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7623333 Ion chip operating module  
The ion chip operating module allows for the inevitable ionizing electrode erosion by high voltage ionization of the prior art ion chip, by extending its life, improving its performance and...
7619870 Electrostatic chuck  
An electrostatic chuck device includes an electrostatic chuck section including a substrate and a power supply terminal for applying a DC voltage to an electrostatic-adsorption inner electrode; and...
7606017 Protection device: surge suppressing conductor  
A lightning protection or internal surge device designed to suppress surges on electrical transmission or distribution lines by expending some of the excess energy in the form of corona discharge...
7589949 Fluid assisted emitter tip and method  
An emitter tip for a corona discharge device. The emitter tip comprises an elongated body with a tapered end. The body defines a central passage and the tapered end defines a tip passage in fluid...
7586731 Ion balance adjusting method and method of removing charges from workpiece by using the same  
When charges are removed from a charged workpiece by applying positive and negative pulse-like high voltages to positive and negative electrode needles to generate positive and negative ions in a...
7580238 Electrostatic chuck structure for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus  
An electrostatic chuck structure according to example embodiments of the present invention may include at least one specific region of a conductor having a thickness relatively smaller than those...
7564671 Ion generator and method for controlling amount of ozone generated in the same  
An ion generator that can generate a controlled trace amount of ozone together with negative or positive ions. The ion generator includes an insulation substrate, a ground electrode and a...
7563416 Safety device for air in at least one room of a building  
A safety device for the air in a room has an intake air channel for supplying outside air to the room. A device for air treatment is provided. A detector for air contaminants is arranged in the...
7561403 Static eliminator and electric discharge module  
A static eliminator capable of replacing a discharge needle and improving maintainability of the eliminator is disclosed. The static eliminator comprises: an air-guiding duct having a tubular...
7558044 Static electricity eliminator  
An apparatus for reducing static electricity includes an ionizer that generates ions for neutralizing static electricity, a blower that produces a current of air for moving the ions to a desired...
7525787 Electrostatic chuck assembly with dielectric material and/or cavity having varying thickness, profile and/or shape, method of use and apparatus incorporating same  
An electrostatic chuck assembly having a dielectric material and/or having a cavity with varying thickness, profile and/or shape is disclosed. The electrostatic chuck assembly includes a conductive...
7522402 Method and device for controlling ionization  
A device and method for ionization control is provided. The device and method controls the ionization balance using a sensor element, a control circuit that produces output signal as a function of...
7504628 Nanoscale corona discharge electrode  
An electrode for atmospheric corona discharge apparatus provide a passive conductor whose surface is decorated with nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes provide for a lower corona...
7495881 Chucking method and processing method using the same  
The invention provides an electrostatically chucking technology capable of chucking a workpiece formed of an insulator or a workpiece attached with an object to be processed such as a semiconductor...
7485265 Ceramic electrode structure for generating ions, and ion generating apparatus using the same  
A ceramic electrode structure designed to have an enhanced construction, wherein an induction electrode has an area larger than that of a discharge electrode. A high square pulse voltage is applied...
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...
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...
7408562 Ion generating apparatus  
A head 2 has a through hole 7 into which compressed air is supplied and flows, and a discharge electrode 11 is disposed inside the through hole 7 . When a voltage required for discharging is...
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...
7375945 Ion generator  
In an ion generator comprising a discharge needle 2 , an opposed electrode 3 opposite the discharge needle 2 and an AC high voltage power source 4 , for generating positive and negative air...
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...
7333317 Portable ionizer  
A portable ionizer is arranged for generating ionized air in an area of a user's fingers. The portable ionizer includes a battery-powered oscillator coupled via a high voltage conversion circuit to...
7312973 Air conditioning apparatus and ion generating device for use therein  
An air conditioning apparatus incorporates an ion generating device that generates positive and negative ions by applying an alternating-current voltage between electrodes. The generated positive...
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,...
7256979 Ion generator, and electric apparatus and air conditioning apparatus incorporating the same  
A booster coil is stored in a coil storing room provided in the bottom section of a common case having an opening on one side, and is insulation-molded with a filler. A circuit substrate is...
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...
7224450 Method and apparatus for position-dependent optical metrology calibration  
A calibration method suitable for highly precise and highly accurate surface metrology measurements is described. In preferred embodiments, an optical inspection tool including a movable optics...
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...
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....
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...
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....
7120007 Ion generating unit  
An ion generating unit is made compact, yet avoids the undesired arc discharge for successfully generating the ions. The ion generating unit includes a dielectric base having a length and carrying...
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...
7067939 High-voltage pulse generator for an electrostatic filter  
A high-voltage pulse generator includes a storage capacitor which is connected to a voltage source via leads. One of the leads is connected to a reference potential via a node point. A switching...
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...
7031134 Display device including ion generator and electronic appliance  
A display device includes a display panel and an ion generator for generating positive ions and negative ions. The display device kills microorganisms or decomposes and removes harmful organic...
6920031 Static charge neutralizer  
A hydrocarbon fluid filter monitor cartridge having apparatus for neutralizing the electrostatic charge in the transient fluid including a mass of filter material, and electrical conductor having a...
6873515 Method for preventing electrostatic discharge in a clean room  
The present invention provides a method of removing electrostatic charges from a clean room with a laminar flow apparatus. The laminar flow apparatus is disposed on a ceiling of the clean room. An...
6827642 Vehicle remote control and air treatment system and associated methods  
A vehicle remote control and air treatment system includes a selectively operable air treatment device. The air treatment device may be an electrically powered ion generator for selectively...
6807044 Corona discharge apparatus and method of manufacture  
An ionizer bar includes upper and lower housings having aerodynamically-shaped exterior surfaces to support laminar air flow over the structure. The upper housing forms an upper interior chamber...
6798637 Dynamic air ionizer and method  
Concentrations of positive and negative ions that are generated in the ambient air at a selected location are controlled in time-varying manner. Apparatus for generating air ions includes...
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