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Methods and apparatus having a flow gradient created from a gas distribution plate are provided. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus are particularly useful for, but not limited to, depositing a silicon film for solar cell applications. The apparatus for depositing a uniform film for solar cell applications includes a processing chamber, and a quadrilateral gas distribution plate disposed in the processing chamber and having at least four corners separated by four sides. The gas distribution plate further includes a first plurality of chokes formed through the gas distribution plate, the first plurality of chokes located in the corners, and a second plurality of chokes formed through the gas distribution plate, the second plurality of chokes located along the sides of the gas distribution plate between the corner regions, wherein the first plurality of chokes have a greater flow resistance than that of the second plurality of chokes.

A fusion cage of the present invention includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and an insert portion adapted to be received therebetween, wherein the geometry of the fusion cage corresponds substantially to the geometry of a void into which the fusion cage is to be inserted. Also described is a novel tool for insertion of a fusion cage and a novel method for designing a fusion cage or other surgical implant for filling a void identified within a patient.

Coding within noisy communications channels is essential but a theoretical maximum rate defines the rate at which information can be reliably transmitted on this noisy channel. Capacity-achieving codes with an explicit construction eluded researchers until polar codes were proposed. However, whilst asymptotically reaching channel capacity these require increasing code lengths, and hence increasingly complex hardware implementations. It would be beneficial to address architectures and decoding processes to reduce polar code decoder complexity both in terms of the number of processing elements required, but also the number of memory elements and the number of steps required to decode a codeword. Beneficially architectures and design methodologies established by the inventors address such issues whilst reducing overall complexity as well as providing methodologies for adjusting decoder design based upon requirements including, but not limited to, cost (e.g. through die area) and speed (e.g. through latency, number of cycles, number of elements etc).

A Digital Design Method which may be automated is for obtaining timing closure in the design of large, complex, high-performance digital integrated circuits. The methodincludes the use of a tuner on random logic macros that adjusts transistor sizes in a continuous domain. To accommodate this tuning, logic gates are mapped to parameterized cells for the tuning and then back to fixed gates after the tuning. Tuning is constrained in such a way as to minimize “binning errors” when the design is mapped back to fixed cells. Further, the critical sections of the circuit are marked in order to make the optimization more effective and to fit within the problem-size constraints of the tuner. A specially formulated objective function is employed during the tuning to promote faster global timing convergence, despite possibly incorrect initial timing budgets. The specially formulated objective function targets all paths that are failing timing, with appropriate weighting, rather than just targeting the most critical path. Finally, the addition of multiple threshold voltage gates allows for increased performance while limiting leakage power.

The present invention provides a method of manufacture and design such that very small detail features can be produced within the groove profile on an iron or wedge. The advantage in being able to do this is that spin will be enhanced for a variety of shot types and conditions when striking a golf ball with cover composed of a urethane-based material.

A method and system for implementing run-time control over voice application behavior. The method includes identifying a plurality of control point locations within a given voice application and a plurality of corresponding required responses to the control points. A design-for-control methodology is used to instrument the control points of voice application. A control agent is configured with web-based controls to manage the control points. The control points are used to alter the voice application's behavior during run-time.

A method for manufacturing a MuGFET ESD protection device having a given layout by means of a given manufacturing process, the method comprising selecting multiple interdependent layout and process parameters of which a first set are fixed by said manufacturing process and a second set are variable, selecting multiple combinations of possible layout and process parameter values which meet predetermined ESD constraints; determining an optimum value for at least one other parameter in view of a predetermined design target apart from the predetermined ESD constraints; determining values for fin width (W_fin), gate length (L_G) and number of fins (N) on the basis of the optimum value; and manufacturing said MuGFET ESD protection device using the given manufacturing and process values.

A method includes separating resource elements from multiple code blocks into different groups, and decoding the code bits of the resource elements within each group without waiting for a completed reception of a transport block to start decoding.

A method includes separating coded bits from multiple code blocks into different groups, and decoding the code blocks containing coded bits within each group. A first CRC is attached to the transport block and a second CRC is attached to at least one code block from the transport block.

An improved channel interleaver design method including mapping from coded bits of different code blocks to modulation symbols, and mapping from modulation symbols to time, frequency, and spatial resources, to make sure each code block to get roughly the same level of protection.

A security system capable of preventing a security attack/threat on a vehicle network is provided. At least one security zone is set by using a risk level which is evaluated for a plurality of vehicle functional elements. In addition, a security countermeasure corresponding to the risk level of the security zone can be provided to a conduit of the security zone so as to perform gate keeping.

A method for designing an interconnect structure of an interconnect layer in a semiconductor integrated circuit device includes the steps of: (a) inputting layout data of the semiconductor integrated circuit device; (b) controlling an air gap exclusion area based interconnects in the layout data; and (c) outputting layout data including the air gap exclusion area determined in the step (b).

A programmable processing engine and a method of operating the same is described, the processing engine including a customized processor, a flexible processor and a data store commonly sharable between the two processors. The customized processor normally executes a sequence of a plurality of pre-customized routines, usually for which it has been optimized. To provide some flexibility for design changes and optimizations, a controller for monitoring the customized processor during execution of routines is provided to select one of a set of pre-customized processing interruption points and for switching context from the customized processor to the flexible processor at the interruption point. The customized processor can then be switched off and the flexible processor carries out a modified routine. By using sharable a data store, the context switch can be chosen at a time when all relevant data is in the sharable data store. This means that the flexible processor can pick up the modified processing cleanly. After the modified processing the flexible processor writes back new data into the data store and the customized processor can continue processing either where it left off or may skip a certain number of cycles as instructed by the flexible processor, before beginning processing of the new data.

Aggregate scoring is used to help classify digital content such as content uploaded to multi-user websites (e.g., social networking websites). In one embodiment, specific categories are used that relate to a social implication of content. For example, text, images, audio or other data formats can provide communication perceived to fall into categories such as violent, abusive, rights management, pornographic or other types of communication. The categories are used to provide a raw score to items in various groupings of a site's content. Where items are related to other items such as by organizational, social, legal, data-driven, design methods, or by other principles or definitions, the related items' raw scores are aggregated to achieve a score for a particular grouping of items that reflects, at least in part, scores from two or more of the related items.

The invention discloses a design method for a distributed hydrological model by using a grid as an analog unit, which is called as ESSI for short. The design method comprises the following steps of: obtainment of a distributed parameter: converting vector data into grid data; generalization of a watershed hydrological process: establishing a universal runoff generating type for the grid; design of a runoff generating process: respectively computing the water-quantity distributing condition of each part according to different prior-period soil water conditions; design of a flow collecting process: respectively designing a Muskingum-Cunge method, a delay algorithm and a riverway segmentation Muskingum method for the flow collecting process computation of the model under different conditions; and model development and integration. The invention not only can finish the watershed hydrological process simulation at an arid region and a humid region, but also can realize the short-term flood forecast and the long-term rainfall-runoff process simulation and prediction of a watershed by using modularization and integration ideas as means, thereby providing scientific reference bases for deeply learning about the physical mechanism of water circulation by people, reducing the drought and water-logging disasters and reasonably developing and utilizing water resources.

Measured size data of a foot of a user is inputted into foot size data inputting unit 31, and provided to shoe last configuration data production unit 32. Also, in conversion table 33, is stored conversion data produced on the basis of the relationship between a foot size and a size of a shoe last for producing a shoe which fits in the foot determined by an experiment. Shoe last configuration data production unit 32, by referring to conversion table 33, produces ideal size data of a shoe last on the basis of inputted size data of a foot.

Where a DNA chip corresponding to a bacterium that is a subsequently added identification object is produced, temporal and pecuniary cost is reduced, and even where a probe unique to the DNA sequence of an identification object cannot be designed, precision in identifying DNA comprised in a sample is maximized. First, on designing a probe, a plurality of different probes are prepared to one kind of bacterium. Where some probes come to be not available by addition of bacteria that are new identification objects, identification is carried out using the remaining probes. Where a probe unique to an identification target bacterium cannot be designed, a probability of correct identification is increased by using multiple probes. Moreover, in consideration with a possibility that multiple kinds of bacteria simultaneously exist, a combination of probes that maximizes a probability of correct identification is selected.

The invention discloses a method for designing a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) in an LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced) system, belonging to the communication field and being used for measuring the CSI. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, RE capable of being used by the CSI-RS in a PRB; 2, multiplexing mode of the CSI-RS among ports of a cell; 3, CSI-RS mode when the port 5 is not used; 4, CSI-RS mode when the port 5 is used; and 5, allocation of the CSI-RS in a homogeneous network and a heterogeneous network. The method for designing the CSI-RS can not only ensure that a user of an LTE works well in an LTE-A network, reduce the influences on the user of the LTE because of adding the CSI-RS, but also ensures that the CSI-RS in the LTE-A system obtains abigger multiplexing factor, reduces the interference among the CSI-RSs, provides an orthorhombic CSI-RS for a CoMP measuring set, improves the accuracy of channel estimation and enhances the propertyof the system.

In one aspect, the invention provides a method for modeling the performance of a fixed cutter bit drilling an earth formation. In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a drill bit and an earth formation to be represented as drilled, simulating the bit drilling the earth formation, displaying the simulating, and adjusting at least one parameter affecting the performance. The method of design is used to make a fixed cutter drill bit. In another embodiment the method includes numerically rotating the bit, calculating bit interaction with the earth formation during the rotating, and determining the forces on the cutters during the rotation based on the calculated interaction with earth formation and empirical data.

A management base of a communications network manager is constructed using object oriented techniques. A network comprises a plurality of physical resources in the form of components and assemblies of components, which are distributed across the network. A management system for the network is constructed in an evolutionary manner by representing an overall functionality of the network by an application model in which each function of the network is modeled independently of its implementation, decomposing the application model into an implementation model in which every function represented in the application model is represented in the implementation model, representing the application model as a plurality of objects, representing the implementation model as another plurality of objects, connecting the objects of the application model and implementation model together to obtain a combined object model, and constructing a management base according to the combined object model.

The invention discloses an automated design method, device and optimization method applied for a neural network processor. The method comprises the steps that neural network model topological structure configuration files and hardware resource constraint files are obtained, wherein the hardware resource constraint files comprise target circuit area consumption, target circuit power consumption and target circuit working frequency; a neural network processor hardware architecture is generated according to the neural network model topological structure configuration files and the hardware resource constraint files, and hardware architecture description files are generated; according to a neural network model topological structure, the hardware resource constraint files and the hardware architecture description files, modes of data scheduling, storage and calculation are optimized, and corresponding control description files are generated; according to the hardware architecture description files and the control description files, cell libraries meet the design requirements are found in constructed reusable neural network cell libraries, corresponding control logic and a corresponding hardware circuit description language are generated, and the hardware circuit description language is transformed into a hardware circuit.

The invention relates to a range image-based 3D spatial data processing method and a device. In the method, ground laser radar is adopted to scan an object to obtain 3D point cloud data on the surface of the object; a database object table is established by a PL/SQL programming approach; a reference datum is fit according to point cloud which is segmented in advance to generate a minimum bounding box (MBB) of the point cloud and subsequently generate the range image according to the reference datum obtained by fitting. Later, data of the MBB and the range image are written into the database object table and the relation between the MBB and a range image object is established, subsequently, R tree 3D spatial database index is established for the database objects which enter the database, finally, visualization is realized based on Oracle Objects for OLE (OO4O) and OpenGL.

A method of designing a semiconductor integrated circuit device includes: arranging standard cells constituting a MISFET; analyzing an operation timing and/or power consumption of the arranged standard cells; identifying one of the standard cells that is desired to have improved properties as a cell of interest based on the obtained analysis result; optimizing an arrangement and a shape of blank areas around the cell of interest taking into account an influence of a well proximity effect; and replacing the blank area and/or the cell of interest with a WPE-reduced or WPE-enhancing cell.

The programmable modem for digital data of the present invention provides a highly programmable, digital modem implemented in an integrated circuit which can be customized to specific applications. The programmable modem uses spread spectrum techniques and is specifically programmable to alter the parameters of the modem to improve performance. The present invention also provides a systematic method and development kit to provide rapid customization of a modem for a particular application or for rapid specification of a high-performance application specific integrated circuit mode.

The invention brings forward a neural network processor based on weight compression, a design method, and a chip. The processor comprises at least one storage unit used for storing operation instructions and data participating in calculation; at least one storage unit controller used for controlling the storage unit; at least one calculation unit used for executing calculation operation of a neural network; a control unit connected with the storage unit controller and the calculation unit for obtaining the instructions stored by the storage unit via the storage unit controller and analyzing the instructions so as to control the calculation unit; and at least one weight retrieval unit used for retrieving weights, wherein each weight retrieval unit is connected with the calculation unit so as to ensure correct operation on the compressed weights and the corresponding data. According to the invention, less weight resources in a neural network processor are occupied, the operation speed is improved, and the energy efficiency is improved.

Disclosed are a design method and apparatus in which information regarding a cell is input, the cell having taps in a substrate surface, for supplying the potentials of respective ones of wells in which active elements are formed, and source diffusion regions in the substrate surface, conductivity types thereof being opposite those of the wells. The taps are converted to conductivity types identical with those of the source diffusion regions to obtain source regions and freely set the well potentials of the cell to any potentials. If the cell is one having shorting portions electrically connecting taps and sources and the shorting portions are diffusion regions of the same conductivity type as that of the taps, then the shorting portions are converted to conductivity types identical with those of the source diffusion regions to obtain source regions.

A computationally efficient pulse shaping method for OFDM that produces mutually orthogonal transmission pulses having fast spectral decay is provided. The pulse shaping method comprises an iterative method for designing OFDM transmission pulses that satisfy prescribed time-frequency localization conditions. The iterative method may be implemented in a computationally efficient way and can be used to adapt the transmission pulses to time-varying channel conditions in real-time, thereby maximizing the bit-error performance of an OFDM system while maintaining high data rates in wireless transmission.

A wireless communication network uses backhaul negotiation based upon static and dynamic resource assignment on jamming graphs. Static reuse factor design methods including fractional frequency reuse (FFR) are addressed. The jamming graph is used to summarize the interfering relationship between transmitters (nodes in the jamming graph). Negotiation-based algorithm is used to arrive at a static resource assignment so that a large reuse factor can be achieved while jamming scenario can be avoided. As a result of such algorithm, each transmitter is assigned some resources, over which traffic transmission can be done instantaneously to reduce the packet delay for short packets. Based on the result of static resource negotiation algorithm, a dynamic resource algorithm can be run, such that the resources assigned to different nodes can be share in a bursty traffic scenario to further reduce packet delay for larger packet size cases, while jamming be also avoided.

The invention discloses a mobile terminal and a design method of an operation and control system thereof, the mobile terminal comprises a machine body and an embedded central processing unit, wherein a back surface touch panel is mounted on the back surface of the machine body, and three-state buttons are respectively mounted in lower middle positions on two sides of the machine body; and the embedded central processing unit is the embedded central processing unit equipped with the operation and control system including finger action semantic recognition, a virtual keyboard and an input method. The design method comprises the steps of designing the shape of the machine body, designing the finger action semantic recognition under the support of an algorithm of the operation and control system and designing the virtual keyboard and the input method in the operation and control system. The invention designs the back surface touch type mobile terminal with natural operation and control concept, thereby realizing the purposes of maximizing the liberation of a front surface touch screen, easily realizing operation and control, in particular to text input by single hand, improving the intelligent operation and control based on full combination of system software algorithm, software and hardware, leading the operation to cater for habitual thinking and natural reaction of a user, and being suitable for long-time use.

The invention relates to an optimum design method for staged fracturing perforation cluster parameters of a horizontal well of a shale reservoir. The optimum design method includes the following steps of S1, selecting high-fracture-performance fracturing well sections; S2, building a mathematical model for hydrofracture fracture progressing, analyzing an induction stress field model for fracture extension, and analyzing a fracture diverting mechanism; S3, analyzing extending conditions of main fractures, and selecting cluster distances capable of allowing the main fractures to evenly extend forwards; S4, analyzing change conditions of stress fields around the main fractures, selecting the perforation cluster distances with the horizontal principal stress ratios smaller than 1.3, and determining the optimal perforation cluster distances in cooperation with the step S3; S5, further improving the complexity of the fractures through an alternate fracturing principle, and setting the perforation density of perforation clusters in the middle to range from 10 to 16 per m and the perforation density of perforation clusters in the two sides to be larger than 16 per m. By means of the optimum design method, the perforation cluster distances can be optimized, largest fracture transforming sizes can be obtained, the practical effect of reservoir transforming can be improved, and high construction cost and the poor fracturing effect which are caused by aimlessly setting the perforation cluster distances can be avoided.

The invention provides methods for designing contact lenses in which method the lens flexure is taken into account. The method of the invention is insensitive to the lens' back surface design and does not require complex back surface designs. Additionally, the lens design can be optimized virtually, eliminating the need for iterative design-test on-eye-re-design cycles.

A design method of an easily-removable support structure for SLM-manufactured metal parts is applied to the design of supports for the structures such as suspended planes and surfaces in the process of producing metal parts by SLM (selective laser melting), so that the surfaces can be formed, and stability of the structures on the surfaces and forming quality can meet the technical requirements. A meshed thin-walled structure support is designed by the design method; a saw-toothed structure is designed at the connection of a support and a solid body. The meshed thin-walled structure support has the advantages that weight of the support and even consumption of powder are decreased; forming strength of the support suspended surfaces is met, and the support is easy to remove by mechanical methods; manufacturing time of the support is shortened, and efficiency is improved. The saw-toothed structure has the advantages that strength of the connection of the support with the solid body is decreased, and the influence of many supports upon the surface quality of the formed surfaces after removal is avoided. The support structure is easy to impellent and to produce and is easy to remove during the post-treatment process, the surface roughness of the support faces can be minimized, and the design method is suitable for mass production.