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Systems and methods that may be implemented to determine the location of an emitter of electromagnetic radiation having an unknown location, using a cooperative TDOA-based location methodology. The cooperative TDOA-based location methodology (e.g., such as TDOA / TDOA, TDOA / FDOA, etc.) may be implemented using at least one cooperative transmitter that transmits a cooperative electromagnetic (EM) signal from a known location that is received at multiple different EM sensing platforms that are also each of known location. The known geolocation of the cooperative transmitter may be used to resolve the signal arrival timing relationships between the different sensing platforms that is utilized to determine the location of another EM transmitter of unknown location.

A system for loading data into a module to be used with a portable computer device and the data in the module activated by a wireless connection or from instructions from the teacher. The module may be part of a rechargeable battery pack that includes data storage, or a wireless communications module that is connected to the portable computer device. In an embodiment, the data module is incorporated into a rechargeable battery pack. Data to be sent to the wireless device is transferred via a wired connection first from the charging bay to the battery pack and then from the battery pack to the wireless device when the battery pack is attached.

Content access may be provided and processed by assigning responsibility for obtaining entitlement data to the client's browser. Thus, in one example, the client may be configured to synchronize and coordinate data lookups associated with a content request, rather than relying on the server to do so. The network architecture may use a mediator design pattern, in which the client's browser acts as the mediator (i.e., middleman) between a content server and an entitlement data server. Accordingly, synchronous calls between server-side services might not be required. Instead, data necessary for the content server to process a client request for access to protected content may be received in the incoming request from the client's browser.

PCT No. PCT / DE95 / 01773 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 25, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 25, 1997 PCT Filed Dec. 11, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96 / 18520 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 20, 1996A table arrangement for mounting on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle having a table top and a container-shaped bottom part, as well as an adjusting device for determining the angular position of the table top in relation to the bottom part. The table arrangement may be hooked on the steering wheel by an anchoring device that allows the table to slide towards the driver.

The present invention provides a resist composition which enables uniformly thickening a resist pattern with a resist pattern thickening material, regardless of the direction, spacing variations of the resist pattern, and the components of the resist pattern thickening material and enables forming a fine space pattern of resist, exceeding exposure limits of light sources of exposure devices at low cost, easily, and efficiently. The resist composition contains an alicyclic compound (melting point: 90° C. to 150° C.), and a resin. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a resist pattern on a surface of a workpiece to be processed by using a resist composition and applying a resist pattern thickening material on the surface of the workpiece so as to cover the surface of the resist pattern to thicken the resist pattern; and patterning the surface of the workpiece by etching thereof using the thickened resist pattern as a mask.

Systems and methods that may be implemented to determine the location of an emitter of electromagnetic radiation having an unknown location, using a cooperative TDOA-based location methodology. The cooperative TDOA-based location methodology (e.g., such as TDOA / TDOA, TDOA / FDOA, etc.) may be implemented using at least one cooperative transmitter that transmits a cooperative electromagnetic (EM) signal from a known location that is received at multiple different EM sensing platforms that are also each of known location. The known geolocation of the cooperative transmitter may be used to resolve the signal arrival timing relationships between the different sensing platforms that is utilized to determine the location of another EM transmitter of unknown location.

The present invention provides a data latch circuit which can operate stably with a low-amplitude signal, which consumes less electric power, and which is resistant against the variation in TFTs.When an analog switch is turned on, a data signal is inputted to a gate electrode of an n-channel TFT and, at this time, VDD is supplied to an input terminal of an inverter. When the analog switch in turned off, the n-channel TFT is turned on or off depending on a level of the data signal. When the data signal is at an H level, the n-channel TFT is turned on and VSS is supplied to the input terminal of the inverter. When the data signal is at an L level, VDD is supplied to an input terminal of the inverter. Therefore, only VDD and VSS levels are applied to the input terminal of the inverter.

A method for routing traffic in a network includes determining topology information for the network and determining traffic demands for multiple service classes. The method further includes determining an objective function for an optimization problem using the topology information and demands, and determining a solution to that specifies a network path for each demand.

Content access may be provided and processed by assigning responsibility for obtaining entitlement data to the client's browser. Thus, in one example, the client may be configured to synchronize and coordinate data lookups associated with a content request, rather than relying on the server to do so. The network architecture may use a mediator design pattern, in which the client's browser acts as the mediator (i.e., middleman) between a content server and an entitlement data server. Accordingly, synchronous calls between server-side services might not be required. Instead, data necessary for the content server to process a client request for access to protected content may be received in the incoming request from the client's browser.

A voltage gradient detector provides notice when a potentially hazardous voltage gradient is present in water, employing a pair of spaced-apart electrodes connected to an LED. The electrode spacing is selected such that, when exposed to a sufficiently large voltage gradient, the voltage between the electrodes causes activation of the LED. The LED can provide visual illumination, or can be a part of a switching device such as a photoMOS relay that in turn activates an alarm device such as an audible sounder or a high-intensity light. Sensitivity in multiple directions can be attained by employing a pair of LEDs between the electrodes, and by employing three pairs of electrodes and associated LED pairs, with the pairs of electrodes being spaced apart along orthogonal axes. The detector can be a passive monitor housed in a floating housing, or can be a handheld device with electrode pairs that are manually immersed.

A system and method for conversion of a business process to test-centric activity diagrams and to computationally generate automatic test suites for various quality attributes. It has been created to reduce the effort of a test engineer. The system consists of the processor, the parsing module, the analysis module and the test case generator. The method takes an activity diagram as the input, which can be generated using UML or any available standard business modelers and to be exported in the industry standard XMI format. The method is pro-agile as it achieves almost 100% functional coverage and has negligible dependence on conventional documentation. The method permits domain specialists and business analysts to add special, custom tags for specific validation conditions and functional checks.

A voltage gradient detector provides notice when a potentially hazardous voltage gradient is present in water, employing at least one pair of spaced-apart electrodes connected to an LED. The electrode spacing is selected such that, when exposed to a sufficiently large voltage gradient, the voltage between the electrodes causes activation of the LED. The LED can provide visual illumination, or can be a part of a switching device such as a photoMOS relay that in turn activates an alarm device such as an audible sounder or a high-intensity light. Sensitivity in multiple directions can be attained by employing a pair of LEDs between the electrodes, and by employing three pairs of electrodes and associated LED pairs, with the pairs of electrodes being spaced apart along substantially orthogonal axes. These pairs may be discrete or may share an electrode in common.

A semiconductor device has interconnects protected with an alloy film having a minimum thickness necessary for producing the effect of preventing diffusion of oxygen, copper, etc., formed more uniformly over an entire surface of a substrate with less dependency to the interconnect pattern of the substrate. The semiconductor device includes, embedded interconnects, formed by filling an interconnect material into interconnect recesses formed in an electric insulator on a substrate, and an alloy film, containing 1 to 9 atomic % of tungsten or molybdenum and 3 to 12 atomic % of phosphorus or boron, formed by electroless plating on at least part of the embedded interconnects.

[Problems] To produce a hyper-branched polymer having excellent resin strength, a good anti-blocking property and less environmental dependence.[Means for Solving Problems] Disclosed is a hyper-branched ester polymer which is modified with a rosin. Preferably, the polymer has a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 60,000, a hydroxyl value of 2 to 450 mg KOH / g, an acid value of 1 to 70 mg KOH / g, a glass transition temperature of 30° C. or higher.

The invention concerns a multipurpose charging system suitable for supplying charging power to an electricity-powered vehicle. The charging system comprises a plurality of spaced apart fixtures, where each fixture comprises a power inlet for receiving electrical energy. At least one of the fixtures is an EVSE fixture comprising a control device system comprising an EVSE control device and an EV plug, where the EVSE control device is configured to charge, via the EV plug, a rechargeable battery powering the electricity-powered vehicle. The energy transfer from the EV plug to the battery may take place via a charging cable. The charging system further comprises a primary power source arranged outside the fixtures for supplying electric energy (PS) to the power inlet of each of the fixtures, one or more second electric loads arranged at least partly within at least one of the fixtures and a solid state transformer system arranged within the at least one EVSE fixture. The solid state transformer system comprises at least an EVSE solid state transformer having a primary side being electrically connectable to the primary power source for receiving electric energy at a voltage level VPS and a secondary side providing electric energy at a voltage level VEVSE, the secondary side being electrically connectable to the EVSE control device, either directly or indirectly.

The address information of DVD-R or DVD-RW discs should be identified more accurately. Therefore, the detector is implemented with a sample / hold device for storing a reference value to be used for a sampling window. An optional integrator is used for comparing the integrated signal with a reference value to decide on the presence of a land pre-pit. The timing for controlling both the sample / hold device and the integrator is derived from a phase locked loop that is locked to the incoming groove wobble signal (TWin) by performing a clock multiplication with a predetermined factor. Advantageously, no band pass filter has to be included, which would need to be tuned according to the variations of the disc speed. Furthermore, the proposed land pre-pit detector is less affected by variations of the input amplitude, as no limiter is used.

An apparatus for transmission of electrical power includes an AC voltage source configured to produce AC voltage. A stator includes a primary winding arrangement electrically fed from the AC voltage source, the primary winding arrangement having at least two primary windings. A rotor includes a secondary winding arrangement inductively coupled to the primary winding arrangement of the stator, the rotor being rotatable in a rotation direction about a rotation axis. The rotation axis does not pass through the at least two primary windings, and the at least two primary windings each extend over a predetermined sector with respect to the rotation direction and are disposed offset with respect to one another with in the rotation direction.

An apparatus for transmission of electrical power includes an AC voltage source configured to produce AC voltage. A stator includes a primary winding arrangement electrically fed from the AC voltage source, the primary winding arrangement having at least two primary windings. A rotor includes a secondary winding arrangement inductively coupled to the primary winding arrangement of the stator, the rotor being rotatable in a rotation direction about a rotation axis. The rotation axis does not pass through the at least two primary windings, and the at least two primary windings each extend over a predetermined sector with respect to the rotation direction and are disposed offset with respect to one another with in the rotation direction.

A sintered friction material comprises a metallic matrix and granular constituents embedded in the matrix. The metallic matrix comprises a copper base alloy. The friction material is characterized in that the granular constituents comprise at least one sintered cemented carbide in a proportion of up to 9 weight percent, based on the total weight of the friction material. Furthermore, a friction body, in particular for clutches and brakes, that comprises a friction lining with at least one layer made of the sintered friction material, and a method for the production of a friction lining with the sintered friction material are described.

The present invention discloses a new apparatus and method for converting solar energy or thermal energy to electricity, requiring simple design and production. The present invention will apply the work from the solar or thermal energy to the variable capacitors that convert into electric energy. The output energy from the present invention will be ready for grid connection.

The address information of DVD-R or DVD-RW discs should be identified more accurately. Therefore, the detector is implemented with a sample / hold device for storing a reference value to be used for a sampling window. An optional integrator is used for comparing the integrated signal with a reference value to decide on the presence of a land pre-pit. The timing for controlling both the sample / hold device and the integrator is derived from a phase locked loop that is locked to the incoming groove wobble signal (TWin) by performing a clock multiplication with a predetermined factor. Advantageously, no band pass filter has to be included, which would need to be tuned according to the variations of the disc speed. Furthermore, the proposed land pre-pit detector is less affected by variations of the input amplitude, as no limiter is used.

This invention relates to a design of a ship hull, and more particularly, to cargo ship or submarine configurations featuring flow channels on the hull surfaces, and multihull structure, and improved diving and surfacing properties, and reduced hydrodynamic resistance, and improved hull damage resistance, and further comprising underwater hub cargo loading and unloading, and relates to manned or unmanned or semi-autonomous sea vessels. A hull design consists of a curvative hull form transversally and symmetrical about its center line CL and design water line, and consists of ballast and storage tanks and cargo compartment within the hull portions and operable to adjust the draft and the depth of the vessel according to the loaded weight, and provides detachable installation options. The invention relates to a ship hull design with reduced block coefficient (Cb) values.

Alloy formation systems and methods and a mechanism, strategy and design for power electronics having high operating temperatures. The system creates a bondline targeted for performance in power electronics. The system provides for sequential alloy growth in high temperature operating power electronics. The system is at least applicable to wafer-to-wafer, die-to-wafer, die-to-substrate, or die-to-die bonding.

An oscillator comprising an RC oscillator and a bandgap reference source, wherein the bandgap reference source provides a reference current for the RC oscillator, and a temperature coefficient of the reference current is adjustable. Since the oscillation frequency of the RC oscillator has less dependency on a power supply, a clock source having a relatively precise frequency thus can be obtained; and based on the RC oscillator, the bandgap reference source having a temperature compensation function is added, the reference current generated by the bandgap reference source with an adjustable temperature coefficient is used for temperature coefficient compensation to the inherent temperature coefficient of the oscillation frequency of the RC oscillator, thereby reducing the effect of the temperature on the oscillator, so that the output frequency of the oscillator does not change with the temperature as far as possible, which improves the oscillation frequency precision of the oscillator.

A device for measurement of ultrasonic wave transit times of an ultrasonic flow sensor consists of: 1) a synchronization signal generator, 2) a reference pulse generator, 3) a sine wave generator, 4) an analog signal amplifier, 5) a comparator, 6) a plurality of latch circuits, 7) a digital adder, 8) an integrator, 9) an A / D converter. 10) a master counter, 11) a plurality of edge counters, and 12) an arithmetic circuit. The device measures the ultrasonic wave transit times using a method of averaging the ultrasonic wave arriving limes at different measuring points (triggering point). This method has less dependency on triggering threshold level and the ultrasonic signal amplitude, and thus has less dependency on threshold drift, threshold stability, system gain fluctuation, electronic noise and signal amplitude variations. As a result, the method can greatly improve the velocity measurement accuracy and system robustness of an ultrasonic flow sensor.

The present invention provides a resist pattern thickening material, which can utilize ArF excimer laser light; which, when applied over a resist pattern to be thickened, e.g., in form of lines and spaces pattern, can thicken the resist pattern to be thickened regardless of the size of the resist pattern to be thickened; and which is suited for forming a fine space pattern or the like, exceeding exposure limits. The present invention also provides a process for forming a resist pattern and a process for manufacturing a semiconductor device, wherein the resist pattern thickening material of the present invention is suitably utilized.

The present invention provides a resist pattern thickening material, which can utilize ArF excimer laser light; which, when applied over a resist pattern to be thickened, e.g., in form of lines and spaces pattern, can thicken the resist pattern to be thickened regardless of the size of the resist pattern to be thickened; and which is suited for forming a fine space pattern or the like, exceeding exposure limits. The present invention also provides a process for forming a resist pattern and a process for manufacturing a semiconductor device, wherein the resist pattern thickening material of the present invention is suitably utilized.