A connecting member, used for serially connecting two carrier tapes, comprises a base film, a belt-like reference band substantially fixed on the base film, a bonding tape adhering on the base film, and a cover film covering the bonding tape. The fluid is capable of ionization such that when the fluid in the bulb or tube is energized, the conductive elements electrically communicate with one another, and when the fluid is not energized, the conductive elements do not electrically communicate with one another. The coated substrates are useful in polymers, catalysis, heating and shielding applications. A set of resources available on at least one information processing system is received. Regions of exposed silicon may then be etched with more reproducible etch rates from wafer-to-wafer.