Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of a nitroaniline derivative of Formula I for the production of nitric oxide and for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of a disease wherein the administration of nitric oxide is beneficial. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for the production of NO irradiating a nitroaniline derivative of Formula I, a kit comprising a nitroaniline derivative of Formula I and a carrier and to a system comprising a source of radiations and a container associated to a nitroaniline derivative of Formula I. In Formula I, R and RI are each independently hydrogen or a C1-C3 alkyl group; RII is hydrogen or an alkyl group.
Abstract:
High precision connectivity for a device under test (DUT) in an electronic test system at reduced cost and superior performance characteristics is provided by incorporating an appropriate contact structure into a printed circuit board (PCB) of the electronic test system. Alternatively, a superior adapter that is formed on the basis of highly precise volume production techniques, for example using well-established semiconductor materials and related manufacturing techniques, is provided to support high precision connectivity.
Abstract:
An integrated control circuit of a switch is described, which is adapted to open or close a current path; said integrated circuit includes a comparator to compare a first signal with a second signal representative of the current flowing through said current path. The comparator outputs a third variable signal between a low logic level and a high logic level according to whether said second signal is lower than said first signal or vice versa; the integrated circuit has a driver to generate a signal to drive said switch in response to the third signal, and is configured to detect a spike on the leading edge of said second signal and to blank said third signal for a first blanking time period which depends on a turn-on delay of said switch and a second blanking period which depends on the duration of said spike on the leading edge of said second signal.
Abstract:
Integrated microreactor, formed in a monolithic body and including a semiconductor material region and an insulating layer; a buried channel extending in the semiconductor material region; a first and a second access trench extending in the semiconductor material region and in the insulating layer, and in communication with the buried channel; a first and a second reservoir formed on top of the insulating layer and in communication with the first and the second access trench; a suspended diaphragm formed by the insulating layer, laterally to the buried channel; and a detection electrode, supported by the suspended diaphragm, above the insulating layer, and inside the second reservoir.
Abstract:
An encryption process includes choosing a secret key and a set of permutable functions defined on a phase space for encrypting/decrypting messages, choosing a code for encoding messages to be sent as a number belonging to the phase space. The set of permutable functions includes chaotic maps generated by a composite function of first and second functions, and an inverse of the first function. The secret key is defined by the second function.
Abstract:
Described herein is a method for soft-programming an electrically erasable nonvolatile memory device, wherein soft-programming is carried out with a soft-programming multiplicity equal to twice that used for writing data in the memory device until the current absorbed during soft-programming is smaller than or equal to the maximum current which is available for writing operations and which can be generated within the memory device, and with a soft-programming multiplicity equal to the one used for writing data in the memory device in the case where the current absorbed during soft-programming with double multiplicity is greater than the maximum current which is available for writing operations and which can be generated within the memory device.
Abstract:
A nonvolatile memory device with simultaneous read/write has a memory array formed by a plurality of cells organized into memory banks, and a plurality of first and second sense amplifiers. The device further has a plurality of R/W selectors associated to respective sets of cells and connecting the cells of the respective sets of cells alternately to the first sense amplifiers and to the second sense amplifiers.
Abstract:
A high-density plasma process is proposed for depositing a layer of Silicon Nitride on a substrate in a plasma reactor. The process includes the steps of: providing a gas including precursor components of the Silicon Nitride, generating a plasma applying a radio-frequency power to the gas, and the plasma reacting with the substrate to deposit the layer of Silicon Nitride. The power applied to the gas is in the range from 2.5 kW to 4 kW.
Abstract:
Digital video signals, such as the signals generated by an image sensor in a Bayer format, are converted into an encoded format. In the Bayer format, the pixels of each line are alternately coded with two colors, and then converted into the encoded format. In the encoded format, the pixels of the digital video signals are reordered into sets of adjacent pixels, such that the sets group pixels coded with the same color. The encoded signal data results in a reduced switching activity when transmitted over a bus.
Abstract:
A method for incrementing, decrementing or two's complementing a first string of bits includes generating an auxiliary string of bits as a function of the first string, and logically combining the auxiliary string with the first string to generate a corresponding output string. A least significant bit of the auxiliary string is independent from the bits of the first string, and any other bit of the auxiliary string. The method is particularly convenient for generating an overflow flag when the number to be output exceeds the representation interval. An overflow flag is generated by logically combining the most significant bits of the first and auxiliary strings.