Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for improving the speed of chip routing for integrated circuit blocks with multiple connections. In some embodiments, the method may include creating a layout abstract for a first block and a second block of the integrated circuit, where the first and second blocks are coupled together via a plurality of connections. The method may further include determining whether the number of connections in the plurality exceeds a threshold, and in the event that the number of connections exceeds the predetermined threshold, representing a first subset of the plurality as a first logical connection.
Abstract:
A filler cell for use in fabricating an integrated circuit. The filler cell couples a power supply rail of an adjacent logic cell to a power supply rail of another adjacent logic cell. The filler cell also has a diode to bleed charge accumulated on the power rails of the adjacent logic cells to the substrate. The diode is reverse biased during normal integrated circuit operation. A method for fabricating an integrated circuit with a power grid. At least one filler cell is placed on the integrated circuit to bleed away charge accumulated on the power grid during the fabrication of the integrated circuit. The filler cell is connected to a supply rail of an adjacent logic cell.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method wherein a transport layer association is established. Thereafter, a handover condition is detected in the first mobile node, which obtains a second address. The second address is updated to a first name server node. A query message is sent to a second name server node for an address of the second mobile node. The second address is indicated to the second mobile node. The first mobile node waits for a response from the second name server node or the second mobile node. Upon receiving a new address for the second mobile node from the second name server node, the first mobile node repeats the indication of the second address of the first mobile node to the second mobile node using the new address as a destination address for the second mobile node.
Abstract:
A method and system for the megasonic cleaning of one or more substrates that reduces damage to the substrate(s) resulting from the megasonic energy. The substrates are supported in a process chamber and contacted with a cleaning solution comprising a cleaning liquid having carbon dioxide gas dissolved in the cleaning liquid in such amounts that the carbon dioxide gas is at a supersaturated concentration for the conditions within the process chamber. Megasonic energy is then transmitted to the substrate. The cleaning solution provides protection from damage resulting from the application of megasonic/acoustical energy. In another aspect, the invention is a system for carrying out the method. The invention is not limited to carbon dioxide but can be used in conjunction with any gas that, when so dissolved in a cleaning liquid, protects substrates from being damaged by the application of megasonic/acoustical energy.
Abstract:
A dough conditioner comprising from about 0.05 wt. % to about 50 wt. % azodicarbonamide at least a fraction of which is microencapsulated; from about 0.1 to about 50 wt. % ascorbic acid; from about 0.01 to about 10 wt. % L-cysteine; from about 0.01 to about 10 wt. % fungal amylase; from about 0.1 to about 50 wt. % hemicellulose; from about 0.01 to about 10 wt. % lipase, all on a flour carrier and all weight percents based on the total weight of the dough conditioner excluding the weight of the flour carrier.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for substrate processing, specifically including cleaning and/or photoresist stripping, in non-immersion type megasonic processing tools. In one embodiment, the invention utilizes the concept of dissolving a gas into a liquid at or near the point of use with a gasifier, such as a membrane contactor, during the processing of the substrate, thus eliminating the need for pre-made liquid/gas processing mixtures that are typically stored in auxiliary tanks. In one aspect, the invention is an apparatus comprising: a process chamber having a support for supporting a substrate; a source of liquid; a supply line coupling said source of liquid to said process chamber; a gasifier operatively coupled to said supply line, said gasifier causing a gas to be dissolved into said liquid to form a mixture of said liquid and said gas; means for applying a film of said mixture to one side of said substrate while on said support, said first means being in fluid association with said supply line; and a transmitter configured to apply sonic energy to said substrate. The method comprises, in one aspect: supporting a substrate in a process chamber; supplying a liquid to said process chamber from a source of said liquid via a supply line; dissolving a gas into said liquid with a gasifer operatively coupled to said supply line to form a mixture of said liquid and said gas; applying a film of said mixture to one side of said substrate; and applying sonic energy to said substrate while said mixture is being applied. When used to remove photoresist from substrates, the fluid will preferably be deionized water and the gas will be ozone gas.
Abstract:
Disclosed in the present disclosure are a P-type bismuth telluride-based material and a method for preparing the P-type bismuth telluride-based material. The P-type bismuth telluride-based material is doped with a rare earth element, and prepared from a rare earth material, a Sb source, a Te source and a Bi source by melting, ball milling and sintering. An outer layer atomic orbital of the rare earth element can greatly improve the energy band structure of a matrix phase. At the same time, a large atomic difference between a rare earth atom and a Sb atom is utilized to provide a mass potential field, enhancing the phonon scattering probability, and reducing lattice thermal conductivity, and the double action of the rare earth element synergistically enhances the thermoelectric performance of the P-type bismuth telluride-based material.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, apparatuses and methods to provide image data, augmented with related data, to be displayed on a mobile computing device. Embodiments of the invention display a live view augmented with information identifying an object amongst other objects. Embodiments of the invention may utilize other related data, such as 3D point cloud data, image data and location data related to the object, to obtain a specific location of an object within the live view. Embodiments of the invention may further display a live view with augmented data three-dimensionally consistent with the position and orientation of the image sensor of the mobile computing device.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods, apparatuses and a program relating to fast recovering for network listening schemes in synchronization over air for small cells. The present invention includes tracking, at a first base station, a reference signal of a second base station, determining, whether the reference signal can be tracked, if it is determined that the reference signal can be tracked, adjusting, at the first base station, a system clock of the first base station based on the reference signal of the second base station, and estimating and storing parameters relating to a frequency difference between the system clock of the first base station and a system clock of the second base station, and if it is determined that the reference signal cannot be reliably tracked, adjusting the system clock of the first base station based on the stored parameters.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention describe processing a first image data and 3D point cloud data to extract a first planar segment from the 3D point cloud data. This first planar segment is associated with an object included in the first image data. A second image data is received, the second image data including the object captured in the first image data. A second planar segment related to the object is generated, where the second planar segment is geometrically consistent with the object as captured in the second image data. This planar segment is generated based, at least in part, on the second image data, the first image data and the first planar segment. Embodiments of the invention may further augment the second image data with content associated with the object. This augmented image may be displayed such that the content is displayed geometrically consistent with the second planar segment.