1352 results about "Contact method" patented technology

Methods of forming electrically conductive and / or semiconductive features for use in integrated circuits are disclosed. Various pattern transfer and etching steps can be used, in combination with pitch-reduction techniques, to create densely-packed features. The features can have a reduced pitch in one direction and a wider pitch in another direction. Conventional photo-lithography steps can be used in combination with pitch-reduction techniques to form elongate, pitch-reduced features such as bit-line contacts, for example.

A context aware data application presents information about a first user's contact means and methodologies. The application organizes, filters and present the information taking into account multiple inputs regarding the specific context and the relationship and preferred communication means between the first user and other users seeking to contact the first user. The information allows the users seeking to make contact to quickly take an action that is expected given the context of the first user as presenting the most relevant data allows the contacting users to take actions quickly and effectively.

A method and system for extending a permanent domain name registration service and / or website hosting service by third-party payment system. A third-party payment system enables a domain name / website hosting account holder to accept third-party payments; third parties may then view a payment section on their website and choose to make a payment for a specified period. The third-party payment system manages the funds and tracks the need to accept third-party payments and to make timely payments to the service provider. A beneficiary contact and a third-party contact method are included as means to help manage a website that may operate unattended and may remain online indefinitely thereby providing permanent domain name registration or permanent website hosting.

Methods for removing silicon nitride and elemental silicon during contact preclean process involve converting these materials to materials that are more readily etched by fluoride-based etching methods, and subsequently removing the converted materials by a fluoride-based etch. Specifically, silicon nitride and elemental silicon may be treated with an oxidizing agent, e.g., with an oxygen-containing gas in a plasma, or with O2 or O3 in the absence of plasma to produce a material that is more rich in Si—O bonds and is more easily etched with a fluoride-based etch. Alternatively, silicon nitride or elemental silicon may be doped with a number of doping elements, e.g., hydrogen, to form materials which are more easily etched by fluoride based etches. The methods are particularly useful for pre-cleaning contact vias residing in a layer of silicon oxide based material because they minimize the unwanted increase of critical dimension of contact vias.

Method of preparing on a solar cell the top contact pattern which consists of a set of parallel narrow finger lines and wide collector lines deposited essentially at right angles to the finger lines on the semiconductor substrate, characterized in that it comprises at least the following steps:(a) screen printing and drying the set of contact finger lines;(b) printing and drying the wide collector lines on the top of the set of finger lines in a subsequent step;(c) firing both finger lines and collector lines in a single final step in order to form an ohmic contact between the finger lines and the semiconductor substrate and between the finger lines and the wide collector lines.

Said invention provides a mobile telephone time autocorrection method. It contains signal reception / transmitting unit, time signal sampling unit memory unit, central processing unit and display unit, said method mainly setting mobile telephone initial time, time adjustment cycle, and standard time source connection mode and time request , when need proceeding time correction, said mobile telephone automatically transmitting time request to standard time source and taking standard time then configuring said standard time as system time of mobile telephone to reach higher time precision by using normal quartz oscillator.

Methods of generating a user interface based on content associated with one or more contacts are provided. In a messaging application, such as email, SMS, chat, or the like, an indication of a message in a conversation (e.g., an icon or some other graphic indicating the receipt of a new message) may be displayed. The conversation can be associated with one or more contacts engaged in the conversation. User input may be received that selects the indication of the message. In response, one or more contacts associated with the conversation may be determined. The conversation may be displayed over a background associated with the one or more contacts. For example, the first conversation may be displayed over a contact image associated with one of the contacts.

A substrate tester and method of testing are disclosed in which the tester moves a substrate to be tested into a precise location within the tester prior to making contact with fragile tester pins. The substrate is then clamped in a precise X-Y location relative to the tester contact pins, also without making contact with the tester pins. Next the substrate top surface is moved quickly to a precise Z-axis location, whereupon the tester contact pins are finally applied to the substrate using Z-axis motion only. In addition, a mechanism is included that features a cam-pivot arm micro-switch combination to sense when a product is not properly positioned in or missing from the test station.

Methods and an etch gas composition for etching a contact opening in a dielectric layer are provided. Embodiments of the method use a plasma generated from an etch gas composed of C4F8 and / or C4F6, an oxygen source, and a carrier gas in combination with tetrafluoroethane (C2F4) or a halofluorocarbon analogue of C2F4.

A computer based lottery which allows entries to be sold over the telephone, by ATM or POS machines, by email, or via kiosks, in which participants are invited to choose at least one unique number from a defined range of numbers, e.g. between one and one million which hopefully no-one else has or will select before the end of the competition. The participant can register their selection with an entry-logging engine (which can be an automated call answering system allowing the user to key in the number chosen by using the telephone keypad). This records the identity or contact details of the participant (for example telephone number or email address), the number selected by the participant, and the date and time of the entry, the entry-logging engine giving the participant an optional receipt number.

An Internet-based system which enhances the safety of travelers, operated via website or mobile messaging text messages. The user provides identity and contact details for himself / herself and a contact person. The user then provides travel plan information and an alert time, thus arming a monitoring process which monitors for alert time expiry. If the user disarms the system no alert notification will occur. Should the user fail to disarm before the alert time, or if an emergency activation message is received from the user, the contact person is alerted by email and / or text message and notification information is made available on a secure notification website. Other embodiments are described.

Methods and systems of assembling and making laminated electro-mechanical system (LEMS) switches are described. A plurality of structural layers are formed that include at least two structural layers that each include a flexible member. The plurality of structural layers are stacked and aligned into a stack, to form at least one switch. Each structural layer in the stack is attached to an adjacent structural layer of the stack. When the formed switch is in an “on” state, the first flexible member is in contact with the second flexible member. When making contact with the second flexible member, the second flexible member flexes in response. In a further aspect, three flexible members may be present. When the switch is in an “on” state, the first flexible member is in contact with the second and third flexible members. When making contact with the second and third flexible members, the second and third flexible members flex in response.

A fluid dispensing system provides a non-contact method of monitoring the change in the fluid volume over time. This approach avoids the use of probes or sensors that come into direct contact with the fluid to be dispensed. The system comprises an apparatus comprising three chambers. The first chamber has a fixed volume and contains a pressurized gas. A solenoid valve is used to control the flow of gas from the first chamber into the second. The second chamber is sealed so that the combined mass of air in the first and second chambers remains fixed. The third chamber is adjacent to the second and contains medication in the form of incompressible fluid that is to be administered to a human or animal subject via a suitable delivery port. A piston is disposed between the second and third chambers and is movable responsive to the flow of gas into the second chamber to dispense fluid from the third chamber as desired. By sensing the pressure in the first and second chambers at any point in time, a processor is programmed to calculate the flow rate or dispensed volume of the fluid being delivered using principles derived from the Ideal Gas Law.

Methods of fabricating a phase change memory device having a small area of contact are provided. The method includes forming a lower interlayer insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, and forming a lower conductor pattern within the lower inter-insulating layer. A first insulating layer pattern which crosses a top surface of the lower conductor pattern is formed on the semiconductor substrate having the lower conductor pattern. A conductive spacer pattern electrically connected to the lower conductor pattern is formed on a sidewall of the first insulating layer pattern. A first interlayer insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate having the conductive spacer pattern. The first interlayer insulating layer and the conductive spacer pattern are planarized to form a bottom electrode. A second insulating layer pattern which crosses a top surface of the bottom electrode and exposes a portion of the bottom electrode is formed on the semiconductor substrate having the bottom electrode. A phase change material spacer electrically connected to the bottom electrode is formed on a sidewall of the second insulating layer pattern. A second interlayer insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate having the phase change material spacer. The second interlayer insulating layer and the phase change material spacer are planarized to form a phase change material pattern.

A communications system for enabling communications between a prime user and members of a group. The system includes a first set of interlaces capable of communicating with the prime user via a first plurality of communication platforms using at least a first format and a second format; and a second set of interfaces capable of communicating with each of the members of the group via a second plurality of communication platforms using at least the first format and the second format. The system also includes a session manager coupled to the first set of interfaces having a plurality of routines configured to enable a prime user in communication with any one of the first set of interfaces to create a message to be transmitted to a selected group in either the first format or the second format; and a format converter capable of converting the message between the first and second formats. A communication controller is configured to obtain the message from the first database in both the first and second formats, obtain group member information regarding each member's contact preferences, and to initiate transmission of the message from the second set of interfaces to the selected group members using various, communication platforms based on the member's contact preferences.

An optical system for imaging the features, ridges, and height variations of an object by exploiting the properties of specular reflection of light to maximize the contrast of the features, ridges, and height variations. The system provides a non-contact method of imaging objects suitable for biometric identification, such as the imaging of fingerprints. The system obtains the strong specular reflection using a properly shaped wave front. Optionally, the system can include a polarizer that filters and thereby enhances the specular reflection from the surface. Optionally, the system can also include pre-processing means for adjusting image brightness, contrast, and magnification.

A method and apparatus is provided for high speed, non-contact method of measuring the 3-D coordinates of a dense grid of points on a surface, including high accuracy interpolation between grid points. A plurality of pulsed laser sub-projectors sequentially illuminates a plurality of discrete Gray code bar pattern transparencies carried on a spinning circular code disk to project high frame rate structured light. The structured light is reflected by the surface and recorded at high signal-to-noise ratio by a plurality of high frame rate digital cameras, then decoded and interpolated by electronic signal processing. A numerical formula is derived for numbers of equally spaced discrete code patterns on the code disk that allow each camera to receive pulses from all sub-projectors and all patterns at a constant frame rate. Methods to derive an extended complementary Gray code pattern sequence and to normalize measured signal amplitudes are presented.

A method for selecting a communication option for communications from a mobile device which operates in a wireless communication network, the mobile device having access to stored address book information that includes contact names, the method including: storing for at least some of the contact names an indication of a last communication option used for communicating therewith; displaying a list of user selectable contact names on a display of the mobile device; after receiving user input selecting of one of the contact names from the list, causing a list of user selectable communication options for communicating with the selected contact name to be generated on the display; and automatically positioning a selection symbol on the display to highlight the selectable communication option that corresponds to a last communication option that was used for communicating with the selected contact name.

The present invention is directed to a method and system for accommodating a person's desires of meeting, locating and / or attracting others for dating, contact or human discourse, or a person's desires of acquiring certain objects or collectibles, or news in general, or business, financial, or sports / betting information and the like, or any combination thereof, by a person placing or answering an advertisement on the Internet or other public medium, and being appraised of one or more responses thereto by SMS messaging.

A non-contact method and system for analyzing tire conditions. The system includes an emitter source for emitting radiation signals towards a tire having a treaded surface between two sidewalls. A detector is provided to receive signals reflected by the tire in response to the emitted radiation signals. A data processing system, coupled to the emitter source and the detector, obtains geometrical information, such as height, of a plurality points on the tire based on the signals received from the detector. The data processing system determines a condition of the tire by comparing geometrical information for a designated portion of the plurality points with other portion points on the tire. A color-coded surface profile showing a height distribution of the tire is also generated to assist diagnosis of the tire.

Internet has brought in different means of communication that go beyond the boundaries of conventional interaction / communication methods. Therefore, it should now be possible to communicate with total strangers securely without having to worry about privacies. This invention thus relates to a method / system / framework enabling an online directory creation for the purpose of anonymous communication / interaction among total strangers seamlessly and securely using one or plurality of communication modes / media / mechanism without compromising the privacies of the communication parties involved and without them having to know the exact contact details of each other. Also, modern communication technologies enable any social entity to have a numerous forms of contacts. A conventional business card cannot hold this growing number of contact details. The online directory allows any user to maintain a very dynamic virtual business card that can allow an owner to include / exclude different contact details dynamically at his / her discretion depending on the type of recipient(s).

The invention relates to a method of high-temperature flue gas drying, which is particularly suitable for drying long flame coal, brown coal or other low rank coal. The coal-fired high-temperature flue gas is used to dry flammable and explosive coal types, such as brown coal in the direct contact method; therefore, the method has less gas exhaust, high thermal efficiency and high drying speed. The internal water content of the dried coal is obviously reduced, and the heating power of the dried coal is greatly increased. The invention also relates to the device using the method.

A fluid dispensing system provides a non-contact method of monitoring the change in the fluid volume over time. This approach avoids the use of probes or sensors that come into direct contact with the fluid to be dispensed. The system comprises an apparatus comprising three chambers. The first chamber has a fixed volume and contains a pressurized gas. A solenoid valve is used to control the flow of gas from the first chamber into the second. The second chamber is sealed so that the combined mass of air in the first and second chambers remains fixed. The third chamber is adjacent to the second and contains medication in the form of incompressible fluid that is to be administered to a human or animal subject via a suitable delivery port. A piston is disposed between the second and third chambers and is movable responsive to the flow of gas into the second chamber to dispense fluid from the third chamber as desired. By sensing the pressure in the first and second chambers at any point in time, a processor is programmed to calculate the flow rate or dispensed volume of the fluid being delivered using principles derived from the Ideal Gas Law.

A non-contact method and apparatus for continuously monitoring a physiological event in a human or animal, such as blood pressure, which involves utilizing a laser-based interferometer system to produce a waveform that is representative of continuous blood pressure in a subject. The invention may preferably utilize a laser Doppler vibrometer which is oriented to produce a laser beam directed toward the subject substantially perpendicular to a skin surface of the subject wherein the skin surface is moveable in response to blood pressure. The vibrometer is sensitive to motion of the skin surface in a direction parallel to the laser beam and produces a signal representative of this motion. By plotting the velocity of the skin surface movement in the direction parallel to the laser beam with respect to time, a waveform is produced that has been found to be representative of the blood pressure waveform and highly defined to thereby permit accurate timing analysis thereof relating to cardiac cycles.

Methods of fabricating a phase change memory device having a small area of contact are provided. The method includes forming a lower interlayer insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, and forming a lower conductor pattern within the lower inter-insulating layer. A first insulating layer pattern which crosses a top surface of the lower conductor pattern is formed on the semiconductor substrate having the lower conductor pattern. A conductive spacer pattern electrically connected to the lower conductor pattern is formed on a sidewall of the first insulating layer pattern. A first interlayer insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate having the conductive spacer pattern. The first interlayer insulating layer and the conductive spacer pattern are planarized to form a bottom electrode. A second insulating layer pattern which crosses a top surface of the bottom electrode and exposes a portion of the bottom electrode is formed on the semiconductor substrate having the bottom electrode. A phase change material spacer electrically connected to the bottom electrode is formed on a sidewall of the second insulating layer pattern. A second interlayer insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate having the phase change material spacer. The second interlayer insulating layer and the phase change material spacer are planarized to form a phase change material pattern.

Embodiments of the invention provide a non-contact method for measuring the surface profile of an object that can include generating a point-type optical signal and projecting it on a rotatable precision optical grating, generating a rotating pattern of light and dark lines onto the object, recording a series of images of the rotating pattern moving across the object with an image receiving device and calculating the surface profile of the object. Other embodiments can include a method to calibrate the system and a non-contact apparatus that generally includes a point-type light source, a rotatably mounted optical grating being configured to project a moving grating image on the object, a processor in communication with the image capturing device and configured to receive image input from the image capturing device and generate a surface profile representation of the object therefrom.

A process for preparing sulfuric acid from used alkylating sulfuric acid by high-temp cracking includes such steps as heating to 1000-1100 deg.C, cracking, acid washing for cleaning, converting twice by contact method, and absorbing twice to obtain qualified sulfuric acid for reuse. It has high recovering rate.

The invention discloses an express tracking and dispatching method based on the Internet of Things. The method comprises the steps that an express label on an express is recognized through a first intelligent terminal to obtain the corresponding label information, the label information and a dispatcher identification code are sent to a server, and the server finds whether an identification number matched with the label information exists in a database is not, wherein if yes, the corresponding express information is obtained, and whether the express is signed or not is judged, and if not, the steps continue to be carried out; the dispatcher identification code serves as a dispatching recognition code of the express information and is stored, and meanwhile the express information is sent to the first intelligent terminal; after the first intelligent terminal receives the express information, the contact information of a receiver is analyzed and obtained, and a dispatching message is sent to the receiver; after receiving the dispatching message, the receiver goes to an express fetching place to sign for the express or accredits other people to go to the express fetching place to sign for the express through the Internet of Things. According to the express tracking and dispatching method based on the Internet of Things, the express is dispatched more safely, conveniently and efficiently, the express can be tracked in time, and the express tracking and dispatching method based on the Internet of Things can be widely applied in the express industry.

The invention provides a meeting room reservation method and device. The method comprises the steps that a user interface is provided to receive a meeting room reservation request from each user; each meeting room reservation request is analyzed to acquire the meeting time, the number of participants, the meeting theme, the meeting department, the meeting category and a contact method; according to a default scheduling rule, matching operation is carried out on the meeting time, the number of the participants and the meeting category of each meeting room reservation request and meeting room information which is previously recorded to acquire a meeting room which matches each meeting room reservation request, wherein the meeting room information comprises a meeting room ID and seating capacity; and based on the contact method in each meeting room reservation request, the meeting room ID, the meeting time, the number of participants, the meeting theme, the meeting department and the meeting category of the matching meeting room are notified. According to the invention, meeting room conflicts are reduced.

Methods of fabricating phase change memory elements include forming an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming a through hole penetrating the insulating layer, forming a lower electrode in the through hole and forming a recess having a sidewall comprising a portion of the insulating layer by selectively etching a surface of the lower electrode relative to the insulating layer. A phase change memory layer is formed on the lower electrode. The phase change memory layer has a portion confined by the recess and surrounded by the insulating layer. An upper electrode is formed on the phase change memory layer. Phase change memory elements are also provided.