摘要:
A tunable optical cavity can be tuned by relative movement between two reflection surfaces, such as by deforming elastomer spacers connected between mirrors or other light-reflective components that include the reflection surfaces. The optical cavity structure includes an analyte region in its light-transmissive region, and presence of analyte in the analyte region affects output light when the optical cavity is tuned to a set of positions. Electrodes that cause deformation of the spacers can also be used to capacitively sense the distance between them. Control circuitry that provides tuning signals can cause continuous movement across a range of positions, allowing continuous photosensing of analyte-affected output light by a detector.
摘要:
In the case of printing at high addressability, where the cell size is smaller than the spot size, an image can be decimated in a manner that will limit the large accumulation of printed material. The proper decimation of the image will depend on the spot size, the physics of drop coalescence and the addressability during printing. A simple method of using concentric decimation is disclosed herein to enable this process.
摘要:
An SRAM design evaluation circuit topology has the gates of the SRAM cell pass Gate Field Effect Transistors (FETs) connected to the cross-coupled gates of the inverter pair of the SRAM cell. This evaluation circuit typology is used in a full cell implementation. A series of full cells are interconnected one to another in a loop to form a ring oscillator. The output of the ring is frequency divided and measured to study the read and write behavior of the cell design. Similarly, half-cells, with the gates of their pass gates grounded, are interconnected one to another to form a ring oscillator, the output of which is frequency divided and measured to help isolate pass gate impact on memory function. The modified SRAM cell topology, connected as a ring oscillator in hardware, can be used to fully characterize an SRAM cell design, without the use of peripheral read/write circuitry.
摘要:
A variable modulator assembly includes an active layer. A deformable layer is in operational contact to a first surface of the active layer, and an electrode configuration consisting of a plurality of electrodes is in operational contact to a second surface of the active layer. A controller is configured to selectively apply a variable signal to the selected electrodes of the electrode configuration. Application of the variable signal causes the deformable layer to reconfigure to an alternated shape having distinct peaks and valleys. The distance between the peaks and valleys being determined by the value of the applied variable signal.In an optical modulating method, a variable modulator assembly is positioned to receive light at the deformable layer from a light source. Activation of an electrode configuration by the controller generates a variable signal, causing electrostatic charges to deform the deformable layer into a pattern corresponding to the activated electrodes.
摘要:
In a computer having rotating registers, a schedule-assigner for allocating the rotating registers. The scheduler-assigner includes a software-pipelined instruction scheduler that generates a first software-pipelined instruction schedule based on an intermediate representation that has data flow information in SSA form. The scheduler-assigner also includes a rotating register allocator that designates live ranges of loop-variant variables in the first software-pipelined instruction schedule as being allocated to rotating registers, when available. The first software-pipelined instruction schedule may be a modulo schedule. When a rotating register is not available, the software-pipelined instruction scheduler may generate a second software-pipelined instruction schedule having an initiation interval greater than the initiation interval of the first software-pipelined instruction schedule.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for common request processing by a request formatting platform. The request formatting platform generates formatted requests for request processors according to specifications of a common request processing application programming interface (API). The same common request processing API is used by the request formatting platform to communicate with all of the request processors according to one particular format.
摘要:
The presently described embodiments use a printing process, e.g. a wax printing technique, to pattern a mask layer (such as a soldermask layer) of, for example, a printed circuit. Substantially all other conventional processes in developing soldermask and exposure processes can be maintained. According to the presently described embodiments, each printed circuit will have a unique pattern that matches uniform and non-uniform runout. In one form, the pattern is comprised of wax single drops having a specified gap to make the process transparent to the current industry practice. Furthermore, the single drops can be used for both large and small areas without any development time differences. In at least one form, the wax pattern and the soldermask in the gap are removed during development.
摘要:
Laser based processes are used alone or in combination to effectively process doped domains for semiconductors and/or current harvesting structures. For example, dopants can be driven into a silicon/germanium semiconductor layer from a bare silicon/germanium surface using a laser beam. Deep contacts have been found to be effective for producing efficient solar cells. Dielectric layers can be effectively patterned to provide for selected contact between the current collectors and the doped domains along the semiconductor surface. Rapid processing approaches are suitable for efficient production processes.
摘要:
A domino SRAM array restore pulse generation system launches the work decode line by the same local clock as the restore pulse, thus eliminating any race issues with the word line select. This system allows the global bit select (or column select) to have fast activation by releasing the reset signal (with the earliest arriving array clock, ck1), while guaranteeing almost perfect tracking with the bit decode system. This allows for the widest possible write window; earliest release of the pre-charge in the global column select, and resetting only after the bit decode system is deactivated.
摘要:
A variable modulator assembly includes a deformable layer adhered to a compliant layer surface, and an n-phase electrode configuration, n>2, adhered to an opposite surface of the compliant layer. A controller is configured to selectively apply a variable signal to the selected electrodes of the electrode configuration. Application of the variable signal causes the deformable layer to reconfigure to an alternated shape having distinct peaks and valleys. The distance between the peaks and valleys being determined by the value of the applied variable signal, wherein the alternated shape travels in a preferred direction. An optical modulating method includes positioning the variable modulator assembly to receive and reflect light from a light source, monitoring the reflected light, and altering the variable signal to maintain a desired output intensity.