Motorola Corporation

Arizona State University

Empire Technology Development LLC

Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate

Curtis D Moyer

James E Jaskie

Steven A Voight

John Song

Lawrence N Dworsky

Kenneth Andrew Dean

Robert C Kane

Karen E Jachimowicz

Paige M Holm

Albert Alec Talin

Israel A Lesk

Edward John Bawolek

Ronald N Legge

Emmett Howard

Craig S Amrine

Hang M Liaw

Johann T Trujillo

Robert H Reuss

Schyi-Yi Wu

Craig A Gaw

Sameer M Venugopal

Chan-Long Shieh

Chenggang Xie

Mordehai Margalit

Jaynal Abedin Molla

Thomas B Harvey, Iii

Robert T Smith

Scott V Johnson

Raymond K Tsui

Shawn O'Rourke

Jeffery A Whalin

Stephen P Rogers

Jeffrey H Baker

George W Rhyne

David W Jacobs

Michael Marrs

Peter A Smith

Clifford L Anderson

Robert C Rumbaugh

Kathleen Anne Tobin

Scott K Ageno

Kevin J Nordquist

Troy A Trottier

Scott Ageno

David A Wiemann

Barry O'Brien

Ronald W Slocumb

Jovan Trujillo

Diane A Carrillo

David M Rice

Joseph Justin Bonanno

Wayne Morrow

Robert P Nee

Dirk Bottesch

Technologies are generally described for concurrent activation of multiple illumination sources to analyze a sample. A controller may be configured to activate the illumination sources substantially simultaneously, where a current or voltage of each activated illumination source is modulated at a different frequency by respective circuit drivers of the controller. Each activated illumination source may be configured to illuminate the sample with light at a different emission wavelength, and one or more detectors may be configured to detect a composite signal from the sample in response to the illumination. The composite signal may include multiple returned signals, where each returned signal corresponds to light emitted from one of the activated illumination sources at a respective emission wavelength. One or more filters, each associated with a respective modulation frequency of one activated illumination source, may be configured to extract each returned signal from the composite signal for analysis.

Concurrent activation of multiple illumination sources for sample analysis

Some embodiments include a method of providing a semiconductor device. The method can include: (a) providing a flexible substrate; (b) depositing at least one layer of material over the flexible substrate, wherein the deposition of the at least one layer of material over the flexible substrate occurs at a temperature of at least 180&#xb0; C.; and (c) providing a diffusion barrier between a metal layer and an a-Si layer. Other embodiments are disclosed in this application.

Method of providing a flexible semiconductor device at high temperatures and flexible semiconductor device thereof

The present invention provides devices and methods for testing the electrical performance of thin-film transistor backplane arrays and protecting thin-films during testing and handling.

Methods and system for electrostatic discharge protection of thin-film transistor backplane arrays

Methods of anodizing aluminum using a hard mask and related embodiments of semiconductor devices are disclosed herein. Other methods and related embodiments are also disclosed herein.

Electronic display test device and related method

The present invention provides devices capable of testing the electrical performance of thin-film transistor backplane arrays and methods for their use.

Methods and system for on-chip decoder for array test

A field emission source comprising a first conductive region, a layer of nanotubes deposited on the first conductive region, and a second conductive region placed over and spaced from the nanotube coated first conductive region. After the device structure is fabricated, a laser beam is used to dislodge one end of the nanotube from the first conductive surface and an electric field is simultaneously applied to point the freed end of the nanotube at the second conductive region.

Method for activating nanotubes as field emission sources

A vacuum gap dielectric field emission triode and a method of fabrication include a conductive layer positioned on a supporting substrate and an emitter positioned on the conductive layer. A gate metal layer electrically separated from the conductive layer defines a metal bridge gate surrounding the emitter and separated from the emitter by a substantially fixed distance. The gate metal layer defines a gate opening through the metal bridge gate overlying the emitter. An anode is positioned in spaced relationship to the gate metal layer and the triode is sealed in a substantial vacuum so that the emitter is separated from the metal bridge by the substantial vacuum and the metal bridge is separated from the anode by the substantial vacuum.

Method of manufacturing vacuum gap dielectric field emission triode and apparatus

A field emission device ( ) includes a substrate ( ), a cathode ( ) formed thereon, a plurality of electron emitters ( ) and a plurality of gate electrodes ( ) proximately disposed to the plurality of electron emitters ( ) for effecting electron emission therefrom, a dielectric layer ( ) having a major surface ( ), a surface passivation layer ( ) formed on the major surface ( ), and an anode ( ) spaced from the gate electrodes ( ).

Field emission device having a surface passivation layer

A portable electronic device with virtual image display including a semiconductor array providing a real image and an optical system mounted to receive the real image and produce a virtual image at a viewing aperture. Electronics are associated with the array to produce real images in accordance with messages received by a data source such as a communication receiver. The display is sufficiently small to mount in a hand held microphone for viewing by the operator while using the microphone.

Electronic device with miniature virtual image display

A field emission display (,) includes a plurality of offset phosphors (,) and a cathode plate (,). Cathode plate (,) has a plurality of non-electron-emissive structures (,), a plurality of electron-emissive pixels (,), and a plurality of focusing electrodes (,). Offset phosphors (,) are aligned one each with non-electron-emissive structures (,) of cathode plate (,). Focusing electrodes (,) are disposed to cause a plurality of emission currents (,), which are generated by electron-emissive pixels (,), to be directed one each toward offset phosphors (,). Ions liberated from offset phosphors (,) are received by non-electron-emissive structures (,) of cathode plate (,), thereby ameliorating ion bombardment of electron-emissive pixels (,).

Field emission display having an offset phosphor and method for the operation thereof

A portable communications receiver with virtual image display including a semiconductor array providing a real image and an optical system mounted to receive the real image and produce a virtual image at a viewing aperture. Electronics are associated with the array to produce real images in accordance with messages received by the receiver. The display is sufficiently small to mount in a hand held microphone for viewing by the operator while using the microphone.

Receiver with miniature virtual image display

A field emission device (100, 150) includes a cathode plate (102, 180) having electron emitters (116), an anode plate (104, 170) having a phosphor (107, 207, 307, 407) activated by electrons (119) emitted by electron emitters (116), and a vacuum bridge focusing structure (118, 158, 218, 318) for focusing electrons (119) emitted by electron emitters (116). Vacuum bridge focusing structure (118, 158, 218, 318) has landings (121, 122, 221, 322), which are attached to cathode plate (102, 180), and further has bridges (120, 220, 320), which extend above and beyond landings (121, 122, 221, 322, 421) to provide a self-supporting structure that is spaced apart from cathode plate (102, 180).

Field emission device having a vacuum bridge focusing structure and

A field emission device (400) includes a plastically-deformable, ceramic, stamped substrate (200) made from a plastically deformable ceramic, which in the preferred embodiment includes a calendered tape. The plastically-deformable, ceramic, stamped substrate (200) includes first and second opposed surfaces (202, 204) and defines apertures (206) in which are formed extraction electrodes (410). The field emission device (400) further includes an electron-emissive layer (418) being formed on the first opposed surface (202). Cathodes (420) are disposed on the electron-emissive layer (418) and cross the extraction electrodes (410) at an angle of 90.degree.. A method for fabricating said field emission device (400) includes stamping a layer (100) of the softened calendered tape with a die (300) to define the apertures (206) and grooves (208, 212, 214).

Field emission device having stamped substrate and method

A method for affixing spacers (126, 226, 326) in a field emission display (100, 200, 300) includes the steps of: (i) providing a first display plate; providing a plurality of spacers (126, 226, 326) having first (128, 228, 328) and second opposed edges (130, 230, 330), (ii) coating first opposed edge (128, 228, 338) with a bonding layer (132, 232, 332), (iii) forming a metallic bonding pad (134, 234) on an inner surface (106, 206, 306) of first display plate, and (iv) applying a energy beam (136, 236, 336) to the bonding layer (132, 232, 332) and metallic bonding pad (134, 234), thereby forming a metallic bond.

Method for affixing spacers in a field emission display

A field emission display (100) includes a cathode plate (110) having a plurality of electron emitters (114), an anode plate (122) having an anode (124) connected to a potential source (126), and an anode voltage pull-down circuit (127) having an input (106) and an output (104). Output (104) is connected to anode (124), and input (106) is connected to potential source (126). Preferably, anode voltage pull-down circuit (127) causes an anode voltage (120) at anode (124) to drop to about ground potential prior to generation of a discharge current by electron emitters (114) for neutralizing positively electrostatically charged surfaces (137, 138) within field emission display (100).

Field emission display and method for the operation thereof

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