A semiconductor device package includes a land grid array package. At least one semiconductor die is mounted to an interposer substrate, with bond pads of the semiconductor die connected to terminal pads on the same side of the interposer substrate as the at least one semiconductor die. Terminal pads of the interposer substrate may be electrically connected to either or both of a peripheral array ...

A body (5) of set, initially pasty material, such as concrete, includes an electrically conducting path formed by a concentrated layer (6) of electrically conducting magnetizable elements, suc h as fibres (F) or granules (G), embedded in the initially pasty material and extending through at least a portion of the body (5). Electrically conducting terminal members (9) may be connected to the electr...

Vending machines are provided having a door and a cabinet having an interior region for storing and distributing objects, such as canned or bottled beverages. Several vending machines locks are provided for locking the door to the cabinet to prevent unauthorized access to the interior region of the cabinet.

A ferromagnetic lens in the presence of a DC magnetic field and a smaller AC magnetic field creates a localized minimum of the magnitude of the magnetic field vector of the combined magnetic field in a volume defined in free space away from the lens referred to as the focus volume. The localized minimum can be nonzero, and can create conditions for spin resonance in the focus volume. The focus vol...

An improved electronic lock system is provided for use with real estate lock boxes. Each user has an identification card with a non-volatile secure memory for exchanging data with the lock box, and for exchanging data with a central computer. The user first inserts the card into a connector at the lock box, or at the central computer. The lock box or central computer must first enable (or unlock) ...

Methods and apparatus for measuring an electromagnetic radiation response property associated with a substrate are disclosed. The methods and apparatus generate electromagnetic waves and capture a portion of the generated waves after the waves pass through a first polarized filter, reflect from a substrate, and pass through a second polarized filter arranged in a cross polar arrangement with respe...

A biomagnetic field map display apparatus for measuring a biomagnetic field generated by a biotest sample at positions arranged in rows and columns and displaying a magnetic field map obtained by processing the measured biomagnetic field. An analysis data display area waveform-displays the measured biomagnetic field at channels in a row or a column of channels which are arranged in rows and column...

An optical output coupler having a reflector integrated in an evanescent coupler. In one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes first and second optical paths. An optical beam is to be directed through the first optical path. The apparatus also includes an evanescent coupler, which evanescently couples the first and second optical...

Optical transmitter/receivers for use in a DWDM systems are provided. Transmission of data signals in a quadrature-return-to-zero (QRZ) format achieves a data transmission rate equal to eight times a base data rate, i.e., 80 Gbps over a 100 GHz channel if the base data rate is 10 Gbps, with high non-linear performance by setting the polarization state of the data bands such that non-linear effects...

A plurality of entities are stored in a single addressable location in a Content Addressable Memory (CAM). A column in a CAM entry is selected for storing an entity based on the property of the entity to distribute the entities among the columns to maximize memory utilization. A match for a search key stored in one of the plurality of columns can be found in a single search operation.

A tuning system is described that is capable of receiving a number of different broadcast types such as analog or digital satellite, cable, Internet, and terrestrial airwave broadcasts. The tuning system stores service records, each service recording containing information required to tune to a particular channel. These service records are categorized within service spaces by tuner type, content, ...

A method for crystallization of a weakly acidic and/or weakly basic compound having an uncharged form and at least one charged form comprises the steps of: a) providing a solution of said compound in a solvent having an initial pH-value and an initial total concentration of said compound, said initial pH-value being chosen such that the compound is present in said solution predominantly in said c...

FIELD: organic chemistry, medicine, pharmacy. ^ SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a conjugate target - compound chosen from the following group: and wherein means a target; each among R and R' means independently unsubstituted (C1-C20)-aliphatic group, substituted (C1-C20)-aliphatic group, unsubstituted aryl or substituted aryl wherein aryl is a radical chosen from the group comprising phenyl, napht...

"TRATAMENTO DE CONDIçõES OFTáLMICAS". Condições oftálmicas tais como presbiopia, hiperopia, miopia, e astigmatismo, que podem ser corrigidas pelo uso de uma de lente de contato moldada em combinação com uma composição farmacêutica adequada para liberação no olho. As lentes de contato moldadas estão preferencialmente disponíveis comercialmente e não são especificamente designadas para ortoceratolog...

"SISTEMA DE SENSOR DE FIO DE LONA PARA UM PNEU". Um sistema de sensor de fio de lona é provido para uma lona de carcaça de pneu em uma carcaça de pneu cru tendo um formato toroidal, a lona de carcaça de pneu tendo uma pluralidade de fios de lona espaçados entre si que se estendem através do formato toroidal. O sistema de sensor inclui um sensor de fio montado em estrita proximidade com a lona de c...

"MATERIAIS DE CONSTRUçãO DE GESSO TENDO MAIORES CONDUTIVIDADE TéRMICA E ATENUAçãO DE BLINDAGEM". A presente invenção refere-se a adição de carga moída, consistindo em grafite expandido compactado, a materiais de construção à base de gesso, para aumentar a condutividade térmica e a atenuação de blindagem eletromagnética desses materiais de construção e moldagens, por exemplo, papelões de gesso, pro...

A luminous pointer of a displaying instrument has a pointer body with a light emitting area that is divided into subsections with prisms. The subsections are illuminated at different timing. A light emitting circuit, including light emitting diodes (LEDs) for illuminating the light emitting area, and resistors and zener diodes for driving the LEDs, is arranged in a boss of the pointer body. With t...

An improved shopping cart, the improvement comprising a pair of brackets attached to the side of the cart. One of the brackets is positioned towards a front of the cart, while the other is positioned towards a rear. Each bracket comprises a rigid straight inner attachment slab attached to the basket, and an L-shaped slab. The L-shaped slab has a horizontal portion, a horizontal portion and a verti...

The present invention provides an optical transmitting module or optical transmitting sub-assembly in which an inductor for de-coupling the bias circuit of the semiconductor laser diode is built. The laser diode is mounted on the side surface of the block provided on the stem, while the inductor is installed on the lead, which is secured by the stem, such that one electrode of the inductor is in c...

An improved interbody fusion device incorporating anti-rotation features to inhibit accidental screwing or unscrewing of the fusion device in an intervertebral disc space. One such feature is a thread pattern having a crest diameter that increasingly tapers from a smaller diameter at the insertion end to a larger diameter at the opposite end making further advancement of the thread into the bone m...