Abstract: Apparatus for applying thermotherapy to a part of the human or animal body comprising an applicator having a flexible enclosure in which thermal energy transfer fluid can circulate, a connector for connecting the applicator to a control system, an interface layer for providing a thermally conductive interface between the flexible enclosure and a treatment site and, an electrically conductive supporting layer for supporting the interface layer and capable of being energised by an electrical signal from the control system to improve the thermal conductivity of the interface layer. The apparatus also includes a valve unit for connecting the applicator to a control system, a heat exchanger for cooling a thermal energy transfer fluid and a control system for controlling the application of thermotherapy.

Abstract: A well cellar system includes a substantially planar base, the base defining an aperture sized to receive a conductor pipe. The well cellar system also includes at least one substantially inflexible side member attached to the base, the at least one side member and the base defining a cavity. A seal between the at least one side member and the base substantially prevents the flow of fluids between the at least one side member and the base. The attachment between the base and the conductor pipe substantially prevents the flow of fluids between the base and the conductor. The well cellar system of the present invention substantially eliminates contamination of soil and water sources adjacent the well site during its operation.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus that relates to inserting contextual advertising into interactive visual content. The present invention provides a means to visually highlight elements within images, video, interactive applications and other visual content and then connect those elements to relevant content and messages from advertisers.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for selectively bypassing cache levels when processing non-reusable transient data in a cache coherent system. To selectively bypass cache levels a page table entry (PTE) mechanism may be employed. To limit the number of PTE bits, the PTE may have a 2-bit “bypass type” field among other attribute bits that index which bits of a Special Purpose Register (SPR) identify the cache levels to be bypassed.

Abstract: An electronic system (1) having an interconnect structure (30, 45). In one embodiment a system (1) includes a first electronic device (2) with a first plurality of contact pads (15) each having a noble metal (18) formed along a first surface (19), and a second electronic device (3) with a second plurality of contact pads (29) each having a noble metal (18) formed along a first surface (19). The noble metal (18) of one of the contact pads (15) of the first device (2) is bonded to the noble metal (18) of one of the contact pads (29) of the second device (3). In one embodiment of an associated method of forming an interconnect structure (45), a first electronic device (2) is provided with a first plurality of contact pads (15) each having a noble metal (18) along a first surface (19), and a second electronic device (3) is provided with a plurality of contact pads (29) each having a noble metal (18) along a first surface (19).

Abstract: The present invention is a software product that provides merchants that sell time-slot inventories tools to capitalize on the Internet revolution. The present invention enables the creation of web-sites for merchants with a built-in web-based reservation booking system. This offers customers the on-line benefits of access, selection and immediacy in making real-time reservation/appointments over the Internet. The software product also simplifies the merchant's booking process by providing a central web-based reservation/appointment management system that can be used for all bookings, regardless if made by telephone, by a walk-in customer, or by a customer via the Internet. The software product also provides the merchant with a powerful direct marketing tool. As a merchant uses the software product, user-customer profiles and demographics are captured in the database module, thus creating (in Web jargon) a “community” of customers specific to the merchant.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an interconnect comprising providing a carrier substrate, wherein the carrier substrate comprises a plurality of interconnect traces and a plurality of input/output contacts; providing a flexible substrate having a first side and a second side, disposing the second side of the sacrificial layer onto the first side of the flexible substrate to form a first assembly, disposing the carrier substrate onto the first assembly; and removing the sacrificial layer and the carrier substrate to form the interconnect.

Abstract: A CT detector includes a first detector configured to convert radiographic energy to electrical signals representative of energy sensitive radiographic data and a second detector configured to convert radiographic energy to electrical signals representative of energy sensitive radiographic data and positioned to receive x-rays that pass through the first detector. A logic controller is electrically connected to the first detector and the second detector and is configured to receive a logic output signal from the second detector indicative of an amount of a saturation level of the first detector, compare the logic output signal to a threshold value, and output, based on the comparison, electrical signals from the first detector, the second detector, or a combination thereof to an image chain.

Abstract: Page size prediction is used to predict a page size for a page of memory being accessed by a memory access instruction such that the predicted page size can be used to access an address translation data structure. By doing so, an address translation data structure may support multiple page sizes in an efficient manner and with little additional circuitry disposed in the critical path for address translation, thereby increasing performance.

Abstract: A multi-gas sensor device for the detection of dissolved hydrocarbon gases in oil-filled electrical equipment. The device comprising a semiconductor substrate, one or more catalytic metal gate-electrodes deposited on the surface of the semiconductor substrate operable for sensing various gases, and an ohmic contact deposited on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate comprises one of GaN, SiC, AlN, InN, AlGaN, InGaN and AlInGaN. A method for sensing gas in an oil-filled reservoir of electrical equipment, comprising providing a sensor device, immersing the sensor device in the oil-filled reservoir, allowing the gases emitted from the oil to interact with the one or more catalytic metal gate-electrodes, altering the gas as it contacts the catalytic metal gate-electrodes and altering the sensitivity of the sensor.

Abstract: A method for making an interconnect is provided. The method includes depositing a conductive layer on a substrate, depositing a protective layer on the conductive layer, patterning the protective layer to form openings to the conductive layer, depositing contact pads on the conductive layer through the openings in the protective layer, the contact pads comprising a conductive material, and patterning the conductive layer and the protective layer to form electrical traces on the substrate.

Abstract: One photodetection system includes a wide bandgap photodetector array which is physically and electrically integrated on a flexible interconnect layer including electrical connections, which is packaged in a manner for being electrically integrated with processing electronics such that the packaging and the processing electronics are configured for obtaining and processing signals detected by the photodetector array, or which includes both the flexible interconnect layer and processing electronics packaging features. Another photodetection system includes a wide bandgap focal plane array module including a photodetector pixel array, scan registers, a substrate supporting the array and the scan registers, and electrical interconnections coupling each pixel to at least two of the scan registers.

Abstract: Page size prediction is used to predict a page size for a page of memory being accessed by a memory access instruction such that the predicted page size can be used to access an address translation data structure. By doing so, an address translation data structure may support multiple page sizes in an efficient manner and with little additional circuitry disposed in the critical path for address translation, thereby increasing performance.

Abstract: A large area transducer array comprising a substrate having a front side and a backside, a plurality of transducers disposed on the front side of the substrate and patterned in the form of a two-dimensional transducer array in the X-Y plane, a plurality of connectors disposed on the backside of the substrate where the connectors are electrically coupled to the transducer elements. Further, a stacked transducer array comprising an electronic device disposed in a first layer, a substrate including a front side and a backside, an electrical interconnect layer disposed on the substrate and a plurality of transducers disposed in a third layer where the transducers are electrically coupled to the electronic device disposed in the first layer.

Abstract: A stacked electronics module comprises a first layer including a first substrate having a front side and a backside, a first electrical interconnect layer disposed on the first substrate and a first electronic device disposed on the front side of the first substrate. In addition, the stacked electronics module comprises a second layer including a second substrate having a front side and a backside, a second electrical interconnect layer disposed on the second substrate and a second electronic device disposed on the front side of the second substrate.

Abstract: An interconnect structure for use in an electronic device, wherein the interconnect structure comprises a first substrate comprising a flexible material, wherein the first substrate comprises a front side and a back side, and wherein the first substrate is configured to receive a sensor on the front side; and a second substrate coupled to the back side of the first substrate and comprising a rigid material. A detector module for use in an imaging system comprises the aforementioned interconnect structure.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an interconnect comprising providing a carrier substrate, wherein the carrier substrate comprises a plurality of interconnect traces and a plurality of input/output contacts; providing a flexible substrate having a first side and a second side, disposing the second side of the sacrificial layer onto the first side of the flexible substrate to form a first assembly, disposing the carrier substrate onto the first assembly; and removing the sacrificial layer and the carrier substrate to form the interconnect. A detector for use in an imaging system comprises the aforementioned interconnect.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and system for protecting an identity of a user. The method includes conducting a transaction with a transaction medium issued from of an institution, which provides transaction information to the institution. A government-issued identification number (GIN) of the user and a personal identification number (PIN) of the user are provided to a database. The database returns verification information based on whether the GIN and the PIN provided to the database correspond to a recorded GIN of the user stored in the database and a recorded PIN of the user stored in the database. The institution is allowed to authorize the transaction based on the returned verification information.

Abstract: A high density electrical interconnecting system of the present invention has at least one substrate piece and a flexible wrap-around interconnect assembly extending from a first surface of the substrate piece to a second surface of the substrate piece wherein the flexible wrap-around interconnect is disposed around an outer surface of the substrate piece.

Abstract: The present invention is a software product that provides merchants that sell time-slot inventories tools to capitalize on the Internet revolution. The present invention enables the creation of web-sites for merchants with a built-in web-based reservation booking system. This offers customers the on-line benefits of access, selection and immediacy in making real-time reservation/appointments over the Internet. The software product also simplifies the merchant's booking process by providing a central web-based reservation/appointment management system that can be used for all bookings, regardless if made by telephone, by a walk-in customer, or by a customer via the Internet. The software product also provides the merchant with a powerful direct marketing tool. As a merchant uses the software product, user-customer profiles and demographics are captured in the database module, thus creating (in Web jargon) a “community” of customers specific to the merchant.