Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for allocating resources at a target cell, or cells, of a cellular communication system. Determinations are made of the positioning and of the velocity, of a mobile station. Predictions of a target cell and when a handover is likely to be requested are made. Responsive thereto, a request is made prior to a handover request for the allocation of resources to permit the continued effectuation of a communication service upon handover of communications to the target cell.

Abstract: An in vitro method for constructing a concatenated head-to-tail repertoire of target nucleic acid sequences is revealed. In particular, the method relates to cycles of concatenation whereby after a single cycle of concatenation, not more than two identical copies of each target nucleic acid sequence are linked together head-to-tail on the same molecule of DNA. The present method ensures that each molecule of a concatenated repertoire is derived from a single template target sequence of the starting repertoire.

Abstract: A genetic algorithm (GA) based approach to optimize integrated circuit designs for power dissipation. The genetic algorithm optimization process efficiently generates tight lower bounds of the peak power dissipation for a given integrated circuit design. In this approach, the power within a given integrated circuit design circuit is viewed as a function in terms of a set of stimuli to primary inputs of the integrated circuit design. Maximization of the function, and hence, the power dissipation is guided by the genetic algorithm. By repeatedly stimulating the integrated circuit design and measuring the corresponding response, the genetic algorithm process efficiently explores the solution space to obtain a maximization of the function. The genetic algorithm process is implemented within a computer-based EDA (electronic design automation) synthesis system.

Abstract: A method to switch a dual-mode serializer-deserializer for data networks. In one embodiment, the present invention recites a method for configuring the communication mode of a device having a Media Access Control-Physical Layer (MAC-PHY) interface for communicating with another device. One step receives a control signal at a device having a MAC-PHY Interface. The control signal indicating whether the device will communicate data over its data path in an aggregate mode or in a non-aggregate mode. In another step, the device is configured to communicate in the mode selected by said control signal. In another step, data is communicated over the data path of the device in a synchronous manner when the device is in an aggregate mode, and is communicated over the data path of the device in an asynchronous manner when the device is in a non-aggregate mode.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench in which a lamp unit and a battery set are mounted inside the ratchet member, and a rotary cap-controlled switch assembly is coupled to one extension tube of the ratchet member and rotated forward/backwards on the extension tube to close/open the circuit of the lamp unit and the battery set.

Abstract: A system and method define a user interface for a device. The user interface is any form of communication that provides information to the user. The user interface is input to the device. The user interface is stored in a location accessible by the device. The user interface is associated with a device event. When the device event occurs, the user interface is provided to the user.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench in which a lamp unit and a battery set are mounted inside the ratchet member, and a rotary cap-controlled switch assembly is coupled to one extension tube of the ratchet member and rotated forward/backwards on the extension tube to close/open the circuit of the lamp unit and the battery set.

Abstract: A flip-chip IC package configured for ease of testing comprises a substrate and a plurality of stiffener walls, each stiffener wall carrying an IC, wherein the stiffener walls and ICs are fixed to the substrate with electrical continuity being established between the substrate and the stiffener walls and IC's through conductive bumps (solder bumps or conductive epoxy bumps). The substrate and the stiffener walls include test points on their surfaces, and also include printed electrical circuitry connecting the test points and the conductive bumps. Some of the printed electrical circuitry is arranged to establish paths between test points which facilitate testing of conductivity through the conductive bumps, and which facilitate functional testing of the ICs.

Abstract: An enteric coated oral pharmaceutical formulation comprising as active ingredient a compound selected from the group of omeprazole, an alkaline salt of omeprazole, one of the single enantiomers of omeprazole and an alkaline salt of one of the single enantiomers of omeprazole, wherein the formulation comprises a core material that comprises the active ingredient and optionally an alkaline reacting compound, the active ingredient is in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, such as for instance a binding agent, and on said core material a separating layer and an enteric coating layer. A hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) with a specific cloud point is used in the manufacture of the claimed pharmaceutical formulations. Furthermore, the application describes the processes for their preparation and the use of the claimed formulations in medicine.

Abstract: A detachable vehicle tire wrench includes a base block, the base block having a threaded center through hole and four radial through holes equiangularly spaced around the periphery in communication with the threaded center through hole, four socket bars respectively detachably inserted into the radial through holes of the base block, each socket bar having an outer end terminating in a socket for grasping/turning a screw bolt or nut, and a locking block threaded into the threaded center through hole of the base block to lock the socket bars.

Abstract: A flip-chip IC package configured for ease of testing comprises a substrate and a plurality of stiffener walls, each stiffener wall carrying an IC, wherein the stiffener walls and ICs are fixed to the substrate with electrical continuity being established between the substrate and the stiffener walls and IC's through conductive bumps (solder bumps or conductive epoxy bumps). The substrate and the stiffener walls include test points on their surfaces, and also include printed electrical circuitry connecting the test points and the conductive bumps. Some of the printed electrical circuitry is arranged to establish paths between test points which facilitate testing of conductivity through the conductive bumps, and which facilitate functional testing of the ICs.

Abstract: A voice activity detector to analyze a short-term averaged energy (STAE), a long-term averaged energy (LTAE), and a peak-to-mean likelihood ratio (PMLR) in order to determine whether a current audio frame being transmitted represents voice or silence. This is accomplished by determining whether a sum of the STAE and a factor is greater than the LTAE. If not, the current audio frame represents silence. If so, a second set of determinations is performed. Herein, a determination is made as to whether the difference between the LTAE and the STAE is less than a predetermined threshold. If so, the current audio frame represents voice. Otherwise, the PMLR is determined and compared to a selected threshold. If the PMLR is greater than the selected threshold, the current audio frame represents a voice signal. Otherwise, it represents silence.

Abstract: At a receiver location in a wireless communication system service area, a set of characteristics that describe a received ray of a subscriber signal is measured. In a model of the wireless communication system service area, a propagation path of a model ray launched from a location in the model of the wireless communication system service area that corresponds to the receiver location in the wireless communication system service area is determined, wherein the ray has model signal characteristics based upon the set of characteristics that describe the received ray of the subscriber signal. Thereafter, a subscriber location in the wireless communication system service area is estimated in response to the propagation path of the model ray.

Abstract: In a model of a wireless communication system service area (160), a set of characteristics associated with the reception of a model signal (210) are calculated (308), preferably using ray-tracing techniques, wherein the model signal (172) is transmitted from a selected location (162) to a receiver location (166). Next, a set of characteristics that describe a received signal at a receiver location in the wireless communication system service area are measured (316), wherein the receiver location corresponds to the receiver location in the model (160). Thereafter, a relationship between the calculated set of characteristics and the measured set of characteristics is determined (318), and the location of the subscriber unit that transmitted the received signal is estimated (320) in response to the relationship between the calculated set of characteristics and the measured set of characteristics.

Abstract: A method of facilitating wafer level burn-in testing. The method may utilize a rerouting process to connect input and output connections of each chip on the wafer to a bus network. The bus network may be used to conduct wafer level burn-in testing and does not change the AC/DC operating characteristics of the chips.

Abstract: A process of making a multilayer printed wiring board assembly.

Abstract: An improved computer network and network device uses characteristics of prior art shared network protocols to control the flow of data and access to the network among a group of transmitting nodes. The invention determines which nodes wish to send data when a collision occurs by detecting and recording which nodes participated in a collision. A scheduling routine is designed to give each connected node a chance to send. A transmission control mechanism is used to prevent a subset of transmitters from transmitting while allowing one ES to transmit without experiencing a collision. The invention has a number of applications including within an improved ethernet repeater in a multimedia ethernet.

Abstract: A transmission shaft and bit mounting arrangement includes a transmission shaft, a C-shaped clamping ring fixed to the outside wall of the shaft, a chuck and locating ring fastened together and moved axially on the shaft relative to the C-shaped clamping ring, a compression spring mounted around the shaft and stopped between the C-shaped clamping ring and the locating ring, a bit mounted in a polygonal coupling hole at one end of the shaft, a magnet mounted in the polygonal coupling hole to attract the bit, and a stop member mounted in a hole on the shaft and controlled by the chuck to stop the bit in the polygonal coupling hole.

Abstract: An optical receiver communication system converts optical signals modulated by analog or digital waveforms to RF signals. The optical receiver contains an automatic level control circuit to adjust the electronic gain of the system across a broad bandwidth spectrum. Two impedance matching circuits are designed using broad band matching technique to expand the bandwidth for increasing the maximum receivable frequencies to 1 GHz. A RLC impedance matching circuit forms a resonant combination to maintain .+-.1 dB fluctuation between the low-and-high-frequency limits of the bandwidth, and a 75.OMEGA. impedance matching circuit creates a 180.degree. phase shift between outgoing and incoming signals to ensure low return loss.