Described herein are techniques related to the generation of data blocks that collectively include padding appended before a first or after a last of the data blocks. The information generating apparatus includes a first logic contact, a second logic contact, an information output contact and a plurality of switches SW, wherein SW represents a jth switch in an ith layer, 1\u2266i\u2266L, and 1\u2266j\u22662. Accordingly, the inventor devised several methods for making nearly planar intermetal dielectric layers without the use of chemical-mechanical planarization and methods of modifying metal layout patterns to facilitate formation of dielectric layers with more uniform thickness. To keep the chemical reactants from reacting while the gas-tight seal is made, a tall thin cylinder in the second bottle acts as a barrier between reactants until the bottle is placed on its side, at which point the chemicals meet and react producing the carbon dioxide that passes through the tube and carbonates the liquid. The use of a compensating element, for example in the form of a bellow, makes it possible to transmit volume variations produced in the electric component directly to the surrounding liquid contained in the housing.