Abstract: A semiconductor memory architecture is provided where isolation between adjacent memory cell pairs is accomplished by using an isolation transistor incorporating a programmable gate voltage to minimize subthreshold leakage. A testkey is provided internal to the memory chip that can be enabled while the memory chip is in a test mode The testkey is capable of testing the isolation transistors for excessive leakage. The testkey is coupled to a translator, responsible for converting control signals from the testkey to isolation gate voltages. The testkey is used to determine whether the isolation transistor is leaky. The translator may adjust the isolation gate voltage to turn the transistors off harder. The present invention may further include an antifuse to permanently change the isolation gate voltage to a suitable value when the semiconductor leaves the testing mode.

Abstract: A predetermined window height at least three times the height of the normal printed characters can be printed in a single horizontal sweep of the printhead across the page. A page of character oriented data is first sorted vertically; the data is then sequentially processed into a "print window" of horizontally sorted characters until a character is reached that will not fit within the current print window. The symbolic data in the print window is converted into bit mapped image data only slightly in advance of the current printhead position. The average throughout is increased by permitting the velocity of the printhead to vary as a function of the complexity of the image formation process. For a thermal process, this is accompanied by an appropriate adjustment in the current passing through the activated printhead electrodes. The vertical positioning of the pixels within the print window is varied to better distribute head wear.

Abstract: A Geiger-Mueller (GM) tube coincidence loss correction circuit for automatically compensating for the dead time of the GM tube in an analog system so that the reading provided by the meter more accurately reflects the true radiation level. The electrical output pulses from the GM tube are differentiated and provided to a retriggerable one-shot multivibrator circuit which produces in response to each GM tube pulse a corresponding output pulse of predetermined duration greater than the dead time of the Geiger tube. The output pulse signal from the multivibrator circuit advances an analog ratemeter circuit and also effectively disables "time" for the duration of the output pulse by opening an analog switch connected in the discharge path of the integrating capacitor in the ratemeter circuit to maintain constant the charge thereon.