Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first conductive layer formed in the semiconductor substrate using a dopant, and being of a second conductivity type, a silicon-rich nitride film formed on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer formed on the silicon-rich nitride film, wherein the silicon-rich nitride film inhibits outdiffusion of dopant from the first conductive layer into the second conductive layer, and blocks interdiffusion between the second conductive layer and the first conductive layer.

Abstract: Screen ink printed film carrier having an ink screen printed electrical altering image provided on thin adhesive film carrier that is flexible and capable of deformation out of the major plane of the carrier to conform to the exterior contour presented by flat or complicated three-dimensional objects, upon which the film carrier can be affixed.

Abstract: A chopping board system including a chopping board member having a first surface defined by a first perimeter edge and formed from a non-skid material and a second surface defined by a second perimeter edge and formed from a chopping board material, the chopping board member having a plurality of securing pin passageways formed entirely through the chopping board member between the first and second surfaces; and a plurality of anchoring pins sized to frictionally fit into the securing pin passageways, each anchoring pin having at least one pointed pin end for insertion through an item to be chopped.

Abstract: A spring clip having a pair of jaws and a spring or biasing member interconnecting the jaws for biasing the jaws to a closed position, the spring including a support ledge defining a fulcrum for rotation of the jaws between the open and closed position independently of any separate support member.

Abstract: A coated wire shelf assembly capable of free standing support and collapsible to a reduced size to facilitate shipping and storage thereof. The shelf assembly includes a shelf and a pair of laterally spaced shelf supports connected by hinge joints to the shelf. Separate locking mechanisms releasably secure each shelf support in a shelf supporting position and allows each shelf support to be rotated about a respective hinge joint to a storage position to substantially reduce the size of the shelf assembly thereby facilitating shipping and storage thereof.

Abstract: A toolless environmental splice enclosure capable of fitting within an aerial splice case is disclosed. The environmental closure permits sealing and reentry to a cable splice region.

Abstract: This invention provides a foam barrier which prevents substantial migration of plasticizer from a plasticized polymeric article, such as a PVC cable jacket, into a gel sealing material in contact with the article and prevents substantial migration of oil from the gel material into the article while not significantly interfering with the sealing contact between the gel material and the surface of the article.

Abstract: A telecommunications terminal block has binding posts and caps that are a screw-fit thereon. The binding posts lie in apertures that contain a sealing material. Drop-wires are connected to the posts by inserting them through further apertures that communicate with those in which the posts lie, and tightening down the caps onto them. Displaced sealing material is received into a third aperture.

Abstract: A closure and method for protecting a splice connecting at least two cables. The closure includes a flexible reservoir positioned around the splice, a curable liquid sealant introduced into the reservoir, a means applied to the reservoir for increasing the pressure therein and a pressure measuring tube communicating between the inside and outside of the reservoir.

Abstract: A cable end seal and a closure which includes the cable end seal provides a barrier for a junction against water, the junction being in a cable. First and second end seals are disposed adjacent opposite sides of the junction and palced in compression around the cable, the end seals having an outer convoluted surface which mate with a variable length convoluted tubing bridging member so as to form an environmental closure for the junction.