PURPOSE: A method is provided to set an insulation thickness of a cable in consideration of AC voltage withstand electric field characteristics, impulse voltage withstand electric field characteristics, and partial discharge start electric field characteristics of insulation sheet. CONSTITUTION: A method is characterized in that an insulation thickness of a cable with respect to AC voltage withsta...

PURPOSE: An optical information recording method, an optical information recording device and an optical information recording medium are provided to enable a laser driving circuit to differentiate power levels of a front end pulse and a rear end pulse from a power level of a middle pulse, while a recording signal edge compensation circuit compensates for an edge position of a recording pulse. CON...

PURPOSE: A method is provided to remove residues from a substrate by exposing the substrate to hydrogen based plasma. CONSTITUTION: A substrate with metallic residues is provided. The metallic residues of the substrate are volatilized by exposing the substrate to hydrogen based plasma(106). The metallic residues contain at least one out of a metal containing residue and a polymer residue. The hydr...

Control apparatus (10) for a lift installation. The control apparatus (10) h as actuating elements (16) at a front surface (12), Moreover, the control apparatus (10) has an insert (20) in the form of a key-operated switch cylinder which has a recess (22) o r a key slot. The recess (22) opens at at least one side surface (14) of the control apparatus (10), which lies transversely to the front surfa...

PURPOSE: A method and an apparatus for changing a frame rate to an optimal frame rate for an object displayed while stable image output is maintained are provided to change the frame rate of a video display system to be suitable for displaying objects. CONSTITUTION: A display generator(104) provides a display timing signal. An FRC(Frame Rate Converter)(102) receives input video data and an input v...

PURPOSE: A method of forming a self-aligned contact structure is provided to prevent a metal line from being exposed to the outside due to etching by using an improved mask pattern and a sacrificial mask layer. CONSTITUTION: A plurality of metal line patterns are formed on a semiconductor substrate(100). Each metal line pattern is composed of a metal line(350) and a mask pattern. The mask pattern ...

PURPOSE: A plasma treatment apparatus for treating an edge of a wafer, an insulating plate for the same, a lower electrode for the same, a plasma treatment method of the wafer edge and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided to remove an unnecessary material layer from the wafer edge by controlling precisely plasma using the insulating plate. CONSTITUTION: A plasma treatment ...

The present invention is directed generally to the combined use of slurry mining and hydrocyclones to recover hydrocarbons, such as bitumen, from hydrocarbon-containing materials, such as oil sands, and to selective mining of valuable materials, particularly hydrocarbon-containing materials, using a plurality of excavating devices and corresponding inputs for the excavated material. The excavated ...

A plastic neck for hot filled bottles comprising on the outside wall a two-start thread (2), a seal-ring (3) placed near an end of the thread, and a circular elevation (4) placed under, the seal-ring (3), having an essentially square shape with sides of dimension included between 0.5mm and 1mm and a radius (R3) included between 0.4mm and 0.15mm.

Coin-operated lock for supermarket carts, luggage trolleys and the like, comprising a case (1) with a slit (4) for the introduction/extraction of a coin or token (M) and an opening (5) for the introduction/extraction of a key, and a mechanism housed inside the case (1) and formed by a single piece (7) able to achieve the locking, the unlocking and the extraction of the key (6) as well as to retain...

The present invention relates to an optical biosensor comprising a porous matrix. In the specific case, reference is made to anodized porous alumina, on the surface of which the biological component specific for the analyte in question is immobilized, and to an optical-signal detector connected to said matrix. The present patent further relates to a biosensor having the porous matrix and the optic...

The present invention relates to a fluid magneto­rheological composition containing ferromagnetic particles characterized by a low specific weight and a multilayer structure; in particular, the particles accord­ing to the present invention have a core made of a material with a low specific weight and a coating layer comprising a material with ferromagnetic properties.