Patents by Inventor Thomas Uhlig

Thomas Uhlig has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240066521
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to make and/or process a diagnostic test device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first portion including an opening; a second portion coupled to the first portion and house a lateral flow assay strip, the second portion including a first clip; and a push button located within the opening of the first portion, the push button moveable from a first position to a second position, the push button including a second clip to engage the first clip of the second portion to maintain the push button in the second position when moved into the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Uhlig, Thomas Ullrich, Stefan Kügler
  • Publication number: 20230221312
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to make and/or process a diagnostic test device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a sensor to measure a current between a first electrode and a second electrode of a bioelectrochemical cell coupled to a test zone corresponding to a target analyte on a porous media of a device; a processor to compare the current to a threshold; and when the current is more than the threshold, identify that the target analyte is present in a sample; and an antenna to wirelessly transmit results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Thanh Tu Hellmich-Duong, Thomas Uhlig, Carsten Buenning, Thomas Ullrich, Stefan Kügler, Heidi Klemm, Chris Smit
  • Patent number: 10753927
    Abstract: A method for assaying a sample for each of multiple analytes is described. The method includes contacting an array of spaced-apart test zones with a liquid sample (e.g., whole blood). The test zones disposed within a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel is defined by at least one flexible wall and a second wall which may or may not be flexible. Each test zone comprising a probe compound specific for a respective target analyte. The microfluidic device is compressed to reduce the thickness of the channel, which is the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls within the channel. The presence of each analyte is determined by optically detecting an interaction at each of multiple test zones for which the distance between the inner surfaces at the corresponding location is reduced. The interaction at each test zone is indicative of the presence in the sample of a target analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ALERE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Kaiser, Klaus-Peter Mobius, Torsten Schulz, Thomas Uhlig, Alexander Von Schenk Zu Schweinsberg, Eugen Ermantraut, Jens Tuchscheerer
  • Patent number: 10388785
    Abstract: In a semiconductor component or device, a lateral power effect transistor is produced as an LDMOS transistor in such a way that, in combination with a trench isolation region (12) and the heavily doped feed guiding region (28, 28A), an improved potential profile is achieved in the drain drift region (8) of the transistor. For this purpose, in advantageous embodiments, it is possible to use standard implantation processes of CMOS technology, without additional method steps being required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: X-FAB SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRIES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Uhlig, Lutz Steinbeck
  • Publication number: 20180166567
    Abstract: In a semiconductor component or device, a lateral power effect transistor is produced as an LDMOS transistor in such a way that, in combination with a trench isolation region (12) and the heavily doped feed guiding region (28, 28A), an improved potential profile is achieved in the drain drift region (8) of the transistor. For this purpose, in advantageous embodiments, it is possible to use standard implantation processes of CMOS technology, without additional method steps being required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas UHLIG, Lutz STEINBECK
  • Publication number: 20160126350
    Abstract: In a semiconductor component or device, a lateral power effect transistor is produced as an LDMOS transistor in such a way that, in combination with a trench isolation region (12) and the heavily doped feed guiding region (28, 28A), an improved potential profile is achieved in the drain drift region (8) of the transistor. For this purpose, in advantageous embodiments, it is possible to use standard implantation processes of CMOS technology, without additional method steps being required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas UHLIG, Lutz Steinbeck
  • Patent number: 9224856
    Abstract: In a semiconductor component or device, a lateral power effect transistor is produced as an LDMOS transistor in such a way that, in combination with a trench isolation region (12) and the heavily doped feed guiding region (28, 28A), an improved potential profile is achieved in the drain drift region (8) of the transistor. For this purpose, in advantageous embodiments, it is possible to use standard implantation processes of CMOS technology, without additional method steps being required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: X-FAB SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRIES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Uhlig, Lutz Steinbeck
  • Patent number: 9097671
    Abstract: A method for assaying a sample for each of multiple analytes is described. The method includes contacting an array of spaced-apart test zones with a liquid sample (e.g., whole blood). The test zones are disposed within a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel is defined by at least one flexible wall and a second wall which may or may not be flexible. Each test zone comprising a probe compound specific for a respective target analyte. The microfluidic device is compressed to reduce the thickness of the channel, which is the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls within the channel. The presence of each analyte is determined by optically detecting an interaction at each of multiple test zones for which the distance between the inner surfaces at the corresponding location is reduced. The interaction at each test zone is indicative of the presence in the sample of a target analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Inventors: Torsten Schulz, Thomas Kaiser, Thomas Uhlig, Klaus Peter Möbius, Alexander von Schenk zu Schweinsberg
  • Publication number: 20150177231
    Abstract: A method for assaying a sample for each of multiple analytes is described. The method includes contacting an array of spaced-apart test zones with a liquid sample (e.g., whole blood). The test zones disposed within a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel is defined by at least one flexible wall and a second wall which may or may not be flexible. Each test zone comprising a probe compound specific for a respective target analyte. The microfluidic device is compressed to reduce the thickness of the channel, which is the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls within the channel. The presence of each analyte is determined by optically detecting an interaction at each of multiple test zones for which the distance between the inner surfaces at the corresponding location is reduced. The interaction at each test zone is indicative of the presence in the sample of a target analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: CLONDIAG GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Kaiser, Klaus-Peter Möbius, Torsten Schulz, Thomas Uhlig, Alexander Von Schenk Zu Schweinsberg, Eugen Ermantraut, Jens Tuchscheerer
  • Publication number: 20140148365
    Abstract: A method for assaying a sample for each of multiple analytes is described. The method includes contacting an array of spaced-apart test zones with a liquid sample (e.g., whole blood). The test zones are disposed within a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel is defined by at least one flexible wall and a second wall which may or may not be flexible. Each test zone comprising a probe compound specific for a respective target analyte. The microfluidic device is compressed to reduce the thickness of the channel, which is the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls within the channel. The presence of each analyte is determined by optically detecting an interaction at each of multiple test zones for which the distance between the inner surfaces at the corresponding location is reduced. The interaction at each test zone is indicative of the presence in the sample of a target analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: CLONDIAG GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Schulz, Thomas Kaiser, Thomas Uhlig, Klaus Peter Moubius, Alexander Von Schenk Zu Schweinsberg
  • Publication number: 20140099731
    Abstract: A method for assaying a sample for each of multiple analytes is described. The method includes contacting an array of spaced-apart test zones with a liquid sample (e.g., whole blood). The test zones disposed within a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel is defined by at least one flexible wall and a second wall which may or may not be flexible. Each test zone comprising a probe compound specific for a respective target analyte. The microfluidic device is compressed to reduce the thickness of the channel, which is the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls within the channel. The presence of each analyte is determined by optically detecting an interaction at each of multiple test zones for which the distance between the inner surfaces at the corresponding location is reduced. The interaction at each test zone is indicative of the presence in the sample of a target analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: CLONDIAG GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Kaiser, Klaus-Peter Möbius, Torsten Schulz, Thomas Uhlig, Alexander Von Schenk Zu Schweinsberg, Eugen Ermantraut, Jens Tuchscheerer
  • Patent number: 8633013
    Abstract: A method for assaying a sample for each of multiple analytes is described. The method includes contacting an array of spaced-apart test zones with a liquid sample (e.g., whole blood). The test zones disposed within a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel is defined by at least one flexible wall and a second wall which may or may not be flexible. Each test zone comprising a probe compound specific for a respective target analyte. The microfluidic device is compressed to reduce the thickness of the channel, which is the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls within the channel. The presence of each analyte is determined by optically detecting an interaction at each of multiple test zones for which the distance between the inner surfaces at the corresponding location is reduced. The interaction at each test zone is indicative of the presence in the sample of a target analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Clondiag GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Kaiser, Klaus-Peter Möbius, Torsten Schulz, Thomas Uhlig, Alexander Von Schenk Zu Schweinsberg, Eugen Ermantraut, Jens Tuchscheerer
  • Publication number: 20130175615
    Abstract: In a semiconductor component or device, a lateral power effect transistor is produced as an LDMOS transistor in such a way that, in combination with a trench isolation region (12) and the heavily doped feed guiding region (28, 28A), an improved potential profile is achieved in the drain drift region (8) of the transistor. For this purpose, in advantageous embodiments, it is possible to use standard implantation processes of CMOS technology, without additional method steps being required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: X-Fab Semiconductor Foundries AG
    Inventors: Thomas Uhlig, Lutz Steinbeck
  • Patent number: 8405157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a BiMOS semiconductor component having a semiconductor substrate wherein, in a first active region, a depletion-type MOS transistor is formed comprising additional source and drain doping regions of the first conductivity type extending in the downward direction past the depletion region into the body doping region while, in a second active region, (101), a bipolar transistor (100) is formed, the base of which comprises a body doping region (112) and the collector of which comprises a deep pan (110), wherein an emitter doping region (114) of the first conductivity type and a base connection doping region (118) of the second conductivity type are formed in the body doping region. The semiconductor element can be produced with a particularly low process expenditure because it uses the same basic structure for the doping regions in the bipolar transistor as are used in the MOS transistor of the same semiconductor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries AG
    Inventors: Thomas Uhlig, Felix Fuernhammer, Christoph Ellmers
  • Patent number: 8349616
    Abstract: A method for assaying a sample for each of multiple analysis is described. The method includes contacting an array of spaced-apart test zones with a liquid sample (e.g., whole blood). The test zones are disposed within a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel is defined by at least one flexible wall and a second wall which may or may not be flexible. Each test zone includes a probe compound specific for a respective target analyte. The microfluidic device is compressed to reduce the thickness of the channel, which is the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls within the channel. The presence of each analyte is determined by optically detecting an interaction at each of multiple zones for which the distance between the inner surfaces at the corresponding location is reduced. The interaction at each test zone is indicative of the presence in the sample of a target analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Clondiag GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Schulz, Thomas Kaiser, Thomas Uhlig, Klaus Peter Möbius, Alexander Von Schenk Zu Schweinsberg
  • Patent number: 8222679
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with an integrated circuit on a semiconductor substrate comprises a Hall effect sensor in a first active region and a lateral high voltage MOS transistor in a second active region. The semiconductor device of the present invention is characterized in that the structure of the integrated Hall effect sensor is strongly related with the structure of a high-voltage DMOS transistor. The integrated Hall effect sensor is in some features similar to a per se known high-voltage DMOS transistor having a double RESURF structure. The control contacts of the Hall effect sensor correspond to the source and drain contacts of the high-voltage DMOS transistor. The semiconductor device of the present invention allows a simplification of the process integration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: X-Fab Semiconductor Foundries AG
    Inventors: Thomas Uhlig, Felix Fuernhammer, Christoph Ellmers
  • Patent number: 8207031
    Abstract: Methods of forming, on a substrate, a first lateral high-voltage MOS transistor and a second lateral high-voltage MOS transistor complementary to said first one are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the method includes (1) providing a substrate of a first conductivity type including a first active region for said first lateral high-voltage MOS transistor and a second active region for said second lateral high-voltage MOS transistor and (2) forming at least one first doped region of the first conductivity type in the first active region and forming in the second active region a drain extension region of the second conductivity type extending from a substrate surface to an interior of the substrate, including a concurrent implantation of dopants through openings of one and the same mask into the first and second active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: X-Fab Semiconductor Foundries AG
    Inventors: Christoph Ellmers, Thomas Uhlig, Felix Fuernhammer, Michael Stoisiek, Michael Gross
  • Publication number: 20110127583
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with an integrated circuit on a semiconductor substrate comprises a Hall effect sensor in a first active region and a lateral high voltage MOS transistor in a second active region. The semiconductor device of the present invention is characterized in that the structure of the integrated Hall effect sensor is strongly related with the structure of a high-voltage DMOS transistor. The integrated Hall effect sensor is in some features similar to a per se known high-voltage DMOS transistor having a double RESURF structure. The control contacts of the Hall effect sensor correspond to the source and drain contacts of the high-voltage DMOS transistor. The semiconductor device of the present invention allows a simplification of the process integration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: X-FAB SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRIES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Uhlig, Felix Fuernhammer, Christoph Ellmers
  • Publication number: 20110041452
    Abstract: An edge molding providing an edging for a floor covering such as a carpet, rug, tile and the like floor coverings comprising a stepped-molding which attaches to a subfloor edge through a hook and loop means to provide an edge molding for a floor covering which floor covering is attached to the subfloor through a means of a hook and loop arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas Uhlig
  • Publication number: 20100311214
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a first lateral high-voltage MOS transistor and a second lateral high-voltage MOS transistor complimentary thereto on a substrate, wherein the first and second lateral high-voltage MOS transistors each have a conductivity type opposite a drift region, comprising the steps of providing a substrate of a first conductivity type comprising a first active region for the first lateral high-voltage MOS transistor and a second active region for the second lateral high-voltage MOS transistor, and the producing at least one first doping region of the first conductivity type in the first active region and, on the other hand, in the second active region, a drain extension region of the first conductivity type extending from the substrate surface to the interior of the substrate, which allows a simultaneous implantation of doping material in the first and second active regions through respective mask openings of one and the same mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: X-FAB SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRIES
    Inventors: Christoph Ellmers, Thomas Uhlig, Felix Fuernhammer, Michael Stoisiek, Michael Gross