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Electrical communication in and out of an array of tightly pitched wires can be difficult. It can be difficult because aligning an electrical bond pad to each wire without accidentally connecting to an adjacent wire can require a machine capable of high accuracy. One structure for electrically connecting to wires of an...
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The invention relates to a process for the preparation of methionine of high bulk density, in which a mixture which comprises a compound which has a foaming action and a compound which influences crystallization is added to the hydrolysis solution, and to the mixture itself. It is known that the preparation of amino ac...
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1. Field of the Invention Generally, the present disclosure relates to sophisticated integrated circuits including transistor elements comprising gate structures formed on the basis of a high-k gate dielectric material and a metal-containing electrode material. 2. Description of the Related Art The fabrication of advan...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fabrication method of a semiconductor device, and particularly to a fabrication method for forming plug electrodes as wiring between MOS field effect transistor (MOSFET) elements having gates, sources, and drains that are converted to a silicide with self ali...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to an optical disc device. More specifically, the present invention relates to an optical disc device for reproducing an optical disc, and to an optical disc reproduction method. 2. Background Information Optical discs such as CDs (compact discs), DVDs (...
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Many Internet-based service providers deliver digital content to clients around the world. Digital content may include web objects (e.g., text, graphics, URLs, scripts), downloadable objects (e.g., media files, software, documents), web applications, streaming media (e.g. audio and video content), etc. Providing digita...
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With the development of communication technology, high speed communication becomes more and more popular in modern communication. Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a technology for realizing high-speed packet-based communication that may achieve high data rates both in a downlink and in an uplink. Specifically, high speed c...
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The catalytic hydrodesulfurization and hydrofining of hydrocarbon fractions is well known at this stage of the refining art. A great variety of catalysts and processing inovations have also been proposed for use. The primary requisites of the prior art catalysts are that they exhibit a high degree of activity for the h...
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A typical tire has a plurality of rubber components and a plurality of reinforcing components chiefly constituted by cords. As illustrated in FIG. 9, a typical example of the tire includes an inner liner 1, a tread 2, side walls 3, rim strips or chafers 4, under-belt pads 5, and other components, all of which are built...
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The present invention relates to surgical devices for assisting in the implantation of prostheses and more particularly to devices for assisting the surgeon in performing osteotomy or bone cutting in preparation for humeral prosthetic device implantation. Prosthetic implant devices for use in reconstructing the proxima...
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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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Automotive vehicles are typically equipped with various user actuatable switches, such as switches for operating devices including powered windows, headlights, windshield wipers, moonroofs or sunroofs, interior lighting, radio and infotainment devices, and various other devices. Generally, these types of switches need ...
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It is well known in motor vehicles to provide a trim panel for covering the vehicle interior structure such as the instrument panel or the door. It is desirable to provide such a trim panel having regions of different aesthetic characteristics. For example, it may be desirable to provide a two-tone instrument panel cov...
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Recently, in order to realize eco-friendly technology and solve problems such as energy exhaustion, an electric vehicle has emerged as a social issue. The electric vehicle is driven by using the motor receiving electricity from a battery to output power, thereby not emitting carbon dioxide and reducing noise. Furthermo...
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1. Field of the Invention. The present invention relates to an electrophotographic machine, and, more particularly, to a fuser assembly in an electrophotographic machine. 2. Description of the Related Art. A fuser assembly is used in an electrophotographic machine to fuse previously applied toner onto a surface of a pr...
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The present invention relates to processes for controlling residual monomers while making copolymers of tertiary amino-monomer and vinyl-functional monomer able to undergo Michael addition. Copolymers of tertiary amino-containing monomers and vinyl-functional monomers are useful in liquid detergent compositions for mac...
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Ulcerative colitis (UC), also known as idiopathic ulcerative colitis or chronic nonspecific ulcerative colitis, is a disease of large intestine with infiltration of the mucosa and idiopathic chronic non-specific inflammation. The main clinical symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea, mucus and bloody stools, and associat...
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Engineers developing digital systems find themselves increasingly more interested in digital word flow than in the waveforms of particular signals. For example, instruction and address sequences in a microprocessor are usually of more interest to the designer and diagnostician than the waveform on a signle address or i...
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The present invention relates to ultrasonic flow metering. Ultrasonic flow metering, or the determination, using ultrasonic energy, of flow velocity through a conduit, such as a pipeline, is based on determining the effect of fluid flow on the upstream versus downstream transmission time of an ultrasonic signal passing...
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Mobile broadband services over cellular systems are gaining momentum with the introduction of HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) radio bearers in networks. There is also an increased interest in IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) based services, such as VoIP (Voice over IP), PoC (Push-to-talk over Cellular) and presence. HSPA ...
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The present invention relates to the field of music. Specifically, this invention relates to musical games that allow players to play competitively to understand rhythms in music and enhance note reading. This invention was made after 15 years of teaching students in a studio, with ages ranging from 3 to 18 years. Many...
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1. Technical Field The present invention relates in general to disk drives and, more particularly, to a connector for a disk drive. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to an electrical connector for interconnecting a disk drive, a carrier for supporting the disk drive, and a docking bay into which the...
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This invention relates to laryngeal mask airway devices (LMA-devices) which are artificial airway devices permitting spontaneous or artificial ventilation of the lungs of a patient. LMA-devices are described in UK Patents Nos. 2,111,394 and 2,205,499. Such devices have become accepted items of equipment for rapidly and...
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This invention relates to chlorination or chlorosulfonation of olefin polymers. In particular, this invention relates to a process for preparation of chlorinated or chlorosulfonated olefin polymers in suspension in perfluorinated alkane, perfluorinated ether, or perfluorinated trialkyl amine media in the presence of fl...
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Management software and/or applications for a system that includes one or more interchangeable devices (hereinafter referred to as a “modular system”) often determine interoperability/compatibility of each device to be coupled to the modular system. Modular systems may include, but are not limited to, modular server sy...
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1. Field of Invention This invention relates to an X-ray computerized tomograph (hereinafter called "X-ray CT"), and more particularly to an operator console for inputting scanning conditions of the X-ray CT. 2. Description of Prior Art Computerized tomographs are known in the art, which emit an X-ray beam at a number ...
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With the development of display technology, flat panel display devices, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), have advantages of high display quality, low power consumption, small thickness and wide range of applications, etc., and thus have been widely used in mobile phones, televisions, personal digital assistants,...
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A key objective of information systems designers is the presentation of information representing data stored in the memory device of a processor-controlled system to the human user of the system in an effective image format that conveys and enhances the understanding of the information in a spacially efficient and effe...
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Secondary metabolites are organic compounds that are not directly involved in the normal growth, development or reproduction of organisms. They are often used as defenses against predators, parasites and diseases, for interspecies competition, and to facilitate the reproductive processes (coloring agents, attractive sm...
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Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for driving a touch sensor, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for driving a touch sensor, which is capable of improving touch sensitivity and accuracy by adaptively setting a secondary reference value of each touch node and ...
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1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to tertiary alkylphosphorodichloridite and derivatives thereof, including synthesis of such compounds which are further utilized in the synthesizing of compounds such as derivatives of phosphorus acid. 2. Description of the Prior Art "Organophosphorus Compounds" by G. M. ...
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This invention relates to a crankshaft assembly composed of a pair of crankshafts each having a crank arm formed with an opening for a crankpin to be force fitted and secured therein and a crank web disposed in a position diametrically opposed to that of the crank arm and an intermediate crank arm formed at opposite en...
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Gas-filled display devices have come into wide use, and these devices are generally of three types, D.C. devices, A.C. devices, and quasi A.C. devices. In D.C. devices, the panel electrodes are disposed within the gas filling of the panel; in A.C. devices, all of the electrodes are insulated from the gas filling by a g...
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The subject invention relates to a method of affixing rectangularly shaped rubber roof sheets to the upper surface of a roof. Rubber roofing sheets have become desirable as a method of covering roofs of commercial buildings and in this respect the conventional approach is to utilize a grid-like pattern of fastening pla...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device and a method for adjusting, by a desired magnification, the number of pixels of image data which is displayed or printed using a data processing device. 2. Description of the Prior Art In personal computers, printers and various other data processing d...
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1. Technical Field The present specification describes an ink refill kit, and more particularly, an ink refill kit for efficiently siphoning ink out of an ink bottle. 2. Discussion of the Background An image forming apparatus, such as a copier, a printer, a facsimile machine, or a multifunction printer having at least ...
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The present invention relates to a valve actuating method for opening and closing intake valves and exhaust valves in internal combustion engines while suspending the operation of the some of these valves to keep them in the closing positions in response to the state of operation of the engine. Hitherto, such an intern...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to methods and inorganic compositions, such as polyvalent metal silicates and polyvalent metal carbonates, for inhibiting the formation, deposition, and/or adherence of scale deposits on substrate surfaces in contact with a scale-forming aqueous system. The scale ...
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In general, characters written with a piece of chalk onto a blackboard are wiped away by a blackboard eraser and then the blackboard eraser having the chalk powder thereon is brushed off usually outside of a room window. At this time, chalk powder brushed off from the eraser is dispersed into the air and air in the roo...
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The Neurotrophin Family Neurotrophins are dimeric peptide hormones. The first member of the neurotrophin family to be discovered was nerve growth factor (NGF), which plays an important role in processes such as the development of sensory and sympathetic neurons of the peripheral nervous system (Levi-Montalcini, R. and ...
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Modern electronic devices such as a notebook computer comprise a variety of memories to store information. Memory circuits include two major categories. One is volatile memories; the other is non-volatile memories. Volatile memories include random access memory (RAM), which can be further divided into two sub-categorie...
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Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), has been widely used as the Internet protocol for ADSL broadband deployment. As providers deploy ADSL service, they often prefer supporting PPP-style authentication and authorization over a large installed base of legacy bridging customer premises (CPE). PPPoE provides the...
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Rilpivirine hydrochloride, chemically 4-[[4-[[4-(2-cyanoethenyl)-2,6-dimethylphenyl]amino]pyrimidinyl]amino]benzonitrile hydrochloride and has the structural formula: Rilpivirine (TMC278) is an investigational new drug, developed by Tibotec, for the treatment of HIV infection. It is a second-generation non-nucleoside ...
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1. Field of the Invention This disclosure generally relates to data filters for modeling and processing credit report data and other data, and more particularly to improved systems and methods for generating and using data filters configured to conduct customer profiling and customer analysis relating to modeling, iden...
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Obesity is a life-threatening disorder in which there is an increased risk of morbidity and mortality arising from concomitant diseases such as type II diabetes, hypertension, stroke, cancer and gallbladder disease. Obesity is now a major healthcare issue in the Western World and increasingly in some third world countr...
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Environmental interests and an increasing demand for diesel fuel, especially in Europe, encourage fuel producers to employ more intensively available renewable sources. In the manufacture of diesel fuels based on biological raw materials, the main interest has concentrated on vegetable oils and animal fats comprising t...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portrait drawing apparatus for allowing patterns of the eyes, nose and other facial parts to be selected and combined as desired in order to draw a portrait. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventional portrait drawing apparatuses generally comprise a disp...
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The present invention relates to an adaptor device for electrode catheters, in particular for unipolar electrode catheters. The art field of heart surgery embraces numerous types of cardiac catheter designed for connection at one end, generally by way of a flexible tube functioning as a biocompatible outer sheath, to a...
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1. Field of the Invention Embodiments described herein relate generally to magnetic resonance imaging. 2. Description of the Related Art MRI is an imaging method which magnetically excites nuclear spins of an object (a patient) set in a static magnetic field with an RF pulse having the Larmor frequency and reconstructs...
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Touch sensors have been used in electronic devices for many years, but mostly in conjunction with a display screen, often called a “touch screen.” The use of touch sensors in the body of the device is not as common and is typically limited to determining whether the device is being touched. The recent addition of finge...
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The many different methods are known for producing printed circuits from at least one printed circuit board and a hybrid. For example, in the case of hybrids arranged on printed circuit boards, electrical connections between the printed circuit board and the hybrid are produced by solder edges, it being necessary in th...
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Recently, the demand for portable electronic products such as notebooks, video cameras, cellular phones or the like has rapidly increased, and electric vehicles, energy storage batteries, robots, satellites have been actively developed. For this reason, high-performance secondary batteries allowing repeated charging an...
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This invention relates to the general field of power generation systems, and more particularly to an improved power generation system for a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). Electric vehicles powered by storage batteries are subject to inconvenient energy replacement procedures. One of two procedures are currently used; e...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus and in particular to a technique for correcting a displacement between images. 2. Description of the Related Art Various techniques have conventionally been provided for correcting a displacement between images when synthesizing a plurality...
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1. Field The present inventive concept relates to a heat radiation sheet and a method of manufacturing the same. 2. Description of the Related Art Heat may he generated in an electronic device by electronic parts such as wirings, terminals, and chips. Heat generated by electronic parts may shorten the lifetime of elect...
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II. Field of the Invention This invention relates to communication systems, more particularly the present invention relates to an approach supporting over-the-air (xe2x80x9cOTAxe2x80x9d) service programming of a mobile station. III. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an activation process for a newly purcha...
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As technology advances, computer systems include greater numbers of processors, in the form of multiprocessor systems, e.g., via one or more multi-core processors that can execute multiple threads concurrently. Generally, before a thread accesses a shared resource, it may acquire a lock on the shared resource. In situa...
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Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program. Description of the Related Art Recently, technology referred to as augmented reality (AR) has been drawing attention whereby an image obtained by imaging a real space and modified through a spe...
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An inverter is a device for converting a direct current into an alternating current (a sine wave of 220V and 50 Hz in general), which includes an inverter unit, a filtering unit, a control unit, a converging unit, a booster unit, a communication unit, a switch fitting and other components, thereby achieving the objecti...
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In decentralized networks, for example peer to peer overlay networks based on a distributed hash table, resources are distributed to the individual network nodes in a decentralized manner. It is possible in this process for each individual network node to search for corresponding resources with the aid of keywords. Che...
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This invention relates to electronic devices and accessories for electronic devices. Electronic devices such as computers, media players, and cellular telephones typically contain audio jacks. Accessories such as headsets have mating plugs. A user who desires to use a headset with an electronic device may connect the h...
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The present invention relates to a method of making a dual-faced corrugated paperboard which has at least one reinforcing strip located within the paperboard layers and product therefrom, and more particularly, to such a method and product requiring the use of only a single adhesive station. Corrugated board is availab...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning blade to be used in a copying machine for forming images by electrophotography, and to a cleaning apparatus, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus using the same. 2. Description of the Related Art Generally, formation of an image by ele...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to toilet flush valves and, more particularly, to a double flush toilet valve and the method for providing a double flush conversion for a standard toilet. The valve of the preset invention is very similar to a standard toilet flush valve except that it has an add...
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Many systems for production of three-dimensional modeling by photohardening have been proposed. European Patent Application No. 250,121 filed by Scitex Corp. Ltd. on June 6, 1987, provides a good summary of documents pertinent to this art area, including various approaches attributed to Hull, Kodama, and Herbert. Addit...
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1. Technical Field The present disclosure relates to a power supplying device, in particular, to a backup power supplying device having programmable current-balancing control. 2. Description of Related Art Referring to FIG. 1A, FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram illustrating a conventional backup power supplying device. Th...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to polymers. More particularly, the invention pertains to novel and useful polymers comprising a carbon-oxygen backbone having a dioxycarbon moiety with a plurality of organic groups pendant from the dioxycarbon. The polymers are represented by the following gener...
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Research on imaging apparatuses which irradiate light from a light source (e.g. laser) onto a subject, such as living body, and visualize the information inside the subject, has been energetically progressing in medical fields. An example of such a visualization technology using light is photoacoustic tomography (PAT)....
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Erasure channel is an important channel model. For example, when files are transmitted on the Internet, communications are based on data packets, and usually, each data packet is either received by a receiver without any mistake, or not received by the receiver at all. In the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP for shor...
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A number of methods exist for introducing exogenous genetic material to cells, which methods have been used for a wide variety of applications including, for example, research uses to study gene function, and ex vivo or in vivo genetic modification for therapeutic purposes. Ex vivo genetic modification involves the rem...
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1. Field This disclosure relates to photoelectric conversion elements and, in particular, to a photosensitized photoelectric conversion element. The term, photosensitized photoelectric conversion element, is used also to refer to dye-sensitized solar cells and dye-sensitized power-generating elements capable of generat...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air-fuel ratio control apparatus for an internal combustion engine. For example, the air-fuel ratio control apparatus is mounted in a vehicle. In particular, the present invention relates to a technique for maintaining purification ratio of NOx at a high lev...
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Discrete track media (DTM) has been proposed to increase the recording areal density of magnetic hard disk drives. As shown in the FIG. 1 plan view of a DTM structure 100, a thin film magnetic recording layer is patterned to provide discrete magnetic data tracks 102 separated by trenches 104.
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A minimum energy optical network is considered to be one that provides point-to-point connection for every pair of end-users. In such a network, each user can transmit to only one other receiver at a time and only the optical transmitter (laser) that is currently transmitting is turned on at any given time. However, gi...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to a sensor circuit. More particularly, the invention concerns a sensor circuit which is advantageously suited for use in combination with a cell-driven type floppy-disc drive. 2. Description of the Prior Art Heretofore, the floppy-disc drives have found...
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The material most commonly used for leading edges for reinforced aircraft is Glare, a metallic laminate of fiberglass-reinforced fibers made up of several thin layers of metal, usually aluminum, placed between preimpregnated layers of fiberglass, joined by means of an epoxy-type resin. The unidirectional preimpregnated...
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This invention relates to an exhaust system for two-stroke internal combustion engines comprising an exhaust pipe whose front end, which is characterised by a constant cross-section, is followed by two or more conical sections.
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to the restoration of aqueous solutions of polymers used as quenching baths. Quenching baths are used in the heat treatment and tempering of steels and other ferrous alloys. 2. Prior Art One of the methods for heating treating steels and ferrous alloys consists of heatin...
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1. Technical Field The techniques described herein relate to signal buffers and in particular to a high frequency smart buffer. 2. Discussion of the Related Art In previous versions of a high frequency buffer, the push-pull output buffer is biased at a fixed condition. This makes the trade-off difficult in circuit desi...
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Head-mounted display devices (also called herein head-mounted displays) are gaining popularity as means for providing visual information to user. In head-mounted displays, optical elements are located close to an eye of a user, which provides additional challenges.
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The present invention relates to a process for making in-situ Silicon Carbide in the form of particulate, whiskers and fibers in an inorganic composite matrix. The process of the present invention particularly relates to the use of wide variety of natural fibres such as jute, hem, sisal or any other natural fibre havin...
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Conventional actuator systems employ a closed loop position control system. These systems include a position sensor for actuator position feedback and either an integrating controller or proportional controller used for control. The integrating controller assures that the steady state sensed position matches the comman...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly to a display device in which thin film transistors are formed on a substrate and a manufacturing method thereof. 2. Description of the Related Art An active-matrix-type display device is...
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With the development of the advanced motor control technologies in home appliances, more and more new motor control methods have been proposed to make the home appliance cheaper, more intelligent and smart. Sensorless control is one of the key technologies, which can make motors run without a position sensor, such as a...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and process for heating and/or cooling of the intake air to a combustion gas turbine. More particularly the invention relates to a skid mounted modular unit that is manufactured off site and transported to the turbine location and connected with a ...
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Patent Document 1 discloses a distributed power supply device that supplies alternating-current power to a home load in conjunction with a commercial electric power system. The power supply device described in Patent Document 1 is installed in areas where an abnormality in input voltage frequently occurs due to momenta...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an exhaust emission control device which controls regeneration of a diesel particulate filter to remove particulate matters contained in exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine and deposited in the filter. 2. Description of Related Art For the environmenta...
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An HMM is suitable for expressing a time-series signal and is widely used in the fields of pattern recognition which processes a time variant signal as in speech recognition and moving image recognition. An HMM is generally formed from a plurality of states and expressed as an output probability which outputs a signal ...
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A truck box is a container that is mounted in the bed of a truck, typically a pick-up truck. Ordinarily, the truck box is mounted directly behind the cab of the truck and spans the distance between the side walls of the truck bed. Items like tools, fasteners, and the like can be stored in the truck box rather than simp...
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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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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a process for separating contaminants from the exhaust gases generated from combustion of fossil fuels and from chemical processes, and more particularly, to the removal of nitrogen and sulfur oxides from a cold stream of gaseous combustion products such as the remova...
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The inventive subject matter relates to power supply systems and methods and, more particularly, to uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and methods. Data centers, industrial facilities, medical facilities and the like often have three-phase AC power distribution systems that are protected by UPS systems. Three-p...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pulse output circuit. Further, the present invention relates to a display device. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an electronic device. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for the purpose of simplifying the manufacturing process, ...
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The present invention relates to a collapsible lens barrel and an image pickup apparatus. Some lens barrels incorporated in image pickup apparatuses such as digital still cameras, digital video cameras, etc. have a cam ring with a cam groove defined in an inner circumferential surface thereof and a lens holder frame wh...
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An equalizer circuit for compensating for a loss caused by a transmission characteristic of a transmission path is known.
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to methods, systems and apparatus for managing digital communications systems. More specifically, this invention relates to identifying types of modems or other communication devices, such as by manufacturer, model number, and software version, used in a commun...
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The present invention relates to a railcar for renovating railways and more precisely to a railcar comprising an operating unit equipped for the execution, in sequence, of the following operative steps: removal of the old tracks, removal of the old track supporting sleepers, remaking of the laying plane of the new slee...
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Patients may consume a number of prescription drugs or other medicines during the course of a day or week. These patients may keep lists or other records reminding them of how and when to consume their medicines. These patients may also refer to packaging while trying to adhere to dosage regimens for their medicines. I...
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In recent years, the computer projector has become the preferred device for audiovisual presentations. A computer projector is a device that projects a picture created from video information received through a peripheral source (e.g., computer, DVD player, or the like). Computer projectors are also known as Digital Pro...
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancer types in both men and women worldwide, with about 1.2 million new cases recorded annually. [1] The prognosis is highly dependent on the tumour stage at time of diagnosis. According to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), the 5-year overall survival rate...
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