Author: claimsbot

1. A metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) device, comprising:
a funnel-shaped trench having a flared rim etched in a semiconductor substrate,
the flared rim having an upper edge at a wider cross section trench opening at about a top surface of the semiconductor substrate and having a lower edge at a top opening of a narrower cross section trench body portion that terminates in the semiconductor substrate;
a gate electrode disposed in the funnel-shaped trench on a gate dielectric layer formed on the flared rim, the gate electrode having a split structure with a first gate electrode portion being separated from a second gate electrode portion by an insulator material; and
a source region, a gate region, and a drain region disposed in the semiconductor substrate,
the gate region abutting a lower portion of the flared rim, the drain region abutting a sidewall of the narrower cross section trench body portion with a top of the drain region being aligned with a lower edge of the gate electrode.
2. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the flared rim has a substantially linear profile in cross-section between the upper edge of the flared rim and the lower edge of the flared rim.
3. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the flared rim has a curved profile in cross-section between the upper edge of the flared rim and the lower edge of the flared rim.
4. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the flared rim is flared at an angle of about 45 degrees to a perpendicular to the top surface of the semiconductor substrate.
5. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the flared rim is flared at an angle of between 20 degrees and 80 degrees to a perpendicular to the top surface of the semiconductor substrate.
6. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the lower edge of the gate electrode is at about the lower edge of the flared rim.
7. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the gate electrode includes at least one of a polysilicon material, a cobalt silicide material, and a titanium silicide material.
8. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the funnel-shaped trench has a depth greater than about 1 \u03bcm.
9. The MOSFET device of claim 1, further comprising a shield gate electrode disposed in the narrower cross section trench body portion, the shield gate electrode being insulated from and disposed below the gate electrode.
10. The MOSFET device of claim 1, further comprising a self-aligned source-metal contact.
11. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor substrate is a heavily doped n-type conductive substrate with a lightly doped n-type epitaxial over layer, and the funnel-shaped trench terminates within the lightly doped n-type epitaxial over layer.
12. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor substrate is a heavily doped p-type conductive substrate with a lightly doped p-type epitaxial over layer, the funnel-shaped trench terminates within the lightly doped p-type epitaxial over layer.
13. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the first gate electrode portion is separated from the second gate electrode portion by about a width of the top opening of the narrower cross section trench body portion.
14. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the gate electrode having an etched opening extending vertically therethrough to the top opening of the narrower cross section trench body portion.
15. The MOSFET device of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor substrate is made of a silicon-based material.
16. The MOSFET device of claim 14, wherein the etched opening is filled with the insulator material.
17. The MOSFET device of claim 14, wherein the semiconductor substrate is made of a silicon-based material.
18. A metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) device, comprising:
a funnel-shaped trench disposed in a semiconductor substrate, the funnel-shaped trench having a flared rim and having a trench body disposed below the flared rim, the flared rim having a sidewall with a first slope and the trench body having a sidewall with a second slope different from the first slope;
a gate dielectric layer disposed in the trench on the flared rim;
a gate electrode disposed on the gate dielectric layer;
a source region abutting an upper portion of the flared rim;
a gate region abutting a lower portion of the flared rim; and
a drain region abutting a sidewall of the trench body, the drain region having a top aligned with a lower edge of the gate electrode.
19. The MOSFET device of claim 18, wherein the first slope is about 45 degrees to a perpendicular to a top surface of the semiconductor substrate.
20. The MOSFET device of claim 18, wherein the first slope is about between 20 degrees and 80 degrees to a perpendicular to a top surface of the semiconductor substrate.
21. The MOSFET device of claim 18, wherein the lower edge of the gate electrode is at about a lower edge of the flared rim.
22. The MOSFET device of claim 18, wherein the gate electrode includes at least one of a polysilicon material, a cobalt silicide material, and a titanium silicide material.
23. The MOSFET device of claim 18, further comprising a shield gate electrode disposed in the trench body below the flared rim, the shield gate electrode being insulated from the gate electrode.
24. The MOSFET device of claim 18, wherein the semiconductor substrate is a heavily doped conductive substrate with a lightly doped epitaxial over layer, the funnel-shaped trench terminates within the lightly doped epitaxial over layer.
25. The MOSFET device of claim 18, wherein the semiconductor substrate is made of a silicon-based material.
26. A metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) device, comprising:
a trench in a semiconductor substrate, the trench having a flared rim, the flared rim extending down from a wider cross-section trench opening at about a top surface of the semiconductor substrate to a narrower cross-section trench body portion that terminates in the semiconductor substrate;
a gate electrode disposed in the trench on the flared rim;
a drain region in the semiconductor substrate, the drain region having a top aligned with about a lower edge of the gate electrode disposed in the trench on the flared rim;
a gate region disposed in the semiconductor substrate above the drain region; and
a source region disposed in the semiconductor substrate above the gate region, the source region including a dopant in a portion of the semiconductor substrate above a top edge of the gate electrode.
27. The MOSFET device of claim 26, wherein the gate electrode includes a polysilicon electrode disposed on a gate dielectric layer disposed on the flared rim.
28. The MOSFET device of claim 26, further comprising a shield gate electrode disposed in the trench body below the flared rim, the shield gate electrode being insulated from the gate electrode.
29. The MOSFET device of claim 26, wherein the semiconductor substrate is a heavily doped conductive substrate with a lightly doped epitaxial over layer, and the trench having the flared rim terminates within the lightly doped epitaxial over layer.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A composite comprising a heat-resistant fiber and a siloxane polymer:
2. The composite according to claim 1, wherein the siloxane polymer is a crosslinked siloxane polymer obtainable by polycondensing a siloxane compound mainly of the following formula (1):
(wherein n represents an integer of 2 to 10; R1, R2, R3 and R4 may be each the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R2 and R4 may be each the same or different every repetition unit).
3. The composite according to claim 1, wherein the heat-resistant fiber is one or more kinds of fibers selected from the group consisting of a wholly aromatic polyamide fiber, a wholly aromatic polyester fiber, a polyparaphenylene benzobisoxazole fiber, a fluorine fiber, a carbon fiber, a glass fiber and a quartz fiber.
4. The composite according to claim 1, wherein the heat-resistant fiber is a polyparaphenylene terephthalamide fiber.
5. A process for preparing a composite comprising a heat-resistant fiber and a siloxane polymer, which comprises coating or impregnating a heat-resistant fiber with a solution containing a compound represented by the following formula (1):
(wherein n represents an integer of 2 to 10; R1, R2, R3 and R4 may be each the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R2 and R4 may be each the same or different every repetition unit), a catalyst for curing the compound represented by the formula (1) and, optionally, reaction water, and curing the compound represented by the formula (1).
6. The process according to claim 5, wherein the solution further contains at least one kind of a compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (2):
(wherein R5, R6 and R7 may be each the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or a C1-6alkoxy-C1-4alkyl group, and R8 represents an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group of 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and one or more hydrogen atoms of each of said groups may be substituted with an epoxy group, a glycidyl group, an amino group, a methacryl group, an acryl group, an ureido group, a mercapto group or an isocyanate group directly or via an intervening group), a condensate in which two or more molecules of the compound represented by the formula (2) are condensed (provided that the compound represented by the formula (1) is excluded), a compound represented by the formula (3):
(wherein R9, R10, R11 and R12 may be each the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group of 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and among them, one or both of R10 and R12 may be an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group of 6 to 20 carbon atoms, one or more hydrogen atoms of each of said groups may be substituted with an epoxy group or a glycidyl group directly or via an intervening group), and a condensate in which two or more molecules of the compound represented by the formula (3) are condensed.
7. A fiber-reinforced glass comprising a heat-resistant fiber and a siloxane polymer as a constituent component.
8. A heat-resistant fiber covered with a siloxane polymer.
9. The heat-resistant fiber according to claim 8, wherein the heat-resistant fiber covered with a siloxane polymer has a tape-like yarn form.
10. An aramid fiber covered with a siloxane polymer, characterized in that an aramid fiber containing moisture at an equilibrium moisture content or larger is impregnated or coated with a coating solution in which a compound represented by the formula (1), and an organic compound which is hydrolyzable and whose hydrolysat contains a metal serving as a catalyst for curing the compound are dissolved in a substantially anhydrous solvent, and the organic solvent is removed and, at the same time, the compound is cured utilizing the moisture in the aramid fiber as reaction water,
(wherein n represents an integer of 2 to 10; R1, R2, R3 and R4 may be each the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R2 and R4 may be each the same or different every repetition unit).
11. The composite according to claim 2, wherein the heat-resistant fiber is one or more kinds of fibers selected from the group consisting of a wholly aromatic polyamide fiber, a wholly aromatic polyester fiber, a polyparaphenylene benzobisoxazole fiber, a fluorine fiber, a carbon fiber, a glass fiber and a quartz fiber.
12. The composite according to claim 2, wherein the heat-resistant fiber is a polyparaphenylene terephthalamide fiber.

1. A computer-based method for creating enforced, context-specific sharing of ontologically mapped, aggregated medical data, comprising:
storing at least one data field in a database as an entity type ontology;
receiving context-specific rule configurations corresponding to said entity type ontology, said receiving context-specific rule configurations comprising receiving at least one context, at least one data source, and at least one entity type ontology data field;
identifying any conflict between the received context-specific rule and any applicable rule;
if a conflict is identified, receiving resolution of the conflict; and
storing said context-specific rule configurations in the database.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a data access query from a user;
determining the context to query based on said data access query receipt; and
providing said user access to entity data based on said context-specific rule configurations.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of said at least one data field in a database as an entity type ontology comprises:
receiving an entity type;
determining at least one data field corresponding to said entity type; and
receiving at least one data field corresponding to said entity type.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving resolution of the conflict further comprises (i) editing said context-specific rule configurations or (ii) contacting a creator of the conflicting rule.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether any queried data fields require access permission.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein said determining whether any queried data fields require access permission includes issuing requests for data access.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a summary of query results displaying accessible data versus data requiring access permission requests.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving at least one conditional rule selection.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing transactions in a database.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein said context-specific rule configurations comprise terms of consent agreements.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein said context-specific rule configurations comprise laws.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising using context-specific rule configurations to create terms of consent agreements, and transmitting said consent agreements to at least one user.
13. A system for managing context-specific sharing of ontologically mapped aggregated medical data, comprising:
a central server configured to receive at least one entity type and entity type data field from at least one context, wherein said central server:
stores at least one data field in a database as an entity type ontology;
comprises a rule creation interface configured to receive data access rule selections from a plurality of users, wherein said data access rule selections are associated with a plurality of data fields, include contextual data access rule selections, and include one or more levels of precedence;
is further configured to require authentication before allowing access to said system; and
further comprises a query interface configured to receive data access queries from users about a plurality of entities;

a database configured to store rule selections;
a data gathering module configured to determine instances of remote data sources; and
a query processor configured to process user queries from said query interface and determine data access outcomes based on corresponding contextual data access rule selections.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein said rule creation interface is further configured to receive resolution of conflicting rules by (i) editing said data access rule selections or (ii) contacting a creator of the conflicting rule.
15. The system of claim 13, wherein said central server further comprises an ontology module configured to map at least one data field to an existing entity type ontology.
16. The system of claim 13, wherein said query processor generates a query result that comprises a summary of accessible data versus data requiring access permission requests.
17. The system of claim 13, further comprising an entity design module configured to create consent agreements using said data access rule selections.
18. The system of claim 13, wherein said data access rule selections comprise laws.
19. The system of claim 13, wherein said data access rule selections comprise consent agreements.
20. The system of claim 13, further comprising a user request module configured to issue data access requests to a user.
21. The system of claim 13, further comprising a transaction module configured to detect and store system transactions.
22. A computer-based method for sharing ontologically mapped, aggregated medical data, comprising:
receiving data;
specifying an ontology in a system based on the data;
mapping data to the specified ontology;
receiving permissioning rules set by a first user, the rules based on the context in which the data exist;
receiving a query from a querying user based on the ontological data;
calculating a response to the query based on the permissioning rules and the context; and
providing data to the querying user based on the calculations.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method of assembling substrates, comprising:
an applying step of applying a sealing agent to one of two substrates in the form of a frame having corner portions;
a dropping step of dropping a liquid material to one of the two substrates in the form of droplets with a predetermined arrangement pattern, and dropping the liquid material only to corner portions in a peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in an area surrounded by the sealing agent; and
a bonding step of bonding the two substrates in a reduced pressure atmosphere.
2. The method of assembling substrates according to claim 1, wherein a droplet is dropped to each corner portion in the peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in the area in the dropping step, and a size of the droplet dropped to the corner portion is set smaller than a size of each droplet forming the arrangement pattern.
3. The method of assembling substrates according to claim 1, wherein a droplet is dropped to each corner portion in the peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in the area in the dropping step, and a size of the droplet dropped to the corner portion is set larger than a size of each droplet forming the arrangement pattern.
4. The method of assembling substrates according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of drops are dropped to each corner portion in the peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in the area in the dropping step, and a size of each droplet dropped to the corner portion is set smaller than a size of each droplet forming the arrangement pattern.
5. The method of assembling substrates according to claim 1, wherein the sealing agent is applied in a rectangular frame form.
6. A method of assembling substrates, comprising:
an applying step of applying a sealing agent to one of two substrates in the form of a frame having corner portions;
a dropping step of dropping the liquid material in the form of droplets to an area surrounded by the sealing agent and provided on one of the two substrates, after setting the droplets to be positioned at corner portions of the area to a size larger than the droplets to be positioned along the sealing agent; and
a bonding step of bonding the two substrates to each other in a reduced pressure atmosphere.
7. The method of assembling substrates according to claim 6, wherein the dropping step has:
a step of dropping the droplets in the area surrounded by the sealing agent with a predetermined arrangement pattern; and
a step of dropping the droplets in the peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in the area at predetermined intervals along the sealing agent, after setting the droplets to be positioned at corner portions of the area to a size larger than the droplets to be positioned in the peripheral portion.
8. The method of assembling substrates according to claim 6, wherein the droplets are dropped in the area surrounded by the sealing agent with a predetermined arrangement pattern in the dropping step, and a size of the droplet dropped to each corner portion in the arrangement pattern is set larger than a size of any other droplet.
9. The method of assembling substrates according to claim 6, wherein the sealing agent is applied in a rectangular frame form.
10. An apparatus for assembling substrates, comprising:
an applying device which applies a sealing agent onto one of two substrates in the form of a frame having corner portions;
a dropping device which has a dropping nozzle and drops a liquid material onto one of the two substrates in the form of droplets from the dropping nozzle;
a bonding device which bonds the two substrates on each other in a reduced pressure atmosphere; driving means for relatively driving the dropping nozzle and the substrate on which the droplets are dropped in the horizontal direction; and
a control device which drops the droplets on one of the two substrates with a predetermined arrangement pattern by controlling the driving by the driving means and dropping of the droplets from the dropping nozzle, and drops the droplets only to the corner portions of a peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in an area surrounded by the sealing agent.
11. The apparatus for assembling substrates according to claim 10, wherein the sealing agent is applied in a rectangular frame form.
12. An apparatus for assembling substrates, comprising:
an applying device which applies a sealing agent onto one of two substrates in the form of a frame having corner portions;
a dropping device which has a dropping nozzle and drops a liquid material onto one of the two substrates in the form of droplets from the dropping nozzle;
a bonding device which bonds the two substrates on each other in a reduced pressure atmosphere;
driving means for relatively driving the dropping nozzle and the substrate on which the droplets are dropped in the horizontal direction; and
a control device which controls the driving means and the dropping device which drops, thereby to drop the droplets from the nozzle to an area surrounded by the sealing agent and provided on one of the two substrates, after setting the droplets to be positioned at corner portions of the area to a size larger than the droplets to be positioned along the sealing agent.
13. The apparatus for assembling substrates according to claim 12, wherein the sealing agent is applied in a rectangular frame form.
14. A method of dropping a liquid material which drops a liquid material onto one of two substrates, comprising:
a step of dropping the liquid material in the form of droplets with a predetermined arrangement pattern in an area surrounded by applying a sealing agent onto one of the two substrates in the form of a frame having corner portions; and
a step of dropping the droplets only to corner portions in a peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in the area.
15. The method of dropping a liquid material according to claim 14, wherein the droplets are dropped to corner portions in a peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in the area, and a size of each droplet dropped to each corner portion is set smaller than a size of each droplet forming the arrangement pattern.
16. The method of dropping a liquid material according to claim 14, wherein the droplets are dropped to corner portions in a peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in the area, and a size of each droplet dropped to each corner portion is set larger than a size of each droplet forming the arrangement pattern.
17. The method of dropping a liquid material according to claim 14, wherein a plurality of droplets are dropped to each of corner portions in a peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in the area, and a size of each droplet dropped to the corner portion is set smaller than a size of each droplet forming the arrangement pattern.
18. The method of dropping a liquid material according to claim 14, wherein the sealing agent is applied in a rectangular frame form.
19. A method of dropping a liquid material which drops a liquid material onto one of two substrates, comprising:
a step of dropping the liquid material in the form of droplets in the area surrounded by applying a sealing agent onto one of the two substrates in the form of a frame having corner portions; and
a step of setting the droplets to be positioned at corner portions of an area to a size larger than the droplets to be positioned along the sealing agent.
20. The method of dropping a liquid material according to claim 19, wherein the droplets are dropped in the area with a predetermined arrangement pattern, the droplets are dropped in a peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in the area along the sealing agent at predetermined intervals, and a size of each droplet at each corner portion in the peripheral portion is set larger than a size of any other droplet in the peripheral portion.
21. The method of dropping a liquid material according to claim 19, wherein the droplets are dropped in the area with a predetermined arrangement pattern, and a size of each droplet dropped to each corner portion of the arrangement pattern is set larger than a size of any other droplet.
22. The method of dropping a liquid material according to claim 19, wherein the sealing agent is applied in a rectangular frame form.
23. An apparatus for dropping a liquid material, which drops a liquid material onto one of two substrates, comprising:
a dropping nozzle which drops the liquid material in the form of droplets in an area surrounded by applying a sealing agent onto one of the two substrates in the form of a frame having corner portions; driving means for relatively driving the dropping nozzle and the substrate on which the droplets are dropped in the horizontal direction; and
a control device which drops the droplets with a predetermined arrangement pattern in the area by controlling the driving by the driving means and dropping of the droplets from the dropping nozzle, and drops the droplets only to corner portions in a peripheral portion deviating from the predetermined arrangement pattern of the area.
24. The apparatus for dropping a liquid material according to claim 23, wherein the sealing agent is applied in a rectangular frame form.
25. An apparatus for dropping a liquid material, which drops a liquid material onto one of two substrates, comprising:
a dropping nozzle which drops the liquid material in the form of droplets in an area surrounded by applying a sealing agent onto one of the two substrates in the form of a frame having corner portions; driving means for relatively driving the dropping nozzle and the substrate on which the droplets are dropped in the horizontal direction; and
a control device which controls the driving means and the dropping nozzle which drops, thereby to drop the droplets from the nozzle to an area surrounded by the sealing agent, after setting the droplets to be positioned at corner portions of the area to a size larger than the droplets to be positioned along the sealing agent.
26. The apparatus for dropping a liquid material according to claim 25, wherein the sealing agent is applied in a rectangular frame form.