Abstract: An output force from a system (10) comprising a damper (22) and a power drive (20) is controlled using feedback (34) from the output of the damper (22) relative to the input to the damper (22). By adopting a damper (22) with a variable damping coefficient and controlling that coefficient, the system (10) can achieve force/torque performance over a wide range of force values, with low output impedance and a large bandwidth. The damper (22) also serves as an impact absorption device to protect the power drive (20) from external impact.

Abstract: A keyed-build system for controlling the distribution of software. The system and method of the present invention control distribution of software by keying computer-executable programs with device identifications. Each of the computing devices of the keyed-build system contains a device identification that is uniquely associated with and is embedded in the device. A computer-executable program for use in a particular computing device is keyed with the device's unique device identification during the build process of the program. When the computer-executable program is launched on a computing device, the device identification in the program is compared with the device identification embedded in the computing device. If the two device identifications do not match, the computer-executable program is disabled.

Abstract: An adaptive auto-scrolling merge operation automatically accepts pen-based input data into a hand-held or palm sized computer and places the input data onto a line of a window in which a user intended the input data to be placed. Computing systems that accept input from users typically accept data items to be inserted into a scrollable window that is displayed by the computer. When a user is inserting data items at the end of the window, computing systems may automatically scroll the displayed portion of the window when data has been added to the last line of the window. Because pen based systems do not use a cursor located at an insertion point to know where a user wants new data items to be inserted, the new data items are inserted into the document at the location corresponding to the place within the window in which the user drew the pen strokes used to create the data item.

Abstract: A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor chip (120, 1120), an electrically conductive adhesive located over the semiconductor chip, and a clip bond (231, 232, 1231, 1232) located over the electrically conductive adhesive. The clip bond has at least one burr to retain the electrically conductive adhesive.

Abstract: A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor chip (120, 1120), an electrically conductive adhesive located over the semiconductor chip, and a clip bond (231, 232, 1231, 1232) located over the electrically conductive adhesive. The clip bond has at least one burr to retain the electrically conductive adhesive.