The present invention is directed to a metal fluoride particle having a poly siloxane coating on its surface, and a dental composition comprising said metal fluor ide particle.

A method and system locating contents of a recorded digital audio/video file without knowing its encoding format. The method and system can be implemented on a disk drive, e.g., magnetic or optical, or on any suitable storage mechanism. A bus timer is used for periodically generating a cycle count in synchronization with isochronous packets that are also on the bus. The disk drive stores both the ...

An electrical connector in the form of a plug (10) which comprises a body (12) having first and second parts (14, 16) and a hinge (18) connecting the first and second parts (14, 16) of the body (12). The first part (14) comprises a front face (20) on which there is mounted a pin (22) and two cavities (24, 26). The second part (16) comprises a front face (28) on which there is mounted two pins (30,...

The invention relates to a method for transmitting video images between video terminals (1, 1') in a data transmission system. Video images comprise frames (T0, T1,. . . T9), which are divided into slices (S1-S8, SX). Every frame (T0, T1, . . . , T9) comprises at least two slices (S5, S3, S6; S1, SX, S2; S7, S4, S8) which are at least partly adjacent to each other, and consecutive frames (T0, T1, ...

Compounds of formula (1a) or (1b) or the salts thereof, wherein each Z is independently N or CH, but one Z must be N; wherein n<1> is 1 and n<2> is 0 or 1; X<1> and X<2> are linkers; Ar represents one or two substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic rings, and Cy represents one or two substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic cyclic or heterocyclic rings, or consists of one substituted ...

A method and associated device wherein an inverse histogram based pixel mapping step is combined with an edge enhancement step such as unsharp masking. In such an arrangement the inverse histogram based pixel mapping step improves the performance of the unsharp masking step, serving to minimize the enhancement of noise components while desired signal components are sharpened.

The invention relates to a method for detecting an object ( 1 ) in relation to a surface ( 2 ). A synthetic image ( 3 c, 4 c) is produced from at least two distinct viewpoints ( 3, 4 ), for each of said viewpoints, by means of a geometrical transformation comprising at least one perspective projection ( 3 a, 4 a) of the object on the surface ( 2 ), each synthetic image being associated with the vi...

The connecting component or the connecting fitting (1) comprises at least one locking element which can be shifted-in and shifted-out radially to the longitudinal axis (14) of the fitting (1). The locking element is, for example, connected as a wing (7) via a hinge (22) with the fitting (1) or forms an additional element. On the inside face (10) of the locking element (7) are disposed a multiplici...

Porous sintered ceramic materials having mullite as its primary phase and a method for producing them. The method includes preparing a plasticizable raw material mixture comprised, by weight, of 75-99% of the mullite powder and 1.0 to 25% of the water swelling clay and 5-25% of the alumina and/or alumina-yielding precursor, adding an organic binder system to the mixture and mixing the mixture to f...

The present invention relates generally to a new method for improving the reliability of cooling designs using thermal paste to cool chips in semiconductor modules and structure thereof. More particularly, the invention encompasses a structure and a method that uses surface chemistry modification of the inside of the thermal cooling caps where it contacts thermal paste. The internal surface of the...

A process is disclosed for removing particulate product from a fluidized bed reactor to optimize, within the constraints of the product removal cycle, conservation of gas in which the product is entrained. Data are compiled on the time required for equalizing pressure between product discharge tanks, and these data are used to determine the optimum times for various valves to be open. Product move...

The invention relates to 2,7-substituted-9-substituted fluorenes and 9-substituted fluorene oligomers and polymers. The fluorenes, oligomers and polymers are substituted at the 9-position with two hydrocarbyl moieties which may optionally contain one or more of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous or silicon heteroatoms; a C5-20 ring structure formed with the 9-carbon on the fluorene ring or a C4...

A compound of the formula:and compound of the formulas:wherein R1 is independently in each occurrence C1-20 hydrocarbyl or C1-20 hydrocarbyl containing one or more S, N, O, P or Si atoms, C4-16 hydrocarbyl carbonyloxy, C4-16 aryl(trialkylsiloxy) or both R1 may form with the 9-carbon on the fluorene ring a C5-20 ring structure or a C4-20 ring structure containing one or more heteroatoms of S, N or ...

The present invention discloses techniques that improve the reliability of a flip packages that uses underfill encapsulation. One embodiment of the present invention describes a method and apparatus of packaging a flip chip by relocating the neutral plane of the package substrate away from its mid-plane. Another embodiment of the present invention describes a method and apparatus of arranging the ...

A semiconductor device includes a pair of semiconductor switching elements and a board. Each semiconductor switching element has positive and control electrodes formed on one surface and a negative electrode formed on the other surface. The positive and control electrodes of one of the semiconductor switching elements are joined to the board, and the negative electrode of the other semiconductor s...

Thickness of an IC card is decreased, and the manufacturing efficiency of the IC card is enhanced so as to reduce the manufacturing cost. The IC card comprises: a semiconductor element 14 having electrodes; a plane coil 12 formed in such a manner that a conductor 12b is wound on the same face, having terminals 12a at respective ends; bonding wires 16 for electrically connecting terminals at both e...

A method and carrier for testing semiconductor dice such as bare dice or chip scale packages are provided. The carrier includes a base for retaining a single die, an interconnect for establishing temporary electrical communication with the die, and a force applying mechanism for biasing the die and interconnect together. In an illustrative embodiment the base includes conductors arranged in a univ...

A package, system and method for testing semiconductor dice are provided. The package include a base for retaining the die, and an interconnect having contact members for establishing temporary electrical connections with the die. Electrical paths are formed between terminal contacts on the base, and the contact members on the interconnect, by wires that are wire bonded to conductors on the base a...

An assembly is provided that includes an interposer having first and second substantially flat, opposed surfaces, and at least one speed critical signal line extending directly through the interposer from the first surface to the second surface. A first IC is coupled to the first surface of the interposer and has a first external connection mechanism coupled to the at least one speed critical sign...

A method and system for warning of an abnormal water supply in a washing machine first determines whether cool and hot water supply valves are opened or closed, and then detects a temperature of water being supplied to the washing machine when one of the cool and hot water supply valves is opened. Next, a temperature type of water according to the detected temperature of the water is identified an...