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A low cost, scalable backplane for black and white or color optical displays comprises a multi-membrane plastic structure on which is printed or deposited row and column drivers to form a matrix of micro electromechanical (MEM) switches. Each switch controls the state of a pixel in the optical display device. Critical to successful long-term operation, the backplane includes the controlled application of voltages to each switch so that the display functions correctly and display life is maximized. The MEM switches include a substantially non-pliable membrane and a substantially flexible membrane both of which include electrodes that when energized will create electrostatic forces that attracts the flexible membrane to the non-pliable membrane. The MEM switches are manufactured in an array with a pitch that provides a sufficient number of switches to drive an optical display device and each switch may be latched to eliminate the need to constantly refresh the device.

This invention concerns apparatus and a method for authenticating a subject using their eye as an identifying biometric, in particular the shape of their cornea. The apparatus comprises an image projection device to generate and project an image of a pattern, made up of plural discrete points, onto at least a part of the cornea of an eye of the person. An image capture device to capture an image of the pattern of plural discrete points, after reflection in at least a part of the cornea of an eye of the person. And, a computer processor to extract a data set defining the locations of the discrete points in the captured image. The method comprises capturing an image of an illuminated pattern, made up of plural discrete points, after reflection in at least a part of the cornea of an eye of the subject. Comparing the locations of the discrete points in the pattern of the captured image against the locations of the discrete points in the pattern of a reference image. And, authenticating the identity of the subject depending on the similarity of comparison. In a further aspect the invention is software for performing the method.

A low cost, scalable backplane for electrophoretic displays comprising a multi-membrane plastic array of micro electromechanical (MEM) switches. Each switch controls the state of a pixel in the electrophoretic display device. Each switch may be latched to eliminate the need to constantly refresh the device and each switch may function as an enunciator

For leak testing closed containers (9) which are filled with a filling product containing at least one liquid component the container is introduced in a test cavity (1) which is evacuated at least down to vapour pressure of that liquid component. The pressure in the surrounding of the container (9) and thus within test cavity (1) is monitored. Monitoring is performed by a vacuum pressure sensor (7), whereas lowering pressure surrounding the container (9) is performed by a vacuum pump (5). Leakage is detected by monitoring a pressure change in the surrounding of the container which is due to evaporation of liquid emerging from a leak and being evaporated in the low pressure surrounding.

In one aspect, a method of using a general purpose computer 8 as an MPLS-enabled label switched router includes executing software on the general purpose computer 8 that allows it to communicate with other label switched routers using label distribution protocol. The general purpose computer 8 includes a central processor 10, a memory 12, network interface cards 30 and 32 and also typically includes local I/O such as a keyboard 22, a mouse 24 and a display device 20 for communicating with a local user.

A method for producing highly crystalline and stable microparticles of an active substance with a very narrow size distribution. The microparticles being crystallized out of a suspension made of primary particles of the active substance, a solution of the active substance, a non-solvent for the active substance and inert formed pieces. The resulting microparticles hare highly stable largely independent of the physiochemical properties of the active substance and can be especially suitable for fast release dosage forms of pharmaceuticals.

An improved radiation shielding material and storage systems for radioactive materials incorporating the same. The PYRolytic Uranium Compound (“PYRUC”) shielding material is preferably formed by heat and/or pressure treatment of a precursor material comprising microspheres of a uranium compound, such as uranium dioxide or uranium carbide, and a suitable binder. The PYRUC shielding material provides improved radiation shielding, thermal characteristic, cost and ease of use in comparison with other shielding materials. The shielding material can be used to form containment systems, container vessels, shielding structures, and containment storage areas, all of which can be used to house radioactive waste. The preferred shielding system is in the form of a container for storage, transportation, and disposal of radioactive waste. In addition, improved methods for preparing uranium dioxide and uranium carbide microspheres for use in the radiation shielding materials are also provided.

Disclosed is a self-cleansing system comprising at least two subsystems including an active subsystem and at least one available inactive subsystem. At least two of the subsystems may be connected to each other by a communications link and connected to an external network through a local network. An arbitration mechanism is capable of designating one of the at least one available inactive subsystem to be a designated active system. An active subsystem and a designated active subsystem may share an IP address, but only the active subsystem utilizes the IP address to output information to the external network. A transfer mechanism capable of deactivating the active subsystem and then activating a designated active system may be initiated by a transfer criterion. A self-cleansing mechanism may then cleanse the deactivated subsystem.

The present invention discloses a method for producing two-way stretched plastic film and equipment, including the procedures of extrusion, blowing-up and drawing, edge-cutting and film-breaking and film-rolling. It is characterized by that in the blowing-up and drawing procedure the plastic film tube discharged from extrusion procedure can be pulled to the upper portion of tower frame, reheated to high-elastic drawable temp.,and the proper qantity of air can be charged into the tube film, then the tube film is longitudinally progressively and quickly drawn and laterally stretched toward bothsides, then heat-set. Said invention simplifies production process, and reduces cost of equipment.

Disclosed is a method for annealing a silicon thin film in a substrate in which an insulation layer and the silicon thin film are subsequently formed. The method includes heating or preheating the silicon thin film within a temperature range at which the substrate is not transformed during the process so as to generate an intrinsic carrier therein, thereby lowering a resistance to a value at which Joule heating is possible; and applying an electric field to the preheated silicon thin film so as to induce Joule heating by means of movement of the carrier, thereby conducting crystallization, eliminating crystal defects, and ensuring crystal growth. When using the method, Joule heating is selectively induced to a-Si thin film, a-Si/Poly-Si thin film or a Poly-Si thin film according to the preheating condition, thereby making a Poly-Si thin film of good quality within a very short time without damaging the substrate.

The invention discloses a bipolar electrode electrogenerated chemiluminescence paper based micro-fluidic chip and the application thereof to imaging sensing. The preparation method of the chip comprises the following steps: designing patterns of a micro-fluidic channel and an electrode through software and then manufacturing screens, clinging the electrode screen onto filter paper, printing the shape and the size of the electrode on the filter paper by brushing conductive carbon paste on the electrode screen, taking the filter paper on which the electrode is printed, clinging the channel screen onto filter paper, performing grinding and brushing on the channel screen through a wax pencil, then performing heating, so as to ensure that wax penetrates through the filter paper to form the micro-fluidic channel and a solution storage tank, and obtaining the bipolar electrode electrogenerated chemiluminescence paper based micro-fluidic chip. The chip takes the carbon paste as bipolar electrode material on paper for the first time, an electrogenerated chemiluminescence chip manufactured by taking the chip as a basis performs imaging sensing detection on tripropylamine, and the chip has the advantages of bipolar electrode electrochemistry and paper based microfluidics.

The invention discloses a two-dimensional bar code duplex communication method and aims at providing the duplex communication method based on two-dimensional bar codes. According to the duplex communication method, the communication security is high and the data transmission efficiency and reliability are high in a scene with a relatively high confidentiality demand. The method is realized throughutilization of the following technical scheme that a sending end codes to-be-transmitted data into a two-dimensional bar code image sequence and displays the two-dimensional bar code image sequence in sequence through utilization of a miniature liquid crystal display; a receiving end collects the two-dimensional bar code image sequence through utilization of a vision camera or a two-dimensional bar code scanner, carries out repeated frame elimination, image graying, median filtering and binarization preprocessing on collection results and decodes the collection results according to a two-dimensional bar code coding format, thereby acquiring decoding results; the receiving end integrates the decoding results according to frame serial numbers and the frame number, thereby acquiring a sending end source transmission file; and the receiving end carries out real-time feedback or delayed feedback on a receiving result according to system transmission configuration. According to the method,the defect of a data transmission security hinge is solved.

The data processing circuit of this invention enables efficient description and execution of processes that act upon the stack pointer, using short instructions. It also enables efficient description of processes that save and restore the contents of registers, increasing the speed of processing of interrupts and subroutine calls and returns. A CPU that uses this data processing circuit comprises a dedicated stack pointer register SP and uses an instruction decoder to decode a group of dedicated stack pointer instructions that specify the SP as an implicit operand. This group of dedicated stack pointer instructions are implemented in hardware by using general-purpose registers, the PC, the SP, an address adder, an ALU, a PC incrementer, internal buses, internal signal lines, and external buses. This group of dedicated stack pointer instructions comprises SP-relative load instructions, stack pointer move instructions, a call instruction, a ret instruction, a sequential push instruction, and a sequential pop instruction.

An apparatus and method for wind profiling using a lighter than air tracer balloon moving under the influence of air currents. A retroreflective target is attached to the tracer balloon to improve the intensity of a return signal reflected back to the rangefinder. After the balloon is released, the rangefinder and attitude sensor are used to measure the range and direction angles of the retroreflective target on the tracer balloon at periodic time intervals. The recorded trajectory data are processed by a computer program using data smoothing and filtering techniques to calculate the wind velocity components, horizontal wind speed and direction, and an estimate of wind shear,

A system and method for continuous atomic layer deposition. The system and method includes a housing, a moving bed which passes through the housing, a plurality of precursor gases and associated input ports and the amount of precursor gases, position of the input ports, and relative velocity of the moving bed and carrier gases enabling exhaustion of the precursor gases at available reaction sites.

A method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory cell is described. The method includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate and then forming a patterned mask layer with a trench on the first dielectric layer. A pair of charge storage spacers is formed on the sidewalls of the trench. The patterned mask layer is removed and then a second dielectric is formed on the substrate covering the pair of charge storage spacers. A conductive layer is formed on the second dielectric layer and subsequently patterned to form a gate structure on the pair of charge storage spacers. Portions of the second and first dielectric layers outside the gate structure are removed and then a source/drain region is formed in the substrate on each side of the conductive gate structure.

In this disclosure, we present processes of growing SiO2 films over silicon at temperatures as low as room temperature and at pressures as high as 1 atmosphere. The lower temperature oxidation was made possible by creation of oxygen atoms and radicals by adding noble gas(es) along with oxidizing gas(es) and applying RF power to create plasma. It was also possible to fabricate silicon nitride films by flowing nitrogen containing gas(es) with noble gas(es) and applying RF power to create plasma at pressures as high as one atmosphere. In addition, the above processes could also be carried out using microwave power instead of RF power to create plasma.

An apparatus and method for authenticating a subject using the eye as an identifying biometric, in particular the shape of the cornea. An image projection device generates and projects an image of a pattern, of plural discrete points, onto at least a part of the cornea of the eye. An image capture device captures an image of the pattern of plural discrete points, after reflection from the cornea of the eye. A computer processor extracts data defining the locations of the discrete points in the captured image. The method steps are capturing an image of a pattern, made up of plural discrete points, after reflection from of the cornea of a subject; comparing the locations of the discrete points in the captured image against the locations of discrete points in a pattern of a reference image; and, authenticating the identity of the subject depending on the similarity of the comparison.

The present invention relates to a test structure that comprises at least two devices under test DUT, which respectively have a first electrical device resistance in a non-defect state and a second electrical device resistance in defect state, the first being higher than the second electrical device resistance. In the test structure the DUTs are connected in parallel to a first test contact pad via a first conducting line and connected in parallel to a second test contact pad via a second conducting line, and respectively connected to the first conducting line via respective first test resistors, which have known respective electrical test resistances, such that a total electrical resistance between the first an second test contact pads is indicative of the number of DUTs, which have the second electrical device resistance. The test structure allows testing a larger number of DUTs in parallel in a single measurement.

A self-contained branch circuit monitor 2 is has a small form factor configured to fit in the limited space available in a load center 1, in association with a branch circuit breaker 10A occupying a branch location slot 45 in the load center 1. A flexible printed circuit board 4 is wrapped around an outside circumference of a toroidal sensor coil 6 of a current transformer. A current monitoring circuit 15 is formed on the flexible printed circuit board. The monitoring circuit is electrically connected to leads 7, 9 from the sensor coil and is powered by current 17 induced in the sensor coil from current 5 in the branch circuit wire. A branch circuit wire 3A is threaded through the current transformer's center. A transmitter 22 is part of the flexible printed circuit board, to transfer the monitored current data to other locations.

A water supply pipe has a tubular liner of a polyolefin elastomer/plastomer installed therein. To install it, a messenger pig is attached to a line that pulls the liner through the pipe. The liner is produced by extrusion and die drawing during extrusion.