Integrated Magnetron Plasma Torch, and Related Methods
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140263202
A plasma source for generating microwave-induced plasma includes a plasma torch integrated with a microwave energy source. The torch establishes a gas flow path from one side of the plasma source to the other side. The torch may be integrated with the microwave energy source such that a plasma-forming gas flowing through the torch is subjected to microwave radiation, which serves to initiate and/or sustain plasma in the torch. The plasma may be ejected from the torch and utilized in…
Method for Creating a User Interface
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140282133
A method of operating a data processing system having a control screen to provide control of a program is disclosed. First and second program graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and a runtime library are provided. The first program GUI includes a first GUI description and a first method for operating on data input to or data output from that the first program GUI. The second program GUI includes a second GUI description and a second method for operating on data input to or data output from…
Layout System for Devices with Variable Display Screen Sizes and Orientations
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140282055
A method for operating a data processing system having a display screen on which a GUI is displayed is disclosed. The GUI has a plurality of configurations having different aspect ratios or numbers of pixels. The method includes providing a layout description and a runtime system that generates the GUI in response to the layout description and the display configuration. The layout description defines a first container having a plurality of components to be shown in the GUI within a first…
ION MOBILITY MASS SPECTROMETRY TAGS FOR QUANTITATIVE APPLICATIONS AND METHODS THEREOF
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140273252
Compound tags and shifting agents are provided that find use in ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), mass spectrometry (MS), or a combination of IMS and MS, and which can substantially increase separation of multiple components in complex samples and facilitate quantitative and multiplexed analyses. In some cases, the compounds include a linker and a normalizing group, each including a structural unit and separated by a cleaveable group, and a crown ether. Also provided are methods for…
METHOD FOR METABOLOMIC SAMPLE PREPARATION BASED ON IONIC LIQUID DISPERSIVE LIQUID-LIQUID MICROEXTRACTION
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140273080
Provided herein is a method comprising one or more of the following steps: (a) lysing cells of a biological sample and contacting the biological sample with an amount of ionic liquid sufficient to denature intracellular metabolic enzymes in the biological sample to produce a contacted cellular sample; (b) mixing the contacted cellular sample with an organic solvent to produce an ionic liquid-organic solvent composition; (c) mixing the contacted cellular sample with the organic solvent to…
Scroll Pump Having Bellows Providing Angular Synchronization and Back-up System For Bellows
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140271305
A scroll pump has a metallic bellows that angularly synchronizes the stationary and orbiting scroll blades of the pump, and a hack-up system for the bellows. The back-up system consists of pins integral with and fixed relative to one of the stationary and orbital parts of the scroll pump, and a guide part that is integral with and fixed relative to the other of the stationary and orbital parts. The back-up system may be a non-contacting hack-up system in which there is no contact between…
VIBRATION/NOISE MANAGEMENT IN A SCROLL COMPRESSOR
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140271242
A scroll pump isolates vibrations of a pump head/motor assembly of the pump from the exterior of the pump and thus, suppresses the production of airborne noise. The pump includes a sound-muffling enclosure surrounding the pump head/motor assembly, feet supporting the enclosure, and elastic vibration isolators. The pump head/motor assembly is fixed to the tops of the vibration isolators, and the sound-muffling enclosure is fixed to the vibration isolators at the bottoms of the isolators.…
Pump Testing for Predicting Lifetime and Wear Conditions
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140271106
System and method for testing a pump. The testing of the pump includes determining a Mechanical Power Index (MPI) for the pump. The MPI is determined by operating the pump at operating speed for a minimum operating interval. When the pump is stopped under normal operation by the application, the pump speed is continuously monitored. The time when the pump speed decreases to an initial speed close to the operating speed is read as an initial time. When the pump speed decreases to a final…
ADJUSTABLE DIRECTIONAL COUPLER CIRCUIT
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140266499
An adjustable directional coupler circuit includes a directional coupler and a correction circuit. The directional coupler includes a first port for receiving an input signal; a second port for outputting the input signal to a load; a third port for outputting a first coupled signal including a desired first coupled signal proportional to forward power of the input signal and an extraneous first coupled signal proportional to reverse power of a reflected signal; and a fourth port for…
Test System for Improving Throughout or Maintenance Properties of Semiconductor Testing
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140266282
A semiconductor test system includes test head pins; per-pin resources which are connectable to the test head pins on a one-to-one basis; shared resources, each of which is connectable to one of the test head pins; a tester controller for controlling the per-pin resources and the shared resources; and a tabular-form test plan including: a first column for specifying a measurement function that uses at least one of the per-pin resources and the shared resources; and at least one second…
SAMPLE INLET WITH MULTI-CAPILLARY LINER FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140260540
A gas chromatograph (GC) inlet device includes a multi-capillary liner capable of separating components of a sample matrix prior to injecting the sample into an analytical GC column. The device is switchable between different modes, such as a normal injection modes, splitless modes, split modes, a backflush modes, and cut modes.
TWIST-TIE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES
Granted: September 11, 2014
Application Number:
20140255924
A composition comprising population of labeled oligonucleotides is provided herein. In some embodiments, the probes are of the formula: T1-V-T2, wherein: the nucleotide sequence of the V region varies in said population; the V regions of the different oligonucleotides hybridize to sites that are tiled across a sequence in a target nucleic acid; the T1 and T2 regions do not hybridize with said target nucleic acid; within each oligonucleotide of the population, the T1 and T2 regions are…
PACKET-WISE PROPORTIONING FOLLOWED BY IMMEDIATE LONGITUDINAL MIXING
Granted: September 11, 2014
Application Number:
20140251448
A fluid supply system (150) adapted for metering two or more fluids in controlled proportions and for supplying a resultant mixture, the fluid supply system (150) comprising a plurality of solvent supply lines (104 to 107), each fluidically connected with a fluid source (100 to 103) providing a respective fluid, a pumping unit (110) comprising a reciprocating element (115) adapted for intaking fluid supplied at an inlet of the pumping unit (110) and for supplying the pressurized fluid at…
ROBOTIC ARM ASSEMBLY WITH ANGULAR CONTACT CARTRIDGE BEARINGS
Granted: September 11, 2014
Application Number:
20140251056
A robotic arm assembly includes a first arm and second arm coupled by a shaft and bearing assembly, forming a joint at which the first arm rotates about a joint axis. The bearing assembly includes angular contact cartridge bearings contacting corresponding angled surfaces of the assembly, and a bearing cap. The shaft is attached to the first arm, extends through the second arm, and is attached to the bearing cap such that the bearing assembly is axially compressed between the bearing cap…
SAMPLE TUBE HOLDER PROVIDING ZERO FORCE INSERTION OF SAMPLE TUBE
Granted: September 11, 2014
Application Number:
20140251033
An apparatus for holding a sample tube includes a plurality of rollers circumscribing a clearance space along a central axis, and an actuator configured for moving the rollers between a non-gripping position and a gripping position. At the non-gripping position, the rollers are oriented relative to the central axis such that a diameter of the clearance space is at a maximum; and at the gripping position, the rollers are at a twisted angle relative to the central axis, and the diameter is…
ESTIMATION OF TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL (TDOA) IN MULTIPATH ENVIRONMENTS BASED ON SUB-NYQUIST RATE SAMPLING
Granted: September 4, 2014
Application Number:
20140247187
A method is provided for to determining a time difference of arrival (TDOA) between a first signal and a second signal. The method includes sampling a first signal at a sub-Nyquist rate to provide a first sampled signal; sampling a second signal at the sub-Nyquist rate to provide a second sampled signal, the first and second signals representing corresponding multipath channels; cross-correlating the first and second sampled signals; and determining an estimate of the TDOA between the…
Graphical User Interface Editor that Displays Live Data During Editing
Granted: August 28, 2014
Application Number:
20140245168
A method for operating a computer to develop a program having a GUI is disclosed. The method includes providing a program development system having an editing mode in which a user constructs a GUI and providing a graphical element that can be placed on a form as part of the GUI, the graphical element displaying data from the server while the program development system is in the editing mode. The parameters that control the connection and data transfer from the server can be provided in…
Method for Selecting Waveforms on Electronic Test Equipment
Granted: August 28, 2014
Application Number:
20140240240
A method for operating a data processing system having a touch enabled display screen that displays a plurality of waveforms to alter the display of one of the waveforms without altering the display of the remaining waveforms is disclosed. The method includes determining a selected waveform in response to a user touching the display screen in a first location thereby defining a touch area that determines the selected waveform. An operation that is to be performed on the selected waveform…
SPLIT-CHANNEL GAS FLOW CONTROL
Granted: August 21, 2014
Application Number:
20140230910
An apparatus comprises a proportional valve, a first channel connected to the proportional valve, a flow sensor connected to the first channel and configured to measure gas flow in the first channel, a split channel connected to the first channel at a location between the proportional valve and the flow sensor, and a control component connected between the flow sensor and the proportional valve and configured to control gas flow in the first channel.
DIGITAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT TRIGGERED BY SIGNAL PATTERN
Granted: August 21, 2014
Application Number:
20140236539
A measurement instrument receives an analog input signal from a measurement target, converts the input signal into a digital signal, scans the digital signal and comparing the scanned digital signal with a pattern signature using a flexible matching procedure implemented by hardware, and triggers the measurement instrument according to a result of the flexible matching procedure.
