Abstract: A radiation therapy and scanning system is provided. The radiation and therapy scanning system includes a therapy source adapted to deliver a predetermined dose of treatment radiation along an axis to a patient positioned in a scan field, a stationary scanning source producing an electron beam, and a detector positioned to partially circumscribe the scan field. The radiation therapy and scanning system also includes a target arranged concentric with the detector and located opposite the detector across the scan field, the target positioned at an angle ? to the axis such that when the electron beam impinges on the target the target transmits radiation through the scan field to the detector.

Abstract: A compiler generated static analysis of potential aliasing violations in a portion of code that is not in the current program view of the analysis. Source code in a current program view of the program code is processed to collect symbol definitions. The possible destinations of each symbol definition are computed. The set of symbol definitions in the current program view of the code that are accessible to the portion of the program code outside the current program view is evaluated. Each symbol definition is diagnosed based on the type of the symbol defined and the symbols which may be pointed-to by the symbol definitions.

Abstract: An electron beam scanner includes a stationary source producing an electron beam and a detector positioned to partially circumscribe a scan field, the detector divided into a pair of detector rings arranged adjacent to one another and separated by a gap extending at least partially about a circumference of the detector. The electron beam scanner also includes a target arranged concentric with the detector and located opposite the detector across the scan field, the target having end portions circumferentially overlapping the detector and radially aligned with the gap between the detector rings, such that when the electron beam impinges on the target the target transmits radiation through the gap across the scan field to an associated section of the detector.

Abstract: A method and system of electronically inspecting baggage comprises generating scan data representative of a piece of baggage. At least one of a contour and a surface is extracted from the scan data, and the at least one of a contour and a surface is representative of an object within the baggage. An object database comprises data representative of shapes of known objects, and the at least one of a contour and surface is compared to the object database to identify an object match which is presented.

Abstract: A modular constructed surgical motor with an outer cylindrical case used as the handle, and a spaced inner motor case resiliently mounted thereto forms an air gap for reducing vibrations and heat, a separate module houses the chuck, a ball coupling made from an elastomeric material transmits rotary motion, undercuts in the spindle adjacent the vanes and in the peripheral edge enhance power, the inlet opening to the vanes are positioned to increase the volume of inlet air, the inner surface of the cylinder is contoured to define a crescent seal, the inlet and outlet to the spindle are positioned in the cylinder to increase the power stroke, the discharge holes in the cylinder are oriented for uniform contact surface, the flow passages in the cylinder cool the cylinder and bearing, and one seal cured in situ and another seal adjacent the bearing prevent leakage of oil into ambient and the surgical tool.

Abstract: A ternary content addressable memory (CAM) cell is disclosed for providing reduced or minimized matchline (ML) capacitance and for increasing current between matchline and tail-line in the case of a mismatch. The speed of a CAM cell is generally inversely proportional to its ML capacitance, and proportional to the current. Conventional ternary CAM cells have many matchline transistors, each contributing to the matchline capacitance. Embodiments of the present invention have a single matchline transistor between a matchline and a ground line, or tail-line, of the CAM cell. The single matchline transistor couples the matchline to the tail-line in response to a discharge signal from a compare circuit. The compare circuit can be divided into a pull-up section for driving a gate voltage level control node and a discharge section for discharging the gate voltage level control node, the discharge signal being provided at the gate voltage level control node.

Abstract: The invention is an optical method and apparatus for measuring the temperature of semiconductor substrates in real-time, during thin film growth and wafer processing. Utilizing the nearly linear dependence of the interband optical absorption edge on temperature, the present method and apparatus result in highly accurate measurement of the absorption edge in diffuse reflectance and transmission geometry, in real time, with sufficient accuracy and sensitivity to enable closed loop temperature control of wafers during film growth and processing. The apparatus operates across a wide range of temperatures covering all of the required range for common semiconductor substrates.

Abstract: The rotary motion created by a motor is transmitted from the drive shaft of the motor to the driven shaft through a pair of diametrically opposed balls fitted into a coupling mechanism attached to the drive shaft and through a pin fitted into holes formed in the opposed balls and through the driven shaft disposed between the opposed balls for eliminating vibration and noise. The thrust loads imposed in the structure supporting the motor is directed to bypass the motor through a bearing supporting the driven shaft through its housing and into the outer housing surrounding the motor. The motor is encased in a cartridge disposed in a central cavity of the outer housing and the cartridge is not rigidly attached to the outer housing so that the thrust loads bypass the motor.

Abstract: A method and system of inspecting baggage to be transported from a location of origin to a destination is provided that includes generating scan data representative of a piece of baggage while the baggage is at the location of origin, and storing the scan data in a database. A rendered view representative of a content of the baggage is provided where the rendered views are based on the scan data retrieved from the database over a network. The rendered views are presented at a destination different from the origin.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for facilitating debugging of source code. A set of indirect memory references is identified in the source code and points-to records are generated for the source code. The set of indirect memory references are validated using the points-to records and an aliasing rule to identify zero or more indirect memory references having a potential aliasing problem. In a case in which the zero or more indirect memory references comprise at least one indirect memory reference, the at least one indirect memory reference is in the set of indirect memory references. Responsive to a determination that the zero or more indirect memory references comprise at least one indirect memory reference, a report is generated identifying at least one location in the source code associated with the at least one indirect memory reference. The report is stored.

Abstract: A pressure management apparatus including a housing (30) defining a fluid communication passage between first and second fluid ports (46, 48). A poppet (40) is disposed in the housing and is movable between first and second positions. The first position prevents fluid communication between the first and second fluid ports, and the second position permits fluid communication between the first and second fluid ports. The poppet includes a portion (75) translatable along an axis relative to the housing. A member (78) is fixed with respect to the housing and is associated with the portion of the poppet. Spring structure (72) is associated with the portion of the poppet. The spring structure is constructed and arranged to engage and bias the portion of the poppet to frictionally engage a portion of the member to create a dashpot damping of resonance of the poppet in the second position.

Abstract: Apparatus for quantitatively measuring the curvature and/or relative tilt of large surfaces wherein a small array of parallel laser beams, each separated by a known distance, reflect from the surface of a sample and fall upon a feedback controlled front-surface steering mirror to a detector that measures both the change in separation of the reflected beams and the spatial translation of the entire array on the detector. The sample surface is translated beneath or in front of the fixed laser array by means of a computer controlled stage or other apparatus to create a 1-dimensional line scan or 2-dimensional map of both bow and relative tilt of the sample surface. A computer-driven, feedback-controlled steering mirror compensates for varying sample tilt by precisely realigning the reflected laser array onto the detector as the sample is translated.

Abstract: A ternary content addressable memory (CAM) cell is disclosed for providing reduced or minimized matchline (ML) capacitance and for increasing current between matchline and tail-line in the case of a mismatch. The speed of a CAM cell is generally inversely proportional to its ML capacitance, and proportional to the current. Conventional ternary CAM cells have many matchline transistors, each contributing to the matchline capacitance. Embodiments of the present invention have a single matchline transistor between a matchline and a ground line, or tail-line, of the CAM cell. The single matchline transistor couples the matchline to the tail-line in response to a discharge signal from a compare circuit. The compare circuit can be divided into a pull-up section for driving a gate voltage level control node and a discharge section for discharging the gate voltage level control node, the discharge signal being provided at the gate voltage level control node.

Abstract: A ternary content addressable memory (CAM) cell is disclosed for providing reduced or minimized matchline (ML) capacitance and for increasing current between matchline and tail-line in the case of a mismatch. The speed of a CAM cell is generally inversely proportional to its ML capacitance, and proportional to the current. Conventional ternary CAM cells have many matchline transistors, each contributing to the matchline capacitance. Embodiments of the present invention have a single matchline transistor between a matchline and a ground line, or tail-line, of the CAM cell. The single matchline transistor couples the matchline to the tail-line in response to a discharge signal from a compare circuit. The compare circuit can be divided into a pull-up section for driving a gate voltage level control node and a discharge section for discharging the gate voltage level control node, the discharge signal being provided at the gate voltage level control node.

Abstract: A ternary content addressable memory (CAM) cell is disclosed for providing reduced or minimized matchline (ML) capacitance and for increasing current between matchline and tail-line in the case of a mismatch. The speed of a CAM cell is generally inversely proportional to its ML capacitance, and proportional to the current. Conventional ternary CAM cells have many matchline transistors, each contributing to the matchline capacitance. Embodiments of the present invention have a single matchline transistor between a matchline and a ground line, or tail-line, of the CAM cell. The single matchline transistor couples the matchline to the tail-line in response to a discharge signal from a compare circuit. The compare circuit can be divided into a pull-up section for driving a gate voltage level control node and a discharge section for discharging the gate voltage level control node, the discharge signal being provided at the gate voltage level control node.

Abstract: A ternary content addressable memory (CAM) cell is disclosed for providing reduced or minimized matchline (ML) capacitance and for increasing current between matchline and tail-line in the case of a mismatch. The speed of a CAM cell is generally inversely proportional to its ML capacitance, and proportional to the current. Conventional ternary CAM cells have many matchline transistors, each contributing to the matchline capacitance. Embodiments of the present invention have a single matchline transistor between a matchline and a ground line, or tail-line, of the CAM cell. The single matchline transistor couples the matchline to the tail-line in response to a discharge signal from a compare circuit. The compare circuit can be divided into a pull-up section for driving a gate voltage level control node and a discharge section for discharging the gate voltage level control node, the discharge signal being provided at the gate voltage level control node.

Abstract: Techniques and systems for debugging an electronic system having instrumentation circuitry included therein are disclosed. The techniques and systems facilitate analysis, diagnosis and debugging fabricated hardware designs at a Hardware Description Language (HDL) level. Although the hardware designs (which were designed in HDL) have been fabricated in integrated circuit products with limited input/output pins, the invention enables the hardware designs within the integrated circuit products to be comprehensively analyzed, diagnosed, and debugged at the HDL level at speed. The ability to debug hardware designs at the HDL level facilitates correction or adjustment of the HDL description of the hardware designs.

Abstract: The invention is a tool that generally enables the application of force to a bolt end along the longitudinal axis of a bolt. In the embodiment described herein, the invention involves the servicing of automobile hub by providing a means for safely and effectively removing the hub stud bolts that have seized to the steering knuckle or other component to which it is mounted. The invention eliminates the realistic probability of damaging the hub stud bolts' threads, ensures that striking force can be applied without bending or breaking the hub stud bolts, and provides a surface suitable for applying a sufficient striking force to free a seized hub from a steering knuckle or other component to which it is mounted. The invention can be manufactured in a straightforward manner. In the disclosed embodiment, the invention provides for the safe and effective removal of a hub from a steering knuckle, through the use of the invention, that can reduce the labor time and material costs in hub servicing an automobile hub.

Abstract: A ternary content addressable memory (CAM) cell is disclosed for providing reduced or minimized matchline (ML) capacitance and for increasing current between matchline and tail-line in the case of a mismatch. The speed of a CAM cell is generally inversely proportional to its ML capacitance, and proportional to the current. Conventional ternary CAM cells have many matchline transistors, each contributing to the matchline capacitance. Embodiments of the present invention have a single matchline transistor between a matchline and a ground line, or tail-line, of the CAM cell. The single matchline transistor couples the matchline to the tail-line in response to a discharge signal from a compare circuit. The compare circuit can be divided into a pull-up section for driving a gate voltage level control node and a discharge section for discharging the gate voltage level control node, the discharge signal being provided at the gate voltage level control node.

Abstract: A surgical motor designed to for power, noise and heat reduction for powering surgical tools where the surgical motor is modular constructed to house the vane motor for generating power in one module and the chuck and output shaft in the other module. A coupling mechanism for transmitting rotary motion from the vane motor to the output shaft includes balls made from elastomeric material to reduce vibrations and noise.