an inspection object are measured, without affecting the electrical characteristics of the inspection object. A high-quality, high-magnification first image including an image of a target position in the inspection object on... Agent:

20130112872 - Inspection method for semiconductor wafer and apparatus for reviewing defects: An object of the present invention is to provide a suitable method of observing a wafer edge by using an electron microscope. The electron microscope includes a column which can take an image in being tilted, and thus allows a wafer edge to be observed from an oblique direction.... Agent: Hitachi High-technologies Corporation

20130112873 - Aberration correction device and charged particle beam device employing same: To provide an aberration correction device and a charged particle beam device employing same that are jointly usable with a tunneling electron microscope (TEM) and a scanning tunneling electron microscope (SEM), an aberration correction device (1) comprises, between a TEM objective lens (6a) and an STEM objective lens (6b): a... Agent: Hitachi High-technologies Corporation

20130112874 - Imaging modality using penetrating radiations: Systems and methods which use penetrating radiation to obtain novel type of information about objects of interest. This information may be represented as novel type of image. In the present embodiments, penetrating radiation is directed through the object of interest. The attenuated radiation emerging from the object of interest is... Agent:

20130112875 - Scanning transmission electron microscope and axial adjustment method thereof: A scanning transmission electron microscope equipped with an aberration corrector is capable of automatically aligning the position of a convergence aperture with the center of an optical axis irrespective of skill and experience of an operator. The scanning transmission electron microscope system includes an electron source; a condenser lens configured... Agent: Hitachi High-technologies Corporation

20130112877 - Battery-operated object detecting device: A battery-operated object detecting device (D) includes a detecting unit (U) adapted to be driven by an electric cell (12) mounted thereon, and a transmitting device (20) driven by the electric cell (12) in the detecting unit (U) for wireless transmitting at least a low battery signal being indicative of... Agent: Optex Co., Ltd.

20130112876 - Infrared detectors: In some example embodiments, an infrared detector may comprise a substrate; a resonator spaced apart from the substrate, the resonator absorbing incident infrared light; a thermoelectric material layer contacting the resonator and having a variable resistance according to temperature variation due to the absorbed incident infrared light; a lead wire... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130112878 - Apparatus and methods of infrared signal processing for motion detectors: An apparatus and method of processing signals from a passive infrared sensor evaluates energy of received signals. An integration or accumulation process can be used to provide an indicator of signal energy. This indicator can be compared to a predetermined alarm threshold to determine if an alarm indication should be... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20130112879 - Laser viewing system: A laser imaging system comprises a laser pointer capable of irradiating a target with energy from the laser, a filter configured to pass reflected laser radiation reflected from a target and block radiation emitted from one or more objects in the target environment, and a laser viewer capable of processing... Agent: B.e. Meyers & Co., Inc.

20130112880 - Display device: A photosensor-equipped display device is provided having a combination of visible and non-visible light sources where a voltage drop is minimized when the non-visible light sources are turned on. The display device includes: a plurality of infrared LEDs (3b); photosensors (9) provided in a pixel region (4) for detecting reflected... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

20130112881 - Device for imaging the inner surface of a cavity in a workpiece: A device for imaging an inner surface of a cavity in a workpiece includes optics with a panoramic view, and has an image transmission connection with an image sensor and a downstream evaluation device. The device also has an illumination system with a light source for illuminating an imaging region... Agent: Hommel-etamic Gmbh

20130112882 - Radiation detector: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability associated with radiation detection. The radiation detector 1 includes: a supporting substrate 2 that can transmit radiation there-through; a scintillator layer 3 formed on one principal surface 2a of the supporting substrate 2, the scintillator layer 3 including an incident... Agent: Hamamatsu Photonics K.k.

20130112883 - Radiation image detector and method of driving the same: In one embodiment, the radiation image detector includes: a radiation sensor, which includes an image detection unit in which a plurality of pixels a reading circuit, which reads image signal information from a group of pixels that are connected to an arbitrary row select line to which a drive voltage... Agent:

20130112884 - Radiation detector: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability while using a plurality of light receiving elements to provide a large screen size. A radiation detector 1 includes: a flexible supporting substrate 5 that includes a radiation incident surface 5a and a radiation emission surface 5b; a scintillator layer... Agent: Hamamatsu Photonics K.k.

20130112885 - Phoswich thermal neutron detector: [Means to Solve the Problems] In a phoswich radiation detector having two scintillators and discriminating between thermal neutrons and gamma rays, the detector comprises a scintillator for detecting thermal neutrons, such as LiCaAlF6:Eu, which has a light yield of more than 1500 photons/neutron, and a scintillator for detecting gamma rays,... Agent: Tokuyama Corporation

20130112886 - Photo-detecting pixel, photo-detecting apparatus, and method of driving the photo-detecting apparatus: A photo-detecting apparatus in which the time taken to read out a detection signal is decreased, and thus, a frame rate of the photo-detecting apparatus is improved. A photo-detecting pixel includes a photosensitive device for generating a first detection signal by photoelectrically converting incident light; a first transistor for generating... Agent:

20130112887 - Method for inspecting uv illuminance in multi-level bake furnace for tft-lcd manufacturing process and pickup assembly device for performing the method: The present invention provides a method for inspecting UV illuminance in multi-level UV bake furnace for TFT-LCD manufacturing process and a pickup assembly device for performing the method. The method for inspecting UV illuminance in multi-level UV bake furnace for TFT-LCD manufacturing process includes the following steps: Step 1: providing... Agent: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.

20130112888 - Ion chamber/beam position monitor: An ionization chamber that serves as a radiation detector/beam position monitor for beamline applications. When two chambers are paired together in a 90° rotation orientation, the device can be used for beam position monitoring, detection and recording of location of beam bunches moving within the beamline, by detecting horizontal and... Agent:

20130112890 - Charged particle energy filter: A multi-element electrostatic chicane energy filter, with the addition of electrostatic quadrupole and hexapole excitations to the dipole elements. A charged particle energy filter according to the present invention with a combination of dipole, quadrupole, and hexapole elements capable of producing a line focus at an aperture reduces space-charge effects... Agent: Fei Company

20130112891 - Charged particle optical system and scribing apparatus: A charged particle optical system includes: a member 112 likely deforming due to heat; and an electrostatic deflector 113 deflecting a charged particle beam 1 and fixed to the member 112. An electrode supporting portion 5 is placed on the fixing portion 7 so as to reduce a transmission of... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130112889 - Wien filter: This invention provides a multi-pole type Wien filter, which acts more purely approaching its fundamentally expected performance. A 12-electrode electric device acts as an electric deflector,or acts as an electric deflector and an electric stigmator together. A cylindrical 4-coil magnetic device with a magnetic core acts as a magnetic deflector.... Agent: Hermes-microvision, Inc.

20130112892 - In-line corona-based gas flow ionizer: Self-balancing, corona discharge for the stable production of electrically balanced and ultra-clean ionized gas streams is disclosed. This result is achieved by promoting the electronic conversion of free electrons into negative ions without adding oxygen or another electronegative gas to the gas stream. The invention may be used with electronegative... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20130112893 - Charged particle beam device, defect observation device, and management server: Provided is a charged particle beam device that prevents the increase in processing trouble caused by deterioration in the reviewing performance (e.g., overlooking of defects) by detecting an operation abnormality affecting the performance of the device or a possibility of such an abnormality in the middle of a processing sequence... Agent:

20130112894 - Light solidifying device having a magnetic slide cover: A light solidifying device includes a body, a magnetic slide cover unit connected to the body, a control unit connected to the body, and a light solidifying unit disposed in the body. An inner case of the body is a polygonal case, and an inclined sidewall of the inner case... Agent:

20130112895 - Method for characterising an agri-food product and device for implementing such a method: The invention relates to a method for characterising one or more samples of an agri-food product, in particular intended for determining the naturality, freshness and authenticity of such a product and/or the conformity of same with a target product. The method of the invention is characterised in that it comprises:... Agent: Spectralys Innovation

20130112896 - Platinum-based infrared light source for gas detection: An infrared radiation source for gas detection, with a thin layer infrared radiator that is arranged in the interior chamber of a protective housing that includes a support surface for the thin layer infrared radiator and an exit window for the infrared radiation arranged at a distance opposite the support... Agent: Axetris Ag

20130112897 - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions including fluidized x-ray shielding compositions: Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing an x-ray shielding system including a flexible layer including a support structure having a plurality of interconnected interstitial spaces that provide a circulation network for an x-ray shielding fluid composition.... Agent: Elwha LLC, A Limited Liability Company Of The State Of Delaware

20130112898 - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions including fluidized x-ray shielding compositions: Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing an x-ray shielding system including a flexible layer including a support structure having a plurality of interconnected interstitial spaces that provide a circulation network for an x-ray shielding fluid composition.... Agent: Elwha LLC

20130112899 - Radiation protective slat arrangement: The present invention relates to a radiation protective slat arrangement comprising a guide and several radiation protective slats movably arranged along the guide. The arrangement can be converted from an open state into a closed state by displacing and rotating the slats. Adjacent slats are arranged to overlap each other... Agent: Mavig Gmbh

20130112900 - Cleaning apparatus, measurement method and calibration method: A calibration method for calibrating a measurement device for measuring a concentration of a gas dissolved in a liquid includes varying the concentration of the gas dissolved in the liquid, and predetermining, as a reference concentration, a concentration of the gas at which an intensity of luminescence produced when the... Agent: Siltronic Ag

20130105663 - Member for solid-state image pickup device and method for manufacturing solid-state image pickup device: A member for a solid-state image pickup device having a bonding plane with no gaps and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The manufacturing method includes the steps of providing a first substrate provided with a photoelectric converter on its primary face and a first wiring structure, providing... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130105664 - Image sensor with individually selectable imaging elements: An imaging element includes a photosensor and a transfer transistor to transfer electrical charges from the photosensor to a charge accumulation node. A selector is configured to receive at least two logic selection signals and to supply an activation signal, which is a function of the selection signals, to a... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Sa

20130105667 - Solid-state imaging apparatus and method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a first substrate that includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a second substrate that includes at least a part of a readout circuit configured to read signals based on electric charges of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units and a peripheral circuit including a... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130105665 - Solid-state imaging device: In this solid-state imaging device, an output signal of any one of a plurality of delay units that output signals of logic states in accordance with a level of a pixel signal is input to an input terminal of a latch circuit that latches a logic state of the output... Agent: Olympus Corporation

20130105666 - Solid-state imaging device: The solid-state imaging device includes light collecting elements each of which includes a first light-transmissive film group and a second light transmissive film group adjacent to each other. The first light-transmissive film group and the second light transmissive film group have mutually different effective refractive index distributions for guiding at... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20130105670 - Pulsed laser signal disrupting device incorporating led illuminator: The invention discloses a pulsed-laser signal disrupting device incorporating a high intensity LED illuminator including a pulsed-laser detector, pulsed-laser beam emitting source, high intensity and efficiency LED illuminator, microcontroller and a user interface. A microcontroller algorithm detects a foreign pulsed-laser signal and performs disruption with automatic camouflaging of the disruption... Agent:

20130105668 - Reflective display device with light compensation module: A display device includes a display layer, a control unit, a color sensor and a light guide plate (LGP) arranged on the display layer. A light emitting module includes three light emitters configured for emitting red, green and blue light, into the LGP through the lateral surface. The control unit... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20130105669 - Electronic circuit for optical control of a flip-flop: An electronic circuit contains a flip-flop, a switch, a photodiode and a mode-locked laser. The mode-locked laser generates light pulses, which generate a photocurrent in the photodiode the switch transfers the photocurrent to one of two inputs of the flip-flop. The flip-flop outputs its status to at least one output.... Agent: Rohde & Schwarz Gmbh & Co.kg

20130105671 - Faceted retro-mirror for line-of-sight jitter sensing: A jitter sensing mechanism for a gimbaled optical sensor system. In one example, the jitter sensing mechanism includes a faceted retro-minor configured to allow a double-pass line-of-sight monitoring beam to sense line-of-sight jitter in a multi-axis gimbaled optical sensor system where the inner-most gimbal axis includes a 2:1 gain mirror.... Agent: Raytheon Company

20130105674 - Multichannel polarization stabilizer: A multichannel polarization stabilizer including a mixing device responsive to a sample beam and a reference beam that provides an in-phase signal including the mixed sample beam and reference beam having a relative phase of 0° and a quadrature phase signal including the mixed sample beam and reference beam having... Agent: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

20130105673 - Optical touch panel and optical touch device: The present invention discloses an optical touch panel including a support plate, a light emitting element, an optical fiber, an optical sensing element and a control unit. The optical fiber is arranged on the support plate in a bending manner. A light beam generated by the light emitting element is... Agent: Primax Electronics Ltd.

20130105672 - Triplexer and/or optical line terminal compatible with a 10g ethernet passive optical network and a housing therefor: An optical triplexer and/or optical line terminal (OLT) compatible with 1.25 and 10 Gb/s passive optical networks is disclosed. The triplexer/OLT includes an optical fiber, first and second laser diodes, a photodiode, and first and second lenses. A hemispherical lens may be at an end face of the photodiode or... Agent:

20130105675 - Displacement detecting device, displacement detecting method, and computer-readable medium: A photoelectric encoder includes a light-emitting element, a scale, a lens, a PDA, and a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit includes a distortion table, a distortion compensation circuit, and a position analyzing circuit. The distortion table is calculated in advance on the basis of pieces of distortion information... Agent: Mitutoyo Corporation

20130105676 - Apparatus comprising an optical sensor and a housing part for an apparatus: An apparatus including a housing defining at least one interior cavity; at least one optical sensor located within the at least one interior cavity of the housing adjacent a first portion of the housing; wherein the first portion of the housing includes a plurality of distributed optical windows through the... Agent: Nokia Corporation

20130105677 - Sample block holder: A sample holder assembly includes a sample tray, a base plate, a stage mount, and a calibration standard mounted onto the stage mount. Three mating structures on the bottom of the base plate mate with corresponding structures on a stage mount that is attached to the sample stage of the... Agent: Fei Company

20130105678 - Neutron logging tool with multiple detectors: A neutron logging tool has multiple detectors spaced about the circumference of the tool. The detectors are shielded from each other such that each detector detects gamma rays from the area of the borehole and formation to which it is closest. The log readings from each detector can be associated... Agent: Weatherford/lamb, Inc.

20130105679 - Dual gamma ray and neutron detector in a multi-sensor apparatus and related methods: A downhole tool with two detectors located at different distances from a neutron source, has at least one dual gamma ray and neutron detector that includes a first detection element made of a neutron detector material, and a second element made of a gamma ray scintillation material, the first detection... Agent: Ge Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.

20130105680 - Method and system of determining a parameter associated with a formation corrected for neutrons produced: Determining a parameter associated with a formation corrected for neutrons produced. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: disposing a logging tool within a borehole, the borehole penetrates a formation; producing neutrons by a neutron source within the logging tool; detecting neutrons produced by the neutron source,... Agent: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

20130105684 - Analyte mass spectrometry quantitation using a universal reporter: Quantitation of analytes, including but not limited to peptides, polypeptides, and proteins, in mass spectrometry using a labeled peptide coupled to a reporter, and a universal reporter.... Agent:

20130105683 - Discontinuous atmospheric pressure interface: A method of interfacing atmospheric pressure ion sources, including electrospray and desorption electrospray ionization sources, to mass spectrometers, for example miniature mass spectrometers, in which the ionized sample is discontinuously introduced into the mass spectrometer. Discontinuous introduction improves the match between the pumping capacity of the instrument and the volume... Agent:

20130105681 - Ion interface device having multiple confinement cells and methods of use thereof: A device and associated method are disclosed for interfacing an ion trap to a pulsed mass analyzer (such as a time-of-flight analyzer) in a mass spectrometer. The device includes a plurality of separate confinement cells and structures for directing ions into a selected one of the confinement cells. Ions are... Agent:

20130105682 - Techniques for efficient fragmentation of peptides: Techniques are described for performing mass spectrometry. A stream of one or more ions is generated. The stream is transmitted into a collision cell over a period of time. In accordance with a set of criteria including a retention time of one or more precursor ions, a collision energy of... Agent: Waters Technologies Corporation

20130105685 - Method and apparatus for reduced membrane desorption time in ion molecular spectrometry: An ion mobility spectrometer including an ion identifying unit, a detector in flow communication with the identifying unit, a gas inlet configured to provide gas carrying a sample of interest, a membrane substantially covering the first opening of the detector inlet, the membrane configured to capture the sample of interest... Agent:

20130105686 - Methods and apparatus for detecting neutral chemical units via nanostructures: Suspended nanotubes are used to capture and ionize neutral chemical units, such as individual atoms, molecules, and condensates, with excellent efficiency and sensitivity. Applying a voltage to the nanotube(s) (with respect to a grounding surface) creates an attractive potential between a polarizable neutral chemical unit and the nanotube that varies... Agent: President And Fellows Of Harvard College

20130105687 - Charged particle energy analysers and methods of operating charged particle energy analysers: A charged particle energy analyser (10) includes inner and outer cylindrically symmetric electrodes (11,12) arranged coaxially on a longitudinal axis (z-z) of the analyser. A position-sensitive detector (17) has a particle-receiving detection surface located off-axis, at a radial spacing from the longitudinal axis (z-z) less than the radius of the... Agent: Shimadzu Corporation

20130105690 - Charged particle beam apparatus: In recent years, in association with the miniaturization and high integration of semiconductor manufacturing processes, there have been arising many cases where observation target portions are densely located. In such a case, if observation is performed using a conventional pre-charge technology, scanning with an electron beam in pre-charging are repeatedly... Agent: Hitachi High-technologies Corporation

20130105689 - Method for adjusting a stem equipped with an aberration corrector: The invention relates to a method for adjusting a Cs corrector in a STEM using a crystalline sample. The method comprises recording a through-focus series, converting the obtained images to Fourier space, thus forming a set of images alike diffraction images. By then determining the symmetry of the Fourier images,... Agent: Fei Company

20130105688 - Method of characterizing a crystalline specimen by ion or atom scattering: Method of characterizing a crystalline specimen (E), characterized in that it comprises the steps consisting in: a) directing a substantially mono-energetic beam (F1) of projectiles chosen from atoms and ions onto a surface, called the top surface, of said specimen, the direction of propagation of said beam being characterized by... Agent: Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives

20130105691 - Pattern measurement apparatus and pattern measurement method: Referring to design data for a sample, a measurement region is defined at a portion in the design data which has no step in an edge of a pattern. In addition, an edge as a characteristic portion is detected from the design data, and an edge as a characteristic portion... Agent: Advantest Corporation

20130105692 - Fiber optic radiochromic dosimeter probe and method to make the same: A fiber optic dosimeter probe for sensing radiation dose including an optical fiber having a free end and a sensitive end, a window having a sensitive side and a rear side; a radiation sensitive layer between the sensitive end of the optical fiber and a sensitive side of the window,... Agent:

20130105693 - Pyroelectric light detector, pyroelectric light detecting device, and electronic device: A pyroelectric light detector has a base unit, a support member, and a plurality of pyroelectric capacitors containing pyroelectric bodies. The support member includes a first surface and a second surface facing opposite the first surface, and has a hollow space section formed between the second surface and the base... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130105694 - Apparatus and method for detecting durability wiper blade: An apparatus for detecting durability of a wiper blade, may include an optical sensor including a light emitting unit radiating an infrared ray to a windshield glass and a light receiving unit receiving the infrared ray reflected through the windshield glass, wherein the wiper blade may be positioned between the... Agent: Hyundai Motor Company

20130105695 - Optical device using both visible and infrared light: An optical device includes a body tube having an open end; a main reflector mounted to the other end opposite to the open end via an inner space of the body tube; a secondary reflector provided in the body tube to enable a light reflected by the main reflector incident... Agent: Korea Astronomy And Space Science Institute

20130105696 - Hermetically sealed radiation detector and methods for making: A flat panel X-ray detector that comprises an X-ray panel and a scintillator layer disposed on a first surface of the X-ray panel, is disclosed herein. The flat panel X-ray detector further comprises a hermetic cover that covers the scintillator layer. The hermetic cover comprises a top surface and at... Agent: General Electric Company

20130105697 - Light emitting ceramic, light emitting element, scintillator, and method for producing light emitting ceramic: Provided is a light emitting ceramic such as a wavelength conversion ceramic or a radiation-to-light conversion ceramic, which emits light when radiation or light enters the ceramic, and which has a short light emission decay time. The light emitting ceramic is obtained by applying a heat treatment in a reducing... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

20130105698 - Apparatus and method for the locally resolved measurement of a radiation distribution produced using a lithography mask: A method for locally resolved measurement of a radiation distribution (24) produced using a lithography mask (16) comprises providing a radiation converter (31, 131) having an at least two-dimensional arrangement of converter elements (32, 132) which can respectively be put in an active and a passive state, and are configured... Agent: Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh

20130105699 - Methods and systems for adaptive tomographic imaging: Nuclear imaging systems, non-transitory computer readable media and methods for adaptive imaging are presented. Particularly, the present method includes acquiring preliminary projection data by scanning each of one or more views of a subject for a determined preliminary scan interval. Further, a region of interest of the subject is identified.... Agent: General Electric Company

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20130105701 - Photon counting detector to generate high-resolution images and high-contrast images, and photon counting and detecting method using the same: A photon counting detector and a photon counting and detecting method using the same is provided. The photon counting detector includes readout circuits configured to count photons in multi-energy radiation incident to a sensor, the photons being counted with respect to each of a plurality of energy bands of the... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130105704 - White beam slit: A white beam slit. The embodiment of this unit consists of vertical and horizontal slit mechanisms, a vacuum vessel which houses them, stepper motors, limit switches, electrical connections for a drain current measurement system and a stand for the vacuum chamber to attach to. For the base design, the fully... Agent:

20130105702 - Charged particle beam acceleration and extraction method and apparatus used in conjunction with a charged particle cancer therapy system: The invention comprises a charged particle beam acceleration and optional extraction method and apparatus used in conjunction with charged particle beam radiation therapy of cancerous tumors. Novel design features of a synchrotron are described. Particularly, turning magnets, edge focusing magnets, concentrating magnetic field magnets, and extraction elements are described that... Agent:

20130105703 - Particle beam therapy system and adjustment method for particle beam therapy system: There are provided a scanning electromagnet 2 that performs scanning and outputting in such a way that a supplied charged particle beam Bec is formed in a three-dimensional irradiation shape based on a treatment plan; and deflection electromagnets 4 and 5 that switch the orbits for the charged particle beam... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

20130105705 - Ion beam extraction electrode and ion source: An ion beam extraction electrode includes an electrode frame and a plurality of ion extracting aperture forming members. The plurality of ion extracting aperture forming members are arranged at an interval in a direction. At least one end of each ion extracting aperture forming member is movably supported. The plurality... Agent: Nissin Ion Equipment Co., Ltd.

20130105706 - Double tilt transmission electron microscope sample holder for in-situ measurement of microstructures: A double tilt sample holder for in-situ measuring mechanical and electrical properties of microstructures in transmission electron microscope (TEM) is provided. The sample holder includes a home-made hollow sample holder body, a sensor for measuring mechanical/electrical properties, a pressing piece, a sample holder head, a sensor carrier. The sensor for... Agent: Beijing University Of Technology

20130105707 - Radiation detector: [Means to Solve the Problems] A radiation detector is constructed by installing an optical wavelength conversion layer, which is composed of, for example, an organic fluorescent substance using polyvinyltoluene as a base material, between a scintillator composed of a fluoride single crystal, such as a Ce-containing LiCaAlF6 crystal, and a... Agent: Tokuyama Corporation

20130105708 - Narrow band fluorophore exciter: Disclosed is a solid-state light source based on a light emitting diode (LED) array driven by a constant current power source with an active feedback control. This system can be implemented for broad frequency ranges or for narrow band frequencies depending on the characteristics of the LEDs chosen to populate... Agent:

20130105709 - Optical cavity mode excitations in magnetic fluorescent microparticles: An optical cavity mode apparatus comprises at least one microcavity having magnetism; a light source for supplying light irradiation to the microcavity; an optical apparatus for detection of optical cavity modes of the microcavity; and a magnetic controller for magnetically controlling the position of the microcavity.... Agent:

20130105710 - Diagnostic method and apparatus for characterization of a neutral beam and for process control therewith: An apparatus and method for characterizing a particle beam provides receiving a particle beam in a central region of a reduced pressure enclosure; impacting the received beam against a beam strike that is thermally isolated from the enclosure; measuring a temperature change of the beam strike due to the impacting... Agent: Exogenesis Corporation

20130105711 - Led curing system: A substrate curing system wherein a single LED generates light having a maximum peak wavelength of 377 nm and wherein the generated light is directed to the proximal end of a liquid light guide, the light output from the distal end of the light guide being directed to the surface... Agent: American Ultraviolet Co. Inc.

20130105712 - Apparatus and method for generating extreme ultraviolet light: A method for generating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light that includes the steps of supplying a droplet of a target material into a chamber, diffusing the droplet by irradiating the droplet by a pre-pulse laser beam to form a diffused target, and generating a plasma by irradiating the diffused target by... Agent: Gigaphoton Inc.

20130105713 - Extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light may include: a chamber having an opening through which a laser beam is introduced into the chamber; a reference member on which the chamber is mounted; a target supply unit for supplying a target material to be irradiated by the laser beam to... Agent: Gigaphoton Inc.

20130099091 - Device having an avalanche photo diode and a method for sensing photons: A semiconductor device that may include an avalanche photodiode (APD), the APD may include: a first doped region of a first polarity; a buried guard ring of a second polarity, the second polarity is opposite to the first polarity, the buried guard ring is spaced apart from the first doped... Agent:

20130099090 - Two-step analog-digital converting circuit and method: A two-step analog-digital converting circuit includes a comparator, an upper bit counter and a pulse residue conversion unit. The comparator is configured to compare a ramp signal and an input signal, and to output a resulting comparative signal. The upper bit counter is configured to receive the comparative signal and... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130099092 - Device and method for determining position of object: A method for determining the position of an object, includes: respectively detecting a light beam of a light emitting module emitted from a reference point and respectively reflected and retro-reflected by a stripped L-shaped reflecting mirror and retroreflector to obtain a first signal and a second signal; processing the first... Agent: Era Optoelectronics Inc.

20130099093 - Detection apparatus and detection system: A detection apparatus includes a transistor disposed on a substrate, a conversion element disposed above the transistor and connected to the transistor, a capacitor connected in parallel with conversion element to the transistor, the capacitor including, between the substrate and the conversion element, an ohmic contact part connected to the... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130099096 - Flash detection and laser response system: A flash detection and laser response system includes a flash sensor configured to capture a plurality of sensor images, an image analyzer configured to identify at least a first image including a first flash event and to compute from the first image a direction of the flash event relative to... Agent: Optical Physics Company

20130099097 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method: Provided is an imaging apparatus including an imaging element section, an imaging optical system, a transmission/block section, an actuator, and an output section. The imaging element section includes a plurality of pixels, and the imaging optical system forms an image on the imaging element section, the image being formed by... Agent: Sony Corporation

20130099095 - Multiple-gain charge sensing in image sensors: In various embodiments, image sensors include output channels enabling high-gain and/or low-gain charge read-out while minimizing charge-conversion noise.... Agent:

20130099099 - Radiation detector and method: Embodiments of the invention provide a radiation detector comprising a pixel, the pixel having a first diode arranged to collect radiation-generated carriers; a second diode arranged to collect radiation-generated carriers; switching components operable to permit independent readout of the first diode and the second diode, wherein the first diode has... Agent:

20130099094 - Solid-state imaging device, electronic equipment and manufacturing method of the solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging device including, active elements configured to handle the charge captured in a photoreceiving region, an element isolation region configured to isolate regions of the active element, a first impurity region configured to surround the element isolation region, and a second impurity region including an impurity region lower... Agent: Sony Corporation

20130099098 - Solid-state imaging device, members for the same, and imaging system: The present invention provides a solid-state imaging device including a pad capable of reducing inferior connection with an external terminal. The solid-state imaging device includes a first substrate provided, on its front face, with photoelectric conversion elements, a first wiring structure, a second substrate provided, on its front face, with... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130099102 - Integrating sphere photometer and measuring method of the same: Provided are an integrating sphere photometer and a measuring method of the same. The integrating sphere photometer includes a plurality of photodetectors, an integrating sphere having through-holes formed to correspond to the photodetectors, baffles disposed inside the integrating sphere in front of the photodetectors to be spaced apart from the... Agent: Korea Research Institute Of Standards And Science

20130099101 - Radiation sensor: A radiation sensor of the type having a packaged radiation source and detector, which includes an isolator that blocks propagation within the package of radiation from the source to the detector, in order to improve signal to noise ratio of the sensor. The isolator is formed by appropriately formed surfaces... Agent: Stmicroelectronics R&d Ltd

20130099100 - Silicon photomultiplier and readout method: Silicon photomultiplier and readout method A silicon photomultiplier device is provided which comprises a first electrode arranged to provide a bias voltage to the device, a second electrode arranged as a ground electrode for the device, and a third electrode arranged to provide an output signal from the device using... Agent: Sensl Technologies Ltd.

20130099103 - Response-enhanced monolithic-hybrid pixel: A light-sensing pixel for detecting at least a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum includes a first detector element having a micro-structured surface for detecting an infrared range of wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. The light-sensing pixel further includes a second detector element for detecting a second range of wavelengths of... Agent: Sionyx, Inc.

20130099104 - Interrogator having an analog interrogator following at least one amplifier: An interrogator for a plurality of sensor fiber optic gratings. The interrogator includes a broadband optical source; at least one beam splitter directing output of the optical source to the sensor fiber optic gratings; at least one linear filter for converting changes in peak reflection wavelength to changes in intensity;... Agent: Us Seismic Systems, Inc.

20130099106 - Displacement detecting device, scale calibrating method and scale calibrating program: A displacement detecting device includes: a scale which has an optical lattice; a detecting unit which is disposed so as to be movable in a scanning direction relative to the scale, inclusive of at least a first detection portion, a second detection portion and a third detection portion, arranged in... Agent: Mitutoyo Corporation

20130099105 - Encoder and apparatus using the same: The encoder includes a scale including first and second periodic patterns, and a detector relatively movable with respect to the scale and whose detection state is switchable between a first detection state to read the first periodic pattern and output a first signal and a second detection state to read... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130099107 - Rotation sensor-equipped bearing: A bearing unit is provided in an inner peripheral portion of a sensor housing in which a sensor portion is installed. The sensor portion includes a sensor mounting substrate and a sensor fixed to this sensor mounting substrate. The sensor housing is provided with an axially extending substrate mounting groove... Agent:

20130099108 - Controlling microparticles through a light field having controllable intensity and periodicity of maxima thereof: A method includes providing a capability to control divergence of a coherent light beam having an axially symmetrical distribution of intensity thereof through an optical divergence controller, and directing an output of the optical divergence controller related to the controlled divergence of the coherent light beam onto a glass prism.... Agent:

20130099109 - Image reading device and image reading system: An image reading device and an image reading system for recognizing a first image in a selected area on an object are provided. The selected area includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is coated with an invisible ink, which is capable of absorbing the... Agent: Pixart Imaging Inc.

20130099113 - In-situ conditioning in mass spectrometer systems: In a mass spectrometer or gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer system, a conditioning gas such as, for example, hydrogen is added to condition or clean one or more components or regions of the mass spectrometer such as the ion source. The conditioning gas may be added upstream of the mass spectrometer such... Agent: Agilent Technologies, Inc.

20130099112 - Mass spectrometer with maldi laser system: The invention relates to a mass spectrometer comprising a laser system for mass-spectrometric analyses with ionization of analyte molecules in a sample by matrix-assisted laser desorption. A mass spectrometer with a pulsed UV laser system produces a spatially distributed spot pattern with peaks of uniform energy density on the sample,... Agent: Bruker Daltonik Gmbh

20130099110 - Mass to charge ratio selective ejection from ion guide having supplemental rf voltage applied thereto: An ion guide is disclosed wherein an axial DC voltage barrier is created at the exit of the ion guide. A primary RF voltage is applied to the electrodes in order to confine ions radially within the ion guide. A supplemental RF voltage is also applied to the electrodes. The... Agent: Micromass Uk Limited

20130099111 - Tof mass analyser with improved resolving power: A time of flight analyser that comprises a pulsed ion source; a non-linear ion mirror having a turn-around point; and a detector. The pulsed ion source is configured to produce an ion pulse travelling along an ion flight axis, the ion pulse comprising an ion group consisting of ions of... Agent: Shimadzu Corporation

20130099114 - Detector for use in a charged particle apparatus: A detector with a Silicon Diode and an amplifier, and a feedback element in the form of, for example, a resistor or a diode, switchably connected to the output of the amplifier. When the feedback element is selected via a switch, the detector operates in a Current Measurement Mode for... Agent: Fei Company

20130099115 - Microfabricated high-bandpass foucault aperture for electron microscopy: A variant of the Foucault (knife-edge) aperture is disclosed that is designed to provide single-sideband (SSB) contrast at low spatial frequencies but retain conventional double-sideband (DSB) contrast at high spatial frequencies in transmission electron microscopy. The aperture includes a plate with an inner open area, a support extending from the... Agent: The Regents Of The University Of California

20130099116 - Integrated backscattered electron detector with cathodoluminescence collection optics: An apparatus for simultaneous detection of backscattered electrons and photons from a sample. The device includes a direct detection backscattered electron detector and a photon detector. The backscattered electron detector has a reflective surface that reflects photons emitted by the sample onto the photon detector.... Agent: Gatan, Inc.

20130099117 - Scanning transmission type electron microscope: Disclosed is a scanning transmission type electron microscope provided with a scanning transmission electron microscope provided with an aberration corrector 805 for correcting the aberration of an electron-optical system that irradiates electron beams to a sample (808); a bright field image detector (813) for detecting electron beams that have transmitted... Agent:

20130099118 - Terahertz wave detecting device, imaging device, and measuring device: A terahertz wave detecting device includes a wavelength filter and a detection part. The wavelength filter is configured to convert terahertz waves to heat. The detection part is configured to detect the heat converted by the wavelength filter. The wavelength filter includes a wavelength selection layer and a terahertz wave... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130099119 - System for measuring an electromagnetic field: (EN) A system (MSY) for measuring an electromagnetic field comprises an antenna device disposed on a plane (AB1). The antenna device is arranged to provide a pa it of signals representative of a pair of orthogonal components of the electromagnetic field. A printed circuit (PT1) for signal transmission is orthogonally... Agent: Art-fi

20130099120 - Systems and methods for counting cells and biomolecules: The invention generally relates to analytical and monitoring systems useful for analyzing and measuring cells and biological samples. More particularly, the invention relates to systems and methods for imaging, measuring, counting, analyzing, and monitoring microscopic particles such as cells and biological molecules in solution samples.... Agent:

20130099121 - Infrared ray detection element and infrared ray detection device having the same: An infrared ray detection element has a plurality of pyroelectric layers that are laminated in a same direction as an incident direction of infrared rays, one or more intermediate electrode layers laminated between the plurality of pyroelectric layers; a front side electrode layer that is laminated on a front side... Agent: Pioneer Corporation

20130099122 - Apparatus and method for sensing temperature: A temperature sensing apparatus and method are described to detect a change in a frequency due to a change in a temperature. An infrared light sensing apparatus and method are also provided. The temperature sensing apparatus may include an electrode to generate an electrical signal, a piezoelectric layer to convert... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130099123 - Tire surface anomaly detection: A tire surface anomaly detection system and method are disclosed. The system and method are generally based on the principle that a tire surface anomaly will have a different heat transfer rate than that of the uniform mass surrounding the tire surface anomaly. Embodiments of the present disclosure apply thermal... Agent: Michelin Recherche Et Technique, S.a.

20130099124 - Integrating sensing systems into thermostat housing in manners facilitating compact and visually pleasing physical characteristics thereof: An occupancy sensing electronic thermostat is described that includes a thermostat body having a curved exterior front surface, a dot matrix display mounted within the body viewable by a user in front of the front surface, a passive infrared sensor for measuring infrared energy and a shaped Fresnel lens having... Agent: Nest Labs, Inc.

20130099125 - Compact thermal neutron monitor: A thermal neutron monitor includes at least one neutron scintillator sheet interposed between light guides. Scintillation light emitted in opposite transverse directions is captured by the light guides and conveyed to a common detector. The sandwiched geometry of the monitor avoids the need to provide multiple detectors and permits construction... Agent:

20130099126 - Radiation image imaging apparatus: A radiation image imaging apparatus includes: a sensor board in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged two-dimensionally; and a scintillator which converts an incident radiation into light and irradiates the light onto the photoelectric conversion elements, and a protection layer having an anti-static function is provided between... Agent:

20130099127 - Method and device for detecting x-ray quanta: A method is provided for detecting x-ray quanta incident on a multi-pixel x-ray detector having a two-dimensional matrix composed of measurement-signal-generating pixels, wherein the multi-pixel x-ray detector is embodied as a direct solid-state detector, wherein the pixels, which generate a measurement signal within a predefined time interval and which in... Agent: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

20130099128 - Radiation image capturing system and radiation image capturing apparatus: According to one implementation, a radiation image capturing system includes a radiation image capturing apparatus; and a radiation generating apparatus. The radiation image capturing apparatus includes: a plurality of radiation detecting elements defined by a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines; a scanning driving section; a... Agent: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.

20130099129 - Radiation image capture device: A radiation image capture device is provided with a radiation detection panel including optoelectronic conversion elements, a signal processing board that performs signal processing of the signals provided by the radiation detection panel, a flexible printed circuit, and a casing. One end of the flexible printed circuit is connected to... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130099130 - Radiation image capture device: A radiation image capture device is provided with a radiation detection panel, a signal processing board, a flexible printed circuit, a casing, and a first conductor. The radiation detection panel includes optoelectronic conversion elements that convert radiation to electronic signals. The signal processing board is disposed to oppose the radiation... Agent: Fujifilm Corporation

20130099131 - Method and apparatus for improved uniformity control with dynamic beam shaping: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for varying the cross-sectional shape of an ion beam, as the ion beam is scanned over the surface of a workpiece, to generate a time-averaged ion beam having an improved ion beam current profile uniformity. In one embodiment, the cross-sectional shape... Agent: Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

20130099132 - Optical system for euv lithography with a charged-particle source: To prevent reflective optical elements (2) for EUV lithography from becoming electrically charged as they are irradiated with EUV radiation (4), an optical system for EUV lithography is proposed, having a reflective optical element (2), including a substrate (21) with a highly reflective coating (22) emitting secondary electrons when irradiated... Agent: Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh

20130099133 - Focused ion beam apparatus: Provided is a focused ion beam apparatus including a gas field ion source, the gas field ion source including: an emitter (41) for emitting an ion beam (1); an ion source chamber (40) for containing the emitter (41); a gas supply unit (46) for supplying nitrogen to the ion source... Agent:

20130099134 - Manipulator carrier for electron microscopes: The present invention relates to a carrier device for transporting one or more manipulators into a vacuum specimen chamber of an electron microscope, characterized in that the carrier device comprises: (i) a platform having securing means for detachably securing the one or more manipulators to the platform, and (ii) electrical... Agent:

20130099136 - Fluorescent nanoscopy device and method: A method for analysis of an object dyed with fluorescent coloring agents. Separately fluorescing visible molecules or nanoparticles are periodically formed in different object parts, the laser produces the oscillation thereof which is sufficient for recording the non-overlapping images of the molecules or nanoparticles and for decoloring already recorded fluorescent... Agent: Stereonic International, Inc.

20130099135 - Lighting design of high quality biomedical devices: The invention relates to a plurality of light sources to power a variety of applications including microarray readers, microplate scanners, microfluidic analyzers, sensors, sequencers, Q-PCR and a host of other bioanalytical tools that drive today's commercial, academic and clinical biotech labs.... Agent: Lumencor, Inc.

20130099137 - End cap voltage control of ion traps: An ion trap for a mass spectrometer has a conductive central electrode with an aperture extending from a first open end to a second open end. A conductive first electrode end cap is disposed proximate to the first open end thereby forming a first intrinsic capacitance between the first end... Agent: 1st Detect Corporation

20130099138 - Radiation measurement instrument calibration facility capable of lowering scattered radiation and shielding background radiation: The present invention relates to a radiation measurement instrument calibration facility with the abilities of lowering scattered radiation and shielding background radiation and it is capable of providing a suitable environment for performing performance test, calibration and experiment upon a radiation measurement instrument. In an embodiment, the calibration facility comprises:... Agent: Institute Of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan

20130099139 - Charged particle beam writing apparatus and charged particle beam writing method: A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a unit to calculate a gradient of a convolution amount that is calculated from a convolution operation between an area density and a distribution function, a unit to calculate a small influence radius phenomenon dose correction coefficient that corrects for dimension variation due... Agent: Nuflare Technology, Inc.

20130099140 - Laser apparatus, extreme ultraviolet light generation system, and method for generating laser beam: A laser apparatus may include a seed laser device configured to output a pulse laser beam, a pulse energy adjusting unit configured to vary pulse energy of the pulse laser beam, at least one amplifier for amplifying the pulse laser beam, at least one power source for varying an excitation... Agent: Gigaphoton Inc.

20130099141 - Ultraviolet light emitting device incorporting optically absorbing layers: A light emitting device includes a p-side, an n-side, and an active layer between the p-side and the n-side. The p-side includes a p-side contact, an electron blocking layer, a p-side separate confinement heterostructure (p-SCH), and a p-cladding/current spreading region disposed between the p-SCH and the p-side contact. The n-side... Agent: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated

20130099142 - Top of form sensor: A sensing apparatus operable for sensing top of form indicators on media within a print station is provided. The sensing apparatus generally including a base and a cover hingedly attached to each other and being operable for manipulation between an open and closed position, a flexible circuit affixed to the... Agent: Source Technologies, LLC

20130099143 - Structure for particle immobilization and apparatus for particle analysis: A structure 14 for particle immobilization has a plurality of holding holes 9 for holding respective test particles in order to detect light emitted from a substance which indicates the presence of a component for constructing each of the test particles, and the structure 14 for particle immobilization comprises a... Agent: Tosoh Corporation