Abstract: An approach is provided for placing a real-time communication session (e.g., a voice call or a video call) on hold before the called party answers the call. After receiving a communication session request, the communication session is placed on hold until a predetermined time period expires, the called party answers the communication session, or the calling party elects to be directed to an answering service.

Abstract: A router may be tested using a packet-based testing technique in which the test packets are generated by the router. In one implementation, a forwarding plane in a router may include a first component to process header information of packets to determine forwarding information, and a memory component to store payload data for the packets. A control plane of the router may generate test packets, insert the test packets into the forwarding plane, receive a second set of packets from the forwarding plane, analyze the second set of packets to determine whether the second set of packets correspond to the inserted plurality of test packets, and output, based on the analysis, test results, relating to the operation of the routing device.

Abstract: A switch fabric for a modular router may be tested without connecting the switch fabric portion of the router to the other modular portions of the router. The switch fabric may generate test data units and insert the test data units into one or more elements of the switch fabric. The switch fabric may operate with the inserted test data units. A control component may receive data units from the switch fabric after operation of the switch fabric and analyze the received data units to determine whether the received data units correspond to the inserted test data units.

Abstract: An approach is provided for placing a real-time communication session (e.g., a voice call or a video call) on hold before the called party answers the call. After receiving a communication session request, the communication session is placed on hold until a predetermined time period expires, the called party answers the communication session, or the calling party elects to be directed to an answering service.

Abstract: This invention relates to a blasting apparatus, comprising: a fan mounted for rotation in a first horizontal plane about a vertically oriented axis of rotation; a dispensing plate mounted for rotation in a second horizontal plane about the vertically oriented axis of rotation, the second horizontal plane being positioned below the first horizontal plane; and a passage configured to deliver blast media to the dispensing plate. A process for accelerating blast media is disclosed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a blasting apparatus, comprising: a fan mounted for rotation in a first horizontal plane about a vertically oriented axis of rotation; a dispensing plate mounted for rotation in a second horizontal plane about the vertically oriented axis of rotation, the second horizontal plane being positioned below the first horizontal plane; and a passage configured to deliver blast media to the dispensing plate. A process for accelerating blast media is disclosed.

Abstract: A system and method for finding a defective tool in a semiconductor fabrication facility is disclosed. When the tools process the wafers, data representing the time period during which each wafer passes through each tool is sent to a database. The wafers are tested for defects, and lots having wafers with common failure signatures are determined. A lot list for each tool is generated, a positive weight value is assigned to each bad lot, and a negative weight value is assigned to each good lot. A cumulative value is calculated for each tool by sequentially adding the weight values of each lot in the lot list and keeping the cumulative value above or equal to zero. The tool with the largest maximum cumulative value is the tool that is most likely to be defective.

Abstract: A RFID antenna apparatus and system comprising substantially coplanar first and second loop elements and a crossover element that generally define an H-shape, the first and second loop elements having substantially similar geometric shapes of substantially equal dimension, and a drive element.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for identifying a best tool from a plurality of tools that perform a same operation in a semiconductor fabrication line that includes the steps of determining a first median yield for each of the plurality of tools within a first time interval, weighting the first median yield based on a total number of wafers processed by each of the plurality of tools within the first time interval, determining a second median yield for the semiconductor fabrication line over the first time interval, obtaining a weighted yield difference for each of the plurality of tools relative to the second median yield, and outputting the weighted yield difference for each of the plurality of tools.

Abstract: A system and method for finding operation/tool's combination which causes the integration failure in a semiconductor fabrication facility is disclosed. It comprises the steps of generating a candidate operation/tool list by selecting the operation/tool's that are more likely to cause said failure. Assign a weight value to each lot in the lot list for each operatioon/tool in said candidate operation/tool list, the weight value being a predetermined positive value for a bad lot, and a negative value for a good lot. Then select any pair of operation/tool's from said candidate operation/tool list and calculate a peak combination cumulative value for that pair of operation/tool's. Rank each pair of operation/tool's according to their corresponding peak combination cumulative values. It is determined the pair of operation/tool's with the greatest peak combination cumulative value the most likely to cause said failure.

Abstract: A high temperature RFID tag is described which has a survival temperature in the range of approximately −40° C. to 300° C. and an operating temperature in the range of approximately −20° C. to 200° C. In one embodiment of the invention, the RFID tag comprises a housing comprising a substantially flexible first thermally resistant material and having a base and a top, and a circuit board substrate comprising a substantially flexible second thermally resistant material which is encapsulated within the housing. In an additional embodiment of the invention, the high temperature RFID tag comprises a substrate assembly, the substrate assembly including a substrate having an integrated circuit disposed thereon, the substrate comprising a substantially flexible first thermally resistant material, and a high temperature encapsulant disposed on a first side of the substrate, the substrate assembly having a survival temperature in the range of −40° C. to 300° C.

Abstract: A high temperature RFID tag is described which has a survival temperature in the range of approximately -40.degree. C. to 300.degree. C. and an operating temperature of approximately -20.degree. C. to 200.degree. C. The RFID tag comprises a housing comprising a first thermally resistant material and having a base and a top, and a circuit board substrate comprising a second thermally resistant material which is encapsulated within the housing.