摘要:
An instrument for computing resistivity based upon measurements of thickness and conductance. A conductance transducer is a solenoid in an annular ferrite cup connected to a tank circuit for an eddy current measurement of conductance. Within the center of the annular ferrite cup concentric acoustic wave sending and receiving channels are disposed for making an acoustic pressure wave measurement which is used for a thickness measurement using two gauge heads, spaced on opposite sides of an article to be measured. Each gauge head contains identical conductance and thickness transducers. The thickness measurement is divided by the conductance measurement to derive resistivity.
摘要:
Mobile computing device technology and systems and methods using the same are described herein. In particular, mobile computing devices that may serve as a processing component of a disaggregated computing system described, non-integral screens that may be paired with the mobile computing devices, and systems and methods using such devices and screens are described. In some embodiments, the mobile computing device technology includes a mobile computing device that lacks an integral screen, but which is capable of throwing at least video information to a non-integral target screen, e.g., via a paired connection established over a wired or wireless communication interface.
摘要:
A parallel hardware-based multithreaded processor is described. The processor includes a general purpose processor that coordinates system functions and a plurality of microengines that support multiple hardware threads or contexts. The processor maintains execution threads. The execution threads access a register set organized into a plurality of relatively addressable windows of registers that are relatively addressable per thread.
摘要:
A technique to generate a logic design for use in designing an integrated circuit (IC). The technique includes embedding a combinatorial one-dimensional logic block within a two-dimensional schematic presentation to form a unified database. The technique also includes following a set of design capture rules, importing the combinatorial one-dimensional logic block, and notifying a designer when importing the combinatorial data block violates the set of design capture rules.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for memory allocation with digital processing systems comprises a first memory bank, a hardware register, and a processing circuit configured to write the contents of the hardware register to a memory address in the first memory bank, and to write the memory address to the hardware register. In an embodiment, a pointer list containing memory pointer values may be maintained in the first memory bank. The first memory bank may contain associated data buffers, and a second memory bank may contain corresponding data buffers such that an associated data buffer and a corresponding data buffer may be located from a single memory pointer value.
摘要:
A profilometer has a constant force mechanism for biasing of the stylus arm. The mechanism has a centrally-aligned configuration of the moving magnet relative to the magnetic coil and also has a magnetic shield isolating these elements from other ferromagnetic materials in the assembly. The moving magnet is made of a material that is hard magnetically and the magnetic shield is made of a series of low hysteresis, high permeability materials. The force thus generated by the stylus biasing device is very linear with the drive current upon the magnetic coil at any particular position of the stylus, thereby allowing for control and predictability of the stylus force upon the surface to be profiled. This predictability is used for dynamic stylus force adjustments during profiling of a specimen. The profilometer is also equipped with a balanced, spring-loaded stylus-stabilizing sensor assembly, task-specific dual-view optics for protection of the delicate stylus assembly, and a temperature drift compensator.
摘要:
A wafer chuck and a wafer loading and unloading system wherein a flat support surface of the chuck has a plurality of peaks and valleys, with the peaks minimizing contact with the wafer, yet having sufficient contact area for wafer support without deformation. The peaks are provided with a top edge serving to dislodge particles from a wafer surface when loading the wafer onto the chuck. The loading system includes wafer pushing members for bringing a wafer to a desired position on the support surface.
摘要:
A measurement system wherein an acoustic distance measuring transducer is moved over a flat reference surface, measuring the distance from the transducer to a calibration surface and then to a test surface. The transducer is moved along a path within a ring while the top edge of the ring is used to support the calibration surface and then the test surface. The ring is mounted for rotation so that the transducer can scan a supported surface at a locus of points. Scans across the calibration surface and then the test surface are compared to measure deviations of the test surface from calibration surface.
摘要:
Apparatus for measuring distance between a gauge head orifice, and the front planar surface of an object by sensing acoustic pressure near the gauge head orifice. The acoustic pressure is initially generated by an audio oscillator activating a speaker which emits acoustic waves through a first orifice. Acoustic pressure is sensed through a second orifice, proximate to the first, and the pressure is converted to an electrical signal which is processed to yield a distance signal for a display. Two similar distance gauges spaced apart on opposite sides of a planar member at a known distance are used to compute the thickness of the planar member.
摘要:
Gate valve having a closure member mounted on a swinging arm pivotally mounted for movement transversely of the axis of the valve openings. A wedge member carried by the arm drives the closure member in a direction parallel to the axis of the openings when moved longitudinally of the arm. An actuator pivots a cam which bears against the wedge member to swing the arm to a predetermined position in which the closure member is aligned with the openings and thereafter to move the cam to drive the closure member axially and seal one of the openings. Resilient members urge the closure member toward its retracted position and prevent the wedge member from moving forward until the arm reaches the predetermined position.