Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit and method for automatic tuning of a resonant circuit in a transceiver having a receiver and a transmitter that includes a power amplifier for driving the resonant circuit. During a transmit mode of the transceiver, a resonance voltage of the resonant circuit is compared to an input voltage signal to the power amplifier to determine an error signal that is converted into a control word. The control word drives an adjustable capacitance bank that is part of the resonant circuit. During a receive mode of the transceiver, the control word value is held constant to substantially maintain resonance of the resonant circuit during operation of the receiver.

Abstract: Methods and systems for preparing a substrate for analysis are provided. One method includes removing a portion of a copper structure on the substrate using an etch chemistry in combination with an electron beam. The etch chemistry is substantially inert with respect to the copper structure except in the presence of the electron beam. Other methods involve forming masking layers on a substrate that will protect the substrate during etching. For example, one method includes exposing a first portion of the substrate to an electron beam. A second portion of the substrate not exposed to the electron beam includes a copper structure. The method also includes exposing the substrate to a fluorine containing chemical. The fluorine containing chemical bonds to the first portion but not the second portion to form a fluorine containing layer on the first portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ion-conductive polymer membrane for a fuel cell, whereby the polymer membrane is configured from a polymer-forming hydrocarbon material and to a method for producing the same. The membrane also has a metal-containing gel which has been hydrolysed and/or condensed from a metal alkoxide starting material and which is deposited in the polymer and/or is chemically bonded to the polymer. The proportion of metal alkoxide by weight, in relation to the membrane, lies between 25% and 1%.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining the material composition of a semiconductor device at an area of interest are described. An electron time-of-flight spectrometer is used within a semiconductor inspection system. The spectrometer is placed on the opposite side of an objective lens from the area of interest. In one embodiment, the electron time-of-flight spectrometer is an electron drift tube. A computing module produces an electron emission spectrum for the materials at the area of interest.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ion-conductive polymer membrane for a fuel cell, whereby the polymer membrane is configured from a polymer-forming hydrocarbon material and to a method for producing the same. The membrane also has a metal-containing gel which has been hydrolysed and/or condensed from a metal alkoxide starting material and which is deposited in the polymer and/or is chemically bonded to the polymer. The proportion of metal alkoxide by weight, in relation to the membrane, lies between 25% and 1%.

Abstract: One embodiment disclosed relates to a scanning electron beam apparatus including an objective lens, scan deflectors, de-scan deflectors, an energy-filter drift tube, and a segmented detector. The objective lens may be an immersion lens configured with a high extraction field so as to preserve azimuthal angle discrimination of the electrons scattered from the specimen surface. The de-scan deflectors may be used to compensate for the scanning of the incident electron beam. The energy-filter drift tube is configured to align the scattered electrons according to polar angles of trajectory from the specimen surface.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an MEA including a layer system, the layer system together with a plastic film located above and below it being punched out by a heated and shaped punching tool. The film-coated layer system, which is welded together only at the outer edges, is further processed by heating and pressing the marginal zones in a subsequent operation, the plastic film softening or melting in the marginal zone and penetrating the marginal regions. Thus, the marginal region in the periphery of the layer system is sealed in a gas-tight manner within seconds. The film inside the marginal zones which is no longer needed or not heated is removed by suction.

Abstract: A method of configuring link-scope-type managed objects in IP-based networks from a centralized management node. An IP-based network includes at least one management station, a set of network nodes, and communication links between the network nodes and between the management station and the network nodes. Preferably, an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) topology graph of the network is prepared, and a set of target links to be configured is identified. The target links are then classified into N disjoint subsets, T1-TN. The links in each subset are then configured in parallel, starting with subset T1 and sequentially handling each subset one-by-one. The target links may be classified by removing non-target links that are not to be configured from the OSPF topology graph, building a LinkGraph to determine the dependencies between the links remaining in the OSPF topology graph, and building a LinkTree from the LinkGraph to classify the target links into the subsets based upon the dependencies between the links.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for efficiently analyzing defects in-line on a wafer by wafer basis are provided. In general terms, embodiments of the present invention provide a simple interface for setting up the entire inspection and defect analysis process in a single set up procedure. In one embodiment, an apparatus for analyzing defects on specimens is disclosed. The apparatus includes an inspection station for inspecting a specimen for potential defects and a review station for analyzing a sample of the potential defects to determine a classification of such potential defects. The apparatus further includes a computer system having an application interface operable to allow a user to set up the inspection station and the review station during a same setup phase so as to allow the inspection station and the review station to then operate automatically to provide defect information for one or more specimens based on the user set up. Techniques for using such apparatus are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit and method for automatic tuning of a resonant circuit in a transceiver having a receiver and a transmitter that includes a power amplifier for driving the resonant circuit. During a transmit mode of the transceiver, a resonance voltage of the resonant circuit is compared to an input voltage signal to the power amplifier to determine an error signal that is converted into a control word. The control word drives an adjustable capacitance bank that is part of the resonant circuit. During a receive mode of the transceiver, the control word value is held constant to substantially maintain resonance of the resonant circuit during operation of the receiver.

Abstract: The invention relates to a membrane-electrode assembly for a self-humidifying fuel cell. The electrodes of the MEA according to the invention consist of a catalyst layer applied on the membrane side, of a microporous electrode layer adjacent thereto and of a macroporous electrode layer disposed thereupon, the microporous electrode layer exhibiting lamellar graphite on the cathode side and, on the anode side, particles of carbon black having a rough surface and having the capacity for storing water. By reason of the structure and the morphology of the respective electrode, by reason of the interaction of the two electrodes in the MEA composite and their coordination with one another, a mass flow from the cathode to the anode develops which favours the back-diffusion of the reaction water through the electrolyte and consequently guarantees an adequate humidification of the electrolyte.

Abstract: A method for producing a catalytic converter includes depositing a layer of catalytically active metallic material by electrochemical deposition on a planar substrate by immersing the substrate in an electrolyte that contains the catalytically active metallic material. A high overvoltage at which a large number of seeds of the metallic material are formed on the substrate is set for a predetermined first time period between the substrate and the opposing electrode. The overvoltage is reduced for a predetermined second time period to a value at which the seeds which are deposited in the first time period grow on the substrate.

Abstract: A fuel cell includes at least one cell that contains a proton-conducting polymer electrolyte membrane, which separates an anode compartment and a cathode compartment. The membrane is comprised of a thermoplastic polymer that has a permanent service temperature of at least 100° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new (3R)-3-amino-4-carboxybutyraldehyde derivatives of general formula(I) wherein X represents a C1-4 alkyloxycarbonyl, an optionally substituted phenyl-(C1-2 alkyloxy)-carbonyl, a C1-4 alkylcarbonyl or an optionally substituted phenyl-(C1-3 alkyl)-carbonyl group, n represents 1 or 0, Y represents, in the case when n=1, a tetrapeptide of general formula Y4-Y3-Y2-Y1, a tripeptide of general formula Y3-Y2-Y1 or a dipeptide of general formula Y2-Y1 or an amino acid residue of general formula Y1, or in the case when n=0, an &agr;-hydroxyacyl-tripeptide of general formula Q4-Y3-Y2-Y1, an &agr;-hydroxyacyl-dipeptide of general formula Q3-Y2-Y1 or an &agr;-hydroxyacyl-aminoacyl residue of general formula Q2-Y1; wherein Y1-Y4 represent a residue selected from the group of the following L- or D-amino acids: alanine, alloisoleucine, cyclohexyl-glycine, phenyl-alanine, glutamine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, pipecolic acid, proline, tyrosi

Abstract: The efficiency of transmitting lower priority data traffic along with higher priority traffic is improved by segmenting a data packet in such a way so as to reduce transmission delay of the higher priority traffic. The data packet is segmented so that all its segments, including the last segment, are approximately the same size. The segment size is set smaller than a maximum permitted segment size. Indeed, it is desirable (though not necessary) to set the segment size as small as design parameters, (e.g., minimize segment header overhead), allow in order to reduce transmission delay of the higher priority traffic. Because the last segment is set at the same size or a larger size than the other segments, delay in transmitting the data packet is also reduced. The last segment may be sized as large as practical to minimize the transmission delay of the data packet. Once segmented, the data packet segments are transmitted along with the higher priority traffic.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an MEA including a layer system, the layer system together with a plastic film located above and below it being punched out by a heated and shaped punching tool. The film-coated layer system, which is welded together only at the outer edges, is further processed by heating and pressing the marginal zones in a subsequent operation, the plastic film softening or melting in the marginal zone and penetrating the marginal regions. Thus, the marginal region in the periphery of the layer system is sealed in a gas-tight manner within seconds. The film inside the marginal zones which is no longer needed or not heated is removed by suction.

Abstract: A method for producing a catalytic converter includes depositing a layer of catalytically active metallic material by electrochemical deposition on a planar substrate by immersing the substrate in an electrolyte that contains the catalytically active metallic material. A high overvoltage at which a large number of seeds of the metallic material are formed on the substrate is set for a predetermined first time period between the substrate and the opposing electrode. The overvoltage is reduced for a predetermined second time period to a value at which the seeds which are deposited in the first time period grow on the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display assembly having a liquid crystal on silicon display device disposed on a first substrate and having first electrical contact pads. The display assembly also has a second substrate having second electrical contact pads coupled to the first electrical contact pads and having an array of ball contact elements. Various embodiments and features are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to new peptidyl-arginine aldehyde compounds of formula (I) Q-D-Xaa-Pro-Arg-H  (I) wherein Q represents an acyl group of formula Q′—OCO, wherein Q′ represents an alkyl-group with 1-3 carbon atoms, D-Xaa represents a 3-cyclobutyl-D-alanyl- or 3-cyclopentyl-D-alanyl group, Pro represents an L-prolyl group, and Arg represents an L-arginyl group, and acid-addition salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, which are suitable for the prevention and cure of thrombosis and accelerated blood clotting.

Abstract: This invention relates to peptide aldehyde derivatives of formula (I): D-Xaa-Pro-Arg-H, wherein Xaa represent a 2-cycloheptyl-2-hydroxyacetyl or 2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxyacetyl group, Pro represents an L-prolyl residue and Arg represents an L-arginyl residue, their acid-additon salts formed with an organic or inorganic acid and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same. The compounds of formula (I) of the invention have therapeutic, particularly anticoagulant, antiplatelet and antithrombotic properties.