Abstract: An Integrated Circuit (IC) package has a ferrite-dielectric shield between a planar inductor coil and a semiconductor chip. The shield blocks Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) generated by currents in the inductor coil from reaching the semiconductor chip. The shield has a ferrite layer surrounded by upper and lower dielectric laminate layers to prevent electrical shorts. The center end of the inductor coil connects to the semiconductor chip through a center post that fits through an opening in the shield that is over the air core center of the inductor coil. The center post can connect to a die attach pad that the semiconductor chip is mounted to. Bonding wires connect pads on the semiconductor chip to lead-frame pads on lead-frame risers that end at external package connectors. The outer end of the inductor coil connects to lead-frame outer risers also having external package connectors such as pins or bonding balls.

Abstract: Antenna structures as well as antenna assemblies that incorporate the aforementioned antenna structures. In one embodiment, the antenna structure includes a substrate having a first major face, a second major face, and a side face. The first major face may include a first laterally extending conductive structure extending along a first edge of the first major face of the substrate and a pronged conductive structure having a first prong extending from a portion of the laterally extending conductive structure towards a first corner of the substrate and a second prong extending from a portion of the laterally extending conductive structure towards a second corner of the substrate. The second major face includes a second laterally extending conductive structure with a conductive structure placing the conductive structures on the first major face in electrical communication with the conductive structures on the second major face.

Abstract: A food transportation system and associated modular humidity control system are provided. An example system includes a body configured for attachment with a food storage housing. The body defines a closed circuit air flow path for circulating air through the food storage housing. The system also includes a humidity control element secured within the closed circuit air flow path that condenses moisture from the moisture-laden air passing through the closed circuit air flow path. The system further includes a condensation collector configured to receive fluid condensed from the moisture-laden air by the humidity control element.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing liquid level detection, particularly, for implementing pressure-based liquid level detection, and, more particularly, for implementing pressure-based liquid level detection that takes into account presence of foam, wet septum seals on a container, and/or pressure changes caused by a partially sealed septum of a container.

Abstract: An Integrated Circuit (IC) package has a ferrite-dielectric shield between planar transformer coils and a semiconductor chip. The shield blocks Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) generated by currents in transformer coils from reaching the semiconductor chip. Multiple layers of planar transformer coils serve as primary or secondary coils and can be connected together in series or parallel using center posts and coil extensions from outer coil windings to lead-frame risers that also have external package connectors such as pins or bonding balls. The center winding of an upper transformer coil connects to the semiconductor chip on a die attach pad through a center post that fits through an opening in the shield that is over the air core center of the transformer coil. Bonding wires connect pads on the semiconductor chip to lead-frame pads on lead-frame risers that end at external package connectors.

Abstract: An Integrated Circuit (IC) package has a ferrite-dielectric shield between a planar inductor coil and a semiconductor chip. The shield blocks Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) generated by currents in the inductor coil from reaching the semiconductor chip. The shield has a ferrite layer surrounded by upper and lower dielectric laminate layers to prevent electrical shorts. The center end of the inductor coil connects to the semiconductor chip through a center post that fits through an opening in the shield that is over the air core center of the inductor coil. The center post can connect to a die attach pad that the semiconductor chip is mounted to. Bonding wires connect pads on the semiconductor chip to lead-frame pads on lead-frame risers that end at external package connectors. The outer end of the inductor coil connects to lead-frame outer risers also having external package connectors such as pins or bonding balls.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for washing pipette tips, including the inside and outside of the pipette tip. Pipette wash devices comprise a main body comprising a wash chamber, a liquid channel, a gas channel, and a nozzle cavity, and a nozzle for providing a washing mist is positioned in the nozzle cavity and fluidically connected with the liquid channel and the gas channel. Methods of washing a pipette tip include inserting a pipette tip in a wash chamber; spraying a mist on an outside surface of the pipette tip; and blowing pressurized air or inert gas on the outside surface of the pipette tip, thereby washing and drying the pipette. Methods of washing a pipette tip also include passing one or more series of liquid slugs separated by gaseous gaps through the inside of the pipette tip.

Abstract: A modular humidity control system is provided. An example system includes a body configured for attachment with a food storage housing. The body may define a closed circuit air flow path for circulating air through the food storage housing. The system also includes a desiccant element secured within the closed circuit air flow path that removes moisture from the moisture-laden air passing through the closed circuit air flow path, and stores the removed moisture. The system further includes a regeneration system that monitors a saturation of the desiccant element. In an instance in which the saturation of the desiccant element exceeds a saturation threshold, the regeneration system may evaporate at least a portion of the moisture stored by the desiccant element.

Abstract: A modulator spreads the spectrum of a generated clock to reduce Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI). A capacitor is charged by a variable current to generate a ramp voltage that is compared to a reference to end a clock cycle and discharge the capacitor. An up-down counter drives a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) that controls the variable charging current to provide triangle modulation. A smaller offset current is added or subtracted for cubic modulation when the up-down counter reaches its minimum count. A frequency divider that clocks the up-down counter also clocks a Linear-Feedback Shift-Register (LFSR) to that controls pseudo-random current sources that further modulate variable current and frequency. The LFSR is clocked with the up-down counter to modulate each frequency step, or only at the minimum count to randomly modulate at the minimum frequency. Binary-weighted bits from the up-down counter to the DAC are swapped to modulate the frequency step size.

Abstract: A refrigerator storage system is described. The refrigerator storage system comprises a display having a home screen and a processor coupled to the display. The processor is configured to display at least one widget that provides an operation on the display, wherein the at least one widget comprises an interface portion providing direct access to a feature of the widget, wherein the direct access to the feature of the widget is provided from the home screen.

Abstract: A food transportation system and associated modular humidity control system are provided. An example system includes a body configured for attachment with a food storage housing. The body defines a closed circuit air flow path for circulating air through the food storage housing. The system also includes a humidity control element secured within the closed circuit air flow path that condenses moisture from the moisture-laden air passing through the closed circuit air flow path. The system further includes a condensation collector configured to receive fluid condensed from the moisture-laden air by the humidity control element.

Abstract: A food storage apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The food storage apparatus includes a display; and a processor configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) including one or more icons for controlling a execution screen of a application on a side region of the execution screen of the application while the execution screen of the application is displayed, wherein the application a view inside application providing an image obtained by photographing the inside of the food storage apparatus, and the processor controls the display to display the UI on the image obtained by photographing the inside of the food storage apparatus. Accordingly, the food storage apparatus may provide various services as compared to the conventional food storage apparatus, and may provide the UI for the service execution in the form that the user may easily and rapidly use the UI.

Abstract: A bottle cap includes a vacuum unit, a pressure relief unit and a drinking water pipe unit. After the bottle cap is combined with a bottle, the vacuum unit can vacuum the interior of the bottle to preserve food or drink inside the bottle, and the pressure relief unit may be operated to release the air pressure in the bottle in order to open the bottle cap, or open a flip cover of the drinking water pipe unit to drink the fruit juice or water from the bottle. The bottle cap has the effects of preserving the food or drink in the bottom and facilitating drinking.

Abstract: A food transportation system and associated modular humidity control system are provided. An example system includes a body configured for attachment with a food storage housing. The body defines a closed circuit air flow path for circulating air through the food storage housing. The system also includes a humidity control element secured within the closed circuit air flow path that condenses moisture from the moisture-laden air passing through the closed circuit air flow path. The system further includes a condensation collector configured to receive fluid condensed from the moisture-laden air by the humidity control element.

Abstract: A modular humidity control system is provided. An example system includes a body configured for attachment with a food storage housing. The body may define a closed circuit air flow path for circulating air through the food storage housing. The system also includes a desiccant element secured within the closed circuit air flow path that removes moisture from the moisture-laden air passing through the closed circuit air flow path, and stores the removed moisture. The system further includes a regeneration that monitors a saturation of the desiccant element. In an instance in which the saturation of the desiccant element exceeds a saturation threshold, the regeneration system may evaporate at least a portion of the moisture stored by the desiccant element.

Abstract: A bottle cap includes a vacuum unit, a pressure relief unit and a drinking water pipe unit. After the bottle cap is combined with a bottle, the vacuum unit can vacuum the interior of the bottle to preserve food or drink inside the bottle, and the pressure relief unit may be operated to release the air pressure in the bottle in order to open the bottle cap, or open a flip cover of the drinking water pipe unit to drink the fruit juice or water from the bottle. The bottle cap has the effects of preserving the food or drink in the bottom and facilitating drinking.

Abstract: A trigger has an upper board and a lower board. The lower board is detachably mounted on the upper board and has an open slot and an elongate board. The open slot is formed through an end of the lower board, and the elongate board is formed on the middle of the open slot and extends to the end of the lower board. The free end of the elongate board is bent perpendicularly to the elongate board. The door track with the trigger includes two installation boards, and two ribs are formed on the two installation boards respectively and extend toward each other. The upper board is mounted on the top surfaces of the ribs of the installation boards, and the lower board is mounted on the bottom surfaces of the ribs. When the sliding door collides with the trigger, the trigger can be deformed and prevents the slider of the sliding door from being restricted by the trigger.

Abstract: A trigger has an upper board and a lower board. The lower board is detachably mounted on the upper board and has an open slot and an elongate board. The open slot is formed through an end of the lower board, and the elongate board is formed on the middle of the open slot and extends to the end of the lower board. The free end of the elongate board is bent perpendicularly to the elongate board. The door track with the trigger includes two installation boards, and two ribs are formed on the two installation boards respectively and extend toward each other. The upper board is mounted on the top surfaces of the ribs of the installation boards, and the lower board is mounted on the bottom surfaces of the ribs. When the sliding door collides with the trigger, the trigger can be deformed and prevents the slider of the sliding door from being restricted by the trigger.

Abstract: A food storage apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The food storage apparatus includes a display; and a processor configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) including one or more icons for controlling a execution screen of a application on a side region of the execution screen of the application while the execution screen of the application is displayed, wherein the application a view inside application providing an image obtained by photographing the inside of the food storage apparatus, and the processor controls the display to display the UI on the image obtained by photographing the inside of the food storage apparatus. Accordingly, the food storage apparatus may provide various services as compared to the conventional food storage apparatus, and may provide the UI for the service execution in the form that the user may easily and rapidly use the UI.