Abstract: Aspects of the invention include forming a semiconductor device. Gates are formed in a first direction over fins, the gates including gate material, the fins being formed in a second direction. Fin interconnects are formed in the first direction over the fins. A dielectric material is formed on the fins, and capacitor interconnects are formed over portions of the dielectric material in the first direction over the fins.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a circuit having a power supply sensitive delay circuit, a variable delay circuit coupled to the power supply sensitive delay circuit, a delay line coupled to the variable delay circuit, and a logic circuit coupled to the delay line.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to an apparatus having a transmission gate coupled to a delay element and including a first transistor and a second transistor. A first node is coupled to a first gate of the first transistor, a first current source, and a first resistive element, an opposite end of the first resistive element being coupled to a ground potential. A second node is coupled to a second gate of the second transistor, a second current source, and a second resistive element, an opposite end of the second resistive element being coupled to a power supply.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a first voltage sensitive circuit including first transistors, the first transistors being coupled together so as to be operatively coupled to a first current source. A second voltage sensitive circuit includes second transistors, the second transistors being coupled together so as to be operatively coupled to a second current source, the first voltage sensitive circuit being coupled to the second voltage sensitive circuit to form a delay chain, the first and second current sources being responsive to changes in voltage of a power supply according to a voltage reference. A voltage sensitive current reference module is coupled to the first and second current sources and configured to supply the voltage reference to the first and second current sources, the voltage sensitive current reference module being responsive to changes in the voltage of the power supply.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a process for receiving data and a first clock signal of a first chip and a second clock signal of a second chip, the data being received on a data path and the first clock signal being received on a clock signal path, and determining that the first clock signal is arriving before the second clock signal by a difference quantity. Also, the process includes adding delay to the data path and the clock signal path according to the difference quantity.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a circuit including a power circuit having an amplifier, a resistor, a current source, and a first node, one end of the resistor being configured to couple to a power supply, the first node being coupled to an opposite end of the resistor, a first input terminal of the amplifier, and the current source. A voltage sensitive circuit includes a logic gate coupled to both a second input terminal of the amplifier and an output terminal of the amplifier at a second node.

Abstract: A technique relates to a digital phase locked loop (DPLL) including a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO), the DCO having delay elements and a current fill factor corresponding to a proportion of the delay elements in operation. A voltage regulator controller is operable to obtain a result of a comparison between a predefined fill factor and the current fill factor, the voltage regulator controller being operable to adjust voltage supplied to the DCO based on the result, the predefined fill factor indicating a predetermined proportion of the delay elements to be in operation.

Abstract: Techniques for autozero to an offset value for a slope detector for voltage droop monitoring are described herein. An aspect includes generating a first offset voltage by a circuit. Another aspect includes generating a second offset voltage by the circuit, the second offset voltage being distinct from the first offset voltage. Another aspect includes, based on a first comparator of the circuit entering an autozero mode, connecting a first terminal of the first comparator to the first offset voltage. Another aspect includes connecting a second terminal of the first comparator to the second offset voltage. Yet another aspect includes performing an autozero operation in the first comparator, wherein a trip point of the first comparator is set to a difference between the first offset voltage and the second offset voltage by the autozero operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a electrical energy storage device for an electrical appliance, which electrical energy storage device includes a housing, which housing defines a receiving space in which at least one electrical energy store is received, which electrical energy storage device includes at least two electrically conductive contacts which are accessible from an outer side of the housing and which are electrically operatively connected directly or indirectly to the at least one electrical energy store, wherein the housing has at least one contact opening, through which the at least two contacts are accessible or protrude from the housing, and wherein the at least one contact opening is surrounded by a continuous sealing element.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods include generating, for at least one search term of a query, a first expanded set of search terms based on at least one related term of the at least one search term obtained from a knowledge base, generating a second expanded set of search terms by applying a statistical model to the search terms of the first expanded set based on terms included in an electronic document corpus stored in an electronic data storage, and generating a third expanded set of search terms based on search terms in the first and second expanded sets. For each search term of the third expanded set, a term score is determined based on occurrence of the search term in the electronic document. The term scores are combined to create a document score for the electronic document.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods include generating, for at least one search term of a query, a first expanded set of search terms based on at least one related term of the at least one search term obtained from a knowledge base, generating a second expanded set of search terms by applying a statistical model to the search terms of the first expanded set based on terms included in an electronic document corpus stored in an electronic data storage, and generating a third expanded set of search terms based on search terms in the first and second expanded sets. For each search term of the third expanded set, a term score is determined based on occurrence of the search term in the electronic document. The term scores are combined to create a document score for the electronic document.

Abstract: A battery-operated hand power tool, in particular an eccentric sander, includes at least one electronically commutated electric motor that acts upon an output shaft and that is configured to drive a working tool. The hand power tool further includes at least one motor housing part that accommodates the electronically commutated electric motor. The electronically commutated electric motor and the output shaft define a common first axis that is coaxial with the output shaft. At least one handle region of the hand power tool accommodates at least one set of electronics configured to energize the electronically commutated electric motor. The motor housing part and the handle region are disposed at an angle to each other. The working tool has a diameter that is between 75 and 150 mm, but preferably is between 115 and 125 mm.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing duplicate document analyses to identify texturally identical or similar documents, which may be electronic documents stored within an electronic discovery platform. A process is described which includes representing each of the documents, including a target document, as a relatively large n-tuple vector and also as a relatively small m-tuple vector, performing a series of calculations on the set of m-tuple vectors to identify a set of documents which are candidate near-duplicates to the target document, and then filtering the candidate set of near-duplicate documents based upon the distance of their n-tuple vectors from the n-tuple vector of the target document.

Abstract: An apparatus for mass spectrometry includes a laser ablation sampler comprising a laser ablation chamber and a laser which produces a laser beam. The laser irradiates and ablates a material from a sample placed within the laser ablation chamber so as to generate an ablated sample material. A transfer tube system comprising transfer tubes connect the laser ablation sample with, and provides a parallel and simultaneous transport of the ablated sample material to, each of a soft and a hard ionization source. The soft and hard ionization sources interact with the ablated sample material to respectively generate ion populations having a mass-to-charge ratio distribution. These respective mass-to-charge ratio distributions are respectively transmitted to a molecular mass spectrometer and to an elemental mass spectrometer which provide information on the mass-to-charge ratio distribution. The mass-to-charge ratio distributions are used to characterize a composition of the ablated sample material.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing duplicate document analyses to identify texturally identical or similar documents, which may be electronic documents stored within an electronic discovery platform. A process is described which includes representing each of the documents, including a target document, as a relatively large n-tuple vector and also as a relatively small m-tuple vector, performing a series of calculations on the set of m-tuple vectors to identify a set of documents which are candidate near-duplicates to the target document, and then filtering the candidate set of near-duplicate documents based upon the distance of their n-tuple vectors from the n-tuple vector of the target document.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing duplicate document analyses to identify texturally identical or similar documents, which may be electronic documents stored within an electronic discovery platform. A process is described which includes representing each of the documents, including a target document, as a relatively large n-tuple vector and also as a relatively small m-tuple vector, performing a series of one-dimensional searches on the set of m-tuple vectors to identify a set of documents which are near-duplicates to the target document, and then filtering the near set of near duplicate documents based upon the distance of their n-tuple vectors from that of the target document.

Abstract: A battery-operated hand power tool, in particular an eccentric sander, includes at least one electronically commutated electric motor that acts upon an output shaft and that is configured to drive a working tool. The hand power tool further includes at least one motor housing part that accommodates the electronically commutated electric motor. The electronically commutated electric motor and the output shaft define a common first axis that is coaxial with the output shaft. At least one handle region of the hand power tool accommodates at least one set of electronics configured to energize the electronically commutated electric motor. The motor housing part and the handle region are disposed at an angle to each other. The working tool has a diameter that is between 75 and 150 mm, but preferably is between 115 and 125 mm.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an active transistor laterally adjacent to a trench capacitor formed in a semiconductor substrate, the active transistor comprising a source junction and a drain junction, wherein a barrier layer is disposed along a periphery of the trench capacitor for isolating the trench capacitor; a passive transistor laterally spaced from the active transistor, wherein at least a portion of the trench capacitor is interposed between the active and passive transistors; an interlevel dielectric disposed upon the active and passive transistors; and a first conductive contact extending through the interlevel dielectric to the drain junction of the active transistor and the at least a portion of the trench capacitor between the active and passive transistors, wherein the first conductive contact electrically connects the trench capacitor to the drain junction of the active transistor.

Abstract: A system to improve a multistage charge pump may include a capacitor, a first plate carried by the capacitor, and a second plate carried by the capacitor opposite the first plate. The system may also include a clock to control charging and discharging of the capacitor. The system may further include a power supply to provide a power supply voltage across the first plate and the second plate during charging of the capacitor. The system may also include a voltage line to lift the second plate to an intermediate voltage during discharging of the capacitor. The system may further include an output line connected to the first plate during discharging of the capacitor to provide an output voltage.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an active transistor laterally adjacent to a trench capacitor formed in a semiconductor substrate, the active transistor comprising a source junction and a drain junction, wherein a barrier layer is disposed along a periphery of the trench capacitor for isolating the trench capacitor; a passive transistor laterally spaced from the active transistor, wherein at least a portion of the trench capacitor is interposed between the active and passive transistors; an interlevel dielectric disposed upon the active and passive transistors; and a first conductive contact extending through the interlevel dielectric to the drain junction of the active transistor and the at least a portion of the trench capacitor between the active and passive transistors, wherein the first conductive contact electrically connects the trench capacitor to the drain junction of the active transistor.