Abstract: A digitally programmable DC voltage generator system having a programming circuit for controlling a control circuit of a voltage generator system. The programming circuit receives an input control signal, processes the input control signal, and generates an output control signal to the control circuit of the voltage generator system for controlling the control circuit in accordance with the input control signal. The control circuit includes a limiter circuit and an oscillator circuit. The output control signal controls at least one of the limiter circuit for disabling the oscillator circuit upon reaching a target output voltage, and the oscillator circuit for controlling the pumping speed of the oscillator circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method, system, and program for error checking raster objects including pixel information for a print job. A plurality of raster objects form the print job. A raster object is received including sequence information indicating an ordering of the raster object with respect to other raster objects in the print job. A determination is made from the sequence information as to whether the raster object is received in a correct order with respect to other raster objects in the print job. This ensures that the pixel information for the raster object is intended for a current pixel line being processed. An indication of error status is made if the sequence information indicates that the raster object was not received in the correct order with respect to the other raster objects in the print job.

Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer interconnect structure on a substrate that include interconnected conductive wiring and vias spaced apart by a combination of solid or gaseous dielectrics.

Abstract: A method for verifying the integrity of a media key block (MKB) by storing validation data in a validation area of a medium, such as a DVD-R or a DVD-RW. In one embodiment, validation data comprises a hash function on a media key block. In another embodiment, validation data comprises the Verification Data field of an MKB's Verify Media Key Record.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for logging events in a data processing system is provided. In one embodiment, responsive to a determination that a situation exists preventing a primary logger from executing a logging task, a swappable adaptive logger is created, which in turn is pointed to a boot logger created by a swappable adaptive log engine. Event information is then logged to the boot logger. For example, the boot logger may write event information to memory or to a file if the logging database is unavailable. When the primary logger becomes configured and functional, the swappable adaptive logger swaps the boot logger for the primary logger and begins writing event information to the primary logger.

Abstract: An apparatus and method provide simultaneous local and global addressing capabilities. A global address space is defined that may be accessed by all processes. In addition, each process has a local address space that is local (and therefore available) only to that process. An address translation mechanism is implemented, preferably in hardware, to compare an address to defined addresses for local and global addressing and to detect when a virtual address computation result would go outside a boundary for the appropriate addressing scheme. The address translation mechanism maps a virtual address to a corresponding physical address, and uses different criteria depending on whether the address is local or global.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel organosilicon particle having the formula SiaObCcHd. The particle may be coated with an organic film, preferably a rigid connector compound. The present invention also provides a method of using the organosilicon particle and/or rigid connector compound in the formation of a low-k dielectric film.

Abstract: A computer system has a notification manager for playing a message to a user by selecting one of a plurality of audio notifications. The method includes the step of setting a priority level for each notification arriving into a queue. The notification is inserted into a position in the queue based upon the priority level of the notification, such that the audio notifications at the queue top have a generally higher priority than audio notifications at the queue bottom. The notification at the top of the queue can be selected if the priority level of the notification is greater than a predetermined gate level. Once a notification is selected, a message corresponding to the selected notification is played to the user.

Abstract: Virtual Private Networking (VPN) is an emerging technology area enabling e-business on the Internet. A key underlying VPN technology is IP Security (IPsec), for providing private (encrypted and authenticated) secure data transmission over public (Internet) networks. The definition of what data to protect ultimately results in IP filter rules, loaded to the operating system kernel. These are used to select the correct IP datagrams and cause each to be processed by the correct IPsec Security Associations. Connection filters which are used to implement VPN connections are dynamic, and must be inserted and deleted within the currently installed set of IP filters (non-VPN related). IP filter order is crucial to proper functioning. Micro filter placement employees filter collision detection and eliminates order Aependeney collisions among a set of connection filters.

Abstract: An electronic event recorder for attachment to a vehicle is provided which can broadcast encrypted signature and data, thereby leaving behind an electronic version of a “fingerprint” in the event of an accident or traffic violation. The fingerprint, captured by an external data acquisition system or another vehicle so equipped, provides a history of events related to the vehicle. The event recorder is preferably integrated on a smart card and housed in a tamper proof casing. In a first mode of operation, monitoring stations along the roadways periodically send an interrogation signal, such as when radar detects that the vehicle is speeding. Upon receiving the interrogation signal the smart card transmits the vehicle's signature information to the monitoring station where it is time and date stamped along with the speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus with one or more dimensions conforming to a wafer storage cassette used in semiconductor manufacturing which contains all or part of a sensor designed to measure a parameter of a wafer placed into the cassette. The intended use of the apparatus is in a process tool location normally occupied by a standard wafer cassette. By integrating all or part of the sensor into standard wafer storage cassette, a solution is provided whereby the same cassette and metrology system can be mechanically integrated into many process tools.

Abstract: A sorting system and method that sorts records based on multiple fields by converting the fields to a common data type and sorting the common data type fields using a single sorting algorithm whereupon the records can be ordered based on the sorted common data type fields. The single sorting algorithm can quickly, efficiently, and accurately sort the records because the index fields have been converted to appropriate simple values in a common data type.

Abstract: A speech recognition system and a method executed by a speech recognition system focusing on the vocabulary of the speech recognition system and its usage during the speech recognition process is provided. A segmented vocabulary and its exploitation is provided comprising a multitude of entries wherein an entry is either identical to a legal word or a constituent of a legal word of the language, and the constituent is an arbitrary sub-component of the legal word according to the orthography. A constituent can comprise any number of characters not limited to a syllable of a legal word or a recognition unit of the speech recognition system. The vocabulary is used to recognize constituents of the vocabulary for recombination of the constituents into legal words if a constituent combination table indicates that the recognized constituents are a legal concatenation in the language.

Abstract: Objects can be tracked within a building using a radio device associated with each object to be tracked and an array of transmitting beacons. Each of the beacons transmits identification data. The received identification data from the object to be tracked is sent to a server which determines the location of the object. The identification data may be sent from the object to the server using a data communications network such as a local area network. The beacons may have a variable power output allowing the receipt or non-receipt of the signal from the beacon to be used to assist in locating the object. The beacons may be associated with an existing wireless communication mechanism, such as Bluetooth.

Abstract: A method for rebuilding meta-data stored in a data storage system (104) having storage devices (106) in which segments of data are located; for example, a storage system in the form of a log structured array. Data is written in segments to the storage devices (106) from a plurality of flows (122) of data and each segment of data contains meta-data relating to that segment. The meta-data stored in the storage system (104) can be rebuilt in the event of a failure by scanning the meta-data in each segment. A first scan of the meta-data in each segment in the storage devices (106) identifies the last segment written from each flow (122) and these segments are excluded from the rebuilding process as they may contain incomplete or inconsistent information. A second scan of the meta-data in each segment in the storage devices (106) identifies any segments which do not contain any live data tracks and these segments are also excluded from the, rebuilding process.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in data processing system for selecting rules to filter data for a tunnel. A request is received to create a tunnel to another data processing system. A granularity of information about the data processing system is identified to form an identified granularity. The identified granularity of the information about the data processing system is used to select a rule, which matches the identified granularity. This rule is placed in a filter, wherein the filter associates data packets with the tunnel.

Abstract: A space-saving integrated circuit package employs two printed circuit boards joined together, the upper board having an integrated circuit attached by flip-chip technology and the lower board having a cavity for holding an integrated circuit that is located beneath the upper integrated circuit, the lower integrated circuit being bonded to the bottom of the upper board below the upper integrated circuit and electrically connected to wiring on the lower surface of the lower board by wire bond connections.

Abstract: A method of computing a manufacturing yield of an integrated circuit having device shapes includes sub-dividing the integrated circuit into failure mechanism subdivisions (each of the failure mechanism subdivisions includes one or more failure mechanism and each of the failure mechanisms includes one or more defect mechanisms), partitioning the failure mechanism subdivisions by area into partitions, pre-processing the device shapes in each partition, computing an initial average number of faults for each of the failure mechanisms and for each partition by numerical integration of an average probability of failure of each failure mechanism, (the numerical integration produces a list of defect sizes for each defect mechanism, and the computing of the initial average includes setting a maximum integration error limit, a maximum sample size for a population of each defect size, and a maximum number of allowable faults for each failure mechansim), and computing a final average number of faults for the integrated c

Abstract: A system and method for improving optical signal gain efficiencies of semiconductor optical amplifier devices. The system and method exploits a wavelength-locked loop servo-control circuit and methodology that enables real time mutual alignment of the center wavelength of an optical signal having a peaked spectrum function and transmitted through the semiconductor optical amplifier, and a center wavelength of a wavelength selective device such as an optical filter implementing a peaked passband function in an optical system. The wavelength-locked loop servo-control circuit and methodology may be further exploited to control various types of modulation applied to the optical signals transmitted in optical systems.

Abstract: Apparatus, and associated methods, for transforming an image. The apparatus includes an aiming device to be aimed at an original stationary image, a transforming device which transforms the image into a revised image, and a displaying device which displays the revised image. The revised image may be related linguistically or pictographically to the original stationary image, or the revised image includes a label assigned to at least one pictographic property of the original stationary image. Uses of the apparatus include, but are not limited to, translating text from one language to another, simplifying text within the same language and labelling text with one or more pictographic icons. The apparatus can include glasses or goggles that are worn by a user and in which an image, corresponding to the revised image, is projected or displayed on at least one lens area.