Abstract: A first proximity head is configured to define a meniscus of a photoresist developer solution on a substrate. The meniscus is to be defined between a bottom of the first proximity head and the substrate. A second proximity head is configured to define a rinsing meniscus on the substrate and remove the rinsing meniscus from the substrate. The second proximity head is positioned to follow the first proximity head relative to a traversal direction of the first and second proximity heads over the substrate. Exposure of the substrate to the meniscus of photoresist developer solution causes previously irradiated photoresist material on the substrate to be developed to render a patterned photoresist layer. The first and second proximity heads enable precise control of a residence time of the photoresist developer solution on the substrate during the development process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bilayer cap structure for interconnect structures that comprise copper metallization or other conductive metallization. Such bilayer cap structure includes a first cap layer formed by an unbiased high density plasma (HDP) chemical vapor deposition process, and a second cap layer over the first cap layer, where the second cap layer is formed by a biased high density plasma (bHDP) chemical vapor deposition process. During the bHDP chemical vapor deposition process, a low AC bias power is applied to the substrate to increase the ion bombardment on the substrate surface and to induce resputtering of the capping material, thereby forming a seamless second cap layer with excellent reactive ion etching (RIE) selectivity.

Abstract: An electric machine that includes a stator core having a stator core length, a first rotor core portion, and second rotor core portion. A spacer is coupled to the first core portion and the second core portion to at least partially define a rotor core. The rotor core has a length that is greater than the stator core length. A permanent magnet is coupled to the rotor core and has a magnet length.

Abstract: A technique for increasing the capabilities of pen-based or touch-screen interfaces. The capabilities are implemented by using movements at a position above or in a parallel proximity to the display surface, referred to as a tracking or hover state. A gesture or series of gestures in the hover or tracking state can be utilized to activate localized interface widgets, such as marking menus, virtual scroll rings, etc. The gesture(s) can be preceded or followed by an optional authorization that confirms a command, action, or state. Utilization of a tracking state allows the disclosed systems, methodologies and/or devices to create a new command layer distinct from the input layer of a pen or touch display interface. Thus, user commands can be localized around a mouser or pointer maintaining user concentration while eliminating the occurrence of undesired or unintended inking on the display surface.

Abstract: Users of a software are able to, at install and runtime, confirm that the present configuration of dependency conditions including software, such as program files, data files, and hardware such as memory or hard drive capacity, will cooperate with the intended design of the software in a relatively error-free manner.

Abstract: A xerographic printing device, including a charging device having a thick grid that includes a first pattern divided by a second pattern. In some embodiments the first pattern is a hex, the second pattern is a solid band, the first pattern is divided into two sections of equal size, each section corresponds to a two-dimensional array of pins, the first pattern is formed by etching, the second pattern is formed by the absence of etching, and the grid is constructed of stainless steel. The charging device can be a corotron, a dicorotron, a scorotron, a discorotoron, a pin corotron, a pin scorotron, or any other charging device of that type.

Abstract: An electromagnetically-driving device has a rotor with a hollow, cylindrical permanent magnet; an inside yoke on an internal circumference side of the rotor; an outside yoke on an external circumference side of the rotor; and a coil for magnetically exciting the yokes. The outside yoke has a trough shape, and two opposed magnetic pole-guide pieces, between which magnetic poles of the permanent magnet are sandwiched. The rotor has a bearing portion in the internal circumference wall of the body, and the bearing portion engages a shaft portion of the inside yoke. When a magnetic field is generated by the coil, a rotation force is applied to the rotor, resulting in a structurally-simple magnetic circuit.

Abstract: A method, program product and system is disclosed for performing optical proximity correction (OPC) wherein mask shapes are fragmented based on the effective image processing influence of neighboring shapes on the shape to be fragmented. Neighboring shapes are smoothed prior to determining their influence on the fragmentation of the shape of interest, where the amount of smoothing of a neighboring shape increases as the influence of the neighboring shape on the image process of the shape of interest decreases. A preferred embodiment includes the use of multiple regions of interactions (ROls) around the shape of interest, and assigning a smoothing parameter to a given ROI that increases as the influence of shapes in that ROI decreases with respect to the shape to be fragmented. The invention provides for accurate OPC that is also efficient.

Abstract: A positioning system includes: a terminal apparatus and an information supply apparatus capable of communicating with the terminal apparatus. The information supply apparatus includes: external timing signal generating means for generating an external timing signal constituted by external events; satellite time information generating means; external timing signal correcting means; and transmitting time information generating means. The terminal apparatus includes: communicating means; terminal timing signal generating means for generating a terminal timing signal constituted by internal events; clock number recording means; interevents clock number information generating; time difference information generating means for generating time difference information which indicates times between reception of the external events and generation of the internal events based on the interevents clock number information; and internal time information generating means for generating internal time information.

Abstract: An obstacle detection device has detection units, each of which performs a signal transmission-reception operation for sending detection signal to a detection area allotted thereto and receiving reflection signal from the detection area, an operation control unit for controlling the detection unit so that the detection unit performs the signal transmission-reception operation responding to at least one of a plurality of kinds of operation timing signals repeated at a predetermined periodicity, and a determination unit which counts a number of continuous reception times of the reflection signal of the detection unit and determines an obstacle detection in the detection area when the number of the continuous reception times thereof is larger than or equal to a predetermined value.

Abstract: A data processing system using a client-server configuration includes a method and apparatus for simultaneously generating multiple copies of data sets in multiple storage pools. Simultaneous copies of data sets may be made for storage pools having LAN-free paths in addition to storage pools having only access from a LAN path.

Abstract: An integrated printing system is provided and includes at least two generally vertically aligned image marking engines and at least two generally horizontally aligned image marking engines. The printing system further includes at least one generally horizontal interface media transport for transporting media between and to the vertically aligned and the horizontally aligned image marking engines.

Abstract: A four-stroke internal combustion engine is provided that is capable of use in many power tools, including those power tools subjected to tippable applications. The engine includes an oil reservoir and a crank chamber separated by a divider. The divider includes a slot that allows lubricant to move from the oil reservoir into the crank chamber and from the crank chamber into the oil reservoir in response to pressure fluctuations of the engine. The engine can include an insert positioned within the slot to at least partially restrict the slot thereby modifying the lubricant communication between the crank chamber and the oil reservoir through the slot. The insert can be wedge-shaped and at least partially define a passage such that when the insert is positioned within the slot the transfer of lubricant between the crank chamber and the oil reservoir occurs through the passage.

Abstract: A waveform formatter according to the present invention includes a first delay circuit for delaying a set signal to control the timing of a first change point of a test signal, a second delay circuit for delaying a reset signal to control the timing of a second change point of the test signal changed by the set signal which the first delay circuit delays, a third delay circuit for delaying a set signal to control the timing of a third change point of the test signal, a fourth delay circuit for delaying a reset signal to control the timing of a fourth change point of the test signal changed by the set signal which is delayed by the third delay circuit, a fifth delay circuit for delaying a set signal to control the timing of a first change point of an enable signal of the driver, a sixth delay circuit for delaying a reset signal to control the timing of a second change point of an enable signal with regard to the driver during a predetermined cycle of a cycle reference signal.

Abstract: A device and method for identification marking of cables, especially electric cables, that are continuously provided with unambiguous markings at least in their end sections. The cable is cut such that the marking of interest is visible directly behind the shell of a connector when mounting the connector to the cable at the end thereof, and wherein the connector is provided with a strain relief clamp. The strain relief clamp is provided with a transparent portion such as a window for making visible the marking of interest when the strain relief clamp has been arranged on the connector.

Abstract: A parallel computation processor being capable of high-speed loop operation. When instruction decoders decode the VLOOP instruction, which triggers loop operation, an instruction buffer starts storing normal instructions. The instruction buffer dispatches a VLIW instruction composed of n pieces of normal instructions to execution units each time n pieces of instructions are stored therein. The execution units concurrently execute the instructions. After all instructions comprised in a loop have been stored in the buffer and once dispatched as VLIW instructions to be executed, the loop is executed repeatedly.

Abstract: Maintaining a reliable link includes altering a record of information transmitted across a network from a mobile unit to a destination based on an acknowledgment by the destination of receipt of the transmitted information and transmitting information from the mobile unit to the destination based on the record after the mobile unit establishes a new interface connection to the destination.

Abstract: An automotive device for displaying one or more vehicle parameters is provided. The vehicle parameters are retrieved from one or more computers that are on board a vehicle and are connected to the vehicle data bus. The automotive device includes a processor, a display and a connector. The connector releasably connects to a vehicle data bus allowing the processor to retrieve data from the vehicle data bus and output to the data to display one or more vehicle parameters.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating high quality real random numbers is provided. In particular, the present invention enables a hard disk drive of a computer to function as a generator of high quality real random numbers by monitoring one or more of a disk drive's parameters, wherein such parameters are subjected to environmental effects. The system of the present invention does not require the addition of any hardware not normally associated with a computer. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a parameter of the disk drive is monitored, and after processing and filtering the parameter is provided to an application as a random number. Monitored parameters may include the position error signal of a transducer head with respect to a track, temperature, channel gain, transducer head flying height, etc. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the various other parameters may be combined or used in concert to provide high quality real random numbers.