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The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a web of sheet product, with a discontinuous perforation arrangement such that manufacture of a web of sheet product provides for an increase in the breaking strength of the web of sheet product while feeding the web in a machine direction, thereby reducing the risk of breaking and maintaining the yield and throughput of the production of the perforated web as an intermediate product, yet providing a low breaking force for individual strips produced from the web.

An IP datagram transmission technique in an ATM network. A DSU 1 comprises a selecting unit selecting a type of distribution representing distribution of a packet having a transmission source address to either bridging or routing, a bridging processor bridging the packet to generate a packet when bridging is selected, a routing processor routing the packet to generate a packet when routing is selected, and an ATM terminating unit encapsulating the packet to generate an ATM cell, thereby automatically discriminating between bridging and routing. Accordingly, the user can simultaneously connect to a plurality of Internet service providers to receive different service modes.

A paper feeder includes a resist roller configured to convey a sheet to an image formation unit, a paper feed roller configured to convey a sheet to the resist roller, and a controller configured to control the paper feed roller such that the paper feed roller first conveys a sheet at a first conveying speed and then conveys the sheet while decelerating from the first conveying speed to a second conveying speed slower than the first conveying speed. The controller sets the first and second conveying speeds in advance to speeds which allow the paper feed roller to convey a single sheet by a predetermined conveying amount in a predetermined driving time period. The controller determines a time point to start a deceleration from the first conveying speed to the second conveying speed to allow a sheet to hit the resist roller at the second conveying speed.

At a user or client site, a user initially visits a website hosted by a partner, and following an initial interaction with the website, the user is provided with various software from an administrator website. The software enables the user to download information, such as a video file, to the partner website. The information is encoded in a format that was pre-selected by the partner so that the delivery process is streamlined for the partner. In addition, for further efficiency, the delivery process from the user to the partner is implemented substantially simultaneously with the encoding.

An exposure apparatus is provided with a projection optical system, and the projection optical system includes a first optical element disposed most closely to an image plane of the projection optical system. The exposure apparatus includes a first liquid immersion mechanism which forms a first liquid immersion area of a first liquid between the first optical element and an upper surface of a transparent member provided on a side of the image plane of the projection optical system, and an observation unit which observes a state of the first liquid immersion area. It is possible to grasp the state of the liquid immersion area of the liquid, thereby executing optimum liquid immersion exposure.

The invention provides an etching method for realizing trench etching without causing any damages to the side walls of the trench while maintaining a high-etching rate. The plasma etching method relates to forming a groove or a hole by forming a silicon trench to a silicon substrate or a silicon substrate having a silicon oxide dielectric layer via a mixed gas plasma containing a mixed gas of SF6 and O2 or a mixed gas of SF6, O2 and SiF4 and having added thereto a gas containing hydrogen within the range of 5 to 16% (percent concentration) of the total gas flow rate of the mixed gas.

Methods, systems, and software for improving the product quality of a production line having multiple production steps, at least some of which employ multiple individual tools, including producing product lots using different combinations of tools, setting a quality benchmark for the resulting product lots, identifying product lots that meet the quality benchmark, identifying the tools used to produce the identified quality product lots, and producing additional product lots using at least substantially the identified quality tools.

The invention concerns methods and systems for minimizing back-mixing of feedstock flow in converting oxygenates to olefins. In one embodiment, back-mixing is reduced by providing a reactor that includes baffles to reduce the hydraulic diameter of at least a portion of the reactor. Some or all of the baffles can also serve as cooling tubes for reducing temperature gradients in the reactor, and thereby maximize light olefin production.

An ultrasonic bonding apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device that includes a substrate, an electronic component, and an underfill filled between the electronic component and the substrate includes a head that includes a tool surface configured to mount the electronic component, a wiping unit configured to wipe out pre-cured underfill that has adhered to the tool surface of the head, by using a wiping member on a wiping table, an ultrasonic bonding unit configured to ultrasonically bond the electronic component with the substrate and to press the head against the wiping member on the wiping table, a detector configured to detect a first pressure applied between the wiping member on the wiping table and the tool surface when the wiping unit provides wiping, and a controller configured to control a second pressure applied by the ultrasonic bonding unit, based on a detection result by the detector.

A method for determining the centrality of masks is disclosed. The mask is positioned in a coordinate measuring device on a measurement table displaceable in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of an imaging measurement system in an interferometrically measurable way. The position of a mask coordinate system with respect to the measuring device coordinate system is determined based on at lest two structures on the mask. The relative distance from one of the at least first and second outer edges to the at least two structures is determined. The coordinate measuring machine determines the actual coordinates of the at least two structures with respect to the respective outer edges, which must not exceed a predetermined deviation from a desired value.

One or more secondary data channels are added to existing RFID protocols within the existing bandwidth, data clock rate and message frame times of the protocols.An RFID system is described having at least one reader and at least one tag includes communication between the reader and the tag using a radio frequency carrier signal modulated by a modulation signal to provide a modulated carrier signal conveying digital data in either direction. The modulation signal includes a first encoded modulation signal perturbed by encoded perturbations, the first encoded modulation signal being produced from a first data string. The encoded perturbations are produced from a second data string. The modulation signal modulates the radio frequency signals to transfer data representative of the first and second data strings simultaneously between the reader and the tag. The modulation signal modulates the amplitude, phase, frequency or any combination of the radio frequency carrier signals.

A user terminal reports a group radio quality of each of radio resource groups to a base station at a first frequence. The base station reports an allocated radio resource group to be allocated for radio communication with the user terminal to the user terminal. The user terminal reports unit radio qualities of radio resource units contained in the allocated radio resource group to the base station at a second frequence that is higher than the first frequence. The base station performs radio resource scheduling on the basis of the unit radio qualities.

The invention provides an etching method for realizing trench etching without causing any damages to the side walls of the trench while maintaining a high-etching rate. The plasma etching method relates to forming a groove or a hole by forming a silicon trench to a silicon substrate or a silicon substrate having a silicon oxide dielectric layer via a mixed gas plasma containing a mixed gas of SF6 and O2 or a mixed gas of SF6, O2 and SiF4 and having added thereto a gas containing hydrogen within the range of 5 to 16% (percent concentration) of the total gas flow rate of the mixed gas.

An ink jet recording apparatus includes: a carriage which is movable in a forward direction from one end to the other end; a recording head provided in the carriage and having a plurality of nozzle groups from which the ink is discharged; an ink receiver provided at a side of the one end including a flushing position and configured to receive the ink discharged by a flushing operation; and a controller configured to control operations of the carriage and the recording head. In a case that the carriage is moved in the forward direction, the controller executes: an acceleration process for accelerating the carriage; a selecting process for selecting at least one nozzle group for which the flushing operation is performed; a flushing process for performing the flushing operation for the nozzle group selected in the selecting process during the acceleration process; and a recording process for recording the image.