A circuit assembly 10 for holding an electronic component 26 relative to a circuit board 16 comprises a housing 12 coupled to the circuit board 16. A separable cradle 24 is coupled to the housing 12 and is sized to receive the electronic component 26. The cradle 24 has a support post 28 for spacing the cradle 25 a predetermined distance from the circuit board 16. In a further aspect of the inventi...

In order to locate an inaccessible object such as an underground boring tool, the inaccessible object having means, for example a solenoid, to generate a magnetic field, a locator is provided with a detector for detecting the generated magnetic field. The detector may be an aerial array of three mutually perpendicular coils. When the locator is moved from a first position to a second position erro...

Light beams are irradiated from a head 2 onto an optical disc 1 including a recording layer and a reproduction (readout) layer to open, at the reproduction layer, detection window smaller than irradiation range of light beams to thereby read out recording information of the recording layer. A resolution detecting section 15 detects resolution on tile basis of signal level of a reproduction signal ...

According to the present invention, e-mail messages are scanned for MIME and other file attachments. Such attachments are selectively stripped from the messages and stored in an accessible location. If desired, the attachment may be compressed prior to storage. A reference (e.g., a link) to the attachment and the location is then substituted in the original e-mail, which is then forwarded to the i...

An automated parts commerce system for facilitating commercial transactions for surplus inventory of parts comprises a database of customers/manufacturers and details pertaining to various customer products, including a list of parts (bill of materials and/or approved vendor list) for each product. Notices from vendors for changed or obsoleted products are received by the system, and in response t...

The object of this invention is to provide a plasma display panel in which an aging process essential to the manufacturing process generates minimal phosphor deterioration, enabling a relatively high luminous efficiency and high quality color production to be produced. To achieve this object, the aging process takes place while gas generated inside the panel is evacuated. Alternatively, after comp...

The invention is intended for a telecommunication system where the roles that are engaged in connection with utilization of a telecommunication service have been separated. Solution according to the invention manages and debits individual network flows, which are based on quality demands (QoS). According to the described solution, the one who is liable to pay for the use of the network is appointe...

PCT No. PCT/GB93/01755 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 17, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 17, 1995 PCT Filed Aug. 18, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/04790 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 1994A protective arrangement or "junk bonnet" (30) for preventing debris entering a downhole tool assembly (14) employed in the drilling of a well. The junk bonnet (30) is in the form of an annular seal which fits around a tube (18) and inside a sl...

The disclosure concerns a method for providing a computer user with access to information made available by an information provider online, whereby the information provider receives payment for providing the information. To this end, the computer user sets up a telephone connection using a telephone number made known to him, after which the information provider receives payment out of the amount o...

The invention relates to the controlling of contact requests by means of a shield in a data transfer network in the field of electronic communications. Using attributes associated with contact requests, the contact-requesting parties (CRP) are categorized into pals, agents and unknowns, the latter being considered potential harassers. Every contact-requesting party (CRP) must have a recommender au...

LA INVENCION TRATA DE PARTICULAS EXPANDIBLES DE POLIESTIRENO QUE CONTIENEN ESPUMANTES, Y QUE ESTAN RECUBIERTAS CON UN AGENTE IMPERMEABILIZADOR EN UNA CANTIDAD DEL 0,01 AL 0,5 % EN PESO, QUE SE FUNDE POR ENCIMA DE LOS 10° C Y QUE TIENE UN TAMAÑO MEDIO DE PARTICULA MENOR QUE 100 MI M. LAS PARTICULAS SE PUEDEN PROCESAR PARA FABRICAR CUERPOS DE MOLDEO ESPUMADOS CON UNA REDUCIDA CAPACIDAD DE ABSORCION ...

LA INVENCION SE REFIERE A UNA COMPOSICION DE UN COPOLIMERO DE POLIOLEFINA PRODUCIDA CON UN CATALIZADOR QUE TIENE UN COMPLEJO DE METALOCENO EN UN REACTOR SIMPLE EN UN PROCESO PARA LA POLIMERIZACION DE UN MONOMERO DE AL -OLEFINA CON UNO O MAS COMONOMEROS DE OLEFINA, Y UN PESO MOLECULAR MAXIMO QUE SE PRODUCE EN ESE 50% DEL PESO DE LA COMPOSICION QUE TIENE EL CONTENIDO MAS ALTO DE COMONOMERO EN PORCEN...

La invención se refiere a un alojamiento (1) dotado con un conector (7) para alojar componentes electrónicos (3). A menudo, en particular en diferentes modelos de un tipo de vehículo, se montan unos circuitos electrónicos (3) que presentan diferentes puestas a punto de parámetros en alojamientos (1) idénticos con conector (7) integrado. Como con este tipo de alojamientos idénticos, no es posible v...

A transaction supporting facility enabling both a consumer and a provider to perform a transaction at the prices that both desire by removing the drawbac k of conventional auction systems, that is, the difficulty and scarcity of making a transaction, wherein when providers X and consumers Y want to make transactions, if the provision price presented by a provider X is higher tha n the purchase pr...

"RODA DE ENGRENAGEM E EIXO DE SUPORTE DE UMA RODA DE ENGRENAGEM". Uma roda de engrenagem, destinada a ser conectada através do encaixe por pressão a um eixo, a roda de engrenagem exibindo um cubo e um trajeto de denteado conectado ao cubo, o cubo exibindo pelo menos um lado que se estende axialmente para fora do trajeto de denteado e um furo vazado com uma primeira área situada axialmente fora do ...

Automotive bodies provided with a multilayer coating film formed by a process comprising the application of a clear-coating for top coating, by the wet-on-wet technique, onto a base coating containing a color pigment and/or a luster pigment as applied to a coated automotive panel and then heating the coat layers for curing, said base coating comprising, as resin constituents, a product obtained by...

According to the invention of the present application, for providing an etching technique for a wiring layer capable of decreasing the degradation of characteristics of a ferroelectric film in FeRAM, a wiring material (LI wiring 18, Al wiring 30) connected with an electrode layer of a ferroelectric film 11 (lower electrode 10, upper electrode 12) is fabricated by dry etching using inducely coupled...

A method for fabricating a capacitor comprises the steps of performing a planarization process after forming a diffusion barrier on a semiconductor substrate including a plug and a silicide layer, depositing a adhesion layer on the entire structure and exposing the diffusion barrier by a selectively etching process, sequentially depositing a bottom electrode, a ferroelectric layer and a top electr...

A method for fabricating an MOM capacitor (10) includes forming a first conductive layer (18) on an insulating support (12, 14), depositing a dielectric film (20) on the conductive layer, and patterning the dielectric film to define the capacitor feature. The dielectric film may comprise a stack of oxide and nitride layers (22, 24, 26). The dielectric is etched anisotropically with a fluorocarbon ...

A new method is provided for the creation of an opening over which the second electrode of a MIM capacitor is to be deposited. The first electrode of the MIM is created in a first layer of Fluorine doped Silicon dioxide (SiO2) Glass (FSG) . A layer of insulation comprising silicon nitride is deposited over the surface of the first electrode. A second layer of Fluorine doped Silicon dioxide (SiO2) ...