Abstract:
A bus switch has reduced input capacitance. Parasitic source-to-well and drain-to-well capacitors are shorted by well-shorting transistors, eliminating these parasitic capacitances. The well-shorting transistors are turned on when the bus-switch transistor is turned on, but are turned off when the bus-switch transistor is turned off and the bus switch isolates signals on its source and drain. The isolated P-well under the bus-switch transistor and the well-shorting transistors is not tied to ground. Instead the isolated P-well is floating when the bus-switch transistor is turned on. When the bus-switch transistor is turned off, the underlying isolated P-well is driven to ground by a biasing transistor in another P-well. Since the isolated P-well has a much lower doping than the N+ source and drain, the capacitance of the well-to-substrate junction is much less than the source-to-well capacitance. Thus input capacitance is reduced, allowing higher frequency switching.
Abstract:
Methods are provided for depositing an oxygen-doped dielectric layer. The oxygen-doped dielectric layer may be used for a barrier layer or a hardmask. In one aspect, a method is provided for processing a substrate including positioning the substrate in a processing chamber, introducing a processing gas comprising an oxygen-containing organosilicon compound, carbon dioxide, or combinations thereof, and an oxygen-free organosilicon compound to the processing chamber, and reacting the processing gas to deposit an oxygen-doped dielectric material on the substrate, wherein the dielectric material has an oxygen content of about 15 atomic percent or less. The oxygen-doped dielectric material may be used as a barrier layer in damascene or dual damascene applications.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for cleaning semiconductor processing equipment. The apparatus include both local and remote gas dissociators coupled to a semiconductor processing chamber to be cleaned. The methods include introducing a precursor gas into the remote dissociator where the gas is dissociated and introducing a portion of the dissociated gas into the chamber. Another portion of the dissociated gas which re-associates before introduction into the chamber is also introduced into the chamber where it is again dissociated. The dissociated gas combines with contaminants in the chamber and is exhausted from the chamber along with the contaminants.
Abstract:
A method for depositing a low k dielectric film comprising silicon, carbon, and nitrogen is provided. The low k dielectric film is formed by a gas mixture comprising a silicon source, a carbon source, and NR1R2R3, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are selected from the group consisting of alkyl and phenyl groups. The low k dielectric film may be used as a barrier layer, an etch stop, an anti-reflective coating, or a hard mask.
Abstract:
An analog buffer comprising a bias circuit, an n input stage, a p-input stage, and a push-pull output stage which generates an output voltage signal and which is configured and operated such that the output voltage signal is able to quickly and accurately respond to changes in the input voltage signal. The push-pull output stage comprises a pair of output transistors which having a common drain connection forming an output node where the output voltage signal is generated. The push-pull output stage further comprises a first group of PMOS transistors, one of which is responsive to a first control signal generated in the n-input stage to increase the output signal in response to an increase in the input signal, and a second group of NMOS transistors, one of which is responsive to a second control signal generated in the p-input stage to decrease the output signal in response to a decrease in the input signal. A third group of MOS transistors assists in increasing the output signal in response to an increase in the input signal at a relatively high end of the input signal range, and a fourth group of MOS transistors assists in decreasing the output signal in response to a decrease in the input signal at a relatively low end of the input signal range.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a circuit for implementing a low noise bias circuit that operates at 3 volts, 5 volts or any desired power supply voltage while avoiding production reconfiguration or post-production configuration. The present invention is implemented by using a current source designed to provide a constant current under differing conditions (e.g., such as a variation in temperature, a variation in power supply, or conditions encountered in a fast transistor process). The present circuit provides a means to adapt to varying conditions. The present circuit generally provides two bias signals that are typically used in a pre-driver circuit implementing NMOS and PMOS transistors.
Abstract:
A photonic chip based on periodical poling and waveguides circuits in ferroelectric crystals, the method is based on the integration of waveguide circuits, periodical poling and electro-optic modulator (EOM). The chip is illustrated by FIG. 1. The waveguide circuits guide the photons and makes linear operations like the beam splitting, filtering etc. on the photons. The periodical poling enables the efficient spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC), resulting the generation of entangled photons. The EOM controls the phase of photons dynamically. The following directional coupler distributes the entangled photons and the quantum interference takes place, resulting different types of path-entangled states by controlling the voltage of EOM insides the chip.
Abstract:
The invention is concerned with the strains of B. coagulans for lactic acid production and the related methods, in which the carbon sources are pentose or hexose or the agricultural or industrial wastes containing pentose or hexose or a mixture of both. According to the invention, the highest amount of L-lactic acid produced from glucose is 173 g/L, the optical purity is over 99%, the yield is up to 0.98, and the productivity is up to 2.4 g/L per hour. The highest amount of L-lactic acid produced from xylose is 195 g/L, the optical purity is over 99%, the yield is up to 0.98, and the productivity is up to 2.7 g/L per hour. The highest amount of L-lactic acid produced from reducing sugars in xylitol byproducts is 106 g/L, the optical purity is over 99%, and the productivity is up to 2.08 g/L per hour. The B. coagulans strains XZL4 (DSM No. 23183) and XZL9 (DSM No. 23184) of the invention can directly utilize various reducing sugars in xylitol byproducts to produce high amounts of L-lactic acid, which improves the production efficiency at low costs, and the strains are, thus, appropriate for industrial productions.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method of increasing a deacetylated activity of SIRT6 by contacting SIRT6 with an agent that binds SIRT6 and reduces the Km of SIRT6 for a substrate, thereby increasing the deacetylase activity of SIRT6. The invention also provides compounds of the formulas (II) and (III).
Abstract:
A computer enclosure includes a frame portion and a battery holding structure. The frame portion defines a battery receiving groove for receiving a battery, a first sliding groove and a second sliding groove communicating with the battery receiving groove. The battery holding structure includes a first locking member movably received in the first sliding groove, a second locking member movably received in the second sliding groove, and a spring. The first locking member includes a first latching block. The second locking member includes a second latching block. The spring is compressed between the second locking member and an inner surface of the second sliding groove and configured to provide a force to push the second latching block into the battery receiving groove. The first and second latching members can be pushed into the battery receiving groove to cooperatively latch the battery in the battery receiving groove.