An integrated circuit structure and a method for packaging an integrated circuit are described. The integrated structure includes an integrated circuit that is inverted and solder bump mounted to a substrate. An underfill is used to encapsulate the solder bumps and form a rigid support layer between the integrated circuit and the substrate. A heatspreader, which has larger planar dimensions than t...

A negative pressure air-bearing slider includes a body flying in a first direction along a track of a disc where information is recorded while being raised to a predetermined height, a plurality of rails provided at the bottom of the body corresponding to a surface of the disc, an air inflow channel arranged at the bottom of the body in the first direction and having an air inflow portion at the l...

A mobile station is disclosed that functions within a 3G DS-CDMA communication system, in which a separate active set is defined for each of the different channel types. With the use of a separate Fundamental Channel Active Set, Forward Link-Supplemental Channel Active Set, Reverse Link-Supplemental Channel Active Set, and Dedicated Control Channel Active Set a flexible handoff of a multi-service ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an upwelling current producing structure which produces an upwelling current, forms a space for suitable living of fishes, or the like, and has excellent workability in construction and excellent stability after construction, and a construction method therefor.

SOLUTION: The upwelling current producing structure 100 comprises a foundation part 102 made of a ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent forming of foam that hinders the movement of a stay in a frame.

SOLUTION: After attaching a suitable sheet material 34 capable of entirely covering the frame 14 to an outer side of the frame 14 set on the stay 12, the stay 12 and the frame 14 are set in a foaming die 40. By forming a pad 16 by foaming in the outer side of the frame 14, forming of the foam hi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve overall assembly unity by integrating a back cover and a back pad form the front and rear of a seat back frame.

SOLUTION: The back pad 3 attached to a front part side of the seat back frame 2 and the back cover 1 attached to a back part side of the seat back frame 2 are integrally assembled by fitting a shaft line of a wire member 10 exposed from the back pa...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a load acting on a sitting person from a leg side to the back due to operation of a pedal or the like of the sitting person.

SOLUTION: In the seat back plate 2, a front face part is used as a seat back face part 1 for the sitting person M. The seat back face part 1 is provided with a center vertical groove 1a, a lower flat support face 1c formed so as to sup...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize efficient setup in various kinds of forming dies, to shorten the time required for changing the dies, and to improve the rate of operation of a forming machine.

SOLUTION: Exclusive units N (old inserts) drawn out of general purpose units M to the predetermined position in a die cast machine 1 in a die opening condition can be carried outside the die cast mac...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method capable of certainly and substantially making an axis of a tooth of a gear coincident with a guide shaft of the gear by a slight expense.

SOLUTION: In the case where a work is not exactly aligned onto a machine tool at the time of machining, the guide axis F of the gear becoming a rotation axis in a transmission device is not coincident with a rotat...

The invention relates to new cationic biopolymers with an average molecular weight of 800,000 to 1,200,000 Dalton, a Brookfield viscosity (1% by weight in glycolic acid) below 5,000 mPas, a degree of deacetylation of 80 to 88% and an ash content of less than 0.3% by weight which are obtained by repeatedly subjecting crustacean shells to alternate acidic and alkaline degradation under defined condi...

An inkjet printhead servicing station for an inkjet printing mechanism includes a translational pallet that carries servicing appliances, like wipers, caps and flaps. A service station frame defines a guide track that supports the pallet for translational movement in a plane substantially parallel with a printhead plane and in a direction substantially perpendicular to the scanning axis of the pri...

The apparatus for shaping thermoplastic materials, in particular for producing moulded parts with a large height of the moulded part, comprises a suction-pressure bell and a lower part which can be locked to each other by a locking device. Resting on the lower part are a mould and a clamping frame, while the upper clamping frame can be securely clamped by working cylinders. In the locked state, th...

A patellar alignment device for determining the position of a patella prosthesis. The device comprises two components-a baseplate and a mobile component which is preferably magnetically attached to the baseplate. During a surgical procedure to replace the knee, the baseplate is temporarily attached to the back of the patella. The baseplate may contain spikes or prongs to secure it to the patella. ...

The invention relates to a knee joint prosthesis system adapted to replace the articulating knee portion of a femur and a tibia. The knee joint prosthesis system includes a first femoral component and a second femoral component. The first femoral component includes a first femoral engagement region and a first condylar portion having a first femoral bearing surface. The first femoral engagement re...

A method of producing a polyphosphate, orthophosphate, phosphonate or the like chemical treatment cake is disclosed. Conventional commercially available treatment material is obtained in powder form and mixed with water to initiate an exothermic reaction. The material is then poured into a mold and placed inside an insulated hermetic cabinet and allowed to quiescently cool in the passive environme...

The raw materials for forming a cordierite composition are dissolved into water with a dispersing agent to prepare a slurry, and the thus prepared slurry is passed through the sieve having a mesh of 45 mum or less. After that, the slurry after sieving is dried by means of the spray drying to obtain dry powders, and the batch for forming is obtained by using the dry powders. Or, the batch for formi...

A process for forming molded articles from particulate thermoplastic material, the process comprising:(a) providing a track having a plurality of process stations,(b) providing a mold assembly comprising a base, at least one hollow mold upstanding from the base, and guide means on the base for moving the mold assembly on the track,(c) preheating the mold assembly at a preheat station on the track,...

A method and a structure for a parasitic bipolar silicided ESD device that has high resistivity regions within the collector of the parasitic NPN. The device has the structure of a N-MOS transistor and a substrate contact. The device preferably has silicide regions over the doped regions. The invention has two types of high resistivity regions: 1) isolation regions (e.g., oxide shallow trench isol...

Systems and methods that increase the data transmission rate through a given length of optical fiber, or increase the distortion-limited distance for an optical fiber link at a given data rate using band efficient modulation. This is achieved by modulating data for transmission onto a carrier signal. The modulated signal is predistorted and an optical carrier is amplitude modulated using the predi...

The invention relates to a system for optically transmitting digital information. In one version, the invention includes an optical transmitter having an input for electronically receiving digital information, a pulse width modulation circuit that modulates the digital information into electronic pulses having either a first width or a second width depending on the logic level of the digital infor...