Patents Assigned to ADVANCED
  • Semiconductor device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 9899216
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device manufacturing method for lowering the technical difficulties of a process forming a horizontal single crystal nanowire and a manufacturing cost, the semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising the steps of: preparing a substrate including a first area and a second area; determining a position at which a nanowire is to be formed on the substrate of the first area and arranging an empty space in which the nanowire is to be filled; exposing a substrate surface of a part adjacent to the first area; causing selective single crystal growth from the exposed substrate surface; and forming a nanowire by a self-aligned method through an etching process within the first area, and removing, from outside the first area, a single crystal growth layer of the remaining areas excluding a part necessary for the wiring of the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jeoungwoo Kim, Wangyu Lee, Hoseung Jeon, Junghwan Hyung, Jaehong Park
  • Method and device for protecting access to a message
    Patent number: 9900311
    Abstract: A device for reading a message includes a reader to read biometric data of a holder of the medium and a scanner to capture, on a medium, an encoded message having elementary message units. The message includes a noise that consists of marking defects of the message on the medium which are random and unpredictable for each elementary message unit. A noise reducer to reduce the noise of the captured message based on biometric data. A decoder to decode at least one portion of the message in which the noise has been at least partially removed. Preferably, the decoder utilizes redundancies of the message with the noise removed to determine at least one portion of the encoded message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED TRACK AND TRACE
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Massicot, Alain Foucou, Zbigniew Sagan
  • Low power adaptive synchronizer
    Patent number: 9899992
    Abstract: A circuit adapts to the occurrence of metastable states. The circuit inhibits passing of the metastable state to circuits that follow, by clock gating the output stage. In order to determine whether or not to gate the clock of the output stage, two detect circuits may be used. One circuit detects metastability and another circuit detects metastability resolved to a wrong logic level. The results from one or both detector circuits are used to gate the next clock cycle if needed, waiting for the metastable situation to be resolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Sadowski
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS SUPPORTING A RESOURCE ENVIRONMENT FOR CONTEXTUAL PURPOSE COMPUTING
    Publication number: 20180046518
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to facilitate user purpose in a computing architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Advanced Elemental Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Henry SHEAR, Peter Robert WILLIAMS, Jaisook RHO, Timothy St. John REDMOND, James Jay HORNING
  • Process For Manufacturing Agglomerated Particles Of Tantalum, Mixed Tantalum Powder And Process For Manufacturing Same, Tantalum Pellet And Process For Manufacturing Same, And Capacitor
    Publication number: 20180047516
    Abstract: A method for producing agglomerated tantalum particles, comprising: a step for grinding secondary tantalum particles, which are obtained by reducing a tantalum salt, and adding water thereto to give a water-containing mass; a step for drying said water-containing mass to give a dry mass; a step for sieving said dry mass to give spherical particles; and a step for heating said spherical particles. A mixed tantalum powder comprising a mixture of agglomerated tantalum particles (X) with agglomerated tantalum particles (Y), wherein said agglomerated tantalum particles (X) show a cumulative percentage of particles with particle size of 3 ?m or less of 5 mass % or less after 25 W ultrasonic radiation for 10 min, while said agglomerated tantalum particles (Y) show a cumulative percentage of particles with particle size of 3 ?m or less of 10 mass % or more after 25 W ultrasonic radiation for 10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Global Advanced Metals USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Matsuoka, Eiji Kataoka, Yoshikazu Noguchi, John Koenitzer, Sridhar Venigalla
  • UPDATING LEAST-RECENTLY-USED DATA FOR GREATER PERSISTENCE OF HIGHER GENERALITY CACHE ENTRIES
    Publication number: 20180046583
    Abstract: Techniques for improving translation lookaside buffer (TLB) operation are disclosed. A particular entry of the TLB is to be updated with data associated with a large page size. The TLB updates replacement policy data for that TLB entry for that large page size to indicate that the TLB entry is not the least-recently-used. To prevent smaller pages from evicting the TLB entry for the large page size, the TLB also updates replacement policy data for that TLB entry for the smaller page size to indicate that the TLB entry is not the least-recently-used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Bybell, John M. King
  • UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES, CHARGING SYSTEMS FOR THE SAME AND METHODS OF CHARGING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180044015
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a body portion, a plurality of driving portions, a plurality of arms and first and second landing members. The body portion is formed at a center thereof, and the body portion includes an inner space defined by an upper plate, a lower plate and a plurality of supporting frames that connect the upper plate with the lower plate. The plurality of driving portions generate an impellent force for a flight. Each of the plurality of arms has one end connected to the body portion and the other end connected to one of the driving portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Joung-Ho Kim, Youngwoo Kim
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOAD AND STORE QUEUE ALLOCATIONS AT ADDRESS GENERATION TIME
    Publication number: 20180046463
    Abstract: A system and method for load queue (LDQ) and store queue (STQ) entry allocations at address generation time that maintains age-order of instructions is described. In particular, writing LDQ and STQ entries are delayed until address generation time. This allows the load and store operations to dispatch, and younger operations (which may not be store and load operations) to also dispatch and execute their instructions. The address generation of the load or store operation is held at an address generation scheduler queue (AGSQ) until a load or store queue entry is available for the operation. The tracking of load queue entries or store queue entries is effectively being done in the AGSQ instead of at the decode engine. The LDQ and STQ depth is not visible from a decode engine's perspective, and increases the effective processing and queue depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: John M. King
  • FERMENT EXTRACT OF EUPENICILLIUM CRUSTACEUM AND COSMETIC USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180042840
    Abstract: A ferment extract from a bacterial strain the Eupenicillium crustaceum species useful in the cosmetic treatment and/or care of the skin, mucous membranes, hair and/or nails and cosmetic uses of same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Núria Almiñana Domènech, Albert Soley Astals, Nuria García Sanz, Gemma Mola Llobera, José Darias, Mercedes Cueto
  • Microwave Plasma Treatment Apparatus
    Publication number: 20180049304
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a microwave plasma treatment apparatus that is not provided with complicated, long gas flow paths inside a dielectric substrate, to stabilize generation and retention of a plasma, and can generate a highly uniform, high-density, stable low-temperature plasma not only at low atmospheric pressures but also at middle atmospheric pressures and high atmospheric pressures. [Solution] In a micro plasma treatment apparatus including a dielectric substrate, a microwave introducing section, a microstrip line, an earth conductor, a gas inlet, a plasma generating section, and a nozzle for blowing out a plasma, the gas inlet is provided at the earth conductor or the microstrip line, and the gas inlet is provided with a diameter preferably smaller than a cut-off wavelength determined depending on a cross-section of the gas inlet, to prevent leakage of a microwave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jaeho Kim, Hajime Sakakita
  • MOLDING FOR LARGE PANEL FAN-OUT PACKAGE
    Publication number: 20180047651
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wafer level packages including one or more semiconductor dies and a method of manufacturing the same. A method comprises: providing a carrier having a predetermined area, disposing a semiconductor device on the predetermined area, and forming a sacrificial wall on a periphery of the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Shao-An CHEN, Po-Wei LU, Ming Tsung SHEN, Yu-Tzu PENG
  • COMPLEX OF LAMELLAR INORGANIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC COMPOUND AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF, DELAMINATED LAMELLAR INORGANIC COMPOUND AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF, INSULATING RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN SHEET, INSULATOR, RESIN SHEET CURED PRODUCT, AND HEAT DISSIPATING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20180044191
    Abstract: A method of producing a complex of a lamellar inorganic compound and an organic compound includes: heat-treating a particular non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound within a pyrolysis temperature range of the non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound; and intercalating an organic compound into the non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound in a dispersion liquid in which the heat-treated non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound is dispersed in a medium, thereby inserting the organic compound into an interlamellar space of the non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicants: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shihui SONG, Keiji FUKUSHIMA, Yoshitaka TAKEZAWA, Yuji HOTTA, Yusuke IMAI, Daisuke SHIMAMOTO, Yuichi TOMINAGA
  • Measurement equipment
    Patent number: 9891048
    Abstract: The measurement equipment includes a rack, a first image capturing device, a second image capturing device, a third image capturing device and a fourth image capturing device. Wherein, the first image capturing device and the second image capturing device capture an entire image of a to-be-measured object, the third image capturing device and the fourth image capturing device capture a plurality of local images of a plurality of local areas of the to-be-measured object, and the entire image and the local images and are simultaneously captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Seungbae Park, Yu-Ho Hsu, Chin-Li Kao, Tai-Yuan Huang
  • Method of brain wave analysis
    Patent number: 9888882
    Abstract: A method of brain wave analysis is to be implemented using a brain wave measuring instrument and a medical device. The method includes transmitting a nerve stimulation signal to cerebrum of a patient, measuring the nerve stimulation signal through the body of the patient so as to obtain discharge time information, measuring a brain wave signal from a head portion of the patient, obtaining energy distribution information according to the brain wave signal, and calculating behavior information according to the discharge time information and the energy distribution information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Advanced Sterilization Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Peng-Chieh Wu, Wen-Hsuan Liao, Wei-Hsuan Liao, Yung-Ting Kuo
  • Mechanical method for restoring downhole circulation
    Patent number: 9890610
    Abstract: The finger or other protrusion allows downward movement of both fluid and balls, darts, or plugs through the tool or sliding sleeve until the ball, dart, or plug releases or actuates the gate. Once actuated the gate prevents further downward movement of any ball, dart, or plug past the gate while allowing fluid flow past both the gate and the ball, dart, or plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Frac Systems, LP
    Inventor: Joe Jordan
  • Cochlear implant system including an implantable battery
    Patent number: 9889300
    Abstract: An exemplary cochlear implant system includes 1) a cochlear implant configured to be implanted within a patient, 2) a sound processor configured to be located external to the patient and to direct the cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation representative of one or more audio signals to the patient, and 3) an implantable battery configured to be implanted within the patient and to provide operating power for the cochlear implant. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Lakshmi N. Mishra, Lee F. Hartley
  • Three rail level shifter
    Patent number: 9893730
    Abstract: A level shifter generates at least three separate voltage rails. The level shifter features two cross-coupled devices coupled together in parallel by a capacitor. A first stage includes a PMOS cross-coupled device in series with a PMOS cascode circuit that generates an upper voltage rail. A second stage includes a NMOS cross-coupled device in series with a NMOS cascode circuit that generates a lower rail. A third stage includes the PMOS cascode circuit and the NMOS cascode circuit that together are configured to generate a third voltage rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Talip Ucar
  • Method for secure signal transmission in a telecommunication network, in particular in a local area network
    Patent number: 9894044
    Abstract: In a telecommunication network, a modular expandable gateway connects a local area network to a wide area network and includes a base module and a plurality of add-on modules arranged in one or more stacks, the base module and the add-on modules including respective encryption/decryption engines to exchange secure information with each other, thus frustrating any possible fraudulent interception of the information at the module interconnections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A., ADVANCED DIGITAL BROADCAST SA
    Inventors: Mauro Robba, Claudio Zammarchi, Giorgio Grasso
  • Method for producing induced pluripotent stem cells
    Patent number: 9890360
    Abstract: A method that includes bringing a nuclear reprogramming substance (DLX4 gene, OCT3/4 gene, and SOX2 gene) into contact with a cell and thereby producing iPS cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: GIFU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kenichi Tezuka, Naritaka Tamaoki, Kazuki Iida, Tomoko Kawaguchi, Hitomi Aoki, Takahiro Kunisada, Toshiyuki Shibata, Naoki Goshima
  • Molded coil
    Patent number: D810020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, I & P CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hayashizaka, Daisuke Mishou, Takeo Ebina, Satomi Hattori, Takahiro Ishida, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi