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Cytological methods for detecting a disease condition such as malignancy by Raman spectroscopic imaging
InactiveUS20060281068A1Superior resolution and intensitySensitive assessmentRadiation pyrometryMicrobiological testing/measurementEpitheliumCancer cell
Raman molecular imaging (RMI) is used to detect mammalian cells of a particular phenotype. For example the disclosure includes the use of RMI to differentiate between normal and diseased cells or tissues, e.g., cancer cells as well as in determining the grade of said cancer cells. In a preferred embodiment benign and malignant lesions of bladder and other tissues can be distinguished, including epithelial tissues such as lung, prostate, kidney, breast, and colon, and non-epithelial tissues, such as bone marrow and brain. Raman scattering data relevant to the disease state of cells or tissue can be combined with visual image data to produce hybrid images which depict both a magnified view of the cellular structures and information relating to the disease state of the individual cells in the field of view. Also, RMI techniques may be combined with visual image data and validated with other detection methods to produce confirm the matter obtained by RMI.
Owner:CHEMIMAGE CORP
System and method for cytological analysis by raman spectroscopic imaging
InactiveUS20070178067A1Superior resolution and intensitySensitive assessmentBiocideGenetic material ingredientsBiological StressData set
A method and system of differentially manipulating cells where the cells, suspended in a fluid, are irradiated with substantially monochromatic light. A Raman data set is obtained from the irradiated cells and where the data set is characteristic of a disease status. The data set is assessed to identify diseased cells. A Raman chemical image of the irradiated cells is also obtained. Based on the assessment and the Raman chemical image, the fluid in which the cells are suspended is differentially manipulated. The diseased cells are directed to a first location and other non-diseased cells are directed to a second location as part of the differential manipulation. The diseased cells may be treated with a physical stress, a chemical stress, and a biological stress and then returned to a patient from whom the diseased cells were obtained prior to the irradiation.
Owner:CHEMIMAGE
Signal amplified biological detection with conjugated polymers
ActiveUS20120252986A1Good water solubilityReduce non-specific assay interactionChemical structureAnalyte
The devices and method are provided for detecting labeled and label-free analytes, such as nucleic acids and proteins, employing conjugated cationic, anionic and neutral polymers. The analytes can be immobilized on a solid support material. The solid support material can be disposed in the pre-fabricated patterns on a substrate. The chemical structures of the polymers employed by the various embodiments of the present invention are described herein.
Owner:NAT UNIV OF SINGAPORE +1
Perpendicular magnetic recording medium
ActiveUS8431257B2Improve signal outputRecord information storageDisk carriersMagnetic layerNuclear magnetic resonance
Owner:WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
Magnetic elements with ballistic magnetoresistance utilizing spin-transfer and an MRAM device using such magnetic elements
InactiveUS20060192237A1Improve signal outputTransistorNanostructure applicationMagnetic currentCharge carrier
A method and system for providing a magnetic element is disclosed. The method and system include providing a pinned layer, a magnetic current confined layer, and a free layer. The pinned layer is ferromagnetic and has a first pinned layer magnetization. The magnetic current confined layer has at least one channel in an insulating matrix and resides between the pinned layer and the free layer. The channel(s) are ferromagnetic, conductive, and extend through the insulating matrix between the free layer and the pinned layer. The size(s) of the channel(s) are sufficiently small that charge carriers can give rise to ballistic magnetoresistance in the magnetic current confined layer. The free layer is ferromagnetic and has a free layer magnetization. Preferably, the method and system also include providing a second pinned layer and a nonmagnetic spacer layer between the second pinned layer and the free layer. In this aspect, the magnetic element is configured to allow the free layer magnetization to be switched using spin transfer.
Owner:SAMSUNG SEMICON
Signal amplified biological detection with conjugated polymers
The devices and method are provided for detecting labeled and label-free analytes, such as nucleic acids and proteins, employing conjugated cationic, anionic and neutral polymers. The analytes can be immobilized on a solid support material. The solid support material can be disposed in the pre-fabricated patterns on a substrate. The chemical structures of the polymers employed by the various embodiments of the present invention are described herein.
Owner:NAT UNIV OF SINGAPORE +1
Gear tooth sensor with single magnetoresistive bridge
ActiveUS20090256552A1Improve accuracyImprove signal outputMagnetic-field-controlled resistorsSolid-state devicesGear wheelDifferential signaling
The invention discloses a rotation sensor suitable for gear wheels. MR (magneto-resistive) sensors are placed inside a zero field region generated by at least two permanent magnets. Said sensors are divided into two groups that are immersed in different locally generated magnetic environments. A differential signal taken between the two groups then senses the movement of the wheel's teeth. A single wafer method for manufacturing the device is also briefly described.
Owner:HEADWAY TECH INC
Variable duty cycle switching with imposed delay
ActiveUS20110222326A1Reduce switching lossesImprove signal outputEfficient power electronics conversionConversion with intermediate conversion to dcAlternating currentDirect current
Power conversion methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and devices are provided. The power conversion may include converting between direct current and alternating current wherein switching losses associated with latent electrical charges are reduced. Current sensing may be low-side bus reference. Solid-state implementations, code implementations, and mixed implementations are provided.
Owner:ENPHASE ENERGY
Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and method for manufacturing same
InactiveUS20050186450A1Reduce noiseEnhanced signalRecord information storageMagnetic materialsImage resolutionOptoelectronics
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium is disclosed in which each magnetic crystal grain in the magnetic recording layer has a multilayer structure and has a configuration like a truncated cone shape, in which the crystal grain of the final layer deposited in the film surface side at the final stage is smaller than the diameter of the crystal grain in the initial layer deposited on the substrate side at the initial stage. The invention improves S / N (signal output to noise ratio) by enhancing signal output and reducing noises. The medium is produced by a simple manufacturing method suitable for mass production, and provides a medium of high recording density by improving recording resolution.
Owner:FUJI ELECTRIC DEVICE TECH CO
Sound system with individual playback zones
ActiveUS20130170668A1Audibility be then increaseOutput level of also decreaseGain controlLoudspeaker signals distributionPsychoacousticsLoudness
The invention relates to a sound system in a vehicle. The sound system comprises a first audio signal source providing a first audio signal and a second audio signal source providing a second audio signal. The sound system further comprises loudness determination unit is configured for determining a loudness of the first audio signal based on a psycho-acoustic model of a human hearing and a type information unit configured for establishing type information of the second audio signal. The sound system further comprises a control unit configured for individually selecting, for each of at least two playback zones, a mixing mode depending on the type of the second audio signal, wherein the mixing modes relate to a relation between signal output gains of the first and second audio signals. The control unit is further configured for individually mixing for playback, in each of the at least two playback zones, the first audio signal and the second audio signal based on the selected mixing mode and the determined loudness. The sound system further comprises a plurality of loudspeakers addressing individually the at least two playback zones.
Owner:HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYST
Biochemical ultrasensitive charge sensing
InactiveUS20050218464A1Increase signal outputIncrease sensitivityBioreactor/fermenter combinationsBiological substance pretreatmentsActive sensingCompound s
Chemical sensors for detecting chemicals are provided using surface and bulk selective chemical reactions. Large charge complexes are bound to the bound target and provide ultrasensitive sensing detection of the original target. In particular embodiments, the sensing device is affected by a change in the resistance of some key part of the device. In certain embodiments, the invention employs beads and other systems to provide a significantly enhanced sensor detection signal. In other embodiments, the invention employs chemical reactions with a pre-selected surface integrated with a suitable semiconductor sensor devices where material coats the top active sensing region of a sensor, and a reaction results in a new compound.
Owner:UNIV OF HAWAII
Sensor
InactiveUS20070045757A1Change capacitanceIncreasing the thicknessResistance/reactance/impedenceSemiconductor electrostatic transducersEngineeringElectric signal
A sensor capable of increasing an electric signal output therefrom by inhibiting an electrode plate from vibration is obtained. This sensor comprises a diaphragm provided in a vibrative manner, an electrode plate, opposed to the diaphragm at a prescribed distance, having a hole and a support made of a material having an elastic modulus higher than the elastic modulus of a material constituting the electrode plate for supporting the electrode plate. The support is so formed as to cover at least two of the upper surface and the lower surface of the electrode plate and the side surface of the hole.
Owner:SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD
Perpendicular magnetic recording media
InactiveUS7060375B2Improve recording densityIncreasing perpendicular magnetic anisotropic energyBase layers for recording layersRecord information storageThermal stabilityRecording density
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a good thermal stability and a high recording density is provided. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes at least a first and a second perpendicular magnetic recording layer and a substrate supporting the first and the second perpendicular magnetic recording layers. The first and the second perpendicular magnetic recording layers have different physical / magnetic properties and are formed of materials that compensate the different physical / magnetic properties. The first and the second perpendicular magnetic recording layers are selected from a layer for improving perpendicular magnetic anisotropic energy (Ku), a layer for reducing the size of crystal grains, a layer for reducing the size of magnetic domains, a layer for increasing an SNR, a layer for improving signal output, a layer for reducing noise, a layer for improving the uniformity of crystal grain sizes, and a layer for improving the uniformity of magnetic domain sizes.
Owner:INST FOR INFORMATION TECH ADVANCEMENT +1
Systems and methods for single-sensor oil quality measurement
ActiveUS20130036916A1Low costImprove reliabilityResistance/reactance/impedenceIon-exchanger regenerationFilter mediaFilter system
A cooking medium filter system determines a quality of a cooking medium. The cooking medium filter system includes a filter container, a filter medium, a pump, a sample chamber, and a controller. The filter container receives the cooking medium from a cooking vessel. The filter medium is disposed in the filter container and removes contaminants from the cooking medium. The pump conveys the cooking medium along a filter path from the filter container to the cooking vessel. The sample chamber is disposed in the filter path downstream from the filter medium. The sample chamber includes an electrode disposed therein. The sample chamber receives therein a quantity of the cooking medium that is sufficient to immerse the electrode therein. The controller controls operations of the filter pump and controls the electrode to measure a property of the cooking medium that is associated with the quality of the cooking medium.
Owner:HENNY PENNY
Perpendicular magnetic recording media
ActiveUS20060147759A1Improve recording densitySmall sizeDifferent record carrier formsBase layers for recording layersRecording densityThermal stability
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
Bending mode accelerometer
InactiveUS20080072677A1Light weightHigh signal outputAcceleration measurement using interia forcesSamplingCapacitanceElectrical connection
Owner:ENDEVCO
Perpendicular magnetic recording medium
ActiveUS20100247963A1Improve signal outputRecord information storageManufacture of flux-sensitive headsMaterials scienceMagnetic layer
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium is used for information recording of a perpendicular magnetic recording type. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a soft magnetic layer, an underlayer, and a magnetic layer having a multilayered structure including a plurality of magnetic layers. The soft magnetic layer, the underlayer, and the magnetic layer are formed on the substrate. At least one of the magnetic layers includes CoPt magnetic grains containing oxide. The oxide includes at least one material selected from the group consisting of SiO2, TiO2, Cr2O3, Ta2O5, WO3, CoO, and Co3O4.
Owner:WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
Monopole acoustic transmitter ring comprising piezoelectric material
InactiveUS20100020638A1Maintain mechanical integrityIncrease productionSeismology for water-loggingElectricityEngineering
A monopole acoustic transmitter for logging-while-drilling comprising as a ring that comprises one or more piezoelectric arc segments. The ring is oriented in a plane whose normal is essentially coincident with the major axis of a logging tool in which it is disposed. The ring disposed within a recess on the outer surface of a short, cylindrical insert. The insert is inserted into a drill collar, rather than into the wall of the collar. The ring can comprise a continuous ring of piezoelectric material, or alternately arc segments or active ring segments of piezoelectric ceramic bonded to segments of other materials such as alumina to increase the frequency or heavy metals such as tungsten to reduce the frequency. The material and dimensions of the material used in-between the piezoelectric segments is chosen to alter the frequency of the ring.
Owner:PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES
Systems and methods for single-sensor oil quality measurement
ActiveUS9228965B2Meet growth needsHigh electrode gainIon-exchanger regenerationResistance/reactance/impedenceFilter mediaFilter system
A cooking medium filter system determines a quality of a cooking medium. The cooking medium filter system includes a filter container, a filter medium, a pump, a sample chamber, and a controller. The filter container receives the cooking medium from a cooking vessel. The filter medium is disposed in the filter container and removes contaminants from the cooking medium. The pump conveys the cooking medium along a filter path from the filter container to the cooking vessel. The sample chamber is disposed in the filter path downstream from the filter medium. The sample chamber includes an electrode disposed therein. The sample chamber receives therein a quantity of the cooking medium that is sufficient to immerse the electrode therein. The controller controls operations of the filter pump and controls the electrode to measure a property of the cooking medium that is associated with the quality of the cooking medium.
Owner:HENNY PENNY CORP
Multilayer piezoelectric thin film cantilever beam sensor and preparation method therefor
InactiveCN105428519AHigh sensitivitySimple structurePiezoelectric/electrostrictive/magnetostrictive devicesElectricityCantilevered beam
The invention provides a multilayer piezoelectric thin film cantilever beam sensor and a preparation method therefor. A sacrificial layer releasing process is adopted to release the sacrificial layer from the front surface to form a piezoelectric micro-cantilever beam structure; the commonly-adopted CMOS process is fully utilized, so that the process is simple and controllable; the compatibility between the piezoelectric cantilever beam sensor manufacturing process and an silicon integrated circuit process is improved; the problem of pollution existing in a process that the bulk-silicon substrate is etched by a wet etching method and the cantilever beam is released from the back surface is avoided; in addition, the multilayer piezoelectric thin film and a flexible supporting layer are adopted, so that the sensitivity of the sensor or the deformation amplitude of an actuator is improved, and the response of the cantilever beam to external excitation and the signal output are improved; in addition, due to the flexible supporting layer, the structure and the processing technology of the sensor are simplified; and the piezoelectric micro-sensor adopting the structure can be applied to objects of any sizes and any surface shapes, so that the application range of the micro-sensor is expanded.
Owner:SHANGHAI INTEGRATED CIRCUIT RES & DEV CENT +1
Method of making a bottom spin valve
InactiveUS6993827B2Improved GMR ratioImprove adhesionElectrical transducersManufacture head surfaceRotary valveEngineering
Two embodiments of a GMR sensor of the bottom spin valve (BSV) spin filter spin valve (SFSV) type are provided, together with methods for their fabrication. In one embodiment, the sensor has an ultra thin (<20 angstroms) single free layer and a composite high-conductance layer (HCL), providing high output, low coercivity and positive magnetostriction. In a second embodiment, the sensor has a composite free layer and a single HCL, also having high output, low coercivity and positive magnetostriction. The sensors are capable of reading densities exceeding 60 Gb / in2.
Owner:HEADWAY TECH INC
Field concentrating antennas for magnetic position sensors
ActiveUS20160276739A1Enhanced signalImprove signal outputLoop antennas with ferromagnetic coreAntenna adaptation in movable bodiesPower flowPosition sensor
A medical device is configured for diagnosis or treatment of a tissue within a body. The medical device comprises an elongate member and a position sensor. The elongate member is configured to be received within the body, and has a lumen extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The position sensor is disposed within the lumen proximate the distal end of the deformable member. The position sensor comprises a coil wound to form a central passage and configured to generate a current flow when subject to a magnetic field, and a high-permeability antenna having at least a portion disposed outside the central passage to concentrate the magnetic field into the coil and increase the current flow.
Owner:ST JUDE MEDICAL INT HLDG SARL
Balanced acoustic wave filter
ActiveUS7683735B2Increases out-of-band attenuationImprove balanceImpedence networksPiezoelectric/electrostrictive/magnetostrictive devicesSurface waveAcoustic wave propagation
In an acoustic wave filter device, first and second surface acoustic wave filter sections implemented by longitudinally coupled resonators are arranged on a piezoelectric substrate. The first and second surface acoustic wave filter sections include first to third interdigital transducers and fourth to sixth interdigital transducers, respectively, arranged in a direction of propagation of surface waves. The first, third, fourth, and sixth interdigital transducers are connected to an unbalanced terminal. The second and fifth interdigital transducers are connected to first and second balanced terminals, respectively. Each of the second and fifth interdigital transducers has first and second interdigital transducer segments divided in the direction of propagation of acoustic waves. The first and second interdigital transducer segments are connected in series with each other.
Owner:MURATA MFG CO LTD
Atmospheric pressure measuring apparatus and method of measuring atmospheric pressure
InactiveUS20090196129A1Simple structureIncrease electric signal outputDriving/moving recording headsRecord information storageMeasurement deviceAcoustic wave
An atmospheric pressure measuring apparatus allows a transmitter to transmit an acoustic wave for measurement of the atmospheric pressure. Air propagates the acoustic wave. A receiver receives the acoustic wave. Since the intensity of the acoustic wave changes to follow the variation of the atmospheric pressure, the atmospheric pressure can be measured based on the intensity of the acoustic wave received at the receiver. The atmospheric pressure is in this manner measured with such a simplified structure.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA
Sound system with individual playback zones
ActiveUS9236843B2Improve audibilityImprove signal outputGain controlLoudspeaker signals distributionAcoustic modelPsychoacoustics
The invention relates to a sound system in a vehicle. The sound system comprises a first audio signal source providing a first audio signal and a second audio signal source providing a second audio signal. The sound system further comprises loudness determination unit is configured for determining a loudness of the first audio signal based on a psycho-acoustic model of a human hearing and a type information unit configured for establishing type information of the second audio signal. The sound system further comprises a control unit configured for individually selecting, for each of at least two playback zones, a mixing mode depending on the type of the second audio signal, wherein the mixing modes relate to a relation between signal output gains of the first and second audio signals. The control unit is further configured for individually mixing for playback, in each of the at least two playback zones, the first audio signal and the second audio signal based on the selected mixing mode and the determined loudness. The sound system further comprises a plurality of loudspeakers addressing individually the at least two playback zones.
Owner:HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYST
Alarm clock with voice message input
InactiveUS6998961B2Improve signal outputAcoustic time signalsElectric indicationComputer hardwareTimer
The subject device is an alarm mechanism having a voice message or other sound input wherein the mechanism incorporates a taping mechanism to receive and store voice or other audio sounds to be subsequently or simultaneously projected audibly as a signal to awaken the user of the alarm at a designated time comprising generally a caller mode coupled to a recording controller to activate an audio recorder which is in turn activated by a pre-set timer to project the recorded sound.
Owner:STIHLER SHIRLEY ANN
Piezoelectric cantilever beam sensor structure and manufacturing method thereof
InactiveCN105514258AImprove compatibilitySolve pollutionPiezoelectric/electrostrictive device manufacture/assemblyElectricityManufacturing technology
The invention discloses a piezoelectric cantilever beam sensor structure. By taking a flexible material as a cantilever beam support structure, the sensor structure and the processing technology are simplified, the sensitivity of a sensor or the deformation amplitude of a performer can be substantially improved, and response and signal output of a cantilever beam for external excitation are improved. The invention also discloses a manufacturing method of a piezoelectric cantilever beam sensor structure. By use of a surface sacrificial layer technology and an isotropy wet-method etching technology, a piezoelectric micro-cantilever structure is released from the front side, the process is simple and controllable, the compatibility between the piezoelectric cantilever beam sensor manufacturing technology and a silicon integrated circuit technology can be improved, and the problem of pollution is avoided.
Owner:SHANGHAI INTEGRATED CIRCUIT RES & DEV CENT +1
Magnetic memory cell, magnetic memory device, and method of manufacturing magnetic memory device
InactiveUS7295460B2Reduce lossesStable writingMagnetic-field-controlled resistorsSolid-state devicesMagnetic memoryMagnetization
The present invention provides a magnetic memory device capable of reducing a loss of a magnetic field generated by currents flowing in a write line and performing writing stably, and a magnetic memory cell mounted on the magnetic memory device. Further, the invention provides a method for easily manufacturing such a magnetic memory device. A magnetic memory cell includes: stacked bodies each including a magneto-sensitive layer whose magnetization direction changes according to an external magnetic field, and constructed so that current flows in a direction perpendicular to a stack layer surface; and a toroidal magnetic layer disposed between the first and second stacked bodies so that the direction along the stack layer surface is set as an axial direction, and constructed so as to be penetrated by a plurality of conductors along the axial direction. Thus, strength reduction in a circulating magnetic field generated in a toroidal magnetic layer can be suppressed, and the magnetization direction of a magneto-sensitive layer in each of the first and second stacked bodies can be inverted by a smaller write current.
Owner:TDK CORPARATION
Bluetooth bidirectional positioning anti-lost anti-theft system and method
InactiveCN106781323AEasy to find and locateIncrease power outputSubstation equipmentAlarmsEngineeringBluetooth
The invention provides a Bluetooth bidirectional positioning anti-lost anti-theft system and a Bluetooth bidirectional positioning anti-lost anti-theft method. The system comprises a mobile phone, a tracker and an anti-lost body, wherein the tracker is connected with the mobile phone through Bluetooth, the tracker is placed on the anti-lost anti-theft body, and the tracker can reversely position the mobile phone. The system and the method which are provided by the invention can realize distance and direction positioning on the tracker and also can realize finding of the mobile phone by virtue of the tracker, thereby being practical and convenient.
Owner:深圳汉和正浦实业有限公司
Structure and process to fabricate lead overlay (LOL) on the bottom spin valve
InactiveUS20050041339A1Lower resistanceIncrease signal strengthElectrical transducersNanomagnetismDiffusionRotary valve
A method for fabricating a longitudinally hard biased, bottom spin valve GMR sensor with a lead overlay (LOL) conducting lead configuration and a narrow effective trackwidth. The advantageous properties of the sensor are obtained by providing two novel barrier layers, one of which prevents oxidation of and Au diffusion into the free layer during annealing and etching and the other of which prevents oxidation of the capping layer during annealing so as to allow good electrical contact between the lead and the sensor stack.
Owner:HEADWAY TECH INC
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