Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment select a subset of transmission line models based on bounding electrical criteria. The bounding electrical criteria may include combinations of maximum and minimum values and in an embodiment may also include nominal values. Models that meet the bounding electrical criteria may be used in modeling the transmission line while models that do not meet the bounding electrical criteria are not used.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing predefined actions based upon packet classification and lookup results in a communications network processor. A plurality of sets of rules is defined. Each rule set includes at least one rule and each rule has a set of masked compares for comparing results of hits and misses of table lookups. Each masked compare set has an associated field for selecting an action. The action defines a set of one or more commands and each command defines a processing operation. One rule set is identified based upon the packet classification result for a received packet. When one of the rules is identified having a match of the masked compares, then the action of associated with the identified rule is selected. Otherwise a default action is provided responsive to no rule of the identified rule set having a match of the masked compares.

Abstract: A process and structure for forming an optical subassembly in an integrated circuit, comprising: defining electrically conducting lines and bonding pads in a metallization layer on a substrate; depositing a passivation layer over the metallization layer; etching the passivation layer to remove the passivation layer from each of the bonding pads and a portion of the metallization layer associated with each of the bonding pads; diffusing Cr from the lines proximate said bonding pads to prevent solder wetting down lines; bonding an optical device to one of the bonding pads; and attaching the substrate to a carrier utilizing solder bond attachment.

Abstract: A device for monitoring lubricant within a disk drive includes a reservoir packet impregnated with lubricant. The reservoir packet is disposed between a first metal screen and a second metal screen such that a lubricant reservoir transducer is created. The capacitance of the lubricant reservoir packet is monitored and when it falls below a predetermined percentage of the initial capacitance, a user is warned to back up the files contained in the disk drive before failure due to lack of lubricant occurs.