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A gas supply mechanism includes a gas introduction member having gas inlet portions through which a gas is introduced into a processing chamber, a processing gas supply unit, a processing gas supply path, branch paths, an additional gas supply unit and an additional gas supply path. The gas inlet portions includes inner gas inlet portions for supplying the gas toward a region where a target substrate is positioned in the chamber and an outer gas inlet portion for introducing the gas toward a region outside an outermost periphery of the target substrate. The branch paths are connected to the inner gas inlet portions, and the additional gas supply path is connected to the outer gas inlet portion.

Methods and systems for localizing intravascular lesion in a body lumen. In exemplary embodiments, the methods comprise providing or acquiring an image of the body lumen and displaying information about the lesion with or on the image. In some configurations the information is obtained with an intravascular catheter.

Use of physical vapor deposition methodologies to deposit nanoscale gold on activating support media makes the use of catalytically active gold dramatically easier and opens the door to significant improvements associated with developing, making, and using gold-based, catalytic systems. The present invention, therefore, relates to novel features, ingredients, and formulations of gold-based, heterogeneous catalyst systems generally comprising nanoscale gold deposited onto a nanoporous support.

Use of physical vapor deposition methodologies to deposit nanoscale gold on activating support media makes the use of catalytically active gold dramatically easier and opens the door to significant improvements associated with developing, making, and using gold-based, catalytic systems. The present invention, therefore, relates to novel features, ingredients, and formulations of gold-based, heterogeneous catalyst systems generally comprising nanoscale gold deposited onto a nanoporous support.

An apparatus and method for the indirect determination of concentrations of additives in metal plating electrolyte solutions, particularly organic additives in Cu-metalization baths for semiconductor manufacturing. The apparatus features a reference electrode housed in an electrically isolated chamber and continuously immersed in the base metal plating solution (without the additive to be measured). An additive concentration determination method comprises electroplating a test electrode at a constant or known current in a mixing chamber wherein the base metal plating solution is mixed with small volumes of the sample and various calibration solutions containing the additive to be measured. Plating potentials between the electrodes are measured and plotted for each of the solution mixtures, and data are extrapolated to determine the concentration of the additive in the sample. A multi-cycle method determines the concentration of both accelerator and suppressor organic additives in Cu plating solution in a single test suite.

A conductive border surrounds a terminal along a direction. A mobile terminal includes a wireless transmission / reception circuit to output a signal for a wireless communication of the mobile terminal; a conductive border that forms side surfaces of the mobile terminal; a ground element electrically connected to the conductive border; a first antenna element electrically connected to the conductive border and the wireless transmission / reception circuit; and a second antenna element electrically connected to the conductive border and the ground element.

By forming an aluminum nitride layer by a self-limiting process sequence, the interface characteristics of a copper-based metallization layer may be significantly enhanced while nevertheless maintaining the overall permittivity of the layer stack at a lower level.

A software provisioning model which effectively combines characteristics of both push and pull models. In response to a request, a server sends a workflow or recipe of actions along with code server parameters and a requesting client computer system executes the,workflow and pulls necessary software updates and services to the client.

A multi-antenna communication method capable of improving the retransmission performance in a multi-antenna transmission. In this method, firstly, the reception quality of a substream to be retransmitted is acquired (Step 401). Then, it is determined for the substream whether any transmission antennas, which satisfy a target value related to the foregoing reception quality when they are used for the retransmission, are existent among the transmission antennas that are candidate antennas to be used for there transmission (Step 405). Then, if there exist any transmission antennas satisfying the target value, a transmission antenna to which the poorest channel characteristic corresponds is selected from among those transmission antennas satisfying the target value, and the selected transmission antenna is designated as an antenna to be used for retransmitting the foregoing substream (Step 406). If there exist no transmission antennas that satisfy the target value, then a transmission antenna to which the best channel characteristic corresponds is selected from among the foregoing candidate transmission antennas, and the selected transmission antenna is designated as an antenna to be used for retransmitting the foregoing substream (Step 407).

A method is provided for efficiently characterizing rock traversed while drilling a borehole for hydrocarbon reservoir development. A rock sample can be obtained having a provenance of collection linked to a specific region of the borehole, which is scanned to obtain a 2D digital image that is segmented to pixels characterized as pore space and as mineral matrix and defining a boundary between them. A transform relationship, for example, a form of the Kozeny-Carman equation adapted for application to a 2D segmented image environment, can be applied to calculate the estimated value for a target rock property, which can be absolute permeability, relative permeability, formation factor, elasticity, bulk modulus, shear modulus, compressional velocity, shear velocity, electrical resistivity, or capillary pressure, and the estimated value is used to characterize the rock at that region of the borehole. This affords an opportunity to quickly and efficiently develop massive data directly characterizing extended regions of rock, whether traversed by the borehole in this or a related well. Computerized systems, computer readable media, and programs for performing the methods are also provided.

Highly active, low pressure drop catalyst systems. Catalytically active material is provided on at least a portion of the channel sidewalls of a body comprising one or more flow-through channels. The channel sidewalls preferably bear a charge, e.g., an electrostatic or electret charge, to help adhere the catalytically active material to the sidewall. The catalytically active material preferably includes gold provided on a particulate support, and PVD techniques are used to deposit catalytically active gold onto the support. Optionally, the gold-bearing particulates may be charged as well in a manner to facilitate attraction between the particulates and the sidewalls.

Devices, systems, and methods for treating a heart of a patient may make use of one or more implant structures which limit a size of a chamber of the heart, such as by deploying a tensile member to bring a wall of the heart toward (optionally into contact with) a septum of the heart.

A simple technique of forming a low-resistant wire is provided in place of a Damascene method. In a three-layer wire composed of a first layer metal film wire, a second layer metal film wire that has fixed side etching portions, and an insulating film pattern, a low-resistant metal such as copper or silver is deposited in concave regions corresponding to the side etching portions of the second layer metal film wire through electrodeposition by electroplating. The above process is applied to a gate electrode and wire of a semiconductor device to obtain a semiconductor device that has high operation speed.

Disclosed is a stacked variable inductors manufactured by stacking M (M≧2) metal layers on a semiconductor substrate, and provides stacked variable inductors comprising, 1 to N inductors continuously connected in serial, wherein each of said inductors is formed on N (N≦M) metal layers that are different each other; first and second ports each connected to the highest positioned inductor and to the lowest positioned inductor among said 1 to N inductors; and at least one MOSFET, and wherein one terminal of at least one MOSFET is connected to one of the first and second ports, and the other one is connected to one of adjacent terminals connected in serial between 1 to N inductors.

A method and structures for manufacturing multi-layered substrates. The method includes providing a donor substrate, which has a first deflection characteristic. The donor substrate has a backside, a face, a cleave region, and a thickness of material defined between the cleave region and the face. The method includes bonding the face of the donor substrate to a face of the handle substrate. The method includes coupling a backing substrate to the backside of the donor substrate to form a multilayered structure. The backing substrate is adequate to cause the first deflection characteristic of the donor substrate to be reduced to a predetermined level. The predetermined level is a suitable deflection characteristic for the thickness of material to be transferred onto the face of a handle substrate. The method includes initiating a controlled cleaving process within a portion of the cleave region of the donor substrate to begin removal of the thickness of material from the donor substrate at a portion of the cleave region, while the backing substrate remains attached to the donor substrate to maintain at least the suitable deflection characteristic.

A composite filter media having excellent dust-releasing properties provided with a first layer of non-woven synthetic fibers having one outer surface hot calendered to increase smoothness and carrying a coating of a hydrophobic material which lowers surface tension and at least a second layer of non-woven synthetic fibers laminated to the downstream side of said first layer. A backing layer may be included to provide additional support to the first and second layer if desired. The second layer may include an electrostatic charge to increase filter efficiency at a reduced pressure drop across the composite media.

A holding structure for a touch panel has a display panel, a touch panel for allowing an input operation, a supporting frame for holding the display panel at an entire peripheral edge a piezoelectric device for applying vibration to the touch panel in accordance with the operation of the touch panel, a casing for holding the display panel and the touch panel via the supporting frame, and a flexible resin sheet integrally provided to the front surface side of the touch panel. The flexible substrate is formed to have a size entirely larger than a glass substrate on a rear surface side of the touch panel. The peripheral edge of the flexible substrate is held by a rear surface of a peripheral edge of the opening of the casing and a supporting member fixed to the casing.

A gas supply mechanism includes a gas introduction member having gas inlet portions through which a gas is introduced into a processing chamber, a processing gas supply unit, a processing gas supply path, branch paths, an additional gas supply unit and an additional gas supply path. The gas inlet portions includes inner gas inlet portions for supplying the gas toward a region where a target substrate is positioned in the chamber and an outer gas inlet portion for introducing the gas toward a region outside an outermost periphery of the target substrate. The branch paths are connected to the inner gas inlet portions, and the additional gas supply path is connected to the outer gas inlet portion.

A query for a database is represented as a vector including multiple elements. Each element is a control, and each control has a current setting. The database is queried with the query to produce a current synopsis. The current synopsis is added to a current summary. The current synopsis and the current controls and a current summary including the current synopsis are visualized on a graphical user interface. A new setting for the controls is indicated to produce a new synopsis that when added to the current summary makes a next summary most different than the current summary. The querying, visualizing, and indicating until a termination condition is reached to generate a most interesting summary of the database.

Provided are a barrier film for a flexible copper substrate comprising a Co—Cr alloy film containing 5 to 30 wt % of Cr and a balance of unavoidable impurities and Co, having a film thickness of 3 to 150 nm, and film thickness uniformity of 10% or less at 1σ; and a sputtering target for forming a barrier film comprising a Co—Cr alloy containing 5 to 30 wt % of Cr and a balance of unavoidable impurities and Co, wherein the relative magnetic permeability in the in-plane direction of the sputtered face is 100 or less. The barrier film for a flexible copper substrate and the sputtering target for forming such barrier film have a film thickness that is thin enough to prevent film peeling in inhibiting the diffusion of copper to a resin film such as polyimide, is capable of obtaining a sufficient barrier effect even in a minute wiring pitch, and have barrier characteristics that will not change even when the temperature rises due to heat treatment or the like.

Heterogeneous catalyst systems, methods of making these systems, and methods of using these systems, wherein catalytically active gold is deposited onto composite support media. The composite support media is formed by providing nanoporous material on at least a portion of the surfaces of carbonaceous host material. In representative embodiments, relatively fine, nanoporous guest particles are coated or otherwise provided on surfaces of relatively coarser activated carbon particles. Catalytically active gold may be deposited onto one or both of the guest or host materials either before or after the guest and host materials are combined to from the composite host material. PVD is the preferred catalyst system of depositing gold.

A vehicle shock absorber includes a housing, and a shock-absorbing member. The housing has at least one hollow formed therein, is formed of a rigid material, and is fixed to a bone structural member of vehicles. The shock-energy absorbing member is disposed in the hollow of the housing at least, and is formed of a super plastic polymer material. The super plastic polymer material exhibits a tensile breaking elongation of 200% or more, a yield strength of 20 MPa or more with respect to a predetermined strain, and a tensile elastic modulus of 400 MPa or more.

The present invention generally relates to a self-centering energy dissipative brace apparatus. A bracing system is often needed to stabilize, strengthen or stiffen structures such as buildings which are subjected to severe or extreme conditions. The brace apparatus may be installed in a structure to dissipate input energy and minimize residual deformations related to exceptional loading imposed on the structure by winds, earthquakes, impacts or explosions. The apparatus integrates self-centering properties and energy, dissipative capacities which help minimize structural damage.

The present invention provides technology for controlling, or tuning, the catalytic activity of gold provided upon nanoporous supports such as those derived from nanoparticulate titania. It has been discovered that the nature of the surfaces of the nanoparticles used to support a nano-metal catalyst, such as catalytically active gold, has a profound effect upon the catalytic properties of the supported catalyst. The support surface may be altered as desired to control the activity of the gold. The present invention teaches how thermal treatment of nanoparticulate media incorporated into a nanoporous support prior to deposition of catalytically active gold dramatically suppresses the ability of a resultant catalyst system to oxidize hydrogen. Yet, the system still readily oxidizes CO.

A package includes a conductive base plate; a ceramic wall configured to house a semiconductor device and a circuit board disposed adjoining of the semiconductor device, the ceramic wall configured to be disposed on the conductive base plate, the ceramic wall configured to include a frame shape having a screw hole in four corners; a metal seal ring configured to include a framed shape and be disposed on the ceramic wall; and a ceramic cap configured to be disposed on the metal seal ring, and the ceramic wall is screwed to the conductive base plate through the screw hole, and the package can radiate heat satisfactory in the heat generation from the semiconductor device, and can improve reliability, and can be applied to the high frequency of the microwave / millimeter wave / sub-millimeter wave band.

The invention discloses a method for accurately determining high-temperature mechanical property parameters of a heat preventing material based on the digital image related technology, and belongs to the technical field of material parameter measuring through tests. The deformation situation of the material in the test process is acquired based on the digital image related technology, and the mechanical property parameters of the material at the vacuum (inflation) and certain temperature are determined according to the load and the temperature data provided by a high-temperature mechanical test machine. According to the method, blue light is adopted for supplementing light, a blue light filter is added in front of a DIC optical measuring lens, scattered spots splashed to a sample are baked, and a DIC can be used accurately at the high temperature. The method is easy to operate and high in repeatability, the heat shock of the material can be simulated, the mechanical response of the heat preventing material at the high temperature can be more accurately and completely reflected, the overall material deforming situation which cannot be observed and the transverse deformation coefficients which cannot be measured can be visually reflected, and the material property parameters can be represented more vividly and effectively.

The invention provides a method for establishing a fingerprint spectrum of a liver-enhancing medicine. The liver-enhancing medicine is composed of oriental wormwood, isatis root, angelica, white paeony root, red-rooted salvia root, Radix curcumae, Astragalus mongholicus, Codonopsis pilosula, rhizoma alismatis, sealwort, rehmannia, yam, hawthorn, large-leaved gentian, liquorice and medicated leaven. The establishing method comprises the step of detecting paeoniflorin in the liver-enhancing medicine by using a high efficiency liquid chromatography method, wherein conditions are as follows: a chromatographic column takes octadecylsilane chemically bonded silica as a filling material; mobile phases comprise a mobile phase A which is acetonitrile and a mobile phase B which is an acidic water solution, and the mobile phases are subjected to gradient elution; the flow velocity is 1.0mL / min; the column temperature is 30 DEG C; the detection wavelength is 210nm to 400nm; and the number of theoretical plates is calculated according to the paeoniflorin peak and should not be less than 6000. The obtained fingerprint spectrum is a chromatographic peak which mainly takes active ingredients of the large-leaved gentian, the white paeony root, the liquorice, the red-rooted salvia root, the oriental wormwood and the astragalus mongholicus in raw materials of the liver-enhancing medicine as main parts. According to the establishing method provided by the invention, the fingerprint spectrum capable of comprehensively representing the active ingredients of the liver-enhancing medicine can be effectively obtained and has the characteristics of high precision, stability and repeatability. The obtained fingerprint spectrum can be used for guaranteeing the stability and consistency of the product quality, so that the safety and effectiveness of a product are guaranteed.