Patents by Inventor Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev
Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev 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).
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Patent number: 9140678Abstract: An integrated circuit arrangement (100) is disclosed comprising a substrate (210); and a gas such as a CO2 sensor comprising spatially separated electrodes including at least an excitation electrode (132) and a sensing electrode (142); a volume (120) in contact with said pair of electrodes, said volume including a chemical compound for forming a reaction product with said gas in an acid-base reaction; a signal generator (212) conductively coupled to the excitation electrode and adapted to provide the excitation electrode with a microwave signal; and a signal detector (214) conductively coupled to the sensing electrode and adapted to detect a change in said microwave signal caused by a permittivity change in said volume, said permittivity change being caused by said reaction product. A device comprising such an IC arrangement and a method of sensing the presence of a gas using such an IC arrangement are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: NXP, B.V.Inventors: Dimitri Soccol, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev, David van Steenwinckel
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Publication number: 20150226736Abstract: There is provided a lateral flow immunoassay test device. The test device comprises a test strip. The test strip comprises a test membrane having a translucent section including a control zone and a test zone. The device is adapted to house the test strip such that at least the translucent section is exposable to ambient light. The device comprises a backing structure for backing the test strip which comprises a first optical detector for detecting ambient light which has passed through the test zone, and a second optical detector for detecting ambient light which has passed through the translucent section in a further zone outside of the test and control zones. Using the detector outputs an amount of analyte in a test liquid may be calculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Viet Hoang Nguyen, Filip Frederix, Axel Nackaerts, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev
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Patent number: 9052267Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated circuit comprising a substrate (10) including at least one light sensor (12); an interconnect structure (20) over the substrate; at least one passivation layer (30) over the interconnect structure, said passivation layer including a first area over the at least one light sensor; and a gas sensor such as a moisture sensor (50) at least partially on a further area of the at least one passivation layer, wherein the gas sensor comprises a gas sensitive layer (46?) in between a first electrode (42) and a second electrode (44), the gas sensitive layer further comprising a portion (46?) over the first area. A method of manufacturing such an IC is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: NXP, B.V.Inventors: Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev, David Tio Castro, Roel Daamen
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Patent number: 8988088Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid immersion sensor comprising a substrate (10) carrying a conductive sensing element (20) and a corrosive agent (30) for corroding the conductive sensing element, said corrosive agent being immobilized in the vicinity of the conductive sensing element and being soluble in said liquid.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Quotainne Enterprises LLCInventors: Aurelie Humbert, Matthias Merz, Roel Daamen, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev
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Publication number: 20150080987Abstract: A neuromimetic device includes a feedforward pathway and a feedback pathway. The device operates in parallel with a suspect neural region, coupled between regions afferent and efferent to the suspect region. The device can be trained to mimic the suspect region while the region is still considered functional; and then replace the region once the region is considered dysfunctional. The device may be particularly useful in treating neuromotor issues such as Parkinson's disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation B.V.Inventors: Michel Marcel Jose Decre, Hubert Cecile Francois Martens, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev
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Patent number: 8963563Abstract: A capacitive sensor for detecting the presence of a substance includes a plurality of upstanding conductive pillars arranged within a first layer of the sensor, a first electrode connected to a first group of the pillars, a second electrode connected to a second, different group of the pillars, and a dielectric material arranged adjacent the pillars, for altering the capacitance of the sensor in response to the presence of said substance.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Aurelie Humbert, Matthias Merz, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev, Roel Daamen, Marcus Johannes Henricus van Dal
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Patent number: 8957687Abstract: The invention relates to an electrochemical sensor integrated on a substrate, the electrochemical sensor including: a field effect transistor integrated on the substrate and having a source, gate and drain connections, said gate of the field effect transistor including: a sensing gate conductively coupled to a sensing electrode; and a bias gate, wherein the sensing gate is capacitively coupled to the bias gate and the bias gate is capacitively coupled to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: NXP, B.V.Inventors: Axel Nackaerts, Matthias Merz, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev
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Publication number: 20150031158Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated circuit comprising a substrate (10) including at least one light sensor (12); an interconnect structure (20) over the substrate; at least one passivation layer (30) over the interconnect structure, said passivation layer including a first area over the at least one light sensor; and a gas sensor such as a moisture sensor (50) at least partially on a further area of the at least one passivation layer, wherein the gas sensor comprises a gas sensitive layer (46?) in between a first electrode (42) and a second electrode (44), the gas sensitive layer further comprising a portion (46?) over the first area. A method of manufacturing such an IC is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev, David Tio Castro, Roel Daamen
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Patent number: 8925371Abstract: A sensor (2) for sensing a first substance and a second substance, the sensor comprising first (3) and second (5) sensor components each comprising a first material (20), the first material being sensitive to both the first substance and the second substance, the sensor further comprising a barrier (18) for preventing the second substance from passing into the second sensor component (5).Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: NXP, B.V.Inventors: Aurelie Humbert, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev, Roel Daamen, Matthias Merz
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Patent number: 8923977Abstract: A neuromimetic device includes a feedforward pathway and a feedback pathway. The device operates in parallel with a suspect neural region, coupled between regions afferent and efferent to the suspect region. The device can be trained to mimic the suspect region while the region is still considered functional; and then replace the region once the region is considered dysfunctional. The device may be particularly useful in treating neuromotor issues such as Parkinson's disease.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation B.V.Inventors: Michel Marcel José Ghislain Decré, Hubert Cécile François Martens, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev
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Patent number: 8906534Abstract: A device is provided that includes a battery layer on a substrate, where a first battery cell is formed in the battery layer. The first battery cell includes a first anode, a first cathode, and a first electrolyte arranged between the first anode and the first cathode, where the first anode, the first cathode, and the first electrolyte are arranged in the battery layer such that perpendicular projections onto the substrate of each of the first anode and the first cathode are non-overlapping. A method of manufacturing such device is also provided. A system is also provide that includes such device for supplying power to an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Romano Hoofman, Aurelie Humbert, Matthias Merz, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev, Remco Henricus Wilhelmus Pijnenburg, Gilberto Curatola
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Patent number: 8896073Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated circuit comprising a substrate including at least one light sensor; an interconnect structure over the substrate; at least one passivation layer over the interconnect structure, said passivation layer including a first area over the at least one light sensor; and a gas sensor such as a moisture sensor at least partially on a further area of the at least one passivation layer, wherein the gas sensor comprises a gas sensitive layer in between a first electrode and a second electrode, the gas sensitive layer further comprising a portion over the first area. A method of manufacturing such an IC is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev, David Tio Castro, Roel Daamen
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Patent number: 8872290Abstract: A sensor is provided for sensing a value of a physical parameter characteristic of the sensor's environment. The sensor is implemented in semiconductor technology. A behavior of the sensor's electronic circuitry is affected by stress. The stress is induced by a film covering the circuitry or only part thereof. The stress is caused by the film's material, whose dimensions depend on a value of the parameter. This dependence is different from the 5 dependence of the circuitry's substrate on the same parameter.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Romano Hoofman, Remco Henricus Wilhelmus Pijnenbrug, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev
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Patent number: 8864968Abstract: An electrochemical sensor device including a sensor chip having an integrated electrochemical sensor element; and a substrate having a first surface on which the sensor chip is mounted, the substrate comprising a reference electrode structure for the integrated electrochemical sensor element, the reference electrode structure connected to the sensor chip via an electrical connection on the first surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Matthias Merz, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev
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Patent number: 8866239Abstract: A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit having a substrate comprising a plurality of components and a metallization stack over the components, the metallization stack comprising a first sensing element and a second sensing element adjacent to the first sensing element.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Marcus Van Dal, Aurelie Humbert, Matthias Merz, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev
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Patent number: 8823443Abstract: A charge-pump circuit a plurality of transistor stages connected in series between a supply voltage input node and a boosted voltage output node, wherein at least one transistor stage comprises a multiple-gate transistor, which transistor comprises at least two gates, of which one is a first gate for switching the transistor on or off according to a voltage applied to the first gate, and one is an additional second gate for controlling the threshold voltage of the multiple-gate transistor, independently of the first gate, according to a control voltage applied to the second gate.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Gilberto Curatola, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev
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Patent number: 8801917Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining a charged particle concentration in an analyte (100), the method comprising steps of: i) determining at least two measurement points of a surface-potential versus interface-temperature curve (c1, c2, c3, c4), wherein the interface temperature is obtained from a temperature difference between a first interface between a first ion-sensitive dielectric (Fsd) and the analyte (100) and a second interface between a second ion-sensitive dielectric (Ssd) and the analyte (100), and wherein the surface-potential is obtained from a potential difference between a first electrode (Fe) and a second electrode (Se) onto which said first ion-sensitive dielectric (Fsd) and said second ion-sensitive dielectric (Ssd) are respectively provided, And ii) calculating the charged particle concentration from locations of the at least two measurement points of said curve (c1, c2, c3, c4).Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: NXP, B.V.Inventors: Matthias Merz, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev, Gilberto Curatola
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Patent number: 8779548Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated circuit (IC) comprising a substrate (10) including a plurality of circuit elements and a metallization stack (20) covering said substrate for providing interconnections between the circuit elements, wherein the top metallization layer of said stack carries a plurality of metal portions (30) embedded in an exposed porous material (40) for retaining a liquid, said porous material laterally separating said plurality of metal portions. An electronic device comprising such an IC and a method of manufacturing such an IC are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: NXP, B.V.Inventors: Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev, Aurelie Humbert, Roel Daamen
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Publication number: 20140191348Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated circuit comprising a substrate (10); and an optical CO2 sensor comprising: first and second light sensors (12, 12?) on said substrate, said second light sensor being spatially separated from the first light sensor; and a layer portion (14) including an organic compound comprising at least one amine or amidine functional group over the first light sensor; wherein said integrated circuit further comprises a signal processor (16) coupled to the first and second light sensor for determining a difference in the respective outputs of the first and second light sensor. An electronic device comprising such a sensor and a method of manufacturing such an IC are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: NXP B.V.Inventors: Aurelie Humbert, Roel Daamen, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev
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Publication number: 20140170762Abstract: An integrated circuit arrangement (100) is disclosed comprising a substrate (210); and a gas such as a CO2 sensor comprising spatially separated electrodes including at least an excitation electrode (132) and a sensing electrode (142); a volume (120) in contact with said pair of electrodes, said volume including a chemical compound for forming a reaction product with said gas in an acid-base reaction; a signal generator (212) conductively coupled to the excitation electrode and adapted to provide the excitation electrode with a microwave signal; and a signal detector (214) conductively coupled to the sensing electrode and adapted to detect a change in said microwave signal caused by a permittivity change in said volume, said permittivity change being caused by said reaction product. A device comprising such an IC arrangement and a method of sensing the presence of a gas using such an IC arrangement are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: NXP B.V.Inventors: Dimitri Soccol, Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev, David van Steenwinckel