Abstract: An adhesive composition that bonds at low temperatures is disclosed. The composition is a solution in an organic solvent of a polyimide, an epoxy resin, and a cyanate. The polyimide can be a polyimidesiloxane, made from a dianhydride, an aromatic diamine that does not contain siloxane, and a siloxane diamine. The adhesive composition can be used to make a single layer tape, a coated tape, or a double-sided trilayer tape. The tape can bond an article, such as a chip, to a substrate, such as a circuit board.

Abstract: Present herein is a technique for providing computer and internet access for a group of participants, which can include economically disadvantaged persons. An orientation is first conducted wherein computer technical skills are taught. After the orientation, a computer is provided and installed in the homes of each participant. During installation, the participant is provided with additional training. Internet access is also provided for the participant through a partnership with the local telecommunications provider.

Abstract: A discrete circuit component comprises a circuit component die having a first electrode and a second electrode. A surface of a first substrate has an electrically-conductive trace electrically connected to the first electrode of the circuit component die, and a surface of a second substrate also has an electrically-conductive trace electrically connected to the second electrode of the circuit component die. A first terminal electrode is electrically connected to the conductive trace of the first substrate, surface of the first terminal electrode is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the conductive trace of the first substrate. A second terminal electrode is electrically connected to the conductive trace of the second substrate, and surface of the second terminal electrode is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the conductive trace of the second substrate. The first and second substrates are parallel to each other and encloses the circuit component die.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for laser cutting a target material is disclosed. The method includes the steps of generating laser pulses from a laser system and applying the laser pulses to the target material so that the laser pulses cut through the material. The laser pulses have an approximately ellipse shaped spot, have a temporal pulse width shorter than about 100 nanoseconds, and have an energy density from about 2 to about 20 times the ablation threshold energy of the target material. The laser pulses are applied to the material such that the major axis of the ellipse shaped spot moves parallel to the cutting direction. The spot has a leading edge and a trailing edge on the major axis, and the energy density of each laser pulse increases from zero to a maximum along the leading edge and decreases back to zero along the trailing edge.

Abstract: A method of making a solution of a polyimide from a diamine monomer and a dianhydride monomer is disclosed. A solution or slurry of one of the monomers in a solvent that boils at a temperature between about 80° C. and about 160° C. is prepared. The solution or slurry is heated to a temperature between about 80° C. and about 160° C. and the other monomer is slowly added to the solution or slurry. Polyamic acid that is formed quickly imidizes to form the polyimide.

Abstract: A system for treating contaminated media is provided. In the process, contaminants are removed from the media using a photocatalytic process operating in an aqueous phase.

Abstract: An improved electrolyzer is disclosed herein. The electrolyzer includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet at a common end. Within the housing are disposed electrode elements, and a passageway that connects the inlet to the outlet. In accordance with the improvement disclosed and claimed herein, a divider is disposed in the fluid flow passageway between the inlet and outlet. It serves to cause fluid entering the inlet to flow through one section of the passageway, and then through another section of the passageway before exiting through the outlet.

Abstract: A method and associated apparatus are presented for stimulating biological activity of cell receptors. The biological activity of cell receptors is stimulated by positioning a transmitter in proximity with the target cell receptors, generating an electromagnetic field, such that the flux of the electromagnetic field extends through the target cell receptors, and fluctuating the electromagnetic field at a predetermined rate of fluctuation. An associated apparatus is presented which stimulates biological activity of cell receptors. The apparatus comprises a field coil electrically connected to an alternating current source with a predetermined rate of fluctuation. The alternating current flows through the field coils, thereby generating an electromagnetic field with a predetermined rate of fluctuation.

Abstract: An adapter and associated apparatus for transferring gas/fluid are presented herein. The adapter is configured to connect valves and connectors of plural sizes to each other. The adapter includes an outer surface having an outer thread for connection to a tightening nut of the connector. The adapter also includes a first and second inner surfaces sized for different size valves.

Abstract: In a telecommunications system, components which fail and have backup resources are dynamically remapped to insert the backup resource in place of the failed component. A configuration database containing data for each resource in the switching platform of a telecommunications systems can be dynamically searched to identify backup resource and dynamically updated to reflect addressing and connection data for remapped components, thereby allowing dynamic replacement of failed components in the switching platform that is transparent to the applications processor of the telecommunications system.

Abstract: A call processing architecture treats a call connection as having two halves an originating half and a terminating half. An agent is associated with each call half, the originating agent being assigned by a switching center of a telecommunications system to establish the originating half of a call. The originating agent interacts with a translator and router to process the dated digits for a call to route the call to a terminating agent, the terminating agent establishing the terminating half of the call to complete the call connection. An agent interworking protocol (AIP) provides a generic superset protocol containing the common elements and unique elements for all call types so that an originating agent converts its call messages to the AIP and is connected to a terminating agent via an AIP connector, the terminating agent converting the AIP formatted call messages to the native protocol of the terminating agent.

Abstract: A telecommunications switching system with a hardware resource manager system. The resource manager interfaces with higher-level system functions such as call processing, OA&M, NMS and system control functions and with lower-level hardware functions embodied in an input/output sub-system (IOSS) containing various hardware resources for interfacing the switching system to other entities. The resource manager controls all interactions between the IOSS hardware and the higher-level functions and hides the hardware specifics of the IOSS, giving the higher-level functions a hardware-independent view of the IOSS resources. As a result, the higher-level functions can operate without modification with a wide variety of IOSS hardware configurations. The resource manager manages the physical interfaces and IOSS resources and is aware of the complete configuration of the IOSS, including all channel addressing information and the state of each IOSS resource.

Abstract: A system for processing data is provided. The system includes a data type detector that determines whether a data frame is a speech/voice data frame or a data/fax data frame. The system further includes a transcoder and rate adapter system that is connected to the data type detector. The data type detector transfers the data frame to the transcoder and rate adapter system if the data frame is a voice data frame. An interworking function system is also connected to the data type detector. The data type detector transfers the data frame to the interworking function system if the data frame is a data/fax data frame.

Abstract: A system and method for forming circuit connections within a telecommunications switching platform that uses tables of logical identifiers for resources and information channels being handled by the platform to allow dynamic addressing of components and provide significant flexibility over prior-art systems.

Abstract: A flexible architecture for a telecommunications system is disclosed herein. Such architecture provides for different software layers, which include one or more software entities, based on a logical grouping of like or similar functions. For example, a call processing software layer, a resource software layer and a network management software layer may be provided to carry out particular operations. Further, the network management software layer may be divided into a client layer, which presents operations, administration and maintenance related information to a user for adaptation by the user, and a server layer, which stores and accesses operations, administration and maintenance related information. Object request broker technology is utilized to allow a software entity of one software layer to invoke operations associated with another software entity provided by another software layer.

Abstract: A system for processing signaling data is provided. The system includes a set of one or more signaling interface module(s), connected in series or in parallel. The interface module(s) is connected to the signaling interface module(s). A switching module is connected to the interface module(s). The switching module receives serial signaling data from the interface module(s) in a first sequence, and outputs the serial signaling data to the interface module(s) in a second sequence. The interface module(s) transmits the serial signaling data to the signaling interface module(s).

Abstract: Described is a system and method for transcoding and rate-adapting between information channels having a first rate and signal-encoding scheme and information channels having a second rate and second signal-encoding scheme. Further described is a system and method for determining when a signal-processing module has failed or been removed or inserted into an operating telecommunications switching platform. Also described is a system and method for efficient power-up, to allow for more efficient system power-up, the signal-processing modules of the present invention preferably have their operating systems stored in a nonvolatile memory that can be reprogrammed without removing it from the system. A switching module is further capable of responding to heartbeat messages and identifying itself as operational over one bus or both buses of a redundant-pair control bus. The module also has a reprogrammable, nonvolatile memory associated with it from which the module can run its operating system.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, an integrated authentication center is provided that may be used in an exemplary integrated wireless telecommunications system (14). The integrated authentication center includes an application process, such as a call processing application (54), that includes a plurality of software objects such as a home location register (44) and an authentication center (42). The home location register (44) is implemented in one of the plurality of software objects of the application process and initiates the generation of an authentication set, such as authentication triplets. The authentication center (42) is also implemented in one of the plurality of software objects of the application process and generates the authentication set in response to the home location register (44).

Abstract: A generic telecommunications system and associated methods are disclosed herein. Such generic telecommunications system provides for, among other things, a call processing application that can be used with telecommunications systems that incorporate varying different technologies and standards. Such call processing applications may, for example, include a home location register, visitor location register and mobile switching center elements. In addition, the call processing application may include an application provider and/or a radio controller elements. Those elements are preferably implemented as software entities including one or more software objects. As software entities of the same application, those elements may readily communicate with, and invoke operations associated with, one another. Further, as disclosed herein, software entities of the call processing application may also readily communicate with, and invoke operations associated with, software entities of other applications.