Abstract: A mobile communication apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a global positioning system (GPS) antenna. The GPS antenna is made of a metal sheet, and vertically inserted into the PCB.

Abstract: A system and method is described for controlling the password(s) of one or more programs through a universal program. The universal control program allows access to one or more other programs and allows editing of the passwords of the other programs directly through the universal access program.

Abstract: A complementary code keying (CCK) demodulator used in a RAKE receiver receiving CCK symbols in a multipath environment computes multipath interferences (MPIs) required for canceling intra-codeword chip interference (ICI). The algorithmic structure jointly computes the ICI of a plurality of possible codewords. The algorithmic structure is similar to the optimal architecture required for CCK correlation computations. The similarity between these two structures allows for the use of the same hardware at different times to compute MPIs and to compute the CCK correlation of a plurality of possible codewords.

Abstract: A partial rib for use in a turbine blade is disclosed which provides one or more of improved strength, air flow distribution and cooling. In one embodiment, the rib has a height of between 0.3 and 0.9 of the airfoil height.

Abstract: A data storage cartridge includes a housing and a hard drive. The housing defines an access window and at least one alignment feature. The hard drive is maintained within the housing. The hard drive has at least one electrical connection point, and the at least one alignment feature is configured to interact with the hard drive to align the at least one electrical connection point relative to the access window.

Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a channel layer of a specific shape, a thermal gradient inducer body, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode and an interlayer insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The channel layer is formed on a substrate. The channel layer has a nucleation region and a crystal end. The thermal gradient inducer body partially circumscribes the channel layer. The gate insulating film is formed on the substrate, and the channel layer is at least partially covered with the gate insulating film. The gate electrode is formed on the gate insulating film. The interlayer insulating film is formed on the gate insulating film, and the gate electrode is at least partially covered with the interlayer insulating film. The source electrode and the drain electrode are formed on the interlayer insulating film, passed through the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film, and electrically connected to the channel layer.

Abstract: A bandgap circuit comprising a current generation circuit and a current replication circuit is provided herein. The output current of the current generation circuit is generated as a weighted sum of two currents. The circuit configuration of the current generation circuit allows it to function at low power supply voltages, e.g., on the order of 1 V. The current replication circuit includes an operational amplifier, which when configured in conjunction with MOS cascode current sources and the current generation circuit, significantly increases the accuracy and insensitivity to power supply noise of the bandgap circuit output current. A resistor may be included between the bandgap circuit output node and ground for generating a reference voltage with increased accuracy and insensitivity to power supply noise.

Abstract: It is disclosed the motor stop control device having the stepping motor 49 as the drive source of the reel 3 on which a plurality of symbols are formed, the motor stop control device being utilized in the reel-type gaming machine 1 and stopping the stepping motor 49 corresponding to the stop instruction from an external. When the stop instruction of the stepping motor 49 occurs based on the instruction from an external, the main CPU 31 drops the voltage value added to the stepping motor which is rotating at the constant speed to the voltage value lower than such voltage value and executes the stop process of the stepping motor 49 by 2-phase excitation.

Abstract: The circuit of voltage multiplier with programmable output, which compares the feedback voltage of the output with a reference voltage, whether the pumping circuit functions to pump the output voltage or not is controlled by a clock generator so as to sustain the output voltage within a prescribed range, moreover, by using a voltage regulator to supply a stable output voltage to the load.

Abstract: A dispensing syringe for dispensing a multi-component dental composition, preferably a two component composition, is provided. The syringe includes a syringe body with multiple elongated barrels for storing the components of the composition; a threaded plunger rod assembly; and a rotatable, threaded connector knob. Preferably, the syringe body has a double-barrel structure and the plunger rod assembly includes two plunger rods that slide within the barrels. The threaded knob has a through-bore with a continuous internal thread for engaging the outer threads of the first and second plunger rods. A dental practitioner manually rotates the knob to displace the first and second plunger rods and discharge the components. The dispensing syringe may further include a dispensing tip containing a static mixing element for mixing the components and dispensing the mixed composition.

Abstract: A method for suturing a perforation comprises the steps of: observing an area around the perforation from an inside of a hollow organ by an observation device inserted from a natural opening of a living body; observing the area around the perforation from a body cavity side of the hollow organ by an observation device inserted from the natural opening of the living body; thrusting a needle of a suture unit inserted from the natural opening of the living body into a tissue around the perforation of the hollow organ to make a suture thread puncture the tissue via the needle; and closing the perforation by tightening up the suture thread puncturing the tissue.

Abstract: A word current source for a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) circuit includes an n-channel transistor including a gate, a source and a drain, where the source is coupled to a supply ground, and the drain is coupled to the MRAM circuit. A positive supply voltage is coupled to the MRAM circuit so as to allow current to flow through the MRAM circuit when an activation signal is applied to the gate by a control circuit.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed that mitigate congestion in a backbone network that is associated with a wireless network. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention mitigates the congestion by reducing the occurrences of a bridge data-processing system flooding out pre-authentication-related packets, as well as some other types of packets, on multiple ports of the bridge. In particular, each access point initially advertises its wireless network MAC address to the backbone network, in accordance with the illustrative embodiment, in addition to advertising its backbone network MAC address. Doing so enables each bridge in the backbone network to learn and recognize the wireless network MAC address, which results in the bridge directing the pre-authentication packet to a specific port that corresponds to the target access point.

Abstract: A method for suturing a perforation formed in a hollow organ comprises the steps of: causing plural end portions of the suture thread to puncture a tissue around the perforation in the same direction as each other; connecting the end portions of the suture thread to each other; and tightening up the suture thread after connecting the end portions of the suture thread with each other.

Abstract: A MRAM memory and process thereof is described. A GMR magnetic layer is patterned to form a memory bit layer and an intermediate conductive layer. The intermediate conductive layer is disposed between two conductive layers such that shallow metal plugs can be utilized to interconnect the intermediate conductive layer and the conductive layers. Thus, a conventional deep tungsten plug process, interconnecting two conductive layers, is eliminated.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an FM transmitter in which the degree of freedom in parts selection is improved.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device is provided. The liquid crystal device includes: a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates which interpose a liquid crystal layer; a plurality of light receiving elements which detect ambient light; and a control unit which controls a display state of an image displayed on the liquid crystal panel based on an intensity of the ambient light detected by a plurality of the light receiving elements, wherein the control unit includes a determination unit determining that the intensity of the ambient light is changed when changed amounts of the intensities of the ambient light detected by equal to or more than half of the light receiving elements exceed a predetermined value.

Abstract: Metal plugs located in a planar dielectric layer, under a GMR stack layer, are used to connect the nonmagnetic conducting layer of the GMR stack layer and a conducting layer under the planar dielectric layer.

Abstract: A suturing method for a penetrating hole formed in a luminal organ using a suture material to close the penetrating hole according to the present invention includes the steps of: inserting a needle at a position that is removed from the open edge of the penetrating hole by a distance that is less than the thickness of the wall of the luminal organ and passing the needle through the wall; sending out from the needle an anchor affixed to the end of the suture material; placing the anchor in place by pulling the needle through the wall and passing the suture material through the wall; and tightening the suture material after passing the suturing material in the same direction through the wall at multiple sites interposing the penetrating hole.

Abstract: A satellite communication system and related method for collecting data in space and transmitting it to a processing center on the earth. The communication system includes at least one satellite orbiting the earth that has a device for collecting the data. The satellite transmits the data to a plurality of receive only terminals on the earth. The terminals process the signals and transmit the data on the communications link to the processing center.