Abstract: A method of converting power using a power semiconductor module includes conducting power to power semiconductor devices; converting the conducted power with the power semiconductor devices; conducting heat generated by the power conversion from the power semiconductor devices first through a conductive circuit layer, then through an insulating substrate, to a baseplate; and removing the heat from the baseplate. The conductive circuit layer and the baseplate are formed of a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion less than about 8.0×10=6/° C. and a density less than about 4 g/cm3.

Abstract: A method and system for correcting for the inertial error of a transducer as a function of frequency by applying a delay to a leading signal of the transducer to provide phase compensation.

Abstract: The invention discloses an ESD protection circuit, comprising a P-type substrate; an N-well formed on the P-type substrate; a P-doped region formed on the N-well, wherein the P-doped region is electrically connected to an input/output terminal of a circuit under protection; a first N-doped region formed on the P-type substrate, the first N-doped region is electrically connected to a first node, and the P-doped region, the N-well, the P-type substrate, and the first N-doped region constitute a silicon controlled rectifier; and a second N-doped region formed on the N-well and electrically connected to a second node, wherein a part of the P-doped region and the second N-doped region constitute a discharging path, and when an ESD event occurs at the input/output terminal, the silicon controlled rectifier and the discharging path bypass electrostatic charges to the first and second nodes respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tailored materials, particularly metals and alloys, and methods of making such materials. The new compositions of matter exhibit long-range ordering and unique electronic character.

Abstract: When one player acquires a qualification for playing a scramble bonus game, another player can participate in the scramble bonus game by paying a predetermined amount of participation charge. In addition, in a case where a fellow character could be acquired as a fellow of the player characters, the amount of prize to be paid to the players is increased according to features of that fellow character. Further, items of equipment of the player characters become more gorgeous, as the prizes acquired by the players increase in amount. A damage imparted to an enemy character varies depending on weapons that the player characters use. A prize is awarded when a hit point of the enemy character becomes 0.

Abstract: To enable more reliable detection of ion peaks from mass spectral data. Ion peaks are detected from mass spectrum by the following steps. A step of acquiring mass spectral data made up of peaks which is acquired using a mass spectrometer, the peaks having mass-to-charge ratio and intensity information, a step of classifying the peaks in the acquired mass spectral data into a plurality of classes according to the intensity of the peaks, and a step of identifying the peaks as ion peaks or noise peaks based on the intensity information of the peaks which have been classified into the plurality of classes.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media provide for identifying a physical machine corresponding to a virtual machine. A system assigns a data center machine identifier to a physical computing device in a data center, along with a physical location for the physical computing system. In response to creating a virtual machine on the physical computing device, the system creates a mapping from a virtual machine identifier for the virtual machine to the data center machine identifier for the physical computing system.

Abstract: Display devices and methods for detecting user-intended touch input are provided. An example display device includes a touch-sensitive display. Further, the display device includes an impact sensor attached to the touch-sensitive display and configured to generate a signal representative of an impact of the touch-sensitive display. The display device also includes a computing device configured to receive the signal. The computing device is also configured to detect a peak of the signal. Further, the computing device is configured to determine whether a rising edge of a magnitude of the peak detected signal meet predetermined criteria. The computing device is also configured to indicate detection of user-intended touch in response to determining that the predetermined criteria are met.

Abstract: In a multi-chip module (MCM), optical waveguides in a first plane convey modulated optical signals among integrated circuits (which are sometimes referred to as ‘chips’). Moreover, an optical-butterfly switch, optically coupled to the optical waveguides, dynamically allocates communication bandwidth among the integrated circuits. This optical-butterfly switch includes optical components in the first plane and a second plane, and optical couplers that couple the modulated optical signals to and from the first plane and the second plane. In this way, the MCM communicates the modulated optical signals among the integrated circuits without optical-waveguide crossings in a given plane.

Abstract: A joint connector includes connector housing 30 in which a plurality of terminal accommodation compartments are arranged in line within a horizontal plane, a plurality of pieces of female terminal fitting inserted into the respective terminal accommodation compartments from behind, and flexible lances that are provided in the respective terminal accommodation compartments and that retain the pieces of female terminal fitting inserted into the respective terminal accommodation compartments from behind. All of the lances provided in the respective terminal accommodation compartments are joined integrally by means of a horizontally-stretched connecting member 17. The connecting member is provided with operation sections 18 that concurrently bend all of the lances when the connecting member is operated.

Abstract: An object is to provide a method for evaluating presence of rheumatoid arthritis by using a new biomarker set. The object is achieved by a method for evaluating presence of rheumatoid arthritis, in which the method includes the steps of: acquiring, from a biological specimen obtained from a subject, information regarding expression level of a first biomarker which is SLC16A4, and information regarding expression level of at least one second biomarker selected from the group consisting of SLCO2B1, PTPRM, SHB, and ATP9A; and evaluating presence of rheumatoid arthritis in the subject based on the information regarding expression levels of the acquired first and second biomarkers.

Abstract: A microparticle having a probe molecule able to capture a specific nucleic acid group to be analyzed is used to extract only the specific nucleic acid group to be analyzed from a nucleic acid sample and the microparticle is thereafter directly immobilized on a smooth plate, whereby a device for nucleic acid analysis is rapidly prepared. Immobilizing a single capture probe molecule onto an individual microparticle in advance and forming, at regular positions on the smooth substrate, an adhesion pad on which a functional group that binds to the microparticle has been introduced makes it possible to readily and rapidly prepare the device for nucleic analysis, where the nucleic acid sample to be analyzed is arranged molecule by molecule in a lattice shape on the smooth substrate.

Abstract: A hinge assembly is provided for pivotably attaching a door to a domestic appliance. The hinge assembly has a hinge body that attaches to the door; a damper including a damper cylinder attached to the hinge body; a foot attached to the hinge body and the cylinder and engaging a foot receiving portion of the domestic appliance; and a hinge keeper fixedly attached to the appliance body of the domestic appliance. The hinge keeper has a retaining portion that contacts the foot, the retaining portion having an edge that contacts the foot from above such that the foot is prevented from moving vertically upward relative to the appliance body of the domestic appliance, and a fixing portion fixed to the appliance body of the domestic appliance and preventing the retaining portion from moving vertically upward relative to the appliance body of the domestic appliance.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to simultaneously, wirelessly test semiconductor components formed on a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor components transmit respective outcomes of a self-contained testing operation to wireless automatic test equipment via a common communication channel. Multiple receiving antennas observe the outcomes from multiple directions in three dimensional space. The wireless automatic test equipment determines whether one or more of the semiconductor components operate as expected and, optionally, may use properties of the three dimensional space to determine a location of one or more of the semiconductor components. The wireless testing equipment may additionally determine performance of the semiconductor components by detecting infrared energy emitted, transmitted, and/or reflected by the semiconductor wafer before, during, and/or after a self-contained testing operation.

Abstract: A system in some embodiments includes a machine block comprising features configured to support moving machine components within a lubricating fluid, wherein the machine block includes an integral valve block configured to route the lubricating fluid through a first filter without a second filter and configured to route the lubricating fluid through the second filter without the first filter. Further embodiments include a method that includes switching circulation of a lubricant between a first filter and a second filter in response to an angular position of a valve disposed in a valve block integral to a machine block having moving components lubricated by the lubricant.

Abstract: In a semiconductor chip constituting an LCD driver, a mark is formed in an alignment mark formation region over a semiconductor substrate. The mark is formed in the same layer as that of an uppermost layer wiring (third layer wiring) in an integrated circuit formation region. Then, in the lower layer of the mark and a background region surrounding the mark, patterns are formed. At this time, the pattern Pla is formed in the same layer as that of a second layer wiring and the pattern Pib is formed in the same layer as that of a first layer wiring. Further, the pattern P2 is formed in the same layer as that of a gate electrode, and the pattern P3 is formed in the same layer as that of an element isolation region.

Abstract: A composite wireless device including a WLAN device and a BT device. The composite wireless device includes a wireless-channel control unit that determines usable FH channels that can be used for frequency hopping of the BT device, based on communication quality information of the WLAN channel, and notifies the BT device of the usable frequency bands, and a BT-communication control unit that acquires communication quality information of an extended frequency band, which is a frequency band other than the usable frequency bands, as extended communication quality information. The wireless-channel control unit adds the FH channels in the WLAN channel, which are determined as being unused based on the extended communication quality information, as the usable FH channels.

Abstract: A specification of one of a plurality of controls is accepted, a specification of a plurality of items is accepted with respect to parameters, and among the plurality of controls, a plurality of controls to which parameter items are to be assigned are determined with reference to the control for which the specification is accepted. To each of the determined plurality of controls, one of the plurality of items for which the specification is accepted is assigned, and each of the plurality of controls is made to function as a control for operating the set value of the item assigned to this control.

Abstract: An automotive embedded permanent magnet rotary electric machine can suppress increases in torque ripples and cogging torque, reduce core loss near a stator, and increase magnetic torque and reluctance torque. In the automotive embedded permanent magnet rotary electric machine, a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet that constitute a magnetic pole are embedded so as to line up in a main direction of rotation of magnetic poles of a rotor core and are embedded so as to be radially outwardly convex in a region that extends from a leading end portion to a trailing end portion in the main direction of rotation of the magnetic poles, and the first permanent magnet is formed into an integrated body that extends from the leading end portion in the main direction of rotation of the magnetic poles beyond a pole center toward a trailing side.

Abstract: An antireflection coating has a band ranging from the visible light range to the near infrared range. The antireflection coating has a deposition structure made up of twelve layers in which layers of a high refractive index material having a refractive index nil of 1.95 to 2.32 and layers of a low refractive index material having a refractive index of 1.35 to 1.46 are deposited alternately, wherein the reflectance of the antireflection coating is not higher than 1.5% in the wavelength range of 400 nm to 680 nm and not higher than 2.0% in the wavelength range of 680 nm to 1350 nm.