A ferroelectric memory device along with a method of forming the same are provided. A first interlayer insulating layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A buried contact structure is formed on the first interlayer insulating layer. The buried contact structure is electrically connected to the substrate through a first contact hole extending through the first interlayer insulating layer. A b...

A method and apparatus if provided for shielding a capacitor structure formed in a semiconductor device. In a capacitor formed in an integrated circuit, one or more shields are disposed around layers of conductive strips to shield the capacitor. The shields confine the electric fields between the limits of the shields.

An apparatus including a capacitor formed between metallization layers on a circuit, the capacitor including a bottom electrode coupled to a metal layer and a top electrode coupled to a metal via wherein the capacitor has a corrugated sidewall profile. A method including forming an interlayer dielectric including alternating layers of dissimilar dielectric materials in a multilayer stack over a me...

On-chip decoupling capacitor structures, and methods of fabricating such decoupling capacitors are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a capacitor stack may consist of a bottom electrode/barrier; a thin dielectric material having a high dielectric constant; and a top electrode/barrier. In an alternative embodiment, the bottom electrode and/or bottom metal interconnect layer have...

A normally interlocked universal differential device comprises four differentials and two power distributors, in which a central composite differential is disposed in the central portion thereof, and includes an outer differential and an inner differential fitted into said outer differential, two side differentials are connected to both side ends of said central composite differential, power is tr...

The present invention is directed to phosphonic acid compounds useful as serine protease inhibitors, compositions thereof and methods for treating inflammatory and serine protease mediated disorders.

The rolling matrix for a roller of a mock wood powder painting plant of a manufactured product comprises a flat engagement surface (4) against the surface to be decorated (5), having a plurality of troughs (6) suitable for reproducing the lines of the decorative pattern on the surface to be decorated.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a multicoat paint system, in which (1) an optionally pigmented basecoat is applied to a substrate surface, (2) a polymer film is formed from the basecoat film applied in stage (1), (3) one or more further coating films are applied optionally thereto, (4) then a nonaqueous topcoat is applied which comprises A) a hydroxy-functional polyacrylat...

This invention relates to electrical plugs capable of being easily removed from their associated receptacles with the aid of a pull ring. This improved pull ring is either pulled or pushed only in the direction that is perpendicular to the prong side of an electrical plug whereby making the storage and operation of the pull ring much easier to operate than the typical pull-ringed electrical plug a...

Compounds of the formula IAr is a groupor unsubstituted or substituted cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, naphthyl, biphenylyl or an O-, S- or N-containing 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; R1 and R2 are C1-C20alkyl, OR11, CF3 or halogen; R3, R4 and R5 are hydrogen, C1-C20alkyl, OR11 or halogen; R6 is unsubstituted or substituted C1-C24alkyl, C2-C24alkyl, which is interrupted by O, S or NR14 and is unsubs...

A universal conduit body adapter includes an elongate generally tubular body having a pair of opposed substantially parallel side portions bounded by a pair of opposed ends, with the body defining an upper and a lower surface. A pair of mounting holes are at the lower surface with one hole being located adjacent each body end for mounting the adaptor to a conduit body. A plurality of pairs of hole...

A method and apparatus for tissue dependent filtering for digital image magnification includes using bilinear interpolation and digital convolution filters to approximate bicubic interpolation for digital image magnification. A library of set s of representative images may be created for particular anatomies and particular imaging modalities. Two-dimensional convolution filter coefficients may be ...

A method, computer program product, and system (100) for computerized analysis of the likelihood of malignancy in a pulmonary nodule using artificial neural networks (ANNs) (S4). The method, on which the computer program product and the system is based on, includes obtaining a digital outline of a nodule; generating objective measures corresponding to physical features of the outline of the nodule...

The invention is a method and apparatus for automated detection of small structures in images. One specific use is to detect malignant microcalcification clusters in mammograms. A digitized and filtered mammogram image is stored in a computer. Seed pixels, which are pixels that are brighter than their immediate neighbors, are identified to indicate candidate structures and used to construct two re...

An image processing system for use in semiconductor wafer inspection comprises a multiplicity of self-contained image processors for independently performing image cross-correlation and defect detection. The system may also comprise an image normalization engine for performing image brightness and contrast normalization. The self-contained image processors and image normalization engine access ima...

A Document Image Segmentation method is disclosed for matching a plurality of templates with a received image wherein the received image being bitmap data including at least a plurality of gray-scale pixel tiles that define the received image, the matching method having the steps of first receiving said image data so as to extract pixel tile information of said received image wherein said pixel ti...

A method of quantizing multiple input values in parallel using SIMD instructions is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises (1) receiving a set of input values Xi; (2) operating on the set of input values to produce a set of binary mask values Ki that are related to the input values Xi by Ki=-1 if Xi>0, and Ki=0 if Xi<0; (3) adding half of a quantization step Q to the input values Xi to...

An elastic device (100) for use in an absorbent hygiene article such as a nappy, incontinence pad, sanitary towel or panty liner comprises an elastic support with a number of individual fibres secured to it, all of the fibres having a free end. Individual fibres (102) are secured to the elastic support (101). Independent claims are also included for: (a) an absorbent hygiene article with at least...

The disclosure relates to a lightweight support member or article prepared from corrugated paper which is utilized as a replacement for wood articles such as logs, boards, planks and the like. The support members have a high strength to weight ratio and save on transportation and fuel costs. The support members are constructed as a continuous or semi-continuous, flattened or elongated wind of corr...

A powertrain for a hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a transmission and an electric machine disposed therebetween. The electric machine includes a stator housing, a stator mounted within the stator housing and a rotor mounted radially within and coaxial with the stator. The electric machine further includes a first clutch disposed between the engine and the rotor, and a second clutch disposed bet...