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A Single Electron MOS Memory (SEMM), in which one bit of information is represented by storing only one electron, has been demonstrated at room temperature. The SEMM is a floating gate Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) transistor in silicon with a channel width (about 10 nanometers) which is smaller than the Debye screening length of a single electron stored on the floating gate, and a nanoscale polysilicon dot (about 7 nanometers by 7 nanometers by 2 nanometers) as the floating gate which is positioned between the channel and the control gate. An electron stored on the floating gate can screen the entire channel from the potential on the control gate, and lead to: (i) a discrete shift in the threshold voltage; (ii) a staircase relation between the charging voltage and the shift; and (iii) a self-limiting charging process. The structure and fabrication of the SEMM is well adapted to the manufacture of ultra large-scale integrated circuits.

A rechargeable battery assembly comprises a rechargeable battery unit and a data and power connector plug. The battery assembly has a deployed configuration in which the battery assembly has the general form of and functions as a conventional battery format, and a recharge configuration in which the data and power connector plug is made accessible to enable said connector to be connected to a suitable receptacle on a computing or peripheral device for recharging of the battery.

The invention pertains to a lithographic apparatus including a radiation system configured to condition a beam of radiation; a projection system configured to project the beam of radiation onto a target portion of a substrate; a displacement device configured to move the moveable object relative to the projection system in substantially a first direction and a second direction differing from the first direction; and a measuring device configured to measure a displacement of the moveable object in a third direction, which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and to the second direction, wherein the measuring device may include an encoder system.

The present invention relates to a terminal and a base station, and to a receiving and transmitting method to be performed at the terminal and the base station, respectively. In particular, the present invention relates to power consumption reduction by providing two operation bandwidths for a terminal, one being a cell-bandwidth, a bandwidth in which the cell may operate and the other one is a bandwidth, lower than the cell-bandwidth and called power-saving bandwidth. The terminal may perform the initial cell search including reception of the system information in the cell bandwidth and perform other reception / transmission / monitoring operation(s) in the power-saving bandwidth. Accordingly, a low-cost terminal implementation is enabled, which is particularly advantageous for the machine communication terminals.

A multi-layer armature for a moving armature receiver. The armature includes a first armature layer and a displacement region. The first armature layer includes a first surface and a second armature layer having a second surface positioned adjacent to the first surface. The displacement region provides relative displacement between the armature layers. The multi-layer construction of the armature in combination with the displacement region creates considerable design freedom in choosing armature geometry outside conventional bounds posed by the above-mentioned constraint between armature cross-sectional area and its mechanical stiffness. The design freedom can be applied to achieve numerous performance benefits for the moving armature receiver such as higher electroacoustic conversion efficiency, increased maximum sound pressure output or smaller overall length of the multi-layer armature. The smaller length leads to a smaller size of moving armature receivers which is an important performance metric for moving armature receivers for numerous severely size-constrained applications.

A system and method for high-speed, low-power cryogenic computing are presented, comprising ultrafast energy-efficient RSFQ superconducting computing circuits, and hybrid magnetic / superconducting memory arrays and interface circuits, operating together in the same cryogenic environment. An arithmetic logic unit and register file with an ultrafast asynchronous wave-pipelined datapath is also provided. The superconducting circuits may comprise inductive elements fabricated using both a high-inductance layer and a low-inductance layer. The memory cells may comprise superconducting tunnel junctions that incorporate magnetic layers. Alternatively, the memory cells may comprise superconducting spin transfer magnetic devices (such as orthogonal spin transfer and spin-Hall effect devices). Together, these technologies may enable the production of an advanced superconducting computer that operates at clock speeds up to 100 GHz.

A stack package may include a substrate having first and second faces opposite each other and an opening formed therein. The first semiconductor chip may be mounted on the first face of the substrate and include a through electrode in the middle region of the first semiconductor chip that is exposed through the opening. The second semiconductor chip may be stacked on the first semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip by the through electrode of the first semiconductor chip. The circuit pattern may be formed on the second face of the substrate and include a bonding pad arranged adjacent to the opening and electrically connected to the through electrode of the first semiconductor chip through the opening, an outer connection pad spaced apart from the bonding pad and a connection wiring extending from the opening to the outer connection pad via the bonding pad.

The present invention relates to an improved cerebrospinal fluid shunt system comprising a coating covering at least part of the system and a flow restricting component exerting a passive and essentially constant resistance to flow. The present invention also relates to methods for implanting different catheters of a cerebrospinal fluid shunt system into a brain ventricle and the sinus system, respectively, of an individual. The present invention further relates to methods for shunting cerebrospinal fluid from a brain ventricle to the sinus system of an individual.

A spread illuminating apparatus includes: a light conductor plate; at least one LED disposed at a side surface of the light conductor plate; an FPC including a substrate and first and second conductive patterns formed respectively at the front ad rear surfaces of the substrate; and a heat radiating plate to hold the FPC. The LED is mounted on electrode pads formed at the first conductive pattern of the FPC, and all the side faces of the LED are covered with an individual thermal conductor enclosure which is connected to the second conductive pattern via an opening formed at the substrate of the FPC. Thus, a heat radiation system is established from the side faces of the LED through to the heat radiating plate which is affixed to the rear surface of the FPC.

A method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive hip surgery for implanting a prosthetic acetabular component into a natural acetabulum. The method and apparatus include a posterior retractor having handle and retracting sections. The retracting section retracts soft tissue in the posterior section of the surgical site and includes a paddle with a curved flare and an elongated curved prong extending outwardly.

A pipe for use in a geothermal heat exchange system is disclosed that is insertable into a bore hole having a proximal end and a distal end. The pipe has a proximal end, a distal end and an outer wall member. The outer wall member includes an external surface, and an interior surface defining an interior passageway through which a heat exchange fluid can flow. The pipe also includes a divider extending between opposed points of the interior surface for dividing the interior passageway into an inflow passageway for conducting water from the proximal end to the distal end of the pipe, and an outflow passageway for conducting water from the distal end to the proximal end of the pipe. The divider segregates the water in the outflow passageway from the water in the inflow passageway.

A razor has an elongate handle body with a shaving head at one end, the other end of the handle body as a body cavity for receiving a trimming wand with a smaller blade than the shaving head. The trimming wand is normally concealed by the razor body but can be selectively exposed for use by sliding the trimming wand, along the razor body, pivoting the trimming wand, or separating the razor body into components which expose the trimming wand.

A distraction device for moving a one-part or two-part or separated bone apart in order to extend or bridge a bone gap. The device is optionally provided in the form of an intramedullary pin, which can be inserted into a medullary space of a bone and which has at least two elements that can be axially moved in relation to one another. The first element is joined to the second element via at least one detent device for securing a distraction movement, and a pushing module for distracting the first element is assigned to the second element and is joined to the second element in a manner that enables it to be locked.

The present invention relates to a method for covering an elongate object in particular an electric cable or a pipe. The method includes providing a covering assembly which includes a tubular elastic covering element having at least one end which is folded to define at least one backward folded portion and at least one forward folded portion; a first supporting element which is arranged radially internal to the covering element and which holds the covering element in a radially stretched condition, and a second supporting element which is coaxially arranged around the first supporting element, the second supporting element holding said forward folded portion of the tubular elastic covering element in a radially stretched condition; removing the first supporting element to allow the sleeve to gradually collapse onto the elongate object.

In an internal combustion engine having a pair of balancer shafts (53, 54), an engine torque is transmitted from a crank gear (28) to an oil pump gear (74) on a drive shaft (73) of an oil pump (71) via a first idler gear (84) and the first balancer shaft gear (64). The engine torque is also transmitted to a fuel pump (72) from the crank gear to a fuel pump gear (78) via the first idler gear and a second idler gear (86), and to the second balancer shaft gear (67) via the first idler gear and second idler gear. Alternatively, the engine torque may be transmitted to the fuel pump from the crank gear to the fuel pump gear via the first idler gear, second balancer shaft gear and second idler gear. As the oil pump gear is actuated by the crank gear via the first idler gear, the oil pump gear is not subjected to the loading caused by the balancer shaft, and hence can be made of a compact and light-weight gear. Furthermore, this allows the various gears to be arranged in an efficient (in terms of the overall weight for the given mechanical strength requirements) and compact manner.

A driving device according to the present invention includes an electromechanical transducer secured at its one end to a stationary body, a driving frictional member secured to the other end of the electromechanical transducer, and a moving body which frictionally engage with the driving frictional member. The moving body has a length smaller than the total length of the stationary body, the electromechanical transducer 5 and the driving frictional member. The moving body moves such that it extends beyond the lengthwise end portions of the driving frictional member.

A method and apparatus for forming pellets, the apparatus comprising a column for housing column liquid; column liquid; temperature controlling elements engaging the column and capable of maintaining a first and second temperature in the column liquid, and an injection orifice to introduce the liquid pellet composition to the column liquid.

There has been a demand for an aspiration catheter which has a sufficient amount of aspiration, which is sufficiently flexible to satisfactorily track tortuous blood vessels, in which the possibility of kinking of a catheter shaft is decreased when the aspiration catheter is inserted into a guiding catheter from outside of the body, and in which good operationality is achieved. An aspiration catheter of the present invention includes an aspiration lumen for removing a substance by aspiration, the aspiration lumen extending to a hub provided at the proximal end of the catheter; and a detachable core wire disposed in the aspiration lumen.

A connector assembly has a male housing (3), a female housing (4) and an interlocking system composed of a lockable lug (7) on the male housing. A lock arm (15) on the female housing has a pawl (16) engaging with the lug, a pair of elastically deforming hinge-shaped legs (17) integrally support the lock arm, and a push lever (18) is disposed at the rear end of lock arm extending rearwards beyond the legs. A guide tongue (10) intervening between a pair of side slots (11) and protruding forwards from the lug (7) is inserted in between the legs (17) spaced sideways, the slots (11) fitting on the legs at the same time. A pair of bridges (19) continue from the female housing (4) to lateral ends of the push lever.

Embodiments of the invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium capable of reconciling a high recording density with high thermal stability, and having a high write-ability while maintaining high magnetic anisotropy energy. In one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording medium has a soft-magnetic underlayer, and magnetic recording layers, and the magnetic recording layers comprises a first recording layer containing magnetic grains oriented in a direction normal to a medium plane, and a second recording layer containing magnetic grains tilted in a cross-track direction. There can be provided a perpendicular magnetic recording medium resistant to thermal fluctuation, small in medium noise, and excellent in write-ability.

A microfluidic device for size-based particle separation and methods for its use, where the microfluidic device comprises: (a) an inlet reservoir, where the inlet reservoir is configured for communication with an inlet electrode, (b) an insulator constriction coupled to the inlet reservoir via a microchannel, where the insulator constriction comprises an insulating material, and (c) a plurality of outlet channels each defining a first end and a second end, where the first end of each of the plurality of outlet channels is coupled to the insulator constriction, where the second end of each of the plurality of outlet channels is coupled to one of a plurality of outlet reservoirs, and where the plurality of outlet reservoirs are configured for communication with one or more outlet electrodes.

A zoom lens system for directing an optical image on an electric image sensor that includes a first lens unit disposed on a most object side and having a negative optical power, a second lens unit having a positive optical power, and a third lens unit including a most image side lens unit having at least a positive lens element and a negative lens element, wherein the following condition is satisfied: 3<|fl / fw|where fl is a focal length of the most image side lens unit, and fw is a focal length of the zoom lens system in a shortest focal length condition.

An interlocking component assembly of an expandable rack assembly is proposed, including a plurality of horizontally-deposed panels each formed with a first opening, a plurality of vertically-deposed panels each disposed between two horizontally-deposed panels, a plurality of middle joint components each disposed in vertically-deposed panels, and a plurality of interlocking components each adapted for interconnecting two middle joint components to interconnect and fasten the horizontally-deposed panel to the vertically-deposed panel, wherein the height of the vertically-deposed panel is greater than the length of the middle joint component, such that the vertically-deposed panel can be coupled to the interlocking component to securely engage the horizontally-deposed panel with the vertically-deposed panel, thereby enabling the rack assembly to be free from limitations of assembling locations or dimensional specifications while the structural rigidity and strength of the assembled rack unit is enhanced.

A variable power optical system includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a variable power group having positive refractive power, and a final lens group having positive refractive power. The variable power group is provided with, in order from the object side, a first lens element having positive refractive power, a second lens element, and a third lens element. The second lens element has a convex shape on the object side. The final lens group includes a positive lens. The variable power optical system satisfies the following conditions:10≦VdLg≦45−1.0<(R2a−R2b) / (R2a+R2b)<1.0where VdLg is the Abbe number of the positive lens of the final lens group with respect to the d line, R2a is the curvature radius of the object-side surface of the second lens element, and R2b is the curvature radius of the image-side surface of the third lens element.

A connector assembly has a male housing (3), a female housing (4) and an interlocking system composed of a lockable lug (7) on the male housing. A lock arm (15) on the female housing has a pawl (16) engaging with the lug, a pair of elastically deforming hinge-shaped legs (17) integrally support the lock arm, and a push lever (18) is disposed at the rear end of lock arm extending rearwards beyond the legs. A guide tongue (10) intervening between a pair of side slots (11) and protruding forwards from the lug (7) is inserted in between the legs (17) spaced sideways, the slots (11) fitting on the legs at the same time. A pair of bridges (19) continue from the female housing (4) to lateral ends of the push lever.