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A minimally invasive retractor system is shown which has a support frame having two opposing pairs of horizontally oriented sides. The sides of the frame can be adjusted to vary an interior space of the frame. Four retractor blades are mounted on the frame for engaging tissue within a surgical site. Each retractor blade has an elongate body portion with a length which is oriented perpendicularly to the frame in use. One of the retractor blades can be equipped with a light source and a suction source which are integral to the blade. The blade also has an integral power source for powering the light source. The blade can also house a tissue retractor such as a dural retractor for retracting the dural sack of a patient during spinal surgery.

Positive / negative bit lines are arranged on a second-layer interconnection the VDD power supply interconnection is arranged between the positive / negative bit lines, the word line is arranged on a third-layer interconnection, and the VSS power supply interconnection is arranged on a fourth-layer interconnection. Alternatively, the word line is arranged on the second-layer interconnection, the positive / negative bit lines are arranged on the third-layer interconnection, the VDD power supply interconnection is arranged between the positive / negative bit lines, and the VSS power supply interconnection is arranged on the fourth-layer interconnection. Alternatively, the VDD power supply interconnection is arranged on the second-layer interconnection, the positive / negative bit lines are arranged on the third-layer interconnection, the word line is arranged on the fourth-layer interconnection, and the VSS power supply interconnection is arranged on the fifth-layer interconnection.

A self-propelled solar tracking apparatus includes a multi-layer solar panel, a body, a lifting device and a moving device. The multi-layer solar panel carries the solar cell modules and includes a first layer, a second layer and a third layer. The first layer includes a first track assembly and a second track assembly. The first track assembly locates at one side of the first layer, and the second track assembly locates at the opposite side of the first layer. The second layer locates above the first layer and slidiably connects to the first layer. The third layer locates above the second layer and slidably connects to the first layer. The body has a hollow space to retrieve the multi-layer solar panel. The lifting device connects the multi-layer solar panel with the body. The moving device demountably connects the bottom of the body.

An illuminated sign, internally illuminated by a source such as one or more LED'S generally located at one end, and having a character panel with at least partially transmissive portions to define the characters of the sign. The character panel is curved so as to face the source more squarely at distances further from the source. By this arrangement, the geometric fall-off of illumination with increasing distance from the source is compensated for by the curvature of the character panel, such that more uniform illumination is provided than with prior art flat panels. Power management systems for solar charged illuminated signs are also described, in which the illumination level of the sign is adjusted according to the ambient solar flux and according to the charge-holding capacity of the battery. The system also warns of the impending end of battery life without interrupting the sign functionality.

A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array region in which vertical transistors each having a lower electrode connected to a bit line is regularly arranged with a predetermined pitch, including memory cells formed using at least the vertical transistors; a peripheral circuit region arranged adjacent to the memory cell array region in a bit line extending direction; and a predetermined circuit arranged overlapping the peripheral circuit region and the memory cell array region. In the semiconductor memory device, the vertical transistors each having an upper electrode connected to the predetermined circuit are included in an end region of the memory cell array region, in which no word line is provided.

An apparatus and method to scan and collect data relative to the position of a moving object. The method includes the calibration, equations, and algorithm needed to compute the surface coordinates of an object. The preferred embodiment of the apparatus includes two light sources and four area array image sensors, one moving device, and one computing device. The device scans the object, generates data, computes the position, and provides a complete measure of the 3D surface coordinates of an object. The methodology includes calibration of a known pattern to the area array image sensor, equations to map the physical points to the image sensor, algorithms to determine a best estimate of the coordinates of occluded points, and techniques to merge the computed coordinates from different sections of the object.

A multi-chip IC package encapsulates a chip under asymmetric longer single-side leads. The package mainly comprises a plurality of leads that have asymmetric length at two sides of a leadframe, a plurality of die-attach tape strips, a first chip having a plurality of single-side pads under the longer side leads, at least a second chip disposed above the longer side leads, a plurality of bonding wires and a molding compound. The die-attach tape strips are mutually parallel and adhered onto the lower surfaces of the longer side leads to adhere the first chip. There is at least a mold-flow channel formed through the first chip, the longer side leads and the die-attach tape strips. The bonding wires electrically connect the single-side pads of the first chip to the leads at the two sides of the leadframe through a non-central gap. The molding compound encapsulates the first chip, the second chip, the bonding wires and portions of the leads at the two sides of the leadframe and fills up the mold-flow channel. The mold-flow channel formed by means of the die-attach tape strips may increase the encapsulated area of the first chip by the molding compound to enhance product reliability of semiconductor package.

A system allows a user to manually manipulate fuel flow to a gas turbine engine during a loss of power to the fuel supply system fuel metering unit. The fuel metering unit includes a fuel metering valve, a metering valve actuator, a fail-fixed valve, a flow increase valve, and a flow decrease valve. The fuel metering unit is configured such that, upon electrical power interruption to the metering valve actuator, the fail-fixed valve shifts and provides a hydraulic lock on the fuel metering valve, to thereby maintain its position. The flow increase and flow decrease valves are powered from a power source that is independent of that used to power the fuel metering unit and, when appropriately energized will allow movement of the fuel metering valve.

Disclosed is a semiconductor storage device in which the chip area is prevented from increasing to reduce the leakage current during low power (power down) time caused by shorting across bit and word lines due to crossing failure. There are provided precharge equalizing NMOS transistors the gates of which are supplied with a control signal (BLEQT). These precharge equalizing NMOS transistors are connected across a power supply line (VNLR), supplying a precharge potential to the bit line, and the bit line. At the time of low power operation, a potential (0.7 to 1.4V) lower than the potential VPP (e.g. 3.2V) applied during the precharge operation of the normal operation is supplied to the gate terminals of the transistors to reduce the leakage current caused by shorting across the bit and word lines caused in turn by crossing failure.

A DFN semiconductor package is disclosed. The package includes a leadframe having a die bonding pad formed integrally with a drain lead, a source lead bonding area and a gate lead bonding area, the source lead bonding area and the gate lead bonding area being of increased area, a die coupled to the die bonding pad, a die source bonding area coupled to the source lead bonding area and a die gate bonding area coupled to the gate lead bonding area, and an encapsulant at least partially covering the die, drain lead, gate lead bonding area and source lead bonding area.

A method for producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a predetermined device in a device layer grown on a semiconductor substrate with a sacrificial layer provided therebetween; and removing the sacrificial layer by etching to separate the semiconductor substrate from the device layer while a supporting substrate is bonded to the side of the device layer, wherein in the step of removing the sacrificial layer, a groove extending from the device layer to the sacrificial layer is formed before the sacrificial layer is removed, and the etching solution is allowed to penetrate to the sacrificial layer through the groove.

Systems and methods for pumping fluid comprising a pumping chamber, a pump inlet, a pump outlet, a valving mechanism, and a drive piston or pumping chamber wall including a deformable surface configured to provide elastohydrodynamic lubrication during operation.

A thin film multilayer body is disclosed that includes a single crystal substrate of silicon or gallium arsenide; an intermediate layer of magnesia spinel formed on the single crystal substrate by epitaxial growth; and a conductive layer of a platinum-group element formed on the intermediate layer by epitaxial growth. An oxide layer is to be epitaxially grown on the conductive layer, the oxide layer having a crystalline structure having a simple perovskite lattice.

A liquid crystal display (LCD) having reduced flicker includes a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of scanning lines, and a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a liquid crystal cell having a pixel electrode, a storage capacitor, and a switching transistor. The switching transistor includes a gate electrode connected to one of the scanning lines, a drain electrode connected to one of the signal lines, and a source electrode connected to the pixel electrode. An overlapping region is between the gate electrode and the source electrode. The area of the overlapping region increases by increasing the distance between an input end of the scanning line corresponding to the overlapping region and the pixel electrode corresponding to the overlapping region.

An improved implant root for tooth implanting, a coarse threaded portion of the implant root is formed to have at least two helical treated surfaces extending from the bottom to the top of the implant root of the coarse threaded portion each being treated with a roughened coating (for example, covered with a hydroxyapatite coating) and extending in the whole length of the coarse threaded portion and each extending in the vertical direction. The areas of the roughened coatings can thus be increased in favor of fast growth of a bone of a denture base after implanting into the bone to envelop the implant root; this can shorten the curing process from implanting the implant root to mounting a crown.

A decoding method wherein a motion vector is associated with a block of pixels of a current image,wherein the image is subdivided into spatial subdivisions,wherein the block of pixels belongs to a current spatial subdivision and is to be predicted using an Intra Block Copy mode, using a predictor block of pixels of the image designated by the motion vector, andwherein the predictor block designated by the motion vector may belong to any one of previously decoded spatial subdivisions in the current image.Embodiments provide enhancements to the Intra Block Copy Mode of the HEVC standard.

The present invention provides a light emitting device that comprises a luminescent layer formed of a monomolecular film of quantum dots and has enhanced brightness and luminescence efficiency. A light emitting device 1 comprises at least an anode 3, a hole transport luminescent layer 5 formed of a material containing a hole transport material and quantum dots 11, an electron transport layer 7, and a cathode 4 provided in that order. The light emitting device 1 is constructed so that the hole mobility of the electron transport layer 7 is smaller than that of tris(8-quinolinolato)aluminum complex (Alq3), and, in the hole transport luminescent layer 5, excitons generated in the electron transport layer 7 migrate into the luminescent layer to emit light.

Stacking more than one electric machine module (i.e., electromagnetic electric motor or generator system) with all stator bodies commonly attached and all moving bodies commonly attached increases the overall power of the stack according to the sum of power rating of each module in the stack. A keying object means comprises complementary keys on the stator and rotor bodies that allow easy mating alignment of at least two autonomous electric machine modules in the stack and preserve the mechanical integrity so all modules in the stack move or act as one large electric machine. Furthermore as an integral component in the manufacturing process of the electric machine module, the keying object means serves as an alignment mechanism for precision manufacture of the module chassis without precision methods, such as precision machining, or precision materials, or precision pieces, such as castings.

An image pickup panel (1) includes: photodetection sections (10) each including a photodetector (11-1) and a receiver (11-2) which are integrally molded and having solder bumps (12) formed thereon, the photodetector converting received light into a current signal, the. receiver converting the current signal into a voltage signal; and a wiring layer (20) including a wiring pattern installed therein and allowing the photodetection sections to be mounted thereon for respective pixels by the solder bumps, the wiring pattern being connected to the photodetection sections.

The present invention aims to provide headphones having no headband in which left and right driver units are connected by a cord passed behind the neck, wherein the headphones will not slip off if hung on the shoulders when not being used and are intended to improve fashionableness; in headphones 10 having no headband in which left and right driver units 2L, 2R are connected by a cord 4 passed behind the neck, the middle part of this cord is inserted into a cylindrical belt 11a, and also end members 12, 12 which fix the cord 4 and this cylindrical belt 11a are provided at both ends of this cylindrical belt 11a to form a belt-like strap portion 11; and further this cylindrical belt 11a is provided with a print or decoration which is pliable and flexible when being bent, for example.

An image sensor includes a unit cell of four pixels. The unit cell includes four photosensitive regions that collect charge in response to light; four transfer transistors that respectively pass the charge from each of the four photosensitive regions to one common charge-to-voltage conversion mechanism; three control wires in which a first control wire controls two of the transfer transistors and a second control wire controls one of the transfer transistors and a third control wire controls one of the transfer transistors; an amplifier connected to the common charge-to-voltage conversion mechanism that outputs an output signal in response to a signal from the charge-to-voltage conversion mechanism; and a reset transistor connected to the common charge-to-voltage conversion mechanism for resetting the charge-to-voltage conversion mechanism to a predetermined signal level.

An optical semiconductor device including: a substrate having a principal surface; a first and a second optical waveguides disposed on the principal surface of the substrate, the first and second optical waveguides extending in a first direction, the second optical waveguide being arranged adjacent to the first optical waveguide in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a first and a second signal electrodes disposed on the first and second optical waveguides; a resistor disposed on the principal surface, the resistor being arranged between the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide, the resistor being electrically connected to the first signal electrode and the second signal electrode; a resin layer disposed on the principal surface, top surfaces of the first and second signal electrodes, and the resistor; and a capacitor disposed on the resin layer, the capacitor being electrically connected to the resistor through an opening of the resin layer.

An air conditioning apparatus includes a compression mechanism, a heat source-side heat exchanger, an expansion mechanism, a usage-side heat exchanger, a blower, housings and a bypass circuit. The blower feeds an air flow to the heat source-side heat exchanger. The housings is configured to accommodate the heat source-side heat exchanger and the blower in a space above the bottom plate. The bypass circuit is disposed so as to pass below the blower and the heat source-side heat exchanger. The bypass circuit is configured to bypass a third refrigerant tube on a discharge side of the compression mechanism, and at least one of a first refrigerant tube and a second refrigerant tube. The first refrigerant tube extends from the usage-side heat exchanger to the expansion mechanism. The second refrigerant tube extends from the expansion mechanism to the heat source-side heat exchanger.

A thermal module for LED includes a base in direct contact with an LED module; a first radiating fin assembly consisting of a plurality of parallelly spaced radiating fins and being connected at one side to the base opposite to the LED module; at least one second radiating fin assembly consisting of a plurality of parallelly spaced radiating fins, so that an air passage is provided between any two adjacent radiating fins of the second radiating fin assembly; and at least one heat pipe having a conducting section extended through and closely bearing against an interface between the base and the first radiating fin assembly, and at least one radiating section outward extended from an end of the conducting section to extend through the second radiating fin assembly. The second radiating fin assembly and the air passages thereof largely upgrade the heat dissipating efficiency of the thermal module.

The present invention provides a method for establishing fixation during computerized visual field perimetry, requiring the subject to verbally identify the symbol employed as fixation targets as they each appear. Speech recognition techniques are then employed to evaluate the subject's response, and, upon correctly identifying the fixation symbol, a visual test stimulus is displayed at a predetermined location within the subject's field of vision. Fixation is established by displaying to the subject fixation targets represented by varying symbols, which may be displayed at one or more locations on a display monitor. These so-called fixation symbols, include geometrical shapes, letters, numbers, pictures or other symbols readily identifiable by the subject. When a fixation symbol appears, the subject verbally identifies the symbol by saying the name of the symbol into a microphone. Using speech recognition, the system recognizes the response from the subject, and evaluates whether the symbol was correctly identified by the subject. Upon being correctly identified, the fixation symbol disappears, and a flashing visual test stimulus is displayed within the subject's field of view for a preset time.

A cytokine adsorption sheet comprises a nanofiber web formed by electrospinning a spinning solution prepared by mixing an adsorbent material capable of adsorbing cytokine and an electrospinnable polymer material. Thus, the dissolution of the adsorbent material by blood can be prevented.