Author: priorartbot

A method and apparatus for optical multi-angle in situ CMP endpoint detection include a sensor block having light emitting channels, light receiving channels and an opening where the light emitting channels terminate and the light receiving channels originate and means for determining endpoint based on the amount of reflected light that is received from the light receiving channels. The fuse booster system uses shaped charges that will ignite the main high explosive charge of the bomb or penetrating warhead, and also remove portions of the bomb or penetrating warhead to reduce the power of the bomb at the target in a measurable manner to control the lethality and collateral damage of the bomb or penetrating warhead. In some aspects, the localization instructions are stored in vendor-specific instruction space areas, for example, in the Unicode Supplementary Private use Area-A. The conductors are adapted to removably insert into a wiring module mounted within an electrical box so as to connect to an electrical power source. A second operating mode is provided wherein the control system detects the failure and enables passing of the media through one of the first and second marking engines and marking of the media in another of the first and second marking engines when the failure is of a specified type. In alternative forms, in addition to, or alternative to the steerable endless track units, the apparatus includes height adjustment means for adjusting the vertical spacing between the main body portion and the respective endless tracks; and control means configured to control the action of the height adjustment means.

A multi-stage pilot valve is disclosed for selectively supplying a working fluid to and venting from a reaction jet main stage actuation chamber. Material strength that can resist against the use of the material is ensured. The measurements may relate to characteristics such as transfer delay, data-loss fraction, and occupancy level of a buffer at a client’s receiver. The volume of the second measuring chamber can vary according to the displacement of a piston.

Described is a reliable and efficient design for a transactional status oracle, which supports large-scale storage systems. In the method, a thin plate having a uniform thickness corresponding to that of a thinner area to be formed on the workpiece is used. The quiet apply carriage has a geared quiet apply mechanism which engages the geared rack and a cable carrier to which a control cable can be attached.

A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes a wager input device, a display for displaying a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game, and a controller operatively coupled to the display and the wager input device to operate in a plurality of selectable game modes of which a selected one is a current game mode. For obtaining the amastigote forms, this medium is buffered at a pH of 5. The first direction generally runs approximately medially-laterally.

A method and apparatus for compressing a reference pattern with repeated substrings by encoding produce compressed reference patterns with reduce storage requirements. coli strain, capable of simultaneously using glucose and xylose, by genetic engineering and evolutionary adaptation; the mutant E. The second portion is on the top surface of the spacer. The platinum layer has a thickness sufficient to substantially prevent tin in the nickel tin bonding system from migrating into or through the titanium adhesion layer.

An aircraft hull attachment device may be configured for attachment to a fuselage of an aircraft. The methods involve the use of micro andor nano-sized particles that are mixed into an alloy using a friction stir welding method. With this arrangement, it is possible to provide a laminated phase plate performing an improved function for realizing a reflective type liquid crystal display device with an excellent visibility or a projection . Accordingly, the present invention provides advantages of saving power consumption and improving user convenience. A layer of rugged silicon is formed over a substrate, and a nitrogen-comprising layer is formed on the layer of rugged silicon. After performing a pad redistribution step on the first die, an insulator is formed on a peripheral region over the first die.

A telephone system connects a user to a plurality of telephone call participants in a sequence of calls referred to as a \u201ccall chain. The invention further relates to a grenade actuator of the EOT-type, which comprises an automatic-identification device embedded therein. Some embodiments employ an auto-capture process which employs such algorithms, in part, to evaluate captured images and obtain the best possible images for biometric identification.

A coaxial cable connector system is provided. A inexpensive, compact bidirectional optical communications module can be offered with reduced interference between outgoing and incoming light, especially, interference due to internally scattered light. The charge air comprises exhaust gases which are conducted to the charge air cooler, with an adjustable exhaust-gas recirculation rate, from an exhaust tract of the internal combustion engine. The temperature estimating device estimates a first exhaust gas temperature on a downstream side of the exhaust gas purifying device through a transfer function, which is expressed by a plurality of identical first-order lag elements, based on a second exhaust gas temperature on the upstream side of the exhaust gas purifying device sensed by the exhaust gas temperature sensor. The case body is rotatable along an axis which is in alignment with the hinges. In this cable, a neutral conductor or a screening is arranged only outside of the cryostat, and is formed by normally conductive material which surrounds the cryostat as a common neutral conductor, where an insulating material is arranged between this neutral conductor and the cryostat.

A flexographic printing plate and a method for making a flexographic printing plate. A method for making the interconnect structure maintains a preexisting geometry of the active region during etching of an interconnect structure hole in which the interconnect structure is formed and saves process steps. Sensing the media type is preferably performed by at least one sensor. As a result, the contents of the mirrored disk are delayed for a predetermined period of time from those of the primary disk, and all files are in other than the open state. Methods include coating a conductive substrate having a hydrophilic surface with an uncharged hydrophobic surface, masking a subset of regions on the hydrophobic surface with an insulator, and applying an oxidizing force to the unmasked regions of the hydrophobic surface to render the unmasked regions hydrophilic.

A merchandising display system having a molded shelf unit containing a plurality of shelves andor a pegboard for holding goods, and one or more graphic panels for displaying advertising or other information is disclosed. This outsole has fixing means, which are formed by upwardly projecting neps and which fix a shoe upper of the shoe inside the hollow mold. The programmed addresses are applied to a defective column decoder that determines which column select signal should be shifted downwardly and which column select signal should be shifted upwardly. At least one optical characteristic of these indicator molecules varies with analyte concentration. These amplitude and phase measurements are used to create a phase-amplitude trajectory in phase amplitude space, which may be finely divided to distinguish among a number of different types of components. Neural cells andor glial cells are cultured in a medium containing the Chinese herbal aqueous extract, and then subjected to an electric pulse treatment to form epileptic cells.