Abstract:
LED packages and their fabrication techniques are disclosed to provide LED package with improved thermal dissipation based on one or more thermally conductive channels or studs. In one implementation, a LED package includes a plastic body structured to have a hole that penetrates through the plastic body; a metal contact formed on the plastic body at one side of the hole to cover the hole; a LED mounted to the metal contact at a location that spatially overlaps with the hole; and a stud formed in the hole in contact with the metal contact at a first end of the stud and extending to an opening of the hole at a second end of the stud, the stud being formed of a thermally conductive material to transfer heat from the LED through the metal contact and the stud to dissipate the heat at the opening of the hole via the second end of the stud.
Abstract:
Methods for identifying and measuring pharmacodynamic biomarkers of neuropsychiatric disease, and for monitoring a subject's response to treatment. For example, materials and methods for monitoring the effectiveness of transcranial magnetic stimulation in a subject having a neuropsychiatric disease are provided.
Abstract:
Fiber sensors formed on side-polished fiber coupling ports based on evanescent coupling are described. Such sensors may be configured to measure various materials and may be used to form multi-phase sensing devices. A Bragg grating may be implemented in such sensors to form reflective fiber sensors.
Abstract:
Adjustable filters formed in fibers or waveguides based on evanescent coupling, where a coupling layer is formed between a waveguide overlay and a side-polished coupling port on the fiber or waveguide. A control mechanism may be provided to adjust a property of at least one of the waveguide overlay and the coupling layer to adjust the output of the filter.
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A radiation detection device for gamma radiation is disclosed having an array of crystals optically positioned adjacent an optional collimator, the crystals emitting visible light upon illumination by the incident gamma radiation. An array of photodetectors is optically positioned adjacent the crystal array on the side of the crystal array opposite that of the collimator. A select photodetector in the photodetector array provides an output signal when the select photodetector is illuminated by the visible light. An integrated circuit having an input from the output signals of said array of photodetectors is used to process and output signals indicative of the intensity and position of the gamma radiation.
Abstract:
A multi-channel readout chip is provided in which each channel has an analog section and a digital section. Each channel of the readout chip employs low noise charge amplifiers with self trigger and calibration capabilities to provide timing information with better than 20 nanosecond precision. The trigger threshold can be adjusted to provide energy discrimination. The chip has a sparse readout function in which only the channels which have received signals greater than a preselected threshold value are readout, thus providing fast data acquisition capabilities.
Abstract:
Materials and methods related to diagnosing a clinical condition in a subject, or determining the subject's predisposition to develop the clinical condition, using a multi-parameter system to measure a plurality of parameters and an algorithm to determine a disease score.
Abstract:
Materials and Methods related to diagnosing a clinical condition in a subject, or determining the subject's predisposition to develop the clinical condition, using a multi-parameter system to measure a plurality of parameters and an algorithm to determine a disease score.
Abstract:
A radiation detector for detecting ionizing radiation. The detector includes a semiconductor having at least two sides. A bias electrode is formed on one side of the semiconductor. A signal electrode is formed on a side of the semiconductor and is used to detect the energy level of the ionizing radiation. A third electrode (the control electrode) is also formed on the semiconductor. The control electrode shares charges induced by the ionizing radiation with the signal electrode, until the charge clouds are close to the signal electrode. The control electrode also alters the electric field within the semiconductor, such that the field guides the charge clouds toward the signal electrode when the clouds closely approach the signal electrode. As a result, trapping of charge carrying radiation (i.e., electrons or holes) is minimized, and low-energy tailing is virtually eliminated.