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In seats of land and air vehicles, mechanisms called "articulations" are increasingly used. These mechanisms include a reducing element for positioning either seat back or the seating portion. In the case of the seat back these mechanisms being each made of a fixed flange rigidly connected to the seating portion armatu... | {
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In the gas turbine engine field, rotor stage assemblies are typically formed of a rotor disk and a plurality of rotor blades extending outwardly from the disk. The rotor stage assemblies are interdigitated between adjacent stator assemblies. An annular flow path for hot working medium gases extends through the rotor st... | {
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System architectures that provide a solution by dividing a problem set into a number of smaller parts and processing the collection of parts in parallel at respective nodes have become increasingly common. Such distributed systems have come to represent an increasingly effective means of approaching complex problems du... | {
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1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to disposable diapers and more particularly to an elasticized diaper having waterproof crotch seals.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In the past, elasticized contoured diapers have been developed such as that disclosed in the U.S. patent to Buell, No. 3,860,003, issued Jan. ... | {
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The invention relates to devices for the insertion of catheter guidewires into blood vessels. A guidewire is inserted so that a catheter, which is coaxially engaged along the guidewire, can be slidably inserted into the blood vessel. The guidewire is then withdrawn, and the catheter is ready for further positioning and... | {
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Bitumen impregnated silica and clays are typically processed into refined oil and gas using Fischer-Tropsch process, retort systems, and alternative forms of solid distillation and pyrolysis. The most common of these processes, Fischer-Tropsch, has considerable environmental impact and uses large amounts of solvents an... | {
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This invention relates generally to combination soap holding and dispensing means, and more particularly to such means adapted for use with bar soap.
While toilet soap in bar form is no doubt by far the most common type of soap employed in households, hotels, motels, etc., the use of soap in this form has certain longs... | {
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1. Technical Field
This disclosure relates generally to integrated circuit layouts and design, and more particularly to methods, systems, and products for generating an area efficient power switch cell of a cell library and for generating an integrated circuit layout for fabrication.
2. Description of the Related Art
I... | {
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The Applicant has developed a wide range of printers that employ pagewidth printheads instead of traditional reciprocating printhead designs. Pagewidth designs increase print speeds as the printhead does not traverse back and forth across the page to deposit a line of an image. The pagewidth printhead simply deposits t... | {
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Field of the Invention
The invention generally relates to electronics. In particular, the invention relates to receiver front-end circuits.
Description of the Related Art
Various receiver architectures exist. These architectures include regenerative receivers, direct-conversion receivers, and superheterodyne receivers.... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a solid-state image sensor which includes a plurality of pixel cells that generate signal charges in accordance with incident light.
2. Description of the Related Art
A gettering technique has been a known technique to form a gettering layer on the reverse side... | {
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Opening/closing bodies for vehicles typically include a handle unit for opening or closing the opening/closing bodies. As disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, a door handle of a sliding door generally includes a movable part, which is a handgrip, and is capable of releasing restraint (fully closed lock) of the ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
Printing of wall surfaces and ceiling panels is well known. Obtaining a variety of effects involving several colors as well as a plethora of geometric shapes or decorative patterns is not new. The idea of embossing to obtain the geometrical shapes or decorative patterns followed by a complex p... | {
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The present invention relates to a power-assisted steering apparatus for turning the steerable wheels of a vehicle.
A known power-assisted steering apparatus includes a pinion gear, a valve sleeve, and a torsion bar. The pinion gear includes a recessed end for receiving an end of the torsion bar. The end of the torsion... | {
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The present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium. More particularly, it relates to a magnetic recording medium of which the magnetic layer has a high durability and contains magnetic particles in a good dispersion state.
In general, the magnetic layer of a magnetic recording medium is formed by applying a m... | {
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a. Field of the Invention
The present application claims the benefit of priority to United Kingdom Application No. 0417765.5 filed Aug. 10, 2004, hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
This invention relates to a well casing straddle assembly, that is to say an assembly comprising a liner and at least one pa... | {
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In UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) networks, attempts are made to adopt HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) or HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) for the purpose of improving frequency utilization efficiency and improving a data rate to thereby make the most of features of W-CDMA (Wideband ... | {
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It is known in the shingle art that shingles that are applied to a roof are generally applied in courses, running up the slope of a roof, toward the apex or ridge of the roof.
For example, in applying shingles to different sloped surfaces of a roof, wherein those sloped surfaces meet at an apex, the various courses of ... | {
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The present invention relates in general to spray dryers, and more particularly, to a spray nozzle for atomizing and spraying a slurry of finely divided material into a spray drying chamber to be contacted with a hot drying gas therein.
Spray drying is well-known in the prior art and has been used for drying solutions ... | {
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As one of the most successful technical innovations in history, mobile communication develops extremely rapidly. With gradual increase of mobile users, mobile applications, and mobile services, a requirement of large-capacity, low-delay, and more reliable mobile communication also gradually increases. In recent years, ... | {
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Within the prior art, it is well known to convert visual status of station-specific telephony functions (here after referred to as call status information) to audio information so that visually impaired people can receive the call status information. Station-specific telephony functions include but are not limited to t... | {
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It has previously been proposed to construct an insertion machine in which a plurality of pockets are secured to an endless transport mechanism, so that they operate in an endless path. The multi-sheet product, typically a folded substrate which, at the fold line, then forms two sheets, can be inserted in the pocket an... | {
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The escalating demands for high density and performance associated with non-volatile memory devices, such as electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) devices, require small design features, high reliability and increased manufacturing throughput. The reduction of design features, however, challenges... | {
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1. Technical Field of the Invention
This invention relates to mechanical fastening devices and, more particularly, to a clasp for holding fabric or other sheet-like material in a given position.
2. Description of Related Art
Existing clasps for holding fabric are limited in their utility. Clasps for holding clothing in... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to Braille music systems and software methods, and more particularly to music software methods and systems for converting musical scores to Braille, and vice versa.
2. Description of the Related Art
The entry or typing of Braille notation is commonly achieved usin... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to technology for efficiently compressing or encoding image data or storing or transmitting these data, using holographic fringe patterns.
This application is based on patent application No. Hei 9-137372 and No Hei 10-6216 filed in Japan, the contents of which are... | {
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The present invention relates generally to a portable apparatus for blowing and vacuuming outdoor areas.
Portable blower-vacuum devices are generally used to clean outdoor areas of leaves, grass clippings, and other debris. Conventional blower-vacuum devices generally include a housing containing a motor, such as an el... | {
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Discrete signals or functions, such as image histograms or discrete digital information signals, for example, are comprised of a series of discrete components or values. Each discrete component of a discrete signal represents a specific segment of data or data value associated with the discrete signal. Therefore, each ... | {
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There has been an increasing demand to develop tires with a high level of handling performance, good stability and steering response when changing lanes, avoiding obstacles on the road and cornering. Improved road grip without compromising stability is critical for vehicles traveling at high speed. However, higher tire... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to apparatus using elements which interact with one another, and more particularly to apparatus using lattice arrays of interactive elements where the positions of the elements within the lattice are substantially determined by the interactive forces existing between the... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a semiconductor integrated device, and more particularly, to semiconductor integrated device including a Fin Field effect transistor (hereinafter abbreviated as FinFET) device and protecting structures.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Conventional planar metal-... | {
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Bistable cholesteric liquid crystal displays were introduced in the early 1990's (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,437,811 and 5,453,863). Their zero-power image retention and sunlight readability led to their integration into numerous signs and battery-powered applications as reviewed in “Cholesteric Liquid Crystals for Flexible ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to an improved rotary valve and more particularly to an improved rotary valve appropriately providing an intake and exhaust valve for internal-combustion engines, e.g., gasoline engines and diesel engines.
2. Description of the Related Art
Prior-art inta... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to valves, and, in particular, to a portable apparatus for machining a valve seat.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A valve seat provides the surface upon which a valve rests to regulate the flow of fluids in piping systems. As such, valve seats are a ver... | {
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The present invention relates in general to household and kitchen utensils. In particular, the present invention relates to an improved device which may be used as a measuring cup, a funnel, and a strainer.
Numerous household tasks, including cooking, often required that certain basic acts. Among these are measuring ma... | {
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1. Field
This field is generally related to using biometric data to login to a computing device with a touchscreen.
2. Background
Typical login processes for computing devices with touchscreens involve using a keyboard presented on the screen to type a password. Typing on a screen is slow and error-prone. Thus, such ty... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to processes for preparing synthetic polymeric resins under molecular weight controlling conditions and more particularly relates to processes for controlling the weight average molecular weight of poly-carbonates.
2. Brief Description of Related Art
The preparation of sy... | {
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This invention relates to methods for separating and isolating pathogens from biological fluid samples such as blood and blood components by means of high density microparticles.
Whole blood includes cellular (erythrocytes or red blood cells, leukocytes or white blood cells, thrombocytes or platelets) along with non-ce... | {
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Carrier particles for sorptive impregnants are known. Exemplary are conventional sorptive impregnants such as copper and silver salts, on activated carbon particles.
Fibrous structures containing functionally active particles are commercially available. Filter media or filters made from these structures include sorptiv... | {
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This invention relates generally to apparatus for removing tree stumps and roots and, more particularly, to a portable, self-contained stump remover that cuts and grinds a tree stump and may be hand held by the operator.
Prior portable tree stumpremovers, of the type that cut, grind and mill away a stump, are of compli... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a particle sensor for detecting the solid particles contained in a fluid.
2. Description of Related Art
When solid particles are present in a fluid (a liquid or a gas), it is necessary in some cases to detect presence of those the solid particles. Detection of ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to optical scanning systems, and more particularly, to an automatic bar code symbol reading system in which an automatic optical scanner can be interchangeably utilized as either a portable optical scanner in an automatic xe2x80x9chands-onxe2x80x9d mode ... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a positioning device, a mobile terminal, a positioning method, and a positioning program and particularly to those suitably used for a GPS (Global Positioning System).
2. Related Art
At present, as a ground position determination system, a GPS which is called NAVSTAR ... | {
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Many mobile devices are configured to utilize Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICCs) that enable the mobile devices to access services provided by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). In particular, each UICC includes at least a microprocessor and a read-only memory (ROM), where the ROM is configured to store an MNO pr... | {
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The present invention relates to computer animation. More particularly, the present invention relates to techniques and apparatus for efficient rendering of hair on objects.
Throughout the years, movie makers have often tried to tell stories involving make-believe creatures, far away places, and fantastic things. To do... | {
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Preimplantation embryo genetic testing is a process wherein a sample containing one or several cells is taken using an inverted microscope and micromanipulator and then tested to determine if the respective embryo is chromosomally (genetically) or metabolically normal.
After the sample is taken from an embryo it remain... | {
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1. Field
Example embodiments relate to semiconductor devices. More particularly, example embodiments relate to semiconductor devices including a peripheral circuit and memory cells.
2. Description of the Related Art
Recently, a vertical memory device including a plurality of memory cells stacked repeatedly with respect... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a zoom lens of a small size and widely variable magnification.
2. Discussion of the Background
Zoom lenses having a field angle ranging from 62.degree. to 19.degree. are disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open patent Publications Nos. 56-133713, 57-164709, 59-160121, 6... | {
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Most motor vehicles have a tie rod or drag link having a flexible joint at each end thereof. During the normal life of these motor vehicles, one of these joints will become worn and need to be replaced. This is necessary since a worn joint will cause substantial play in the steering mechanism and could result in an acc... | {
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1. Field of the Invention:
This invention relates to a thermopervaporation apparatus. More particularly, it relates to a thermopervaporation apparatus having a porous spacer positioned between a microporous membrane and a heattransmission wall to minimize the space therebetween thereby improving the yield of the conden... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an actuator for use in an optical pickup, and more particularly, to improvements in retaining the neutral point of tracking in an actuator of the type in which focusing and tracking are performed by sliding the lens in the axial direction and by rotating the li... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a volume controller for controlling outputting of a volume of an inputted voice.
2. Related Background Art
A gain control of an exchange is performed hitherto according to a construction shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 1 then represents a construction of a prior art digital pri... | {
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In a dispatch environment, a number of real-time audio messages may be received at the same time (i.e., temporally overlapping) in a single device. During simultaneous reception, individual messages become difficult to comprehend as the audio signals collide at the receiving system, which are summed by the receiving sy... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cryopump system provided with a plurality of cryopumps and a method for controlling the cryopump system.
2. Description of the Related Art
A plurality of cryopumps may be applied to one large volume in order to draw a vacuum on the large volume. A plurality o... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a device for separating undesirable oblong and/or curved pieces of scrap from a scrap flow or scrap pile having a higher density by means of an oscillating or shaking screen.
2. Description of the Related Art
DE 33 19 032 C2 describes a device for screen separation of ... | {
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The present invention relates to autoregulating electric heaters and methods of using same, and more particularly, to a small ferromagnetic autoregulating electric heater that may be temporarily disposed about a part to be heated or soldered. The heater may be integrated as a permanent part of the structure or removed ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for quantifying drug delivery. More specifically, it relates to the method and the application for quantifying microbubble drug delivery using contrast-enhanced ultrasound.
2. Description of the Related Art
Ultrasound-Triggered Microbubble Destruction ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to asynchronous reversible logic elements, a method for constructing asynchronous and reversible circuits using the elements and a method for constructing computers using the elements.
2. Description of Related Art
Microscopic physical phenomena are fundamentally ... | {
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Azoxystrobin was a strobilurin fungicide discovered and commercialized by Zeneca company first, its chemical name is methyl (E)-2-{2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy) pyrimidinyl-4-oxy]phenyl}-3-methoxyacrylate, and its structural formula is shown in formula (4):
This compound is an efficient and broad spectrum fungicide, can preve... | {
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This invention relates to a new and improved postcard-type mailing piece. More particularly, the invention relates to a mailing piece which may be of postcard size, with one or more removable message labels adhesively bonded to one surface thereof. Still more particularly, the invention is directed to a mailing piece h... | {
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Rock bolts are principally used in mining and tunneling.
A rock bolt generally is introduced into a borehole and may be grouted in place, an end of the anchor extending out of the hole and being threaded to accommodate a nut which is braced against a bearing plate.
The grouting may be any hardenable mass, e.g. a synthe... | {
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In an illumination device that illuminates a photographic subject during photography, it is known to provide a LED as a light emission element (refer to Patent Document #1). In Patent Document #1, an illumination device is disclosed that is provided with a xenon lamp and an LED, and a technique is described for turning... | {
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(1) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a semiconductor-device design method, a semiconductor-device design program, and a semiconductor-device design apparatus, particularly those wherein change in capacitance due to a dummy pattern is taken into consideration.
(2) Description of the Related Art
At present... | {
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Foodstuff grinders utilize one or more blades and a perforated screen to comminute a feed material, that is, to reduce the size of pieces making up the feed material. The apparatus forces the feed material against the screen with sufficient force to cause portions of the material to enter the screen openings. The blade... | {
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The present invention relates generally to hypodermic syringes, and more particularly for apparatus for sterilization of hypodermic syringe needles.
In veterinary medicine, large quantities of livestock, such as sheep, cattle or horses, have to be innoculated for the prevention of disease or for the cure of a disease t... | {
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1. Field of the Invention:
This invention relates to a tilting steering apparatus having a memory mechanism for tilting the steering wheel of a motorized vehicle.
2. Description of the Prior Art:
A tilting steering apparatus having a memory mechanism is disclosed in the specification of Japanese Patent application Laid... | {
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Modules constructed from refractory fiber blankets are used in insulating the inner walls of high temperature furnaces. Exemplary of such modules are U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,952,470; 4,001,996; and 4,055,926. Repeated exposure to high temperatures can cause the fibers in some of the modules to shrink. This may result in some ... | {
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A normal door latch only extends about 1/2 inch from the front edge of the door. When consideration is given to the normal space between the door frame and the outer edge of the door, there may only be about 3/8 inch of the latch which may penetrate the opening in the striker plate. With this minimal engagement, a good... | {
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A. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to two-way communication and control network systems, and, more particularly, to communication and control networks of the type disclosed in the above-identified related applications wherein a communication and control network provides communication betw... | {
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The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for transmitting data into and out of a computer or the like, suitable for use in a disk drive such as a hard disk drive, an optical disk drive, a magnetooptical disk drive, or the like.
Disk drives such as optical disk drives, which are connected to compute... | {
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Cellular wireless communications systems are designed to serve multiple wireless-enabled devices distributed over a large geographic area by dividing the area into regions called cells or cell areas. Within each cell area, a network-side access device (e.g., an access point) is located to serve client devices, commonly... | {
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The present invention relates generally to a semiconductor package and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a semiconductor package and a method for manufacturing the same that exhibits a reduced electric resistance and an increased junction force.
These days, the semiconductor industry is act... | {
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The ever increasing proliferation and/or availability of media players (e.g., personal computers, digital video recorders (DVRs), home media centers, game playing system, etc.) creates a strong demand for systems, devices and/or methods to download video, audio and/or multimedia data, files and/or assets. Today, most m... | {
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Transparent electrical conductors are widely used in the flat-panel display industry to form electrodes that are used to electrically switch light-emitting or light-transmitting properties of a display pixel, for example in liquid crystal or organic light-emitting diode displays. Transparent conductive electrodes are a... | {
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The present invention relates to a plastics processing machine, in particular to an injection molding machine or an extruder, and more particularly to a plastics processing machine having at least one component being controlled by a control device.
Nothing in the following discussion of the state of the art is to be co... | {
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Treatment of grassy surfaces, e.g., golf course putting greens, with liquid materials such as liquid fertilizers, pesticides, and the like, is presently effected by various methods. In one method, a hand-held spray nozzle connected to a remote tank by a supply hose is carried onto the surface and moved about by the ope... | {
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The disclosed subject matter relates generally to integrated circuits and, more particularly, to a device having bias temperature instability test structures and a system for measuring the test structures.
Bias Temperature Instability (BTI) is an issue in deep submicron technologies. BTI affects devices which are kept ... | {
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This invention relates to an embroidering machine capable of storing stitch data for realizing an embroidering operation corresponding to an embroidery design for each embroidery design, storing respective control data for changing the stitch data or for controlling the embroidery operation associated with the stitch d... | {
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Algal cells are a promising source of biofuels (Wijffels & Barbosa (2010) Science 329:796-799). Their ability to harness solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into carbon-rich lipids already exceeds the abilities of oil-producing agricultural crops, with the added advantage that algae grown for biofuel do not compete ... | {
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Customized printing on framing mattes, invitations, awards, and the like can be accomplished by a variety of means, such as, stamping, ink printing, foil stamping, serial printing, embossing, debossing, steel stamping, or letterpress printing. Typically, these operations involve individual print die physically contacti... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to semiconductor devices and display devices using the semiconductor devices, and further manufacturing methods thereof.
2. Description of the Related Art
There are a wide variety of metal oxides and such metal oxides are used for various applications. Indium oxid... | {
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The present invention relates to a vacuum processing apparatus; and more particularly, the invention relates to a vacuum processing apparatus which is suitable for performing treatment, such as etching, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), spattering, ashing, rinsing or the like, on a sample of a semiconductor substrate, s... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a vehicle radio, and more particularly to an automated connection for a vehicle radio.
2. Description of Related Art
A radio for a vehicle such as an automobile includes at least one cable assembly for electrical internal connection between an object ... | {
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The present invention relates generally to digital signature generation, and more specifically, to optimization of digital signature generation for records that may be selectively removed in groups from storage at a later time.
The demand for long-term, secure storage of electronic records, including, but not limited t... | {
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The present invention relates to a medical or surgical bandage suitable for use in providing musculo-skeletal support and treatment of skin conditions. | {
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There is a method, called secure computation, for obtaining computational results without decrypting encrypted numerical values (see Non-patent literature 1, for example). In the method in Non-patent literature 1, encryption is performed that distributes pieces of a numerical value are distributed among three secure co... | {
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Many HDD production facilities and procedures involve performing one or more tests on HDDs, often following, or as part of, the servo track writing (STW) procedure. Such tests can be used for one or more of a number of purposes, including detecting flaws or anomalies, preferably, while obtaining information about the s... | {
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The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an integrated circuit, a measurement apparatus for an integrated circuit, and a wafer.
Presently, integrated circuits are used in a variety of applications. In order to improve the productivity of integrated circuits, a plurality of integrated circuit chips ar... | {
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A wide variety of intracorporeal medical devices have been developed for medical use, for example, intravascular use. Some of these devices include guidewires, catheters, medical device delivery systems (e.g., for stents, grafts, replacement valves, etc.), and the like. These devices are manufactured by any one of a va... | {
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This invention relates to methods and systems for locating persons and places using mobile devices.
People attend events where they want to meet up with friends and acquaintances. If there is a large crowd at the event, it can be difficult for people to locate each other. Sometimes last minute changes in plans also pre... | {
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Currently, with respect to a prospective pilot study, what is most concerned about is whether a CMOS device still can be based on a silicon semiconductor substrate as it was after the technology generation of 11 nm to 16 nm. One research focus is to develop a new material system with higher carrier mobility and a new t... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a lubricant heating system for use with an internal combustion engine.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It takes a warming-up time of several minutes for an internal combustion engine of an automobile or the like to have its lubricant temperature raised to a suf... | {
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This invention relates to mechanical protective devices, and more particularly to impact resistant face shields for use in protecting the face of an individual.
Today, sports are more popular than ever. This increase in popularity has resulted in an increase in the number of amateur and professional sport participants.... | {
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Louver assemblies for lights are generally used to direct or limit the distribution of the light emitted. U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,065,814 (Lennon) and 2,906,864 (Boutelle) illustrate two such louvers. The louvers are typically placed over the front of a reflector, such as a parabolic reflector, which is used to direct light f... | {
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FIG. 10 is a sectional view of conventional module 1. Module 1 includes circuit board 3 and electronic components 9 mounted onto upper surface 5 of circuit board 3 with cream solder 7. Metal cover 11 is placed to cover electronic components 9. Legs 15 provided at sides of cover 11 are connected to notches 17 provided i... | {
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The present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat to be mounted on a vehicle.
The vehicle seat has a cushion frame, and a back frame. The cushion frame forms a frame of a seat cushion which supports the buttocks of a seat occupant.
The back frame forms a frame of a seatback which supports the back of the seat occupant. ... | {
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This invention relates to an industrial scale hydrogen producing apparatus which manufactures hydrogen from a mixed gas of steam and either hydrocarbons or methanol through a steam reforming reaction. More specifically, this invention relates to an industrial scale hydrogen producing apparatus for obtaining hydrogen of... | {
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This invention relates generally to trim actuators for exit devices and more particularly to a trim actuator with means for changing the handing of the exit device trim.
Frequently, exit devices are provided with handle or lever actuated trim on the side of the door opposite the exit device. The lever actuated trim mus... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed to the annotation of source code to facilitate source code comprehension, particularly for software development. More particularly, the invention concerns the use of annotation information for source code debugging.
2. Description of the Prior Art
By way of ba... | {
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DRAM devices of the type used in computers and the like are typically each comprised of a matrix array of memory cells. The amount of information that can be stored within each DRAM device is dependent on both the number of memory cells in the matrix array and the number of bits that can be stored by each cell. In one ... | {
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