Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for measuring and controlling local impedances at a substrate support in a plasma processing chamber during processing of a substrate. A substrate support includes a plurality of substrate support pins wherein the radio frequency voltage, current and phase of each of the plurality of substrate support pins are measured and impedances of the support pins are adjusted in real time. Each of the substrate support pins is coupled to an associated adjustable impedance circuit that may be remotely controlled. In one embodiment a variable capacitor is used to adjust the impedance of the impedance circuit coupled to the associated substrate support pin and may be remotely adjusted with a stepper motor.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a shaft, an expandable dilator, and at least one ventilation pathway. The shaft defines a longitudinal axis and includes a distal and proximal ends with at least one shaft lumen. The expandable dilator includes body with its own proximal and distal ends. The body is configured to transition between a contracted state and an expanded state. The body is configured to dilate a Eustachian tube of a patient in the expanded state. The at least one ventilation pathway is configured to provide ventilation from the distal end of the body to the proximal end of the body when the body is in the expanded state. In some examples, the ventilation pathway includes a set of transversely oriented vent openings formed through the shaft. In some other examples, the ventilation pathway includes a space defined between one or more radially outwardly protruding features of the expandable dilator.

Abstract: Disclosed are cable types, including a type THHN cable, the cable types having a reduced surface coefficient of friction, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core and insulating layer are surrounded by a material containing nylon or thermosetting resin. A silicone based pulling lubricant for said cable, or alternatively, erucamide or stearyl erucamide for small cable gauge wire, is incorporated, by alternate methods, with the resin material from which the outer sheath is extruded, and is effective to reduce the required pulling force between the formed cable and a conduit during installation.

Abstract: A support for a safety net proximate an edge of a floor of a building under construction; the support comprising a support post extending between an upper bracket and a lower bracket. According to another broad form of the present invention there is provided a method of installing a safety net proximate an exposed edge of a building under construction; the method includes the steps of: —driving securing bolts into an underside of an adjacent higher floor and into a safety net supporting floor, —securing an upper bracket and a lower bracket respectively to the securing bolts of the higher floor and of the safety net supporting floor, —securing an upper end of a safety net support post to the upper bracket and a lower end of the safety net support post to the lower bracket.

Abstract: Disclosed are cable types, including a type THHN cable, the cable types having a reduced surface coefficient of friction, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core and insulating layer are surrounded by a material containing nylon or thermosetting resin. A silicone based pulling lubricant for said cable, or alternatively, erucamide or stearyl erucamide for small cable gauge wire, is incorporated, by alternate methods, with the resin material from which the outer sheath is extruded, and is effective to reduce the required pulling force between the formed cable and a conduit during installation.

Abstract: A system includes a display screen positioned to display on an exterior of a host vehicle, a user interface of the host vehicle, and a computer communicatively coupled to the display screen and the user interface. The computer is programmed to, in response to detecting a target vehicle having prespecified indicia, instruct the user interface to output an instruction to an occupant of the host vehicle, and in response to detecting personnel from the target vehicle, instruct the display screen to output a message to the personnel.

Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, systems and methods that enable lidar channel multiplexing using optical locking of separate lasers while simultaneously imparting different frequency offsets to beams output by different lasers. As a result, received beams reflected from various objects, which are present in an outside environment, can have Doppler-shifted frequencies that do not overlap, facilitating concurrent identification of distances to and velocities of multiple objects.

Abstract: The subject matter of this specification relates to a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) device that comprises, in some implementations, a pulsed-laser source configured to generate a pulsed optical signal, a continuous wave (CW) laser source configured to generate a CW optical signal, one or more optical amplifier circuits configured to amplify at least the pulsed optical signal, a combiner configured to combine the pulsed optical signal and the CW optical signal into a hybrid transmission signal, and at least one photodetector configured to receive a reflection signal produced by reflection of the hybrid transmission signal by a target.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tamper evident produce container having two front corners. The produce container includes a receptacle, a lid and a pair of frangible tabs. The receptacle has a mouth circumscribed by a first flange. The lid is associated with the receptacle to close off the mouth. The lid has a second flange. Each frangible tab is joined to either one of the first or second flange at or in close proximity to one of the two front corners by an area or line of weakness. Each frangible tab includes a first locking formation which is adapted to interlock with a second locking formation provided on or in the other of the first or second flange when the lid is positioned on the receptacle to close off the mouth.

Abstract: A produce container including a receptacle and a lid. A mouth is circumscribed by a rim with a first bearing surface substantially parallel to a receptacle base. A first outer wall portion of the rim is folded back on and substantially perpendicular to the base. One or more first locking formations is carried on the first outer wall portion. The lid can close off the mouth and is circumscribed by a skirt with a second bearing surface substantially parallel to the base when the lid is closed. The skirt has a first inner wall portion substantially perpendicular to the base when the lid is closed. The skirt has one or more second locking formations carried on the first inner wall portion of the lid. Each second locking formation is complementary to a first locking formation. The rim includes one or more chamfered portions above the first locking formation inclined to the first bearing surface and the first outer wall portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a produce container which includes a receptacle and a lid. The receptacle has a mouth circumscribed by a rim which has a first flange. The lid is releasably attachable to the receptacle to close off the mouth. The lid has a skirt portion adapted to interact with the rim of the receptacle to retain the lid on the receptacle and a second flange projecting from the skirt portion of the lid. One or more selected members of the produce container include reinforcing means.

Abstract: Novel hybrid materials and fabrication methods thereof are provided. The novel hybrid materials can include a biodegradable polymer and a biodegradable metallic material. The hybrid material can also include a coupling agent between the biodegradable metallic material and the biodegradable polymer. A method of fabricating a hybrid material can include performing a surface treatment process on the biodegradable metallic material, and then either performing a solvent formation method or a thermal formation method.

Abstract: Novel hybrid materials and fabrication methods thereof are provided. The novel hybrid materials can include a biodegradable polymer and a biodegradable metallic material. The hybrid material can also include a coupling agent between the biodegradable metallic material and the biodegradable polymer. A method of fabricating a hybrid material can include performing a surface treatment process on the biodegradable metallic material, and then either performing a solvent formation method or a thermal formation method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a produce container which includes a receptacle and a lid. The receptacle has a mouth circumscribed by a rim which has a first flange. The lid is releasably attachable to the receptacle to close off the mouth. The lid has a skirt portion adapted to interact with the rim of the receptacle to retain the lid on the receptacle and a second flange projecting from the skirt portion of the lid. One or more selected members of the produce container include reinforcing means.

Abstract: A wafer electroplating system has at least one first electroplating chamber having a first electrolyte containing cobalt ions, and is adapted to electroplate a cobalt film onto a wafer at a first deposition rate. A second electroplating chamber has a second electrolyte containing cobalt ions, and is adapted to electroplate a cobalt film onto the wafer at a second deposition rate faster than the first deposition rate. The first and second electroplating chambers are within an enclosure of a processing system. A robot moves a wafer among the first and second electroplating chambers.