Author: priorartbot

A Dual Gate BCMD pixel has a compact size, nondestructive readout; complete reset with no kTC-reset noise generation, anti-blooming protection, and column reset capability. The annular gap is formed between an inner circumferential surface of a hole portion provided in an outer circumferential jig and an outer circumferential surface of an inner circumferential jig disposed in the hole portion, and has a heating region and a cooling region. A rotor position sensor provides a signal to the control unit. The method may also comprise the use of a dispersion medium which is capable of undergoing a controllable phase change from a liquid phase to a solid phase. In addition, the metal-containing transaction card may be anodized, coated, or laser-engraved. The rings are mutually connected by bridges.

The invention relates to a high-pass branch of a frequency separating filter for ADSL systems comprising inductive components which dispose of magnet cores made of a soft magnetic amorphous or nanocrystalline. The first substrate layer overlies the second substrate layer to define a volume therebetween configured to receive a wearer’s hand. Upon analysis, a solation agent is added to the non-fluid substance medium to increase the fluidity of the non-fluid substance, thereby the particles bearing the anti-analyte can diffuse in the medium to cause the agglutination with the analyte.

Digital signal visualizations may be displayed with increasing accuracy as the signal data is processed. In addition, another object of the invention is to provide a brake apparatus which can obtain a stable brake force under any conditions including running in the rain. The system and method further include the ability to transmit the wireless message over a wireless communication link and receive vehicle bus data over the wireless communication link. The housing can be attached to the front bumper of a vehicle or be attached in lieu of the front bumper. The weight section is formed about the collar by casting. The drop dispensing aperture is defined by an annular flange that is connected to a closure cap at a frangible web.

Compositions which comprise, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one sapogenin or a derivative or natural extract containing the same, and at least one xanthine base are useful, in particular, for preventing or combating cellulite andor for refining the figure or the contours of the face. 5 meters of granular solid wax particles comprising a highly paraffinic wax with defined boiling points and a powder coating to a distant location, and hydroprocessing the transported wax. In order to indicate that the EEPROM is deliberately missing, a pull-up resistor connected to a voltage source is connected to the chip select signal line which normally runs between the controller and the EEPROM.

Caps and container systems suited to dispensing products like cosmetics. In one aspect, a sensing component receives data from one or more sensors located on the portable electronic device, for example, skin conductivity sensors and determines whether the user is using the portable device, either actively or passively and also determines the identity of the user. The second set of conductive electrodes is configured to interact with the first set of conductive electrodes for activating the reading or writing of display data.

A probe card includes a flexible membrane, a plurality of probes attached to the flexible membrane, and a layer of foam connected to the flexible membrane so that when the probes are moved into the flexible membrane, the layer of foam is also deflected to produce a counteracting force at the probes. Methods include ablating an article with the ablation beam to form a test location having an ablation depth, transmitting a first beam through the test location of the article, transmitting a second beam through a reference location, and determining an ablation beam characteristic based on a phase relationship of the first beam and the second beam downstream of the article. The anti-reflective coating includes an anti-reflective layer of silicon oxime, silicon oxynitride, or silicon nitride, and a barrier layer which is grown on the anti-reflective layer using a nitrous oxide plasma discharge to convert a surface portion of the anti-reflective layer into silicon dioxide. Some embodiments of the exercise device include a lockout device that selectively eliminates the variable stride features of the exercise device and allows the user to exercise in a stepping motion. A gear engaged with the inner gear on the wind blade rotating cage is mounted on a generator shaft extending outside the generator cabin.

The present invention provides an optical fiber preform-heating furnace that is simple in its structure and excellent in uniformity of the temperature distribution in a circumferential direction of an optical fiber preform. A user equipment receives a plurality of downlink resource allocations on a plurality of downlink control channels by using a plurality of downlink carriers, and receives a plurality of downlink transfer blocks on a plurality of downlink shared channels indicated by the plurality of downlink resource allocations. Steps to and step can also be carried out in reverse order. The fluorescent layer faces to the first major surface of the semiconductor layer and includes a plurality of kinds of fluorescent materials having different peak wavelengths of emission light. By providing such a general structure for use in a file system of a computer, a substantially larger amount of memory is available for looped recording.

A stabilizer apparatus and system for use with recreational vehicles to reduce or eliminate side-to-side swaying and front-to-back shifting. The plurality of MOS transistors are formed on an SOI substrate. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape. A polarizing filter with an initial direction of polarization is positioned in front of the first reception element.

Adjustable landscaping ergonomic pads of various shapes adapted for covering the soil around the trunks of shrubs, trees, and garden plants to completely eliminate and retard the growth of weeds and other undesirable plants. The two ports are linked to a broadband switching and phase shifting circuit controlled in order to supply a polarization diversity signal as output. An object identifier to identify the target of a request is added to the free format section of the request context andor the free format section of the reply context that results from the request. The prosthetic socket is an assembly of components from groups of components that include struts arranged longitudinally with respect to the residual limb, proximal brim members arranged proximally to the struts and connected thereto; and distal socket members disposed at the distal base of the prosthetic socket.

The present invention includes a monofilament obtainable by extruding a composition comprising: at least one vinylidene chloride polymermethyl acrylate interpolymer having at most about 6 weight percent methyl acrylate mer units in the polymer; and at least about three weight percent total plasticizer, of which about 0. An amorphous hard carbon film is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the slide pipe. The device may further include a security module for selectively purging data from the shared memory. Typically, the PLC waveguide wafer includes a waveguide core region bound by upper and lower cladding layers.