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7453682 Discharge device and air conditioner having said device  
A surface discharge type air cleaning device comprises an insulating dielectric body formed in the shape of a sheet, a discharge electrode having a pattern part of a predetermined area formed on...
7446993 Alumina sintered body  
An alumina sintered body comprises an alumina substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface opposing each other, an embedded film electrode made of a metal and embedded in the...
7436645 Method and apparatus for controlling temperature of a substrate  
A pedestal assembly and method for controlling temperature of a substrate during processing is provided. In one embodiment, the pedestal assembly includes an electrostatic chuck coupled to a...
7432504 Dicorotron wire assembly removal and storage tool  
A system and apparatus that removes and collects non-functional wire assemblies from dicorotron units is described. It has a removal tool mounted on the top of a storage box. The removal tool has...
7427864 Ion balance monitor  
An ion balance monitor for simultaneous monitoring of the positive and negative ion production rates, and therefore ion concentration, by measurement of currents resulting from the presence of...
7417843 System and method of protecting metallic structures from lightning strikes  
A lightning protection system having a sensor for detecting a polarity of atmospheric charges, a direct current power supply, a controller interactively connected to the power supply and to the...
7410532 Method of controlling a fluid flow  
An electrostatic fluid accelerator includes an electrode array including an array of corona discharge electrodes and an array of accelerating electrodes. A detector is configured to sense a...
7408759 Self-cleaning ionization system  
A module for generating ions in a flowing air stream includes a support structure having a central region adapted to pass a flowing air stream therethrough, and including a plurality of supports...
7400487 Tunable and aimable artificial lightening producing device  
A tunable and aimable artificial lightning producing device for tetanizing human voluntary muscle, disabling vehicular electronic ignition systems, and for pre-detonating wired explosives. A spark...
7391599 Low voltage modular room ionization system  
An ionization system for a predefined area includes a plurality of emitter modules spaced around the area, a system controller for individually addressing and monitoring the emitter modules and...
7375944 Ionizer and discharge electrode assembly to be assembled therein  
An ionizer of a corona discharge type is configured to increase the yield of ions while minimizing contamination of a discharge electrode by foreign matters. In the ionizer, a gas path unit ( 11 )...
7365956 Plasma driven, N-type semiconductor, thermoelectric power superoxide ion generator with critical bias conditions  
A plasma is generated inside a barrier enclosure made specifically of N-Type semiconductive material, said plasma thus generating a thermal gradient across said barrier which drives electrons...
7352555 Electrostatic chuck  
Provided is an electrostatic chuck, including: a first insulating layer including a heat conductive silicone rubber with a thermal conductivity of at least 0.2 W/mK, which is formed on top of a...
7351074 Structure of circuit board  
An improved structure of circuit board, according to the present invention, involves sealing a conductive passageway on a circuit board by use of a spacer disposed in a solder paste. A welding pad...
7342227 Coating for the breakdown of corona effluents  
A plasma sprayed TiO 2 coating is used to remove effluents produced during an electrical charging step using a corona charging device. The plasma spray allows for the application of TiO 2 ceramic...
7339779 Piezoelectric anion generator controled by integrated circuit  
A piezoelectric anion generator controlled by an integrated circuit IC, which includes an oscillation circuit, a frequency following-up circuit, an power amplification circuit, a step-up circuit, a...
7327548 Field converter  
Methods and devices for producing inhomogeneous electrical fields are disclosed.
7307826 Apparatus and method for removal of surface oxides via fluxless technique involving electron attachment and remote ion generation  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the dry fluxing of at least one component and/or solder surface via electron attachment. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for...
7295418 Collimated ionizer and method  
An air ion collimator is added to ionizers with integrated fans that are used to remove static charge. Three mechanisms minimize air ion losses through recombination. Hence, the collimator...
7289310 Adjustable static current discharging bracelet  
An adjustable static current discharging bracelet includes a main body of inverse U-shaped section, a medium static current collector under the top of the main body and riveted to a protruding rod,...
7283346 Electrostatic chuck and its manufacturing method  
An electrode pattern of an electrostatic chuck includes linear portions in a radial direction and a plurality of concentric C-shaped portions branching out from the linear portions. The linear...
7254007 Display apparatus having an anion generator  
A display apparatus includes a display part to display a picture, a signal processor to convert a video signal into a format suitable for the display part, an anion generator to generate anions,...
7254006 Ion generating element and ion generator, air conditioning apparatus, cleaner and refrigerator containing the same  
An inner electrode formed inside a dielectric body and a surface electrode formed on a surface of the dielectric body. The surface electrode is formed in a grid pattern with pointed parts formed...
7242568 Display apparatus  
A display apparatus includes a display module to display a picture, a casing placed around the display module, an anion generating unit including a plurality of electrodes provided inside the...
7236344 Ionic flow generator for thermal management  
The apparatus for generating ionic flow of media includes a DC voltage supply having a positive terminal and a negative terminal with a collector connected to the negative terminal of the direct...
7227735 Current regulated, voltage limited, AC power supply with DC offset for corona chargers  
An apparatus and method for powering opposing corona chargers for discharging moving receiver sheets. The discharging capacity of the chargers is expanded by adding a high voltage DC offset to a...
7221551 Cascaded gate-driven ESD clamp  
A method is provided for semiconductor ESD protection in a mixed voltage device using a cascaded gate driven NMOS clamp circuit. Use of a bias circuit allows for an external I/O signal to have a...
7215526 Ion generator with open emitter and safety feature  
The invention is directed towards an efficient and ozone free ion generator in which the ion emitter is open to the surrounding space while the collector is provided by electrical ground remote and...
7214949 Ion generation by the temporal control of gaseous dielectric breakdown  
An apparatus and method for ion generation are adapted such that an ionization process is controlled temporally, to first initiate, then to halt the breakdown of the gas before a destructive plasma...
7212393 Air ionization module and method  
An air ionizing module and method for generating ions of one and opposite polarities within a flowing stream of air or other gas includes a thin-filament electrode mounted within the flowing stream...
7206184 Vacuum plasma processor and method of operating same  
A vacuum plasma processor includes an electrode array with plural mutually-insulated electrodes forming a bottom or top electrode of the plasma processor. When the electrode array is part of the...
7206182 Negative ions generating circuit design with decreasing high frequency noise and apparatus thereof  
A negative ions generating circuit design with decreasing high frequency noise includes a power indication circuit, an oscillation circuit, an amplifying circuit and a radial frequency filtering...
7199993 Ion-generating component, ion-generating unit, and ion-generating apparatus  
An ion-generating component has, on an insulating substrate, a ground electrode, a high-voltage electrode, an insulating film provided on the surface of the ground electrode, and a wire electrode....
7187533 Static charge neutralizer  
A passive device to neutralize electrostatic charging of fuel when it exists a filter monitor cartridge is described. Filter cartridges containing light filter media generate electrostatic charges,...
7180722 Alternating current monitor for an ionizer power supply  
An ionizer includes an alternating current (AC) voltage source having an output outputting a waveform with a positive half-cycle and a negative half-cycle, an electrode electrically coupled to the...
7177133 Method and apparatus for bipolar ion generation  
A method and apparatus for generating positive and negative ions, the method comprising: generating ac high voltage; providing different polarity of the high-voltage to at least one pair of...
7173203 Integrated microsprings for speed switches  
An integrated microspring switch may be provided for relatively high frequency switching applications. A spring arm may be formed over a microspring dimple, which may be hemispherical and hollow in...
7163641 Method of forming high aspect ratio apertures  
A plasma etch process for etching BPSG employing two primary etchants at low flows and pressures, and a relatively low temperature environment within the etch chamber, which includes a fluorine...
7161789 Ion chip  
The ion chip has an ionizing structure in intimate electrical and physical contact with a conductor. The ionizing structure is either a carbon fiber layer or ionizing needles or both. The conductor...
7150780 Electrostatic air cleaning device  
An electrostatic air cleaning device includes an array of electrodes. The electrodes include corona electrodes connected to a suitable source of high voltage so as to generate a corona discharge....
7130178 Corona charging device and methods  
The invention is directed to a corona charging device having a powder feed with an outlet. The device has an internal charging cavity having an inlet and a charged powder outlet. The powder feed...
7126808 Wafer platen equipped with electrostatic clamp, wafer backside gas cooling, and high voltage operation capability for plasma doping  
An apparatus is provided for handling workpieces, such as semiconductor wafers, during semiconductor processing. The apparatus includes a wafer platen having a plurality of channels each extending...
7126807 Ionized air flow discharge type non-dusting ionizer  
The ionizer of the present invention comprises a chamber which has an ionization part that ionizes a portion of an ion carrier gas that is supplied to the interior of this chamber, and a blowing...
7120006 Ion generator and air conditioning apparatus  
A switching transformer applies an alternating high voltage across an internal electrode and an external electrode which face each other with a glass tube as a dielectric body between them. The...
7079370 Apparatus and method for removal of surface oxides via fluxless technique electron attachment and remote ion generation  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the dry fluxing of at least one component and/or solder surface via electron attachment. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for...
7068489 Electrostatic chuck for holding wafer  
An electrostatic chuck for holding a wafer includes a ceramic plate of which one main surface is formed to work as a mounting surface for mounting the wafer, and electrostatic attraction electrodes...
7054130 Apparatus and method for improving uniformity and charge decay time performance of an air ionizer blower  
An air ionizer blower includes a voltage source, an air inlet, an air outlet, an air mover, at least one electrode and a straightening vane. The air mover is configured to cause air to flow into...
7027283 Mobile holder for a wafer  
The present invention provides a mobile holder for a wafer, which comprises a base element, a first fixing means and a second fixing means. The first fixing means is configured to allow a wafer to...
7019955 MEMS digital-to-acoustic transducer with error cancellation  
An acoustic transducer comprising a substrate; and a diaphragm formed by depositing a micromachined membrane onto the substrate. The diaphragm is formed as a single silicon chip using a CMOS MEMS...
7012797 Versatile stun glove  
A versatile stun glove having at least two electrodes placed in the palm region, and/or on the back of the hand and/or on the fingers of the glove. A rechargeable power supply that uses simple thin...