Abstract: Methods and systems for a distributed optical transmitter with local domain splitting is disclosed and may include, in an optical modulator integrated in a silicon photonics chip: receiving electrical signals, communicating the electrical signals to domain splitters along a length of waveguides of the optical modulator utilizing one or more delay lines, generating electrical signals in voltage domains utilizing the domain splitters, modulating received optical signals in the waveguides of the optical modulator by driving diodes with the electrical signals generated in the voltage domains, and generating a modulated output signal through interference of the modulated optical signal in the waveguides of the optical modulator. The delay lines may comprise one delay element per domain splitter, or may comprise a delay element per domain splitter for a first subset of the domain splitters and more than one delay element per domain splitter for a second subset of the domain splitters.

Abstract: Fluidic devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. One system may comprises a sheath, a delivery module, and a removal module. The sheath includes a working lumen, a delivery lumen, and a removal lumen. The delivery module is configured to move a fluid from a fluid reservoir and into a body cavity through the delivery lumen. The removal module is configured to move the fluid and a particulate contained therein out of the body cavity through the removal lumen, through a filtration device that removes the particulate, and back into the fluid reservoir. One method comprises placing a distal end of sheath into a body cavity, energizing the working lumen to generate a particulate in the cavity, moving the fluid into the cavity to engage the particulate, and moving the fluid and the contaminant from the body cavity, through a filter for removing the contaminant, and back into the fluid source.

Abstract: A receiver on a mobile device accepts at least one unrequested signal from a transmitter located in proximity of a first screen showing a first multimedia content. The received signal contains information associated with a second multimedia content shown on a second screen. The information can trigger an application residing on the mobile device based on the characteristics of the received signal. The information is accepted by the application which then generates second screen information associated with a displaying of a second multimedia content on a second screen, the generation of the second screen information based upon the information, reception of the transmitted signal and a location of the second screen.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a distributed optical transmitter with local domain splitting is disclosed and may include, in an optical modulator integrated in a silicon photonics chip: receiving electrical signals, communicating the electrical signals to domain splitters along a length of waveguides of the optical modulator utilizing one or more delay lines, generating electrical signals in voltage domains utilizing the domain splitters, modulating received optical signals in the waveguides of the optical modulator by driving diodes with the electrical signals generated in the voltage domains, and generating a modulated output signal through interference of the modulated optical signal in the waveguides of the optical modulator. The delay lines may comprise one delay element per domain splitter, or may comprise a delay element per domain splitter for a first subset of the domain splitters and more than one delay element per domain splitter for a second subset of the domain splitters.

Abstract: A technique manages access to a B-tree structure within a data storage apparatus. The B-tree structure maintains mappings of data blocks of a file system to data blocks of a snapshot storage area. The technique involves imposing a lock on the B-tree structure in response to a snapshot operation which copies a contiguous range of file system data blocks to a set of snapshot data blocks to save primary data of the file system as snapshot data. The technique further involves inserting multiple objects into the B-tree structure while the lock is imposed, each object including a key value which (i) identifies a respective file system data block of the contiguous range and (ii) operates as a search key to facilitate searching of nodes of the B-tree structure. The technique further involves releasing the lock imposed on the B-tree structure after the objects have been inserted into the B-tree structure.

Abstract: A technique performs a write operation. The technique involves receiving, after a snapshot of a file system is taken, a write instruction to write new data to a particular portion of the file system. The technique further involves includes reading, in response to the write instruction, metadata to determine whether the new data is a first update of the particular portion since the snapshot was taken. The metadata identifies portions of the file system which have changed since the snapshot was taken. The technique further involves, when the new data is a first update of the particular portion since the snapshot was taken, copying the original data from cache memory (i.e., from the file system buffer cache) to snapshot storage (i.e., to a dedicated save area) and, after the original data is copied, updating the original data in the cache memory with the new data.

Abstract: An online tree quota check tool computes quota usage of files in a directory tree while the structure of the directory tree keeps changing due to concurrent write access by other applications and clients. The quota check tool computes the quota usage without interfering with the ongoing file access operations that change the directory content and quota usage. A quota check database keeps track of which files have been checked and which have not, so that each file is checked and its quota usage is accumulated once and only once while directories are moved and directory scans are restarted as a result of the changing directory content. File system operations are modified to synchronize with the online tree quota check. The quota check tool can be single threaded or multi-threaded. A multi-threaded tool dispatches idle directory iteration threads to scan subdirectories in the directory tree.

Abstract: To achieve optimal thermal contact between opposing surfaces, it is necessary to align such surfaces so that maximum contact is achieved. In a semiconductor package, it is necessary to align the surface of a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) and a heat sink surface, where the heat sink contains a nano-composite wire structure. By using a self-aligned structure that forces the alignment of the IC surface and the heat sink, maximum thermal contact between the two surfaces is achieved. The self-alignment of a pressure measurement device for same is also disclosed.