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A charge trapping floating gate is described with asymmetric tunneling barriers. The memory cell includes a source region and a drain region separated by a channel region. A first tunneling barrier structure is disposed above the channel region. A floating gate is disposed above the first tunneling barrier structure covering the channel region. A second tunneling barrier is disposed above the floating gate. A dielectric charge trapping structure disposed above the second tunneling barrier and a blocking dielectric structure is disposed above the charge trapping structure. A top conductive layer disposed above the top dielectric structure acts as a gate. The second tunneling barrier is a more efficient conductor of tunneling current, under bias conditions applied for programming and erasing the memory cell, than the first tunneling barrier structure.

A circuit and method for self-converging programming of a charge storage memory cell, such as NROM or floating gate flash, having a source and a drain in a substrate, a charge storage element and a control gate. The method includes applying source voltage, inducing a body effect that increases the effective threshold, and increasing the source voltage along with the drain voltage to moderate hot electron injection efficiency during the program operation, at least during a portion of the program operation in which convergence on a target threshold occurs. A selected gate voltage is applied during the operation to establish the target threshold voltage. In multiple bit cells, the gate voltage is set according to the data values to be stored, enabling self-convergence at more than one target threshold.

The invention provides an electro-optical device having circuits for driving electro-optical elements, such as organic EL elements, and a driving device, which can employ driving elements having low driving ability, such as α-TFTs. By providing a charge storage capacitor between the source electrode and the gate electrode of a driving transistor which is between power sources, the electro-optical device can allow the driving transistor to control a driving current, even when an electro-optical element is connected to the source side of the driving transistor. In addition, driving data can be stored in the charge storage capacitor by applying a predetermined voltage to the source electrode of the driving transistor.

An active matrix display comprises a chiral smectic liquid crystal mixture which has the phase sequence I-N*-SmC*, a spontaneous polarization in the operating temperature range of <40 nC / cm2 and a pitch of >10 mum at at least one temperature in the nematic or cholesteric phase and comprises at least one compound each from at least two of the substance classes (A), (B) and (C) and one or more compounds from substance class (D):(A): compounds comprising two rings which are directly linked to one another and are selected from phenylene-1,4-diyl, pyrimidine-2,5-diyl, pyridine-2,5-diyl and pyridazine-2,5-diyl with the proviso that at least one of these rings is a nitrogen heterocycle;(B): compounds comprising three rings selected from phenylene-1,4-diyl, two of the rings being directly linked to one another and the third ring being linked to one of the other two rings via an -OC(=O)- or -C(=O)-group, with the proviso that at least one of the three rings is fluorophenylene-1,4-diyl or ortho-difluorophenylene-1,4-diyl;(C): compounds comprising three rings which are directly linked to one another and are selected from phenylene-1,4-diyl, pyrimidine-2,5-diyl, pyridine-2,5-diyl and pyridazine-2,5-diyl with the proviso that at least one of these rings is a nitrogen heterocycle;(D): compounds comprising mesogenic groups suitable as components of liquid crystal mixtures.

A motor driving apparatus for a cleaning appliance includes a battery source and a power controller. The battery source supplies the power controller with an output having a first voltage which decreases as the battery source is discharged. The power controller modulates the output to produce a drive signal for driving a motor that has a second voltage and a variable duty cycle. The power controller increases the duty cycle of the drive signal as the first voltage decreases in order to maintain the second voltage at a substantially constant average value per unit time. By providing the above arrangement, the motor can be supplied with a constant voltage throughout the available run time of the battery. When forming part of a cleaning appliance having a motor, the above arrangement allows the motor to operate at a substantially constant speed throughout the run time of the battery.

A stack of a high-k gate dielectric and a metal gate structure includes a lower metal layer, a scavenging metal layer, and an upper metal layer. The scavenging metal layer meets the following two criteria 1) a metal (M) for which the Gibbs free energy change of the reaction Si+2 / y MxOy→2x / y M+SiO2 is positive 2) a metal that has a more negative Gibbs free energy per oxygen atom for formation of oxide than the material of the lower metal layer and the material of the upper metal layer. The scavenging metal layer meeting these criteria captures oxygen atoms as the oxygen atoms diffuse through the gate electrode toward the high-k gate dielectric. In addition, the scavenging metal layer remotely reduces the thickness of a silicon oxide interfacial layer underneath the high-k dielectric. As a result, the equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) of the total gate dielectric is reduced and the field effect transistor maintains a constant threshold voltage even after high temperature processes during CMOS integration.

An input device comprising a display device having an integrated capacitive sensing device. The input device includes a plurality of sensor electrodes a plurality of display electrodes, a modulated power supply configured to provide a modulated reference signal, and a processing system. The processing system includes a sensor module configured to drive a plurality of sensor electrodes with a modulated capacitive sensing signal that is based on the modulated reference signal for capacitive sensing during a first time period. The processing system also includes a display driver module configured to drive a plurality of display electrodes of a display device with modulated signals based on the modulated reference signal during the first time period. The modulated signals cause voltage between the plurality of display electrodes and the plurality of sensor electrodes to remain substantially constant.

A memory cell comprising: a semiconductor substrate with a surface with a source region and a drain region disposed below the surface of the substrate and separated by a channel region; a tunneling barrier dielectric structure with an effective oxide thickness of greater than 3 nanometers disposed above the channel region; a conductive layer disposed above the tunneling barrier dielectric structure and above the channel region; a charge trapping structure disposed above the conductive layer and above the channel region; a top dielectric structure disposed above the charge trapping structure and above the channel region; and a top conductive layer disposed above the top dielectric structure and above the channel region are described along with devices thereof and methods for manufacturing.

The present invention relates to a multi-functional energy conditioner having architecture employed in conjunction with various dielectric and combinations of dielectric materials to provide one or more differential and common mode filters for the suppression of electromagnetic emissions and surge protection. The architecture allows single or multiple components to be assembled within a single package such as an integrated circuit or connector. The component's architecture is dielectric independent and provides for integration of various electrical characteristics within a single component to perform the functions of filtering, decoupling, fusing and surge suppression.

The present invention relates to a method and a control system for driving a three-strand brushless, electronically commutated electric motor (2), wherein a line AC voltage (UN) is rectified and fed via a slim DC link (8) with minimum DC link reactance as a DC link voltage (UZ) to an inverter (10) that can be driven to supply and commutate the electric motor (2). A pulsating DC voltage (UG) initially generated by rectifying the line AC voltage (UN) is dynamically increased with respect to its instantaneous values by a step-up chopper (18) in such a manner that the resulting DC link voltage (UZ) with a reduced ripple always lies above a defined limit voltage (U18 / U1) over time. The control system consists of a network rectifier (6), a downstream slim DC link (8) with minimum DC link reactance and a controllable inverter (10) that can be supplied via the DC link and driven to commutate the electric motor (2). A step-up chopper (18) is integrated therein with a controller (20) designed in such a manner that, the pulsating DC voltage (UG) rectified by the network rectifier (6) is dynamically increased with respect to its instantaneous values in such a manner that the resulting DC link voltage (UZ) with a reduced ripple always lies above a defined limit voltage (U20 / U1) over time. Stray inductances (Ls1-Ls3) of the motor winding heads present in the electric motor (2) are used as inductor (L) for the step-up chopper (18).

A hybrid battery power source for implantable medical use provides a generally constant low internal resistance during discharge and avoids voltage delays of the type that develop as a result of run down-induced resistance increase in Li / SVO cells. The hybrid battery power source utilizes two batteries or cells, one being a primary cell of relatively high energy density and the other being a secondary cell of relatively low internal resistance that is rechargeable. The primary and secondary cells are connected in a parallel arrangement via a voltage boost / charge control circuit that is powered by the primary cell and adapted to charge the secondary cell while limiting charge / discharge excursions thereof in a manner that optimizes its output for high energy medical device use. The energy storage capacitors of the medical device in which the hybrid battery power source is situated are driven by the secondary cell. The primary cell is used to as an energy source for recharging the secondary cell.

The invention discloses a stored energy type standard-Z source photovoltaic power generation control system and method. The control system comprises a controller and a stored energy type standard-Z source inverter, wherein the controller comprises a capacitor voltage outer ring and a stored energy battery current inner ring and is used for regulating the direct-connection duty ratio of the inverter, thus the voltage of a DC (direct-current) bus can be constant, although the photovoltaic cell voltage is changed in a wide range; and the output power of the inverter is controlled by a power ring, and the output power of photovoltaic cells and the inverter is controlled so as to carry out charge-discharge management on stored energy batteries, thus realizing maximum power tracking. According to the invention, single-stage power transform is used to complete boosting, reduction voltage, inversion and energy storage, so that a simpler structure is used to realize minimum inverter capacity, thus ensuring the voltage of the DC bus to be constant and a power grid to obtain stable power, thereby maximally collecting solar energy and improving generating efficiency.

Embodiments of this disclosure describe an electrode biasing scheme that enables maintaining a nearly constant sheath voltage and thus creating a mono-energetic IEDF at the surface of the substrate that consequently enables a precise control over the shape of IEDF and the profile of the features formed in the surface of the substrate.

A solid-state image capturing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged; a driving circuit for driving each pixel of the pixel array; and a power supply circuit for stepping down an external source voltage supplied from an external power source to generate a pixel source voltage to be supplied to each pixel of the pixel array, where the power supply circuit includes a driver transistor for generating a pixel source voltage from the external source voltage and the driver transistor is operative in a saturated state.

A pixel of an organic light emitting diode display device includes a scan transistor configured to connect a data line to a first node in response to a scan signal, a storage capacitor connected between the first node and a first power supply voltage, a compensation capacitor connected between the first node and a second node, a driving transistor having a gate connected to the second node, a source connected to the first power supply voltage, and a drain connected to a third node, a compensation transistor configured to connect the second node to the third node in response to a compensation control signal, an organic light emitting diode connected between the third node and a second power supply voltage, and an initialization transistor configured to transfer an initialization voltage in response to an initialization control signal.

In accordance with the present approach, a dark current is measured for one or more detector elements and used to determine a gain or gain compensation for the respective detector elements. In certain embodiments, the dark current is used to determine a temperature for the respective detector element and the temperature is used to determine the gain or gain compensation. In other embodiments, the dark current is used to calculate the gain or gain compensation for the respective detector element without calculating an intermediate temperature value, such as via the use of a transfer function.

An improved battery charging method is usable by a battery charger to charge a battery. The charging method may include an optional desulfation process, a first constant current process, a constant voltage process, a second constant current process and a float charge process. The charging method preferably improves various charge and usage characteristics of the battery through a single or continued use of the battery charger utilizing the charging method.

The invention is directed to a method, system and device for converting direct current (DC) electrical voltage from a fuel cell to an alternating current (AC) voltage. The inventive method regulates power drawn from the fuel cell and from a battery to maintain a substantially constant DC voltage across a DC bus, and inverts the DC voltage from the DC bus to the AC voltage. The method may further electrically isolate the fuel cell from the load. Also, the inventive method may prevent current from flowing to the fuel cell. The inventive method may also provide a charging current to the battery.

A stack of a high-k gate dielectric and a metal gate structure includes a lower metal layer, a scavenging metal layer, and an upper metal layer. The scavenging metal layer meets the following two criteria 1) a metal (M) for which the Gibbs free energy change of the reaction Si+2 / y MxOy→2x / y M+SiO2 is positive 2) a metal that has a more negative Gibbs free energy per oxygen atom for formation of oxide than the material of the lower metal layer and the material of the upper metal layer. The scavenging metal layer meeting these criteria captures oxygen atoms as the oxygen atoms diffuse through the gate electrode toward the high-k gate dielectric. In addition, the scavenging metal layer remotely reduces the thickness of a silicon oxide interfacial layer underneath the high-k dielectric. As a result, the equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) of the total gate dielectric is reduced and the field effect transistor maintains a constant threshold voltage even after high temperature processes during CMOS integration.

The invention relates to an electrified railway in-phase power supply device and a multi-target coordinated instantaneous current control method adopted by the device. After the in-phase power supply device is used, the electrified railway whole-line in-phase power supply can be realized, the output power of two power supply arms of a traction transformer can be balanced, and the negative sequence problem can be thoroughly solved; the load reactive power and the harmonic current can be compensated, and the electric energy quality of a traction power supply system can be comprehensively improved; the voltage of a traction electric network can be stabilized, the transient state stability of the voltage can be improved, the power supply distance of the power supply arms can be increased, and the amount of power substations can be reduced; the electrified railway in-phase power supply device and the multi-target coordinated instantaneous current control method are multiple in targets, the multi-target can be simultaneously controlled, the control harmony at two sides can be guaranteed, the dynamic response capability is stronger; a rectification side inverter takes the active power transfer and the stable direct voltage as a control target, and participates the reactive power control; and an inversion side inverter performs active power, reactive power and harmonic wave control, and participates the stable control of the direct voltage.

A hybrid battery power source for implantable medical use provides a generally constant low internal resistance during discharge and avoids voltage delays of the type that develop as a result of run down-induced resistance increase in Li / SVO cells. The hybrid battery power source utilizes two batteries or cells, one being a primary cell of relatively high energy density and the other being a secondary cell of relatively low internal resistance that is rechargeable. The primary and secondary cells are connected in a parallel arrangement via a voltage boost / charge control circuit that is powered by the primary cell and adapted to charge the secondary cell while limiting charge / discharge excursions thereof in a manner that optimizes its output for high energy medical device use. The energy storage capacitors of the medical device in which the hybrid battery power source is situated are driven by the secondary cell. The primary cell is used to as an energy source for recharging the secondary cell.

Embodiments of this disclosure describe an electrode biasing scheme that enables maintaining a nearly constant sheath voltage and thus creating a mono-energetic IEDF at the surface of the substrate that consequently enables a precise control over the shape of IEDF and the profile of the features formed in the surface of the substrate.

The present invention facilitates more accurate data reads by compensating for parasitic behavior—thus regulating the voltage at the drain of a core memory cell rather than at the output of a sensing circuit. More particularly, respective voltages at one or more nodes, such as the start of a bitline at a sensing circuit, for example, are adjusted to compensate for voltage drops that may occur due to parasitic behavior. Maintaining the substantially constant voltage levels at core memory cells allows comparisons to be made under ideal conditions while reducing the side leakages in virtual ground schemes. This mitigates margin loss and facilitates more reliable data sensing.

An electronic metal detector having a transmit coil (1) adapted to transmit an alternating magnetic field associated with a reactive transmit voltage, wherein the transmit voltage signal is selected such that the reactive transmit voltage is approximately constant for at least a time period during which a magnetic field signal to be processed is received by the detector for processing.

A method controls a micro-grid connected to a power distribution system. The method determines parameters of a model of dynamics of the micro-grid using measurements of power flow at a point of common coupling (PCC) of the micro-grid with the power distribution system. The model is exponentially stable on a voltage set-point at the PCC and the method determines, using the parameters of the model, an amount of reactive power required to maintain the voltage at the PCC asymptotically stable on the voltage set-point. Next, the method controls a generator of the micro-grid to produce the amount of reactive power.

A charger with over-voltage and over-current protection and a method for using the same are provided. The charger comprises a first interface, a second interface, a voltage stabilizing unit, a control unit, an input voltage sampling unit, a switch unit, and a current sampling unit. The voltage stabilizing unit receives an input voltage of an external power supply and provides a constant working voltage to the control unit. The input voltage sampling unit detects the input voltage real-timely. The current sampling unit detects charging current of the battery rod real-timely. The control unit determines whether the input voltage detected by the input voltage sampling unit generates over-voltage or not, or determines whether the charging current detected by the current sampling unit generates over-current or not, and controls the switch unit to turn on or turn off according to the determination results.