Abstract: A cloud computing platform provides zero trust network access as a service to a customer that maintains an application on-premises. In this context, the customer may be required to demonstrate ownership of a domain before the cloud computing platform will provide access to the on-premises application via the domain.

Abstract: A method includes estimating an uplink channel for a terminal device, based on an amount of antennas used by an access node for transmitting signals to the terminal device, antennas used for receiving the transmitted signals at the terminal device, and sub-bands used for transmitting the signals. Based on the estimation, a channel covariance matrix is determined for a precoder comprised in a transmitter of the access node by determining a limited number of elements of a full dimensional channel covariance matrix, which is different than the channel covariance matrix. The limited number of elements are elements corresponding to i-th row and j-th column of the channel covariance. Correlation computation is performed for the limited number of elements. Elements of the full-dimensional channel covariance matrix that are excluded from the limited number of elements are determined and set to be zero. Precoding is performed using the determined channel covariance matrix.

Abstract: A substrate support assembly includes a plate structure and an insulator structure. The plate structure includes an upper plate and a lower plate. The lower plate includes a lower plate structure surface. The insulator structure is disposed beneath the plate structure. The insulator structure includes a lower insulator structure surface and an upper insulator structure surface. A first portion of the upper insulator structure surface is recessed with respect to a second portion of the upper insulator structure surface. The first portion of the upper insulator structure surface forms an interior volume with the lower plate structure surface.

Abstract: A substrate support assembly includes a puck, comprising a heating element, a power distribution assembly, and an insulator comprising at least one of alumina or thermoplastic disposed between the puck and the power distribution assembly, wherein an electrical connection between the heating element and the power distribution assembly comprises a terminal and a conical washer.

Abstract: A method for meniscus processing a substrate is provided. The method initiates with generating a meniscus spanning at least a length of the substrate. A pre-wetting liquid or vapor is dispensed. A substrate is moved through the dispensed pre-wetting liquid or vapor and the meniscus. The dispensed pre-wetting vapor condenses a pre-wetting liquid over a region of the substrate adjacent to a region of the substrate where the meniscus is generated. The pre-wetting liquid is deposited without substantially generating surface flow of the pre-wetting liquid on the substrate, and the pre-wetting liquid prevents the leading edge of the meniscus from contacting a dry surface region of the substrate.

Abstract: A method for meniscus processing a substrate is provided. The method initiates with generating a meniscus spanning at least a length of the substrate. A pre-wetting liquid or vapor is dispensed. A substrate is moved through the dispensed pre-wetting liquid or vapor and the meniscus. The dispensed pre-wetting vapor condenses a pre-wetting liquid over a region of the substrate adjacent to a region of the substrate where the meniscus is generated. The pre-wetting liquid is deposited without substantially generating surface flow of the pre-wetting liquid on the substrate, and the pre-wetting liquid prevents the leading edge of the meniscus from contacting a dry surface region of the substrate.

Abstract: A harmonics attenuator employing a combination controller that incorporates features of a classic controller and a state space controller to function as a hybrid controller unit. The PID portion of the classic controller regulates the steady state error and is separated from the pulse width modulated constant frequency signal generator that also comprises part of the classic controller. The PID portion is coupled with a state space controller such that the output of the PID controller, i.e., the steady state error correction, is input to the state space controller. The state space controller further receives as input variables a reference sinusoidal signal, the load current, the current across a pre-load filter capacitor, and the output voltage. From these inputs, the state space controller generates a transient error correction that is fed to a PWM signal generator for generating a sinusoidal output voltage signal with both steady state and transient error correction.

Abstract: A combination controller incorporates features of a classic controller and a state space controller to function as a hybrid controller unit. The PID portion of the classic controller regulates the steady state error and is separated from the pulse width modulated constant frequency signal generator that also comprises part of the classic controller. The PID portion is coupled with a state space controller such that the output of the PID controller, i.e., the steady state error correction, is input to the state space controller. The state space controller further receives as input variables a reference sinusoidal signal, the load current, the current across a pre-load filter capacitor, and the output voltage. From these inputs, the state space controller employs principles of differential calculus to generate a transient error correction that is fed to a PWM signal generator for generating a sinusoidal output voltage signal with both steady state and transient error correction.

Abstract: A combination controller incorporates features of a classic controller and a state space controller to function as a hybrid controller unit. The PID portion of the classic controller regulates the steady state error and is separated from the pulse width modulated constant frequency signal generator that also comprises part of the classic controller. The PID portion is coupled with a state space controller such that the output of the PID controller, i.e., the steady state error correction, is input to the state space controller. The state space controller further receives as input variables a reference sinusoidal signal, the load current, the current across a pre-load filter capacitor, and the output voltage. From these inputs, the state space controller employs principles of differential calculus to generate a transient error correction that is fed to a PWM signal generator for generating a sinusoidal output voltage signal with both steady state and transient error correction.

Abstract: A mixed-signal core designed for efficient concurrent testing analog, mixed-signal, and digital components. One tester may test all components and, thereby, reduce test time without losing full test coverage. An analog module includes all the analog and mixed-signal components of the mixed-signal core, while a first digital module includes digital components required for functional/parametric verification of the mixed-signal components within the analog module. A first virtual boundary connects the analog and the first digital modules to gate the signal transfer during testing. A second digital module includes the remaining digital components of the mixed-signal core, whereby a second virtual boundary separates it from the first digital module. This type of partitioning enables the mixed-signal core to have three modes of operation, using which the analog, mixed-signal and digital components can all be tested.

Abstract: An electrical system and method for a turbine/alternator comprising a gas driven turbine and a permanent magnet alternator rotating on a common shaft includes an inverter circuit connectable either to an output circuit or the stator winding of the alternator. A control circuit during a start-up mode switches the inverter circuit to the stator winding of the alternator and during a power out mode switches the inverter circuit to the output circuit and power line. During the power output mode the power line is monitored and the output voltage, frequency and/or phase is matched or synchronized to the power line.

Abstract: A mixed-signal core disclosed herein is designed for efficient concurrent testing analog, mixed-signal, and digital components. One tester may test all components and, thereby, reduce test time without losing full test coverage. An analog module includes all the analog and mixed-signal components of the mixed-signal core, while a first digital module includes digital components required for functional/parametric verification of the mixed-signal components within the analog module. A first virtual boundary connects the analog and the first digital modules to gate the signal transfer during testing. A second digital module includes the remaining digital components of the mixed-signal core, whereby a second virtual boundary separates it from the first digital module.

Abstract: This Precise Recipe Spice Dispenser is an aid to cooks, providing accurate and speedy dispensing of proper amounts of spices in correct sequence for a given recipe. A transparent plastic form contains a series of separate trough-shaped spice compartments with open faces. The sequence and sizes of the compartments depend on the order and amounts of the individual spices required. The plastic form, when filled with the spices, is sealed to the front layer of a double-layer chipboard backing, such that the open periphery of the spice compartments exactly matches a cutout in the front layer. The back layer has a peelable strip with a peripheral perforation exactly back-to-back with the cutout periphery in the front layer. The names of the spices and the recipe as a whole may be printed on the front layer next to the sealed spice compartments. When the first spice is needed, the peelable strip is peeled back to expose just the first compartment, leaving the other compartments sealed.

Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply comprising a regulating transformer including output circuitry for connection to a load, first input circuitry for coupling a reserve AC voltage source to the regulating transformer and second input circuitry for coupling a primary AC voltage source to the regulating transformer, the second input circuitry comprising a plurality of winding taps, with each of the taps including a tap switch coupled to the primary AC voltage source.The uninterruptible power supply also includes a voltage control monitor for monitoring the voltage of the primary source and, if the voltage is outside a predetermined maximum allowable range, opening all of said tap switches to isolate the primary source from said transformer, and, if said voltage is within said predetermined maximum allowable range, selectively closing one of said tap switches so that the voltage at the load is held within a predetermined range.