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Monolithic lattice-mismatched semiconductor heterostructures are fabricated by bonding patterned substrates with alternative active-area materials formed thereon to a rigid dielectric platform and then removing the highly-defective interface areas along with the underlying substrates to produce alternative active-area regions disposed over the insulator and substantially exhausted of misfit and threading dislocations.

Methods of forming areas of alternative material on crystalline semiconductor substrates, and structures formed thereby. Such areas of alternative material are suitable for use as active areas in MOSFETs or other electronic or opto-electronic devices.

Monolithic lattice-mismatched semiconductor heterostructures are fabricated by bonding patterned substrates with alternative active-area materials formed thereon to a rigid dielectric platform and then removing the highly-defective interface areas along with the underlying substrates to produce alternative active-area regions disposed over the insulator and substantially exhausted of misfit and threading dislocations.

Fabrication of monolithic semiconductor heterostructures and semiconductor devices based thereon employs isolated seed regions for facilitating elastic lattice conformation between the lattice-mismatched materials. Relative thicknesses of the materials are selected to introduce desirable strain distribution within the heterostructure for improved functionality and performance.

Monolithic lattice-mismatched semiconductor heterostructures are fabricated by bonding patterned substrates with alternative active-area materials formed thereon to a rigid dielectric platform and then removing the highly-defective interface areas along with the underlying substrates to produce alternative active-area regions disposed over the insulator and substantially exhausted of misfit and threading dislocations.

A rotor system (12) for a helicopter (10) includes a rotating shaft (82). A gimbaled hub assembly (56) is coupled to the rotating shaft (82). Rotating blades (24) and non-rotating blades (33) are coupled to the gimbaled hub assembly (56). The non-rotating blades (33) provide lift for the helicopter (10) in forward flight unloading the rotating blades. The rotating and non-rotating blades (24, 33) provide equal and opposite rolling moments for lift offset operation.

For uniformed personnel a shirt having a concealed belly pocket which overlies the inside surface of one of said front left and right panels of the shirt, this pocket being closed at the top, bottom and one end, and having an opposite open end which can be closed with a zipper that is located along the seam between one front panel and the back panel and extending generally vertically downward from beneath the arm to an area near the waist of the shirt.

In a hybrid integrated module, a semiconductor die is mechanically coupled face-to-face to an integrated device in which the substrate has been removed. For example, the integrated circuit may include an optical device fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer in which the backside silicon handler has been completely removed, thereby facilitating improved device performance and highly efficient thermal tuning of the operating wavelength of the optical device. Moreover, the semiconductor die may be a VLSI chip that provides power, and serves as a mechanical handler and / or an electrical driver. The thermal tuning efficiency of the substrateless optical device may be enhanced by over 100× relative to an optical device with an intact substrate, and by 5× relative to an optical device in which the substrate has only been removed in proximity to the optical device.

An instrumentation system which extends channel-based switched fabric architectures to provide instrumentation signaling functions. The system comprises a chassis including slots for receiving inserted modules. The chassis includes a backplane which provides for inter-module communication, including a channel-based switched fabric bus, such as the InfiniBand bus, and instrumentation signaling lines for instrumentation signaling functions. The signaling lines may include a local bus for adjacent slot communication of analog and / or digital signals, reference clock lines for transmitting system reference clock signals to synchronize operations of inserted modules, a trigger bus including trigger lines which connect to corresponding slots to communicate trigger signals between the inserted modules for synchronizing operations between the modules, and / or a star trigger bus including dedicated trigger lines connecting a star trigger controller slot to each instrumentation slot for communicating precision trigger signals generated by an inserted star trigger controller module to the inserted modules.

Methods of making flexible circuit films include providing a polymer film or other flexible substrate having a plurality of alignment marks and a photosensitive material thereon. The substrate passes around a suitable roller, belt, or other inelastic conveyor such that the substrate and the conveyor move together at least from a first location to a second location. Positions of a first set of the alignment marks on a first portion of the substrate are measured when such portion is at the first location, and the measured positions can be used to calculate a distortion of the substrate. The photosensitive material is then patternwise exposed when the first portion of the substrate has moved to the second location. The patternwise exposing is based on the measured positions of the first set of alignment marks, and may include exposing the web with a distortion-adjusted pattern. Related systems and articles are also disclosed.

For uniformed personnel a shirt and pants Class A dress uniform having one or more Class B work uniform type of structural features which render it more functional, more comfortable and more attractive. More specifically, this new uniform includes a shirttail retainer, a microphone sling and an internal hidden and secure cargo pocket on each leg or combinations of one or more of these features. The shirttail retainer utilizes spaced apart silicone rubber friction strips on the outer surface near the waist which cooperate with a friction strip on the inner surface of the pants waistband. The microphone sling hangs from a button on the shoulder hidden beneath the shoulder epaulet. The internal cargo pocket is on the inner surface of the outer leg wall.

A display device comprising a Suspended Particle Device film or other material for controlling the amount of illumination transmitted to an object from one or more light sources to protect the object from degradation by light is described. The display is capable of being dark when the object is not being viewed and being highly transmissive when the object is to be viewed. If desired, the display device may be controlled so as to provide a substantially constant amount of illumination when the object is viewed or intended to be viewed. A method of protecting an object using the display device is also provided.

A rotor system (12) for a helicopter (10) includes a rotating shaft (82). A gimbaled hub assembly (56) is coupled to the rotating shaft (82). Rotating blades (24) and non-rotating blades (33) are coupled to the gimbaled hub assembly (56). The non-rotating blades (33) provide lift for the helicopter (10) in forward flight unloading the rotating blades. The rotating and non-rotating blades (24, 33) provide equal and opposite rolling moments for lift offset operation.

For uniformed personnel a shirt and pants Class A dress uniform having one or more Class B work uniform type of structural features which render it more functional, more comfortable and more attractive. More specifically, this new uniform includes a shirttail retainer, a microphone sling and an internal hidden and secure cargo pocket on each leg or combinations of one or more of these features. The shirttail retainer utilizes spaced apart silicone rubber friction strips on the outer surface near the waist which cooperate with a friction strip on the inner surface of the pants waistband. The microphone sling hangs from a button on the shoulder hidden beneath the shoulder epaulet. The internal cargo pocket is on the inner surface of the outer leg wall.

The invention discloses an arbitrary waveform generating system based on a user-defined processor. In a control portion, a waveform generating module generates various waveform segment data downloaded to a hardware portion through a waveform downloading module, a control program generating module receives an externally inputted instruction set, and the instruction set is downloaded to the hardware portion after compiling of a compiling module. In the hardware portion, a storage control logic module controls reading and writing of a waveform memory, the user-defined waveform processor receives and analyzes the instruction set, generates call instructions for corresponding waveform segments according to names of the waveform segments indicated by the instruction set, transmits the call instructions to the storage control logic module and receives the waveform segment data read by the storage control logic module, and analog signals are outputted after combined waveform segment data are conditioned according to the call sequence and the call frequency of the waveform segment indicated by the instruction set. By the aid of the arbitrary waveform generating system, data transmission time of the control portion and the hardware portion during waveform generation can be shortened.

A vibrating gyrosensor includes a support substrate on which a wiring pattern having a plurality of lands is formed, and a vibrating element mounted on a surface of the support substrate. The vibrating element includes a base part having a mounting surface on which a plurality of terminals, and a vibrator part integrally projected in a cantilever manner from one of the sides of the base part and having a substrate-facing surface coplanar with the mounting surface of the base part. The vibrator part has a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode layer, which are formed on the substrate-facing surface in that order. Furthermore, a reinforcing part is formed at the base end of the vibrator part so that the sectional area of the vibrator part gradually increases toward the base part.

A heating apparatus for the combustion of highly variable biofuel feed stocks is generally provided. The apparatus generally includes a combustion chamber or burn box adapted to receive a regulated feed of biomass. The burn box includes a grate for receipt of a distributed mass of the regulated feed, and further includes an oscillating blade adjacent to the grate for agitation of the distributed mass of the regulated feed received thereby. The combustion apparatus for the production of thermal energy from a biofuel of the subject invention is preferably and further characterized by means for producing the distributed mass of the regulated feed of biofuel, and / or a burn box incorporating an oxygen manifold assembly adjacent to the grate.

Methods and apparatuses for implementing magnetic field to assist PECVD to locally or globally coat the internal surface of the work piece are presented. Several permanent magnet assembly designs have been presented to provide efficient and effective magnetic field inside the work piece, which acts partially as the working chamber. The magnet assembly generates magnetic flux inside the working chamber, which increases the efficiency of PECVD process, enable PECVD process under higher gas pressure and to improve the uniformity, deposition rate, better adhesion and reduce the process temperature.

The invention provides a novel shooting structure in a portable electronic device and a corresponding method for acquiring images as well as a portable electronic device. A camera shooting structure in the portable electronic device includes an electronic device housing, a curved surface reflecting lens, a lens combination, and photosensitive elements. A light inlet is arranged in the electronic device housing. The light inlet, the curved surface reflecting lens and the photosensitive elements are sequentially arranged in a light propagation direction in a light path (reflecting elements reflect the light from the light inlet to the photosensitive elements). The lens combination is arranged in the light path between the curved surface reflecting lens and the photosensitive elements or in the light path between the light inlet and the curved surface reflecting lens. The above technical scheme changes the light path through the reflecting elements, and greatly expands the shooting function and performance of the portable electronic device.

A web editing server includes an app dashboard module that provides a dashboard user interface for presenting information provided by apps installed on users' websites. In one embodiment, the app dashboard module organizes the information as a series of cards, with each card providing information for an associated app. A user can select a card to obtain more information from the app. An app developer system allows an app developer to create and / or service an app in the app center. App developers may create cards by selecting one or more components from a card definition module. The app developer system may determine data attributes from received app data, which can be used to automatically create cards for the app dashboard.

An apparatus for combustion of biomass is provided. The apparatus generally includes opposingly paired sidewalls, a fixed panel traversing the opposingly paired sidewalls, an actuatable panel opposite the fixed panel, and a fuel platform supported by a panel of either of the panels. A portion of the fuel platform is reversibly receivable through a portion of a panel opposite the panel supporting the fuel platform in furtherance of fuel conditioning upon actuation of the actuatable panel.

An apparatus for combustion of biomass is provided. The apparatus generally includes opposingly paired sidewalls, a fixed panel traversing the opposingly paired sidewalls, an actuatable panel opposite the fixed panel, and a fuel platform supported by a panel of either of the panels. A portion of the fuel platform is reversibly receivable through a portion of a panel opposite the panel supporting the fuel platform in furtherance of fuel conditioning upon actuation of the actuatable panel.

The invention discloses a multi-region scanning method based on a digital pathology slice scanner. According to training data prepared in advance, training is conducted in advance to form an identification model used for identifying scanned regions required to be scanned on a digital pathology slice image. The method specifically includes the following steps that a scanning camera photographs a pathology slice and obtains the corresponding digital pathology slice image; the identification model is adopted for identifying the digital pathology slice image to identify the scanned regions; the pathology slice scanner is adopted for scanning the scanned regions, and finally pathology slice scanning files are obtained and automatically saved. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages that multiple scanning regions of the digital pathology slice image can be simultaneously selected for scanning, compression and integration are conducted on the output scanning files, the workefficiency is improved, the output image width is reduced, and the practicability of the digital pathology slice scanner is improved.

The invention discloses a wireless charging receiving device, a wireless charging control method and a wireless charging system. The wireless charging receiving device comprises a secondary side resonance network which is coupled to a primary side resonance network of an external wireless charging transmitting device and transmits the AC electric energy transmitted through the coupling of the primary side resonance network, a controllable rectification adjusting circuit which is connected with the secondary side resonance network and converts the alternating current output by the secondary side resonance network into direct current, and a vehicle-mounted detection control circuit which is connected with the controlled end of the controllable rectification adjusting circuit, detects the working parameters of the vehicle-mounted side of the electric vehicle wireless charging system, and adjusts the working parameters of the controllable rectification adjusting circuit according to the detected working parameters of the vehicle-mounted side of the electric vehicle wireless charging system or according to the working parameters of the primary side. Resonance matching of the resonance network of the wireless charging receiving device can be realized, and the problem that the resonance network is in a non-resonance matching state and affects the working characteristics of the systemis solved.

The invention provides a dynamic power network topology modeling method and system. The dynamic power network topology modeling method comprises obtaining device information of power network devices,configuring device main bodies of the power network devices to be top points, and configuring internal and external connection terminals of the power network devices to be terminal top points, configuring attribute information for each top point and each terminal top point according to the device information; configuring connecting edges according to ownership relationships and connection relationships among the top points and the terminal top points; and connecting the top points and the terminal top points through the connecting edges, and generating a network topology model of the power network devices. By employing the designed dynamic power network topology modeling method, modeling of a large-scale dynamic power network is achieved, the large-scale dynamic power network topology modeling speed is greatly increased, a data basis is provided for subsequent topology analysis, and therefore the topology analysis performance is improved.

The present invention relates to valve technology. The digital hand wheel for valve includes one main body connected to the valve rod; one main digital wheel connected to valve body, sleeved onto the main body and provided with scale marks; one hood connected to the main body and holding the main body and the main digital wheel; and one auxiliary digital wheel sleeved onto one rotating shaft connected to the main body, provided with scale marks and meshed with the main digital wheel. The digital hand wheel makes the valve intuitively readable for accurate flow rate control, and may be used in various valves, including check valve, gate valve, ball valve, etc.

In a hybrid integrated module, a semiconductor die is mechanically coupled face-to-face to an integrated device in which the substrate has been removed. For example, the integrated circuit may include an optical device fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer in which the backside silicon handler has been completely removed, thereby facilitating improved device performance and highly efficient thermal tuning of the operating wavelength of the optical device. Moreover, the semiconductor die may be a VLSI chip that provides power, and serves as a mechanical handler and / or an electrical driver. The thermal tuning efficiency of the substrateless optical device may be enhanced by over 100× relative to an optical device with an intact substrate, and by 5× relative to an optical device in which the substrate has only been removed in proximity to the optical device.

Absorbent articles of the present disclosure may be constructed with a secondary liner sheet placed on top of a body facing liner of the articles configured to form a pocket. The pocket provides a barrier, thereby separating a front region of the absorbent articles from a rear region. In this manner, the absorbent articles of the present disclosure may reduce the spread of bodily exudates throughout the articles. The reduced spreading of exudates may help to keep skin healthy by reducing the amount of skin exposed to the skin irritants within the exudates and / or by preventing additional skin irritants from being created by preventing the mixing of BM and urine, at least in proximity to the skin of the wearer.