Abstract: A carrier boat for die package flux cleaning, including: a body having at least one pair of substantially parallel sides, the body comprising one or more die package receptacles each oriented at a non-parallel angle relative to the substantially parallel sides of the body such that, when a die package is seated in a die package receptacle of the one or more die package receptacles, a first pair of opposing sides of a die of the die package are substantially perpendicular to the substantially parallel sides,

Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate including an identification code on a first side of the substrate and near a perimeter of the substrate. The apparatus includes a stiffener structure attached to the first side of the substrate. The stiffener structure has a cutout in an outer perimeter of the stiffener structure. The stiffener structure is oriented with respect to the substrate to cause the cutout to expose the identification code. The cutout may have a first dimension and a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension. The first dimension may exceed a corresponding first dimension of the identification code and the second dimension may exceed a corresponding second dimension of the identification code, thereby forming a void region between the identification code and edges of the stiffener structure.

Abstract: A digital predistorter comprising a first predistorter for generating out-of-band and inter-band distortion components for compensating for the static nonlinearity of a nonlinear element, and a second predistorter cascaded with the first predistorter, the second predistorter compensating for the in-band distortion of the nonlinear device wherein the cascade of the first predistorter and the second predistorter compensate for in-band, out-of-band and inter-band distortions when the cascade of the first, the second predistorter and the nonlinear element are driven with multiband signals.

Abstract: A concurrent multi-band linearized transmitter (CMLT) has a concurrent digital multi-band predistortion block (CDMPB) and a concurrent multi-band transmitter (CMT) connected to the CDMPB. The CDMPB can have a plurality of digital baseband signal predistorter blocks (DBSPBs), an analyzing and modeling (A&M) stage, and a signal observation feedback loop. Each DBSPB can have a plurality of inputs, each corresponding to a single frequency band of the multi-band input signal, and its output corresponding to a single frequency band; each output connect corresponding to an input of the CMLT. The A&M stage can have a plurality of outputs connected to and updating the parameters of the DBSPBs, and a plurality of inputs connected to either both outputs of the signal observation loop or the output of the subsampling loop and to outputs of the DBSPBs. The A&M stage can perform signals' time alignment, reconstruction of signals and compute parameters of DBSPBs.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate including an identification code on a first side of the substrate and near a perimeter of the substrate. The apparatus includes a stiffener structure attached to the first side of the substrate. The stiffener structure has a cutout in an outer perimeter of the stiffener structure. The stiffener structure is oriented with respect to the substrate to cause the cutout to expose the identification code. The cutout may have a first dimension and a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension. The first dimension may exceed a corresponding first dimension of the identification code and the second dimension may exceed a corresponding second dimension of the identification code, thereby forming a void region between the identification code and edges of the stiffener structure.

Abstract: A digital predistorter comprising a first predistorter for generating out-of-band and inter-band distortion components for compensating for the static nonlinearity of a nonlinear element, and a second predistorter cascaded with the first predistorter, the second predistorter compensating for the in-band distortion of the nonlinear device wherein the cascade of the first predistorter and the second predistorter compensate for in-band, out-of-band and inter-band distortions when the cascade of the first, the second predistorter and the nonlinear element are driven with multiband signals.

Abstract: A concurrent multi-band linearized transmitter (CMLT) has a concurrent digital multi-band predistortion block (CDMPB) and a concurrent multi-band transmitter (CMT) connected to the CDMPB. The CDMPB can have a plurality of digital baseband signal predistorter blocks (DBSPBs), an analyzing and modeling (A&M) stage, and a signal observation feedback loop. Each DBSPB can have a plurality of inputs, each corresponding to a single frequency band of the multi-band input signal, and its output corresponding to a single frequency band; each output connect corresponding to an input of the CMLT. The A&M stage can have a plurality of outputs connected to and updating the parameters of the DBSPBs, and a plurality of inputs connected to either both outputs of the signal observation loop or the output of the subsampling loop and to outputs of the DBSPBs. The A&M stage can perform signals' time alignment, reconstruction of signals and compute parameters of DBSPBs.

Abstract: A concurrent multi-band linearized transmitter (CMLT) has a concurrent digital multi-band predistortion block (CDMPB) and a concurrent multi-band transmitter (CMT) connected to the CDMPB. The CDMPB can have a plurality of digital baseband signal predistorter blocks (DBSPBs), an analyzing and modeling (A&M) stage, and a signal observation feedback loop. Each DBSPB can have a plurality of inputs, each corresponding to a single frequency band of the multi-band input signal, and its output corresponding to a single frequency band; each output connect corresponding to an input of the CMLT. The A&M stage can have a plurality of outputs connected to and updating the parameters of the DBSPBs, and a plurality of inputs connected to either both outputs of the signal observation loop or the output of the subsampling loop and to outputs of the DBSPBs. The A&M stage can perform signals' time alignment, reconstruction of signals and compute parameters of DBSPBs.

Abstract: This invention provides methods that are useful for identifying therapeutic agents for the treatment of a CAR-mediated disorder or condition. The methods include determining whether the candidate therapeutic agent can: interact directly with CAR, modulate CAR-mediated gene expression, decrease CAR antagonist elevation of a cholesterol indicator in a mammal, or decrease a cholesterol level indicator in a mammal with a defective CAR. Also provided are CAR agonists.