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Patent • #9,780,870. Methods and systems for tuning a resonant modulator are disclosed. One method includes receiving a carrier signal modulated by the resonant modulator with a stream of data having an approximately equal number of high and low bits, determining an average power of the modulated carrier signal, comparing the average...

Patent • #8,213,476. The present invention is directed to the integration of a quantum cascade laser with a hollow waveguide on a chip to improve both the beam pattern and manufacturability. By coupling the QCL output into a single-mode rectangular waveguide the radiation mode structure can be known and the propagation, manipulation,...

Patent • #7,336,855. A self-electrooptic effect device ("SEED") is integrated with waveguide interconnects through the use of vertical directional couplers. Light initially propagating in the interconnect waveguide is vertically coupled to the active waveguide layer of the SEED and, if the SEED is in the transparent state, the light is coupled back...

Patent • #9,172,245. Various technologies described herein pertain to an electrical outlet that autonomously manages loads in a microgrid. The electrical outlet can provide autonomous load control in response to variations in electrical power generation supply in the microgrid. The electrical outlet includes a receptacle, a sensor operably coupled to the receptacle,...

Patent • #9,166,084. A photovoltaic (PV) device, comprising a PV interband cascade (IC) stage, wherein the IC PV stage comprises an absorption region with a band gap, the absorption region configured to absorb photons, an intraband transport region configured to act as a hole barrier, and an interband tunneling region configured to...

Patent • #10,562,815. The present invention relates to structure including an interfacial seal between a glass-ceramic component and a metal component, as well as methods for forming such structures. In particular embodiments, the interfacial seal includes a metal oxide. Such interfacial seals can be beneficial for, e.g., hermetic seals between a glass-ceramic...

Patent • #10,843,964. The present invention relates to structure including an interfacial seal between a glass-ceramic component and a metal component, as well as methods for forming such structures. In particular embodiments, the interfacial seal includes a metal oxide. Such interfacial seals can be beneficial for, e.g., hermetic seals between a glass-ceramic...

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Patent • #12129167. A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) inertial sensing device having a large proof mass with interlocking tabs is disclosed. The interlocking tabs limit motion of the proof mass when subjected to large inertial forces. The interlocking tabs are formed around the periphery of the proof mass and interact with corresponding interlocking...

Patent • #7,004,669. A system for clamping two tubular members together in an end-to-end relationship uses a split ring with a V-shaped outer rim that can engage a clamping surface on each member. The split ring has a relaxed closed state where the ends of the ring are adjacent and the outside...

Patent • #11916949. A computer-implemented method of monitoring activity of devices in a network is provided. The method comprises passively collecting data regarding how the devices access the network, and for each device on the network, identifying all other devices on the network with which the device communicates. All communication traffic from...

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Patent • #10,410,002. Described herein are various technologies for detection and mitigation of rogue terminal attacks on multiplex data buses. An intrusion detection device is incorporated between a bus controller and a bus of a multiplex data bus. The intrusion detection device receives message that are communicated among the bus controller and...

Patent • #10,210,964. Ion beam modification of noble metal electrical contact coatings can achieve suitable friction and wear behavior with inherently stable low ECR. For example, this method of producing Au electrical contact coatings can produce wear properties similar to electroplated hard Au, but without the environmental concerns due to stringent OSHA...

Patent • #8,912,502. A neutron detector with monolithically integrated readout circuitry, including: a bonded semiconductor die; an ion chamber formed in the bonded semiconductor die; a first electrode and a second electrode formed in the ion chamber; a neutron absorbing material filling the ion chamber; and the readout circuitry which is electrically...

Patent • #7,838,823. An ion mobility spectrometer does not require a physical aperture grid to prevent premature ion detector response. The last electrodes adjacent to the ion collector (typically the last four or five) have an electrode pitch that is less than the width of the ion swarm and each of the...

Patent • #6,552,338. An ion beam analysis system that creates microscopic multidimensional image maps of the effects of high energy ions from an unfocussed source upon a sample by correlating the exact entry point of an ion into a sample by projection imaging of the ion-induced photons emitted at that point with...

Patent • #9,831,427. The present invention relates to memristive devices including a resistance-switching element and a barrier element. In particular examples, the barrier element is a monolayer of a transition metal chalcogenide that sufficiently inhibits diffusion of oxygen atoms or ions out of the switching element. As the location of these atoms...

Patent • #10,418,304. Ion implantation can be used to define a thermal dissipation path that allows for better thermal isolation between devices in close proximity on a microelectronics chip, thus providing a means for higher device density combined with better performance.

Patent • #10,497,866. A non-volatile memory device is described herein. The non-volatile memory device includes a diffusive memristor electrically coupled to a redox transistor. The redox transistor includes a gate, a source, and a drain, wherein the gate comprises a first storage element that acts as an ion reservoir, and a channel...

Patent • #12080849. An ionogel is formed by mixture of precursors, a catalyst, and an ionic liquid to form a sol-gel. The precursors and the catalyst react to form a solid-phase matrix that includes pores, wherein the ionic liquid is disposed within the pores. The gel is dried by way of thermal...

Patent • #7,790,051. A method is disclosed for isolating single atoms of an atomic species of interest by locating the atoms within silicon nanocrystals. This can be done by implanting, on the average, a single atom of the atomic species of interest into each nanocrystal, and then measuring an electrical charge distribution...