Abstract: An automated system cleans trays used in handling circuit device packages is provided in a sequential manner with pressurized air in a cleaning chamber, and a vacuum system is operated to remove the contamination (e.g. metal fibers) from the cleaning chamber. The system can convey trays in a sequential manner from one or more stacks of trays at associated tray loading stations into one or more associated cleaning chambers, and convey the cleaned trays from the one or more cleaning chambers to one or more associated tray unloading stations, where the cleaned trays are stacked. The system can handle approximately 30,000 trays per day.

Abstract: An automated method of cleaning trays used in handling circuit device packages includes the steps of: placing a plurality of trays on a tray loading station of an automated tray cleaning machine; lowering in an automated manner a first tray of the plurality of trays onto a conveyor; conveying in an automated manner the first tray from the tray loading station into a cleaning chamber; automatically applying pressurized air in the cleaning chamber to one or more surfaces of the first tray to remove debris from the first tray; conveying in an automated manner the first tray out of the cleaning chamber and to a tray unloading station; and raising in an automated manner the first tray above the conveyor.

Abstract: A cassette magazine for thin semiconductor wafers comprises first and second sidewalls, one or more rods or plates coupling the first and second sidewalls to one another, and a plurality of slot supports configured to support sides of the thin semiconductor wafers extending inward from both the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the plurality of slot supports having widths sufficient to cause a distance by which centers of the thin semiconductor wafers sag to be less than about 0.3 cm when the thin semiconductor wafers have thicknesses of about 100 ?m and diameters of 200 mm.

Abstract: An automatic drilling equipment for drilling notches in a plurality of trays includes a drilling tool and a tray base to hold and move a plurality of trays on the tray base with respect to the drilling tool. The drilling tool is operable to drill the plurality of trays to simultaneously open a notch at the same position in each tray of the plurality of trays.

Abstract: A method for capturing hydrocarbons from a formation is provided. After a first hydraulic fracturing of a formation to produce a first conditioned formation, and while hydrocarbons are being produced from the first conditioned formation, a predetermined wellbore characteristic is monitored for. The predetermined wellbore characteristic is based on at least a pressure within the first conditioned formation. After detecting the predetermined wellbore characteristic, a second hydraulic fracturing of the formation is effected to produce a second conditioned formation.

Abstract: Methods for improved die bonding. In some embodiments, a method includes applying hot air to a die. The method also includes placing the die on a substrate after applying the hot air to the die. The method further includes waiting a predefined bonding period in order to establish a bond between the die and the substrate.

Abstract: Methods for improved die bonding. In some embodiments, a method includes applying hot air to a die. The method also includes placing the die on a substrate after applying the hot air to the die. The method further includes waiting a predefined bonding period in order to establish a bond between the die and the substrate.

Abstract: Method and device for improved die bonding. In some embodiments, a bonding device includes a heating element configured to heat air. The bonding device also includes an application element having a plurality of holes configured to apply the heated air to a die, the application element is characterized by an arrangement of the plurality of holes that satisfies one or more directionality criteria. The bonding device further includes a controller configured to control the heating element and to set the temperature of the heated air expelled through the plurality of holes of the application element in order to satisfy one or more bonding criteria.

Abstract: A method for capturing hydrocarbons from a formation is provided. After a first hydraulic fracturing of a formation to produce a first conditioned formation, and while hydrocarbons are being produced from the first conditioned formation, a predetermined wellbore characteristic is monitored for. The predetermined wellbore characteristic is based on at least a pressure within the first conditioned formation. After detecting the predetermined wellbore characteristic, a second hydraulic fracturing of the formation is effected to produce a second conditioned formation.

Abstract: Method and device for improved die bonding. In some embodiments, a bonding device includes a heating element configured to heat air. The bonding device also includes an application element having a plurality of holes configured to apply the heated air to a die, the application element is characterized by an arrangement of the plurality of holes that satisfies one or more directionality criteria. The bonding device further includes a controller configured to control the heating element and to set the temperature of the heated air expelled through the plurality of holes of the application element in order to satisfy one or more bonding criteria.

Abstract: The present invention, known as runspace, relates to the field of computing system management, data processing and data communications, and specifically to synergistic methods and systems which provide resource-efficient computation, especially for decomposable many-component tasks executable on multiple processing elements, by using a metric space representation of code and data locality to direct allocation and migration of code and data, by performing analysis to mark code areas that provide opportunities for runtime improvement, and by providing a low-power, local, secure memory management system suitable for distributed invocation of compact sections of code accessing local memory. Runspace provides mechanisms supporting hierarchical allocation, optimization, monitoring and control, and supporting resilient, energy efficient large-scale computing.

Abstract: The present invention, known as runspace, relates to the field of computing system management, data processing and data communications, and specifically to synergistic methods and systems which provide resource-efficient computation, especially for decomposable many-component tasks executable on multiple processing elements, by using a metric space representation of code and data locality to direct allocation and migration of code and data, by performing analysis to mark code areas that provide opportunities for runtime improvement, and by providing a low-power, local, secure memory management system suitable for distributed invocation of compact sections of code accessing local memory. Runspace provides mechanisms supporting hierarchical allocation, optimization, monitoring and control, and supporting resilient, energy efficient large-scale computing.

Abstract: Codeletset methods and/or apparatus may be used to enable resource-efficient computing. Such methods may involve decomposing a program into sets of codelets that may be allocated among multiple computing elements, which may enable parallelism and efficient use of the multiple computing elements. Allocation may be based, for example, on efficiencies with respect to data dependencies and/or communications among codelets.

Abstract: The present invention, known as runspace, relates to the field of computing system management, data processing and data communications, and specifically to synergistic methods and systems which provide resource-efficient computation, especially for decomposable many-component tasks executable on multiple processing elements, by using a metric space representation of code and data locality to direct allocation and migration of code and data, by performing analysis to mark code areas that provide opportunities for runtime improvement, and by providing a low-power, local, secure memory management system suitable for distributed invocation of compact sections of code accessing local memory. Runspace provides mechanisms supporting hierarchical allocation, optimization, monitoring and control, and supporting resilient, energy efficient large-scale computing.

Abstract: An uplink access method in a mobile subscriber station of a broadband wireless access communication system prioritizes uplink bandwidth allocation according to QoS types of requested service. A scheduling priority is assigned to each type of service flow to guarantee the highest data rate for the high QoS service flows, and then the uplink data grants are scheduled based on this assigned priority. By assigning a priority to each connection based on the service type flow, the higher data rate connections will always have the opportunity to transmit uplink data to fulfill the high data rate QoS requirement, and fragmentation will occur only on the last lowest priority Connection ID (CID) based on the size of the last remaining data grant. The uplink access method further prevents the high priority service from stealing bandwidth from data grants intended for lower priority services by identifying when the data grant is mismatched from the amount requested by the lower level services.

Abstract: A method for implementing a Media Independent Handover (MIH) service between one or more of a heterogeneous and a non-heterogeneous network comprises providing an MIH beacon from one or more of a network (Net) or a mobile node (MN); acknowledging a receipt of the MIH beacon by another of the network (Net) or the mobile node; and facilitating handover (HO) services in response to an acknowledged receipt, and further in response to an MIH beacon message subsequently provided from one or more of the network (Net) or the mobile node. In one embodiment, the MIH beacon comprises at least an MIH-Capability (MIHC) flag, the MIHC flag having one of a first state or a second state.