Abstract: A dynamic multiple input rail switching unit includes a plurality of DC input voltage rails and a rail switching section coupled to the plurality of DC input voltage rails that is configured to individually connect selected ones of the plurality of DC input voltage rails to a switched rail output. The dynamic multiple input rail switching unit also includes a rail selection section that is coupled to the rail switching section and configured to dynamically choose the selected ones by balancing rail supply currents from the plurality of DC input voltage rails based on rail supply current capacity margins and a switched rail output current. A dynamic multiple input rail switching unit operating method, and a dynamic multiple input rail power converter are also provided.

Abstract: A thermally decomposable polymer composition comprising a polyester of a dicarboxylic acid and a difunctional tertiary alcohol are disclosed, which are useful in the forming of microelectronic assemblies. A representative example of a composition comprises a thermally decomposable polyester of the formula: wherein m is at least about 100.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynorbornene (PNB) composition embodiments that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs having norbornene-type repeating units that are polyether functionalized and an additive package containing a phenolic antioxidant and a diaryl amine synergist, and the microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices made therefrom are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation of said polyether functionalization.

Abstract: A nanoporous film formed from a series of vinyl addition block polymers derived from functionalized norbornene monomers are disclosed and claimed. The nanoporous films as disclosed herein are useful as pervaporation membranes and antireflective coatings among various other uses. Also disclosed herein are the fabrication of nanoporous films into pervaporation membranes which exhibit unique separation properties, and their use in the separation of organic volatiles from biomass and/or organic waste, including butanol, phenol, and the like. The fabrication of nanoporous films into antireflective coatings are also disclosed.

Abstract: A bearing component including a body of composite material having a surface configured as a bearing surface, the composite material including a plurality of round particles bound by a braze material, each of the plurality of round particles comprising a round outer layer encapsulating a wear resistant element.

Abstract: A system operating as a centrifugal, liquid-liquid separator may be controlled, and even optimized, by automatic control of back pressure to establish an optimum position of the dispersion band therein. Optimizing to minimize impurities (from each other) in each of two separated phases is possible, even simultaneously, by reliance on a processor setting the settling lengths of both heavy and light phases at the same value. Settling length, defined in accordance with the invention, reflects a settling velocity multiplied by a residence time. Equating these lengths, for droplets of each in the other liquid, provides superior results over conventional settling theory maximizing settling area. Equalization of residence times did not provide an improvement over conventional settling theory.

Abstract: A system comprising a plurality of components operating under essentially identical conditions, wherein each of the components is equipped with at least one sensor for measuring the same operating parameter for each of the components, and a monitoring unit configured to receive and process the signals of the sensors and to generate maintenance data based on the sensor signals. The monitoring unit is configured to calculate a parameter quantifying deviations between the measured operating parameters.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate generally to polycarbonate polymers having repeat units derived from polycyclic-epoxide monomers and methods of using such polymers and compositions containing them, and more specifically to polymers and compositions of polycarbonates that encompass repeat units derived from norbornane and tetracyclododecane, and methods of using such compositions.

Abstract: A variety of polycycloalkyl polynorbornene monomers and polymers derived therefrom are disclosed and claimed. The polymers and copolymers as disclosed herein are useful for forming pervaporation membranes, among other uses.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a variety of high purity norbornene alkanol monomers and their derivatives is disclosed and claimed. Specifically, a process for the preparation of industrial scale high purity norbornene methanol and its silyl ether derivative is disclosed and claimed. The high purity monomers prepared in accordance with the process of this invention are useful in a variety of applications including but not limited to the preparation of high quality and high purity polynorbornenes having utility in a variety of electronic applications, among various other applications.

Abstract: A thermally decomposable polymer composition comprising a polyester containing repeating units of an ester of diglycolic acid and difunctional tertiary alcohol are disclosed, which are useful in the forming of microelectronic assemblies. A representative example of a composition comprises a thermally decomposable polymer of the formula: wherein n is at least about 20, which provides both tackiness and solder fluxing, among other benefits.

Abstract: A centrifugal, liquid-liquid separator is controlled, first by automatic control of back pressure to position of the dispersion band and equalize the settling lengths of both heavy and light phases. In line testing of a parameter reflecting the BS&W content of output oil controls withdrawal from a tank, and throughput rate through the separator. Output always meets a predetermined specification established on a daily basis by a market price and quality (contamination limit, maximum BS&W) for oil. Control provides assurance that all of a particular load in a tank will meet specification, and that it cannot change significantly before refining. Once the adjustment of the separator system reaches its lowest flow limit, processing halts, to assure that the oil quality is optimized. The controller may be used on any tank of separated oil to assure that no oil is withdrawn “out of spec.

Abstract: The invention relates to organic electronic devices containing polycycloolefin planarization layers between the substrate and a functional layer such as a semiconducting layer, dielectric layer, or electrode; to the use of polycycloolefins as a planarization layer on the substrate of an organic electronic device; and to processes for preparing such polycycloolefin planarization layers and organic electronic devices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynorbornene (PNB) composition embodiments that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs having norbornene-type repeating units that are polyether functionalized where such the PNBs of such compositions and the microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices made therefrom are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation of said polyether functionalization.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide forming various polycycloalkyl polynorbornene polymers and copolymers which are useful for forming pervaporation membranes, the membranes themselves and methods of making such membranes.

Abstract: A mapping system disclosed herein includes a requestor that transmits requests for different layer sets of mapping data for a digital map to one or more data sources across a network according to a predefined order. According to one implementation, the mapping system also processes and/or renders the different layer sets to a display according to the predefined order.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a variety of high purity norbornene alkanol monomers and their derivatives is disclosed and claimed. Specifically, a process for the preparation of industrial scale high purity norbornene methanol and its silyl ether derivative is disclosed and claimed. The high purity monomers prepared in accordance with the process of this invention are useful in a variety of applications including but not limited to the preparation of high quality and high purity polynorbornenes having utility in a variety of electronic applications, among various other applications.

Abstract: A system operating as a centrifugal, liquid-liquid separator may be controlled, and even optimized, by automatic control of back pressure to establish an optimum position of the dispersion band therein. Optimizing to minimize impurities (from each other) in each of two separated phases is possible, even simultaneously, by reliance on a processor setting the settling lengths of both heavy and light phases at the same value. Settling length, defined in accordance with the invention, reflects a settling velocity multiplied by a residence time. Equating these lengths, for droplets of each in the other liquid, provides superior results over conventional settling theory maximizing settling area. Equalization of residence times did not provide an improvement over conventional settling theory.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynorbornene (PNB) composition embodiments that are useful for forming microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and assemblies thereof, and more specifically to compositions encompassing PNBs having norbornene-type repeating units that are polyether functionalized and an additive package containing a phenolic antioxidant and a synergist, and the microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices made therefrom are resistant to thermo-oxidative chain degradation of said polyether functionalization.

Abstract: A series of bicycloalkene-palladium compounds having utility as addition polymerization catalysts are disclosed. Also disclosed are the methods of making these compounds.