A ferroelectric memory device manufacturing method includes the steps of forming an interlayer isolating film for covering a transistor formed on a semiconductor substrate; forming a conductive plug in the interlayer insulating film to contact a diffusion region of the transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate; forming a ferroelectric capacitor including a lower electrode, a ferroelectric f...

The invention relates to an autostereoscopic multi-user display comprising a focussing element and a selectable display for the time-sequential representation of 2D and/or 3D images. When viewed in the direction of the observer, said display contains a sweet-spot unit and an image matrix, which function separately from one another. The sweet-spot unit focuses a light distribution with a large surf...

A method and an apparatus for reading passive tags affixed to objects to be identified and tracked by a radio frequency identification system are disclosed. An interrogating station sends radio-frequency inquiry signals toward the passive tags through an antenna array and receives the response signals from the tags through the same array. Electronic circuitry for processing such response signals h...

In general, the present invention relates to a systems, apparatuses and methods. The system comprises in principle a mobile terminal device and at least one smart memory module. The smart memory module comprises a RFID technology based communications circuitry. The mobile terminal device comprises an antenna circuitry, a RFID technology based communications circuitry, a smart memory module interfa...

The invention concerns an electric kettle comprising a power supply base ( 1 ) including electrical connection means ( 3 ), and, a removable container ( 2 ) including a reservoir ( 4 ), a electrical heating element ( 5 ), matching electrical connection means ( 8 ) adapted to co-operate with the electrical connection means ( 3 ) of the base ( 1 ), and control means ( 9 ) adapted to interrupt electr...

A hydrogel of the semi-interpenetrating network structure or interpenetrating network structure, characterized in that the hydrogel is one formed from a first monomer ingredient at least 10 mol% of which is accounted for by a charge-possessing unsaturated monomer and a second monomer ingredient at least 60 mol% of which is accounted for an electrically neutral, unsaturated monomer, the molar ratio...

A method of enabling a mobile station (MS) to request radio resources for uplink packet transmission is provided. The method includes starting a supervision timer at the beginning of a packet access procedure, the packet access procedure initiated by scheduling the sending of a packet channel request message and performing cell re-selection when the supervision timer expires, wherein the supervisi...

The device includes the motor, generator and regenerating motor etc. The device includes a plurality of independent energizable electromagnetic assemblies. Each independent electromagnetic assembly has an accompanying united-type magnetic core comprising thin-film soft magnetic materials. Also, each independent electromagnetic assembly defines two stator magnetic poles positioned at both the ends ...

An integrated device including one or more device drivers and a diffractive light modulator monolithically coupled to the one or more driver circuits. The one or more driver circuits are configured to process received control signals and to transmit the processed control signals to the diffractive light modulator. A method of fabricating the integrated device preferably comprises fabricating a fro...

A gradient density padding material includes a single layer of nonwoven material having at least one surface processed to form a portion of a thickness thereof having a density increased with respect to a remaining portion of the thickness thereof. The single layer of nonwoven material after processing has an airflow resistance within the range of 200-4000 MKS Rayls, wherein said single layer of n...

An accurate and stable flow rate control can be achieved even under high temperature conditions, and the compressive strength can be adjusted without a control valve being disassembled. Specifically, the control valve comprises a body 7 that forms a valve chamber 7a' and a valve seat 7c, a metal diaphragm 8 installed inside the valve chamber 7a' and making contact with and departing from the valv...

Device has drive equipment, a driving motor (12), having swiveling drive shaft (13), which is coupled over transmission arrangement (14,15,16,17,18,19) with supply drive (21) and setting mechanism. The device exhibits control arrangement (22,23,29) for adjusting direction of rotation of drive shaft. Transmission arrangement is coupled in direction of rotation of drive shaft with supply drive. In t...

A coupling has a locating part ( 1 ) into which a plug-in part can be inserted, and a locking part ( 7 ) which, after insertion of the plug-in part, can be moved from a projecting prefitting position into a pushed-in locking position. There is a control part ( 12 ) which has a C-shaped basic body formed with side legs ( 13, 14 ) and encloses, in the prefitting position of the locking part ( 7 ), a...

The coupling for a tube, carrying fluids, has a holder section (1) and an anchor unit (15) to fix an insertion part (10). The anchor has an additional retainer (24) with blades (22,23) to grip behind the end collar (14) of the insertion part, with a retaining section (24) holding it stationary in the holding zone (4). A lock (16) slides on the retainer.

The system and method for displaying an electronic program schedule guide is provided. The system has areas (200) for displaying program schedule information (255). In addition, the system also has areas (220) that may be used for advertising programs, products or services. In another embodiment, the system has areas (250) for displaying messages to the user.

An encoding apparatus adds delay time information DTI indicating initial delay time i_d and delay time d of each group data to a position to be read prior to frame data by a decoding apparatus in the group data of encoding stream data DBI and transmits the same to the decoding apparatus 3. Namely, the encoding apparatus does not transmit initial offset delay time i_of to the decoding apparatus 3. ...

Measurement result screen data indicative of an object image and an MTF curve image are generated in accordance with the object image data obtained by photographing the object and the MTF curve image data indicative of the MTF curve generated from MTF data that become an index to evaluate lens performance. The measurement result screen based on the generated measurement result screen data is displ...

A wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) first radio network controller (RNC) includes a logic device configured to control a measurement request device such that the measurement request device requests common measurements using a global procedures module of a radio network sublayer application part (RNSAP) procedures over a radio network controller interface (IUR) for a second RNC, the c...

The invention provides a vane-type mist eliminator device having formed or corrugated sheets, flat sheets, and integral louvers. The corrugated sheets and flat sheets are layered such that the arrangement of sheets and integral louvers creates at least one tortuous fluid flow channel from an inlet to a vapor outlet of the device An outer casing or frame is sufficient to hold the sheets together.

A method and system for providing ubiquitous coverage and seamless connectivity for devices which support Internet access via third generation (3G) cellular and IEEE 802.11 wideband local area network (WLAN) technologies, irrespective of which radio access technology is available.