Abstract: A buck converter circuit is disclosed in which one or both of the control switch and the synchronous switch are III-nitride-based depletion mode. An enhancement mode switch is connected with one or both of the III-nitride based switches and operated to prevent conduction of current by the III-nitride based switch until all biases are established for proper operation.

Abstract: An integrated voltage regulator may be provided on the bottom of a ball grid array processor package. This may be done despite the fact that conventionally integrated voltage regulator chips are too thick to fit in the area normally available between the motherboard and the ball grid array package because that area is defined by solder balls of a necessarily limited height which is conventionally believed to be too small to accommodate the integrated voltage regulator.

Abstract: An article includes a mounting substrate, a passive component site on the mounting substrate, and an active component site on the mounting substrate. The article also includes a fluid flow barrier disposed local to the passive component site and spaced apart from the active component site. The fluid flow barrier can be a recess that resists fluid flow thereinto because of surface tension of the fluid when it meets the recess edge. The fluid flow barrier can include a boundary that diverts fluid flow due to the angle of the recess edge as the fluid approaches it. An embodiment also includes a packaging system that includes the article and at least one passive component. An embodiment also includes a method of assembling the article or the packaging system.

Abstract: Novel fenicol compounds having useful properties as antibiotic prodrugs, are provided, together with methods of making and using these new compounds.

Abstract: An electronic structure includes an electronic device coupled to a substrate by conductive bumps and ball limiting metallurgy (BLM). Underfill material having filler particles is disposed in a space between the electronic device and the substrate. A weight percentage of the filler particles is at least about 60%. A particle size of at least 90 wt % of the filler particles is less than about 2 ?m and/or the filler particles are coated by an organic coupling agent. Once the underfill material is fully cured, its coefficient of thermal expansion is no more than 30 PPM/° C., and its glass transition temperature is at least 100° C., and its adhesion to a passivation layer of the electronic device, to the substrate and to the electronic device at its edges is such that the electronic structure passes standardized reliability tests without delamination of the ball limiting metallurgy.

Abstract: A power control system and method including a plurality of point-of-load regulators (POL) providing corresponding regulated output voltages; a manager for communicating control signals and operational parameters with said point-of load regulators; a digital bus to carry control signals therebetween; and an analog bus to carry operational parameters therebetween. Analog sensing circuits and a mutliplexer on the POL communicate operational parameters to and from the manager via the analog bus and are controlled via the digital bus. The operational parameters include output voltage, output current, over voltage, temperature, amplifier or comparator offset, and amplifier gain. The analog sensing circuits are calibrated by trim registers on the POL under digital control by the manager.

Abstract: An improved active voltage positioning (AVP) implementation for a power supply for a microprocessor or the like includes an AVP circuit which is separated from the power supply error amplifier by a buffer amplifier having a parallel RC feedback circuit to controllably adjust the transient response. An AVP signal derived from an output load current sensing element provides an input to the buffer amplifier. A second input is provided by power supply reference voltage. A output of the buffer amplifier is connected as an input to the error amplifier to provide the AVP window. This permits separate adjustment of the transient behavior of the error loop and the AVP loop.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel railway wheel configurations with integrated brake drum dedicated to vehicle frictional braking, along with manufacturing method of the novel wheel and modification schemes for existing railway vehicle components. The novel wheel configurations with integrated brake drum enables increased thermal tolerances to brake shoe thermal input, enhanced resistances to varies thermal damages and reduced hot axial deflection.

Abstract: A medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a microbial infection which comprises as an active ingredient a compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein, R1 and R2 represent hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, hydroxyl group or the like, W1 represents —CH?CH—, —CH2O—, —CH2CH2— or the like; R3 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, hydroxyl group or an amino group; R4 represents hydrogen atom, a group of —OZ0-4R5 (Z0-4 represents an alkylene group, a fluorine-substituted alkylene group or a single bond, and R5 represents a cyclic alkyl group, an aryl group or the like); W2 represents a single bond or —C(R8)?C(R9)— (R8 and R9 represent hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or the like, Q represents an acidic group, but W2 and Q may together form vinylidenethiazolidinedione or an equivalent heterocyclic ring; m and n represent an integer of 0 to 2, and q represents an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: A medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a microbial infection which comprises as an active ingredient a compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein, R1 and R2 represent hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, hydroxyl group or the like, W1 represents —CH?CH—, —CH2O—, —CH2CH2— or the like; R3 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, hydroxyl group or an amino group; R4 represents hydrogen atom, a group of —OZ0-4R5 (Z0-4 represents an alkylene group, a fluorine-substituted alkylene group or a single bond, and R5 represents a cyclic alkyl group, an aryl group or the like); W2 represents a single bond or —C(R8)?C(R9)?(R8 and R9 represent hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or the like, Q represents an acidic group, but W2 and Q may together form vinylidenethiazolidinedione or an equivalent heterocyclic ring; m and n represent an integer of 0 to 2, and q represents an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: An electronic structure includes an electronic device coupled to a substrate by conductive bumps and ball limiting metallurgy (BLM). Underfill material having filler particles is disposed in a space between the electronic device and the substrate. A weight percentage of the filler particles is at least about 60%. A particle size of at least 90 wt % of the filler particles is less than about 2 ?m and/or the filler particles are coated by an organic coupling agent. Once the underfill material is fully cured, its coefficient of thermal expansion is no more than 30 PPM/° C., and its glass transition temperature is at least 100° C., and its adhesion to a passivation layer of the electronic device, to the substrate and to the electronic device at its edges is such that the electronic structure passes standardized reliability tests without delamination of the ball limiting metallurgy.

Abstract: A marking is formed on an underfill between a die and a substrate.

Abstract: A method of improving the operation of a synchronous rectifier circuit which includes a switching transistor and synchronous transistor, by providing an operatively effective value of inductance in the current path of the synchronous transistor; which is shared by the control terminal circuit path of the transistor and by selecting a synchronous transistor having a low resistance to a control signal provided at the control terminal, as well as improved synchronous rectifier circuits designed according to the method. When the transistors are MOSFETs, the inductance provided is preferably a purely parasitic common source inductance in the range of about 2 nH to about 3 nH. The synchronous transistor exhibits a low value of gate resistance to facilitate fast energy exchange between the common source inductance and the gate-source capacitance.

Abstract: A plasma fuel reformer comprises a one-piece body that defines an air passageway and an injector channel. The air passageway is used to supply air for flow through an electrode gap defined between a pair of electrodes. At least a portion of a fuel injector is positioned in the injector channel to supply fuel for flow through the electrode gap.

Abstract: A marking is formed on an underfill between a die and a substrate.

Abstract: An article includes a mounting substrate, a passive component site on the mounting substrate, and an active component site on the mounting substrate. The article also includes a fluid flow barrier disposed local to the passive component site and spaced apart from the active component site. The fluid flow barrier can be a recess that resists fluid flow thereinto because of surface tension of the fluid when it meets the recess edge. The fluid flow barrier can include a boundary that diverts fluid flow due to the angle of the recess edge as the fluid approaches it. An embodiment also includes a packaging system that includes the article and at least one passive component. An embodiment also includes a method of assembling the article or the packaging system.

Abstract: A multi-phase synchronous buck converter having plural single phase synchronous buck converter stages, connected together to provide an output current to a load. A sensing circuit in each converter stage includes a variable gain current sense amplifier that determines the current through the shunt MOSFET to generate an output signal representative of the output current provided by that converter stage. The gains of the current sense amplifiers in each converter stage are preset such that the output signals from all the amplifiers are substantially equal, thereby balancing the power loss in all the converter stages by adjustment of the output currents using varying current sense gains to compensate for variations in the RDS-ON of the shunt MOSFETS.

Abstract: A copyright protection method (150) and apparatus (190) employs (151) a first protection scheme (160) within a single authorized domain (195), in which all interfaces (194a-c) are protected with digital rights management system and employs (152) a second protection scheme (170) for use in inter-domain file transfers. The method (150) and apparatus (190) may employ (153) a third protection scheme (180) for external outputs (197a-c) not protected by a digital rights management system. The first protection scheme (160) includes specifying (161) whether a copy of files is allowed to be stored anywhere within the single authorized domain; specifying (162) whether files may be stored only on specific devices within the single authorized domain; or specifying (163) how many simultaneous rendering devices are permitted when rendering files.

Abstract: A medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a microbial infection which comprises as an active ingredient a compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein, R1 and R2 represent hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, hydroxyl group or the like, W1 represents —CH?CH—, —CH2O—, —CH2CH2— or the like; R3 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, hydroxyl group or an amino group; R4 represents hydrogen atom, a group of —OZ0-4R5 (Z0-4 represents an alkylene group, a fluorine-substituted alkylene group or a single bond, and R5 represents a cyclic alkyl group, an aryl group or the like); W2 represents a single bond or —C(R8)?C(R9)—(R8 and R9 represent hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or the like, Q represents an acidic group, but W2 and Q may together form vinylidenethiazolidinedione or an equivalent heterocyclic ring; m and n represent an integer of 0 to 2, and q represents an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: An improved active voltage positioning (AVP) implementation for a power supply for a microprocessor or the like includes an AVP circuit which is separated from the power supply error amplifier by a buffer amplifier having a parallel RC feedback circuit to controllably adjust the transient response. An AVP signal derived from an output load current sensing element provides an input to the buffer amplifier. A second input is provided by power supply reference voltage. A output of the buffer amplifier is connected as an input to the error amplifier to provide the AVP window. This permits separate adjustment of the transient behavior of the error loop and the AVP loop.