Abstract: A sliding mechanism comprises a main plate, a sliding plate, a sliding enabling member and a biasing assembly. The sliding enabling member is coupled between the sliding plate and the main plate so the sliding plate slidably engages with the main plate. The biasing assembly is coupled between the sliding plate and the main plate. When the sliding plate is slid from a closed position to an intermediate position, the biasing assembly is distorted to exert a force on the sliding plate and the main plate, causing the sliding plate to automatically slide toward an open position once the sliding plate passes the intermediate position.

Abstract: An exemplary chip card holder for holding a chip card includes a base member, a card receiving frame and a cover. The card receiving frame is mounted on the base member and defines an accommodating space for receiving the chip card therein. The accommodating space has an inserting opening for inserting the chip card into and removing the chip card out from the accommodating space. The cover includes a resisting block protruding therefrom. The cover is detachably latched to the base member in such a way that the resisting block is aligned with the inserting opening and located adjacent to an end of the chip card to hold the chip card within the accommodating space.

Abstract: A method determines core geographical information in a document by computing a score for each geographical name found in the document. The computation of the score uses the appearance frequency of the respective geographical name and positional weights assigned to various types of appearance positions of the geographical name in the document. The system determines the core geographical information in the document based on the scores of the geographical names found in the document. The method may further compute aggregated scores of geographical regions related to the geographical names and determine the core geographical information using both the aggregated scores of geographical regions and the scores of individual geographical names to increase accuracy.

Abstract: A chip card holder includes a main housing and a retaining cover. The main housing includes a chip card receiving portion for receiving a chip card. The main housing defines a slot adjacent to the chip card receiving portion. A locking portion is formed adjacent to the slot. The retaining cover is rotatably attached the main housing. The retaining cover includes a latching portion. The latching portion includes an angled bottom. The retaining cover is locked to the main housing by engagement of the locking portion and the latching portion, and the angled bottom of the latching portion is received in the slot.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable electronic device and an external keyboard thereof. The portable electronic device comprises a first port comprising a circular earphone plug and a keyboard plug. The external keyboard comprises a main body, a keyboard array and a second port. The keyboard array is disposed on the main body and comprises a plurality of scan signal lines. The second port is electrically coupled to the scan signal lines of the keyboard array, and is capable of inserting into the first port of the portable electronic device so as to electrically couple to the keyboard plug. Therefore, the external keyboard can be connected to an earphone jack in a plug-and-play fashion without necessarity to add a new port such that the external keyboard is convenient to use and carry and can be freely rotated in any angle.

Abstract: A mobile communication device with an ergonomic feature comprises a housing, a display unit, a first key module, and a second key module. The display unit is arranged on a lower part of one face of the housing, and the first key module is arranged on the housing on the same face as the display unit to locate closely above the display unit. The first key module comprises a plurality of upside keys which are arrayed into a laterally symmetric hexagonal configuration. The second key module comprises a plurality of lateral keys located on one of two opposite lateral surfaces of the housing. The keys of the two key modules are so arranged on the housing that either a right-handed or a left-handed user can conveniently operate the keys not only with a thumb but also the other four fingers while holding the device with one single hand.

Abstract: Polishing compositions and methods for removing conductive materials from a substrate surface are provided. The method includes providing a substrate comprising dielectric feature definitions, a barrier material disposed in the feature definitions, and a bulk conductive material disposed on the barrier material in an amount sufficient to fill feature definitions; polishing the substrate to substantially remove the bulk conductive material; polishing a residual conductive material to expose feature definitions, comprising: applying a first voltage for a first time period, wherein the first voltage is less than the critical voltage; and applying a second voltage for a second time period, wherein the second voltage is greater than the critical voltage.

Abstract: A method and a system provide regional content to users by associating data files with geographical properties and matching the geographical property of a data file with the geographical property of the user. The system extracts geographical information from a data file, and associates the data file with a source geographical property corresponding to the extracted geographical information according to a geographical information database. Upon obtaining a user geographical property of a user, the system provides the data file to the user if the source geographical property matches the user geographical property. The method and the system may be implemented using a geographical name lexicon or a geographical name suffix lexicon.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biological finger-print system for botanics and/or herbal medicine by using the overall gene expression profiling in peripheral white blood cells. Besides, the present invention further provides clinical application in humans for monitoring the potential adverse or side effects of botanics and/or herbal medicine.

Abstract: A system and method for presenting a uniform file system interface for accessing multiple storage devices where at least one of the storage devices has some resource constraints. The system includes an intermediary device abstracting the individual storage devices and aggregating the storage available on each device into a single volume while accounting for each individual storage device's resource constraints.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for polishing or planarzing a substrate by a chemical mechanical polishing process. In one embodiment a method of processing a semiconductor substrate is provided. The method comprises positioning a substrate on a polishing apparatus comprising a polishing pad assembly, delivering a polishing slurry to a surface of the polishing pad assembly, polishing the substrate with the surface of the polishing pad assembly, monitoring the removal rate of material from a plurality of regions on the surface of the substrate, determining whether the plurality of regions on the surface of the substrate are polishing uniformly, and selectively delivering a polishing slurry additive to at least one region of the plurality of regions to obtain a uniform removal rate of material from the plurality of regions on the surface of the substrate, wherein the removal rate of material from the at least one region is different than at least one other region of the plurality of regions.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for polishing barrier layer materials. In one embodiment, a composition is provided for removing at least a barrier material from a substrate surface, including includes a base composition, a silica abrasive, a solvent, a pH between about 7 and about 10, and one or more components selected from the group of a metal passivating compound, an oxidizer, and an alumina abrasive. The composition may be used to chemical mechanical polishing process a substrate surface having a ruthenium-based barrier and one or more material selected from the group of a polysilicon layer, a dielectric layer, or metal layer.

Abstract: An erosion-resistant article for use as a component in plasma process chamber. The erosion-resistant article comprises a support and an oxide coating comprising yttrium, which is disposed over the support. The support and the oxide coating preferably have material compositions that differ from one another in coefficient of thermal expansion by no more than 5×10?6/K. Preferred oxide coating compositions include yttria and yttrium aluminum garnet. Preferred supports include alumina supports and aluminum-silicon carbide supports.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a window covering driving device that comprises a motor and a control circuit; the control circuit is provided with a microprocessor, a control wire, a control signal input terminal, and a switching circuit; the motor is connected to a drive power supply via the switching circuit; the switching circuit is connected to the microprocessor; the control signal input terminal is connected to the microprocessor via the control wire; wherein, it also comprises a safety position limiting wire; one end of the safety position limiting wire is connected to the microprocessor, and the other end is connected to a safety position limiting signal control terminal.

Abstract: An alkali-encapsulated cell internally having an alkali metal vapor G encapsulated is provided with first and second heaters 11, 12. The alkali-encapsulated cell 10 has first and second end faces 10a, 10b opposed to each other, and a side face 10c connecting the two end faces 10a, 10b. Each of the first and second heaters 11, 12 has a covering portion 11B, 12B and an extending portion 11C, 12C. Some portions of the alkali-encapsulated cell 10 are inserted in the covering portions 11B, 12B. On the other hand, the extending portions 11C, 12C extend in directions away from the alkali-encapsulated cell 10. The first and second heaters 11, 12 are separated from each other with a distance d0 between them in an opposing direction of the first and second end faces 10a, 10b.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for processing a substrate having a conductive material layer disposed thereon are provided. In one embodiment, a composition for processing a substrate having a conductive material layer disposed thereon is provided which composition includes an acid based electrolyte, a chelating agent, a corrosion inhibitor, a passivating polymeric material, a pH adjusting agent, a solvent, and a pH between about 3 and about 10. The composition is used in a method to form a passivation layer on the conductive material layer, abrading the passivation layer to expose a portion of the conductive material layer, applying a bias to the substrate, and removing the conductive material layer.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a method and an apparatus that may be utilized to reduce dishing and improve cleaning efficiency of a material layer residue (e.g., copper residual) by varying a substrate potential in a substrate processing system. For example, by utilizing multiple polishing steps and applying different voltages (e.g., while a substrate is being in a polishing station), ECMP can be used to effectively reduce dishing and it can be used to enhance copper residual cleaning as well as minimizing a possibility of arcing, which can occur at the end of the polishing process, when a substrate is moved from a polishing station.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention teach a method for depositing a copper seed layer to a substrate surface, generally to a barrier layer. The method includes placing the substrate surface into a copper solution, wherein the copper solution includes complexed copper ions. A current or bias is applied across the substrate surface and the complexed copper ions are reduced to deposit the copper seed layer onto the barrier layer.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of test pattern generation for an integrated circuit (IC) design simulation system, comprising merging at least 2 test vectors into a merged vector, wherein each test defines a set of test behaviors, and compiling and linking the merged vector using the IC design simulation system to generate a merged test pattern able to perform each set of test behaviors independently.

Abstract: A method for conditioning an Ecmp pad is provided. In one embodiment, a method for electrochemically processing a substrate includes the steps of providing an electrical bias voltage between the top surface of the pad assembly and an electrode, and electrochemically removing contaminants from the top surface of the pad.