Abstract: An active termination technique for reducing the propagation delay of a signal across a transmission line is presented. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, repeaters along a transmission line are paired with active termination circuits in very close proximity to the repeater in order to prevent signal reflections caused by the repeaters. The repeaters and associated active termination circuits are implemented with at least one PFET and at least one NFET, each having the same transistor gate lengths. The PFETs and the NFETs in the repeater and associated termination are ratioed to vary similarly over process/voltage/temperature variation.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an acoustic resonator, for example a Thin Film Bulk Acoustic Resonators (FBAR), on a substrate. A depression is etched and filled with sacrificial material. The FBAR is fabricated on the substrate spanning the depression, the FBAR having an etch hole. The depression may include etch channels in which case the FBAR may include etch holes aligned with the etch channels. A resonator resulting from the application of the technique is suspended in air and includes at least one etch hole and may include etch channels.

Abstract: A test method and apparatus allows simultaneous loading of multiple scan chains via a single common scan-in port (SDI) and a scan clock signal SCAN CLOCK. Data is scanned into one or more scanpaths from a scan data in (SDI) port under the control of a clock signal, either directly or indirectly through a linear feedback shift register (LFSR). Scan-out data output from the scanpaths may be read at the scan data out (SDO) port, either directly or indirectly through a signature register with optional masking functionality.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming an FeRAM integrated circuit, which includes forming a sidewall diffusion barrier prior to etching the bottom electrode diffusion barrier layer. The sidewall diffusion barrier layer is then etched prior to the bottom electrode diffusion barrier layer. In patterning an AlOx sidewall diffusion barrier layer prior to etching the underlying bottom electrode diffusion barrier layer, the etch chemistry comprises BCl3+Ar. The BCl3 is effective in etching the AlOx with a good selectivity to the underlying nitride hard mask on top of the capacitor stack (e.g., TiAlN) and nitride bottom electrode diffusion barrier (e.g., TiAlON with small oxygen content) between the neighboring capacitor stacks. The Ar may be added to the etch chemistry because the resulting surface (of a top portion of the hard mask and the bottom electrode diffusion barrier) is smoother.

Abstract: A modulator assembly for modulation of light, for use as part of an opto-electronic communication network, has a light modulator assembly comprising a modulator element comprising a modulating medium for modulating the intensity of light passing therethrough. A single electrode applies an electric field across the modulating medium and heats the medium. The medium has an absorption edge at a wavelength dependent on the temperature of the medium and the applied electric field. The electrode heats the modulating medium such that the wavelength of the absorption edge aligns with the wavelength of the light to be modulated.

Abstract: A system and method for use in signal measurement systems that acquire and store signal data in accordance with a trigger specification. The present invention stores and displays operator-generated annotations with each trigger branch of a trigger specification. The annotations, referred to herein as trigger branch comments, can provide meaningful information about, for example, the trigger branch condition, occurrence specification or resulting action, as well as any other aspect of the trigger specification. The branch comments are stored with the associated trigger branch as part of the instrument configuration, and are automatically restored when the configuration data is loaded into the instrument, and printed with the associated trigger branch. The display of the trigger branch comments for each trigger branch may be controlled individually or collectively to enable the operator to configure the display of the trigger specification as needed.

Abstract: A tunable optical resonator whose resonance frequency is determined by a light signal introduced into the resonator. The resonator includes an optical cavity having a first mirror and a second mirror. The first mirror and second mirror are supported relative to one another such that the distance between the first and second mirrors may be altered by applying a force to said second mirror thereby altering the resonance frequency of said cavity. The resonator includes a light input port for receiving a tuning light signal, and a light signal generator for generating the tuning light source. The tuning light signal is introduced into the optical cavity such that the tuning light signal is reflected between the first and second mirrors. In the absence of the tuning light signal, the resonator has a resonance characterized by a resonance response curve centered at &lgr;0.

Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for synthesizing compounds on the surface of supports. The devices are flow devices, which include a housing comprising a housing chamber. The housing has an opening adapted for insertion of a support into the housing chamber. A sealing member is movably mounted in the housing chamber and adapted to engage the support to form a reagent chamber between a surface of the support and a surface of the sealing member. A mechanism is included for moving the sealing member within the housing chamber. The device has both an inlet and an outlet, which are both in fluid communication with the reagent chamber. In the methods of the invention a support is placed into a chamber of a device such as described above. The mechanism adapted to engage the support on a surface opposite the surface engaged by the sealing member is activated to urge the support toward the sealing member.

Abstract: Optical systems for cooling optoelectronic elements are provided. A representative optical system includes a substrate and a first optoelectronic element supported by the substrate. Additionally, a first channel is formed in the substrate and a first heat transfer fluid is arranged in the first channel. The first heat transfer fluid is thermally coupled with the first optoelectronic element so that at least a quantity of heat produced by the first optoelectronic element is dissipated by the first heat transfer fluid. Methods and other systems also are provided.

Abstract: A tunable Fabry-Perot filter, which includes a pair of opposed partially reflective surfaces, a cavity between the partially reflective surfaces, a nano-dispersion of liquid crystals disposed in the cavity, and a control unit for applying an electric field to the liquid crystals.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device having a process compatible current self-limiting (CSL) structure applied in the vicinity of an electrode of the device prevents the occurrence of high current flow in the vicinity of a short within the device. Should a short occur, the CSL structure becomes resistive, or non-conducting in the vicinity of the short, thus preventing the occurrence of “runaway” current in the vicinity of the short. By limiting the current flow between conductors in the device, the non-emissive areas of the device can be minimized, thus improving the overall reliability of the device.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method supplying volume streams of fluids in channels or capillaries of small stream cross sections, more particularly chromatographic separating columns for the analytical fluid metrology, wherein a delivery device for delivering a volume stream of the fluid through an operating channel and a pressure measuring device for measuring the pressure in the operating channel is provided, wherein a measurement of the volume stream is possible, characterized by the following steps: a) Recording a time reference pressure course using the pressure measuring device in the operating channel, while the delivery device delivers an essentially constant, pre-determinable reference volume stream through the operating channel of a fluid with properties, more particularly flow properties, varying over time; b) Calculation of a time development of the operating pressure, which corresponds to the essentially constant and preferably small operating volume stream through the operating channel, which is d

Abstract: Methods and compositions for high-throughput identification of protein/nucleic acid binding pairs are provided. In the subject methods, a nucleic acid probe array, e.g., a molecular beacon probe array, is contacted with a target nucleic acid population to produce a hybridized array. The resultant hybridized array is then contacted with a population of proteins to produce a protein bound array. Any resultant array surface bound target nucleic acid/protein complexes are then detected to identify protein/nucleic acid binding pairs. In certain embodiments, the protein and/or nucleic acid members of the identified protein/nucleic acid binding pairs are further characterized. Also provided are systems and kits for use in practicing the subject methods. The subject invention finds use in a variety of different applications.

Abstract: An adapter for attaching a connector having a plurality of pads to a device under test. The adapter is comprised of two types of parts a carrier cradle and at least one circuit substrate. The circuit substrate has plurality of pads formed on a first and second edge. A plurality of circuits are formed on a first side of the circuit substrate, each circuit connecting a pad on the first edge of the circuit substrate to a pad on the second edge of the circuit substrate. The circuit substrate is supported by the carrier cradle such that the pads on the first edge of the circuit substrate align with the first side of the carrier cradle and the pads on the second edge of the circuit substrate align with the second side of the circuit substrate, whereby when the adapter is interposed between the connector and the device under test the circuits electrically connect the device under test to the connector.

Abstract: Monitor circuitry for identifying an operational status of a device under test (DUT) includes a comparison circuit and a sense amplifier. The comparison circuit comprises a set of control transistors and a set of sense transistors. The control transistors include control input terminals for receiving reference signals to establish a testing condition with respect to a signal relationship between a first current flow and a second current flow. The sense transistors are operatively associated with the control transistors, such that biasing the sense input terminals of the sense transistors with sampled signals received from the DUT varies the signal relationship between the first current flow and the second current flow. The variation in the signal relationship is accelerated by the sense amplifier. The variation in the signal relationship is indicative of the operational status of the DUT at the sampling instance for acquiring the sampled signals.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying a waveform on an error performance analyzer are disclosed. A repeated base bit pattern is received. Then, at a first time and for each incremental time thereafter for a predetermined period of time, multivalued voltage, VM, is determined. The VM is determined by constructing a bit error rate (BER) curve at the each incremental time. Each BER-curve spans a range of voltages from a low slice voltage to a high slice voltage. A derivative of the BER-curve is taken and absolute value of the derivative is used to determine the VM which is the slice voltage where the absolute value of the derivative curve is greatest. The apparatus includes a processor and storage with instructions for the processor to perform these operations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for adjusting transitions in a bit stream of a signal to be evaluated by comparison with a predetermined expected bit stream, comprising the steps of receiving said bit stream signal by a transition adjustment filter, providing a transition frame signal to said transition adjustment filter, said transition frame signal providing information for eliminating non-deterministic clock latencies within said bit stream of said received signal, and adjusting said bit stream of said received signal according to said transition frame signal resulting in an adjusted bit stream being in alignment to said expected bit stream.

Abstract: A ferroelectric device fabrication process is described in which ferroelectric device contaminant substances (e.g., Pb, Zr, Ti, and Ir) that are incompatible with standard CMOS fabrication processes are tightly controlled. In particular, specific etch chemistries have been developed to remove incompatible substances from the backside and edge surfaces of the substrate after a ferroelectric device has been formed. In addition, a sacrificial layer may be disposed over the bottom and edge surfaces (and, in some embodiments, the frontside edge exclusion zone surface) of the substrate to assist in the removal of difficult-to-etch contaminants (e.g., Ir). In this way, the ferroelectric device fabrication process may be integrated with a standard semiconductor fabrication process, whereby ferroelectric devices may be formed together with semiconductor integrated circuits without substantial risk of cross-contamination through shared equipment (e.g., steppers, metrology tools, and the like).

Abstract: An electroluminescent device and method for making the same. The electroluminescent device includes a substrate that is impermeable to water and oxygen having a first electrode thereon. An electroluminescent layer is in electrical contact with the first electrode, and a second electrode is in electrical contact with the electroluminescent layer. A seal having layers of epoxy and alternating with layers of SiNH prevents water and oxygen from reaching the second electrode. The epoxy preferably has a cure temperature less than 140° C. Similarly, the silicon nitride layer is preferably deposited at a temperature below 140° C. The layer of SiNH preferably has an etch rate of less than 50 A/sec in 10% HF solution.

Abstract: A method and circuit for controlling the slope of a transitioning signal on a transmission line of integrated circuit is achieved using stepwise pull-down impedance reduction/augmentation. Over a series of sequentially ordered steps, a predetermined decreasing (or increasing) impedance is connected between the transmission line and voltage source. Using certain predetermined impedance values in order, a linear slew rate on the output signal is achievable. Adjusting the time delay between each step allows the slope of the linear slew rate to be adjusted.