Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A method of fabricating a memory device comprising:
providing a substrate;
forming a first n-type layer over the substrate;
forming a p-type layer over the first n-type layer;
forming a second n-type layer over the p-type layer;
forming a floating gate over the substrate;
etching a trench in the p-type layer of said memory device; and
forming a select gate in the trench, wherein said memory device defines a square feature size of 2F2.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a first n-type layer over the substrate comprises forming a buried source over the substrate.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a first p-type layer over the first n-type layer comprises forming a first p-type layer over the first n-type layer using epitaxial deposition.
4. The method of claim 1, forming a p-type layer over the first n-type layer comprises forming a vertical channel over the first n-type layer.
5. A method of fabricating a buried source comprising:
providing a wafer having a substrate;
covering a periphery of a wafer using an array mask;
doping source areas with a dopant; and
performing an epitaxial deposition to form a p-type channel, wherein performing an epitaxial deposition to form a p-type channel comprises performing an epitaxial deposition to form a p-type channel to a determined thickness, wherein the thickness determines a channel length.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein doping source areas with a dopant comprises doping source areas with As.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein doping source areas with a dopant comprises doping source areas with Sb.
8. A method of fabricating a memory device comprising:
providing a wafer having a substrate;
forming a buried source in the substrate;
forming a vertical channel over the buried source;
performing a cell implant;
forming a tunnel oxide layer over the substrate;
forming a first poly layer over the tunnel oxide layer;
forming a nitride layer over the first poly layer;
patterning wordlines into the memory device, wherein the memory device defines a square feature size of less than 4F2;
forming STI areas in the memory device;
removing the nitride layer; and
forming an oxide nitride oxide layer over a surface of the memory device.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein forming STI areas in the memory device further comprises etching the nitride layer and etching the first poly layer.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein forming STI areas in the memory device further comprises depositing a STI oxide over the STI areas and filling the STI areas with a field oxide.
11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
polishing a surface of the memory device using chemical mechanical polishing to make the surface planar.
12. A method of fabricating a memory device comprising:
providing a wafer having a substrate;
forming a buried source over the substrate;
forming a vertical channel over the buried source;
forming a STI area and a self aligned floating gate;
depositing a BPSG layer over the substrate;
depositing a hardmask layer over the BPSG layer;
patterning active areas to form an active trench;
forming first spacers along sidewalls of the active trench;
forming a drain in the active trench; and
forming a wordline over the drain, wherein said memory device defines a square feature size of less than 4F2.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising performing RTP on the memory device and polishing the surface of the memory device prior to depositing a hardmask layer.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein patterning active areas further comprises etching through the hardmask layer, the BPSG layer, an oxide nitride oxide layer and a first poly layer.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein forming first spacers comprises depositing a first spacer layer and etching the first spacer layer thereby leaving the first spacers along the sidewalls of the active trench.
16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
forming a TiN layer over the active trench; and
forming a TiSi layer over the active trench.
17. The method of claim 12 further comprising:
performing a RTP on the memory device prior to forming a wordline.
18. The method of claim 12, wherein forming a wordline comprises:
depositing a wordline layer over the active trench;
polishing the wordline layer such that the wordline layer is planar to the hardmask layer; and
removing a portion of the wordline layer such that a lower portion of the wordline layer remains.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein removing a portion of the wordline layer comprises removing substantially half of the wordline layer.
20. The method of claim 12, further comprising depositing a second spacers over the wordline.
21. A method of fabricating a memory device comprising:
forming active areas in a substrate;
forming a floating gate layer over the substrate;
patterning rowlines in the memory device;
forming a removable spacer over the rowlines; and
etching a select trench in the substrate, wherein the memory cell defines a square feature size of about 2F2.
22. The method of claim 21 further comprising:
removing the removable spacer;
forming a select transistor oxide layer over the select trench;
forming a second poly layer over the surface of the memory device;
forming a conductive layer over the second poly layer; and
patterning the second poly layer and the conductive layer.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein forming a conductive layer over the second layer comprises forming a WSix layer over the second poly layer.
24. The method of claim 22, wherein forming a second poly layer over the surface of the memory device further comprises forming the second poly layer in the select trench to form a select gate.
25. A method of forming a memory device comprising:
forming a buried source formed in a substrate;
forming a first layer over said substrate;
forming a first drain formed in said first layer so as to define a first substantially vertical channel between said first drain and said buried source;
forming a trench in said first layer;
forming a select gate in said trench; and
forming a horizontal first floating gate over said first layer adjacent to said trench and proximate to said first substantially vertical channel, wherein said first floating gate is dimensioned so as to define a sublithographic gate and the square feature size of the memory cell is not greater than 2F2.
26. The method of forming a memory device according to claim 25, further comprising:
forming a second drain formed in the first layer so as to define a second substantially vertical channel between said second drain and said buried source; and
forming a second floating gate over the first layer adjacent to the trench and proximate to the second substantially vertical channel.
27. The method of forming a memory device according to claim 25, wherein the floating gate is formed such that at least a portion of the floating gate overlies at least a portion of the drain.
28. The method of forming a memory device according to claim 25, wherein said trench is formed such that it extends through the first layer to the buried source.
29. The method of claim 25, wherein said formation of said source comprises forming a n-type layer over a substrate.
30. The method of claim 25, wherein said formation of said drain comprises forming a n-type layer over the source.
31. The method of claim 25, wherein said formation of said floating gate layer comprises:
forming a tunnel oxide layer;
forming a polysilicon layer over the tunnel oxide layer; and
forming an oxide layer over the polysilicon layer.
32. The method of claim 25, wherein said formation of said select gate comprises:
forming an oxide layer in the select trench; and
filling the select trench with polysilicon.
33. A method of forming a memory device comprising:
forming a first layer defining a source;
forming a second layer over the first layer;
forming a drain in the second layer so as to define a substantially vertical channel between said source and said drain;
forming a trench in the second layer;
forming a select gate in the trench; and
forming a horizontal floating gate over the second layer adjacent to the trench so as to avoid extending vertically down into the trench below the second layer, wherein the floating gate is dimensioned so as to define a sublithographic gate and the square feature size of the memory cell is not greater than 2F2.
34. The method of forming a memory device according to claim 33, wherein the trench is formed so as to extend through the second layer and into the first layer.
35. A computer system comprising at least one processor, a system bus, and a memory device coupled to the system bus, the memory device including at least one memory cell comprising:
a source;
a substantially vertical channel formed over the source;
a drain formed over the vertical channel; and
a substantially horizontal floating gate formed over at least a portion of the drain, wherein the square feature size of the memory cell is not greater than 2F2.

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 manufacturing an article of foot apparel, the method comprising:
forming a platform for receiving a foot, the platform comprising a forward portion and a heel pad;
connecting a retaining covering to the platform, the retaining covering configured to retain a foot at the front of the platform and to allow the heel of a foot retained by the retaining covering to move freely relative to the heel pad; and
defining a first heel contact area and a second heel contact area on the heel pad, the second heel contact area being inwardly offset from the first heel contact area, and the heel pad being inwardly curved relative to the forward portion to define the second heel contact area about an approximate geometric center of the heel pad; and
wherein connecting the retaining covering to the platform comprises positioning the retaining covering on the platform such that the retaining covering positions a heel of a foot retained by the retaining covering substantially over the first heel contact area of the heel pad when the foot is initially retained by the retaining covering prior to a stepping event and causes the platform to move outwardly away from the foot such that after the stepping event the heel of the foot is substantially over the second heel contact area.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the platform is curved to anticipate the natural movement of the foot during a stepping event.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein forming the platform comprises shaping the platform such that the forward portion is longitudinally aligned with a first centerline extending through a geometric center of the first heel contact area and the heel pad is longitudinally aligned with a second centerline extending through the geometric center of the heel pad, and wherein an acute angle defined between the first and second centerlines is greater than zero.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein forming the platform comprises shaping the platform such that the acute angle defined between the first and second centerlines is more than 20 degrees.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein forming the platform comprises forming the heel pad and the forward portion as a single unit.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein the retaining covering comprises a pair of straps, and wherein connecting the pair of straps to the platform comprises positioning the straps relative to the platform such that the first centerline approximately equally divides the area between the straps.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the straps are positioned on the platform such that the straps exert uneven pressure on opposing sides of the foot when the foot is initially retained by the straps prior to a stepping event and exert a substantially even pressure on opposing sides of the foot during the stepping event.
8. A method of manufacturing an article of foot apparel, the method comprising:
forming a platform for supporting a foot, the platform comprising a forward portion and a rearward heel pad, the heel pad having a geometric center point; and
connecting at least first and second straps to the platform for retaining a foot against the forward portion of the platform, a first end of the first strap being connected at a first location on the platform and a second end of the first strap being connected at a second location on the platform, and a first end of the second strap being connected at approximately the first location on the platform and a second end of the second strap being connected at a third location on the platform, wherein the second and third locations are spaced-apart;
wherein connecting the first and second straps to the platform comprises positioning the straps relative to the platform such that an acute angle defined between a first line passing through the first location and a midpoint between the spaced-apart second and third locations and a second line passing through the geometric center point of the heel pad and the midpoint between the spaced-apart second and third locations is at least approximately 20 degrees.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the acute angle is at least approximately 30 degrees.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein forming the platform comprises shaping the platform such that the geometric center point of the heel pad is substantially the same as the geometric center point of a heel contact area on the heel pad associated with the location a heel of a foot retained by the straps contacts following a stepping event.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the straps are positioned on the platform such that the straps exert uneven pressure on opposing sides of a foot when the foot is initially retained by the straps prior to a stepping event and exert a substantially even pressure on opposing sides of the foot during the stepping event.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein forming the platform comprises forming the forward portion and rearward heel pad as a monolithic one-piece construction.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein the first and second straps allow a heel of a foot retained by the straps to move freely relative to the heel pad.
14. The method of claim 8, further comprising defining a first heel contact area and a second heel contact area on the heel pad, the second heel contact area being inwardly offset from the first heel contact area, and the heel pad being inwardly curved relative to the forward portion to define the second heel contact area about the approximate geometric center of the heel pad.

1. A system for rendering an oblique slice through volumetric data accessed via a network using a client-server architecture, the system comprising:
a server for processing and storing volumetric data comprising axial slices obtained from a diagnostic scanning system;
a client for processing user requests related to specific views of the volumetric data;
a network protocol for connecting the client with the server over the network and obtaining data from the server for use by the client;
a processing stage at the client for specifying an oblique slice responsive to user input and communicating particulars of the oblique slice to the server, thereupon obtaining axial slice data from the server specifically for portions of the axial slices that are needed to render the oblique slice;
memory at the client for storing the axial slice data; and
a rendering stage at the client for rendering the oblique slice from the axial slice data in the memory.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the processing stage at the client specifies a position of the oblique slice, identifies portions of the axial slices that are needed to render the oblique slice, and requests needed axial slice data from the server specifically comprising the portions of the axial slices identified by the client that are needed to render the oblique slice.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the processing stage at the client generates an equation of a plane comprising the oblique slice and communicates the equation of the plane to the server, which identifies portions of the axial slices that are needed to render the oblique slice, whereby the client then obtains the portions of axial slices from the server.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a stage for determining if any of the axial slice data is already stored in the memory at the client, whereby the processing stage thereupon obtains only new axial slice data that is not already in the memory and the rendering stage utilizes both the new axial slice data and the axial slice data already stored in the memory.
5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the server uses JPEG2000 compression to transform the data from the diagnostic scanning system into wavelet coefficients that are grouped into rectangular structures.
6. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the processing stage at the client identifies wavelet coefficients in the axial slices that are needed to render the oblique slice, and requests needed compressed data from the server comprising the wavelet coefficients of the axial slices that are needed to render the oblique slice.
7. The system as claimed in claim 6 wherein the rectangular structures comprise subbands including precincts and the processing stage requests needed compressed data belonging to the precincts corresponding to the portions of the axial slices that are needed to render the oblique slice.
8. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the processing stage at the client for specifying an oblique slice specifies the oblique slice responsive to user input.
9. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the network protocol is a JPIP protocol associated with JPEG2000-compressed data.
10. The system as claimed in claim 9 wherein a \u201cmodel=\u201d field of the JPIP protocol is used to notify the server of all precincts that have been tagged as \u201cnot necessary\u201d as well as all precincts which have been tagged as \u201cnecessary\u201d but already stored in the memory, resulting in their non-transmission by the server.
11. The system as claimed in claim 9 wherein a \u201cneed=\u201d field of the JPIP protocol is used to notify the server of all precincts that have been tagged as \u201cnecessary\u201d but are not stored in the memory, resulting in their transmission by the server.
12. A method for rendering oblique slices through volumetric data accessed via a network using a client-server architecture, the method comprising the steps of:
processing and storing volumetric data at the server comprising axial slices obtained from a diagnostic scanning system;
connecting the client with the server over the network according to a network protocol and obtaining data from the server for use by the client;
specifying an oblique slice at the client and communicating particulars of the oblique slice to the server;
identifying portions of the axial slices that are needed to render the oblique slice;
obtaining needed data from the server specifically for the portions of the axial slices that are needed to render the oblique slice;
storing the needed data in memory at the client; and
rendering the oblique slice at the client from the needed data in the memory.
13. The method as claimed in claim 12 wherein the identifying steps occurs at the client.
14. The method as claimed in claim 12 wherein the identifying step occurs at the server.
15. The method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising the steps of determining if any of the needed data is already stored in the memory at the client and transmitting only new needed data that is not already in the memory, whereby the step of rendering utilizes both new needed data and needed data already stored in the memory.
16. A method for rendering oblique slices through volumetric data accessed via a network using a client-server architecture, whereby JPEG2000 compression is used to transform the volumetric data into wavelet coefficients that are grouped into precincts, the method comprising the steps of:
processing and storing JPEG2000-compressed volumetric data at the server, wherein the volumetric data comprises axial slices obtained from a diagnostic scanning system;
connecting the client with the server over the network according to a JPIP protocol;
specifying an oblique slice within the volumetric data;
identifying wavelet coefficients in the axial slices that are needed to render the oblique slice;
requesting compressed data belonging to specific precincts from the server, wherein the specific precincts include the wavelet coefficients that are needed to render the oblique slice, whereby the specifying, identifying and requesting steps occur at the client;
storing compressed data belonging to the specific precincts in memory at the client; and
rendering the oblique slice from the wavelet coefficients included in the compressed data belonging to the specific precincts in the memory.
17. The method as claimed in claim 16 further comprising the steps of determining if any of the requested precincts are already stored in the memory at the client and transmitting only compressed data belonging to new precincts that are not already in the memory, whereby the step of rendering utilizes compressed data belonging to both new precincts and precincts already stored in the memory.
18. The method as claimed in claim 17 wherein a \u201cmodel=\u201d field of the JPIP protocol is used to notify the server of all precincts that have been tagged as \u201cnot necessary\u201d as well as all precincts which have been tagged as \u201cnecessary\u201d but already stored in the memory, resulting in their non-transmission by the server.
19. The method as claimed in claim 17 wherein a \u201cneed=\u201d field of the JPIP protocol is used to notify the server of all precincts that have been tagged as \u201cnecessary\u201d but are not stored in the memory, resulting in their transmission by the server.
20. A method for rendering oblique slices through volumetric data accessed via a network using a client-server architecture, whereby JPEG2000 compression is used to transform the volumetric data into wavelet coefficients that are grouped into precincts, the method comprising the steps of:
processing and storing JPEG2000-compressed volumetric data at the server, wherein the volumetric data comprises axial slices obtained from a diagnostic scanning system;
connecting the client with the server over the network according to a JPIP protocol;
specifying an oblique slice within the volumetric data;
deriving an equation of a plane that contains the oblique slice;
utilizing the equation to identify wavelet coefficients in the axial slices that are needed to render the oblique slice;
obtaining compressed data belonging to specific precincts from the server, wherein the specific precincts include the wavelet coefficients that are needed to render the oblique slice, whereby the specifying and deriving steps occur at the client and the utilizing step occurs at the server;
storing the compressed data belonging to the specific precincts in memory at the client; and
rendering the oblique slice from the wavelet coefficients included in the compressed data belonging to the specific precincts in the memory.
21. The method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising the steps of determining if any of the requested precincts are already stored in the memory at the client and transmitting only compressed data belonging to new precincts that are not already in the memory, whereby the step of rendering utilizes compressed data belonging to both new precincts and precincts already stored in the memory.
22. The method as claimed in claim 20 wherein a \u201cmodel=\u201d field of the JPIP protocol is used to notify the server of all precincts that have been tagged as \u201cnot necessary\u201d as well as all precincts which have been tagged as \u201cnecessary\u201d but already stored in the memory, resulting in their non-transmission by the server.
23. The method as claimed in claim 20 wherein a \u201cneed=\u201d field of the JPIP protocol is used to notify the server of all precincts that have been tagged as \u201cnecessary\u201d but are not stored in the memory, resulting in their transmission by the server.
24. A computer program product having at least one computer storage medium having instructions stored therein causing one or more computers to perform the method of claim 12.
25. A computer program product having at least one computer storage medium having instructions stored therein causing one or more computers to perform the method of claim 16.
26. A computer program product having at least one computer storage medium having instructions stored therein causing one or more computers to perform the method of claim 20.

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 door attachment portion structure of a vehicle, comprising:
a pillar member comprising an outer panel and an inner panel which form a closed cross section extending vertically;
a door attached to the pillar member via a door hinge; and
a hinge bracket attaching the door hinge to the pillar member,
wherein said hinge bracket includes a hinge attachment wall portion, a pair of front-and-rear vertical wall portions, a pair of upper-and-lower lateral wall portions, a pair of front-and-rear vertical flange portions which extend inward in a vehicle width direction from respective inward end portions of the pair of vertical wall portions, an upper lateral flange portion which includes a resiliently-deformable upper resilient portion and extends upward from an inward end portion of the upper lateral wall portion, and a lower lateral flange portion which includes a resiliently-deformable lower resilient portion and extends downward from an inward end portion of the lower lateral wall portion,
said pair of vertical flange portions are respectively joined to a front wall portion and a rear wall portion of said pillar member, and
said upper lateral flange portion and said lower lateral flange portion are respectively joined to a side wall portion of the pillar member.
2. The door attachment portion structure of the vehicle of claim 1, wherein said pillar member further comprises a pillar reinforcement which is provided in said closed cross section thereof, and the vertical flange portions, the upper lateral flange portion, and the lower lateral flange portion of said hinge bracket are respectively joined to a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, and a side wall portion of said pillar reinforcement.
3. The door attachment portion structure of the vehicle of claim 1, wherein said upper resilient portion of the upper lateral flange portion is configured by a resiliently-deformable step portion which is formed in a bend shape, and said lower resilient portion of the lower lateral flange portion is configured by a resiliently-deformable step portion which is formed in a bend shape.
4. The door attachment portion structure of the vehicle of claim 2, wherein said upper resilient portion of the upper lateral flange portion is configured by a resiliently-deformable step portion which is formed in a bend shape, and said lower resilient portion of the lower lateral flange portion is configured by a resiliently-deformable step portion which is formed in a bend shape.
5. The door attachment portion structure of the vehicle of claim 1, wherein said upper lateral flange portion has a smaller longitudinal-length than said lower lateral flange portion.
6. The door attachment portion structure of the vehicle of claim 2, wherein said upper lateral flange portion has a smaller longitudinal-length than said lower lateral flange portion.
7. The door attachment portion structure of the vehicle of claim 3, wherein said upper lateral flange portion has a smaller longitudinal-length than said lower lateral flange portion.
8. The door attachment portion structure of the vehicle of claim 4, wherein said upper lateral flange portion has a smaller longitudinal-length than said lower lateral flange portion.
9. The door attachment portion structure of the vehicle of claim 1, wherein said upper resilient portion of the upper lateral flange portion and said lower resilient portion of the lower lateral flange portion are respectively configured by heat-foaming agents which are interposed between the upper-and-lower lateral flange portions and the side wall portion of said pillar member, and the upper lateral flange portion and the lower lateral flange portion are respectively joined to the side wall portion of the pillar member via said heat-foaming agents.
10. A door attachment portion structure of a vehicle, comprising:
a pillar member comprising an outer panel and an inner panel which form a closed cross section extending vertically;
a door attached to the pillar member via a door hinge; and
a hinge bracket attaching the door hinge to the pillar member,
wherein said hinge bracket includes a hinge attachment wall portion, a pair of front-and-rear vertical wall portions, a pair of upper-and-lower lateral wall portions, a pair of front-and-rear vertical flange portions which extend inward in a vehicle width direction from respective inward end portions of the pair of vertical wall portions, and a pair of upper-and-lower lateral flange portions which extend inward in the vehicle width direction from respective inward end portions of the pair of lateral wall portions,
a pair of upper-and-lower joint portions which extend inward in the vehicle width direction, corresponding to said pair of lateral flange portions, is provided at said pillar member,
said pair of vertical flange portions are respectively joined to a front wall portion and a rear wall portion of said pillar member, and
said pair of lateral flange portions are respectively joined to said pair of joint portions.
11. The door attachment portion structure of the vehicle of claim 10, wherein said pillar member further comprises a pillar reinforcement which is provided in said closed cross section thereof and a hinge gusset which reinforces a support rigidity of the door hinge, said pair of joint portions are provided at said hinge gusset, and said pair of vertical flange portions of the hinge bracket are respectively joined to a front wall portion and a rear wall portion of said pillar reinforcement, whereas said pair of lateral flange portions are respectively joined to said pair of joint portions of the hinge gusset.
12. A manufacturing method of a door attachment portion of a vehicle which comprises a pillar member comprising an outer panel and an inner panel which form a closed cross section extending vertically and a door attached to the pillar member via a door hinge, the manufacturing method comprising:
a first step of preparing a hinge bracket to attach the door hinge to the pillar member, the hinge bracket including a hinge attachment wall portion, a pair of front-and-rear vertical wall portions, a pair of upper-and-lower lateral wall portions, a pair of front-and-rear vertical flange portions which extend inward in a vehicle width direction from respective inward end portions of the pair of vertical wall portions, an upper lateral flange portion which includes a resiliently-deformable upper resilient portion and extends upward from an inward end portion of the upper lateral wall portion, and a lower lateral flange portion which includes a resiliently-deformable lower resilient portion and extends downward from an inward end portion of the lower lateral wall portion;
a second step of respectively joining said pair of vertical flange portions to a front wall portion and a rear wall portion of said pillar member in a state in which said upper lateral flange portion and said lower lateral flange portion are spaced apart from a side wall portion of said pillar member; and
a third step of respectively joining said upper lateral flange portion and said lower lateral flange portion to said side wall portion of the pillar member.
13. The manufacturing method of the door attachment portion of the vehicle of claim 12, wherein said pillar member further comprises a pillar reinforcement which is provided in said closed cross section thereof, and the vertical flange portions, the upper lateral flange portion, and the lower lateral flange portion of said hinge bracket are respectively joined to a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, and a side wall portion of said pillar reinforcement.
14. The door attachment portion structure of the vehicle of claim 12, wherein said upper resilient portion of the upper lateral flange portion is configured by a resiliently-deformable step portion which is formed in a bend shape, and said lower resilient portion of the lower lateral flange portion is configured by a resiliently-deformable step portion which is formed in a bend shape.
15. The door attachment portion structure of the vehicle of claim 13, wherein said upper resilient portion of the upper lateral flange portion is configured by a resiliently-deformable step portion which is formed in a bend shape, and said lower resilient portion of the lower lateral flange portion is configured by a resiliently-deformable step portion which is formed in a bend shape.