A semiconductor device contains a stress-relief layer (46) having a glass transition temperature below 150 DEG C. The layer generally lies above an electrical interconnection system (12) in the device but does not overlie bond pad areas. This substantially alleviates thermally induced stress that could otherwise damage electronic components in the device while simultaneously allowing the maximum s...

A plurality of electrodes (12) are formed on one surface of a semiconductor integrated circuit chip (10). A plurality of leads (14) are arranged around the chip (10). Each of the electrodes (12) and one end of each of the leads (14) are connected. The electrodes (12) and the chip (10) are sandwiched between two films (18, 20). One of the films (18) is in direct contact with the one surface of the ...

The filler for wood products for indoor use comprises a putty formed from calcium sulphate and direct laser writing calcium oxide (precursor) and a mineral pigment. Also claimed are: (i) the kit formed of the putty and the mineral pigment; (ii) the method for filling an orifice in a wood product using the material, including smoothing and finishing, in which the putty is formed from hydrated calci...

A method of treating wood by impregnation of the wood with wood-treating-compositions containing compounds which contain elements selected from copper, chromium and arsenic (CCA) and oxyalkylene polymer additives provides improved properties to the treated wood, better control of oxyalkylene polymer distribution, and reduced leaching of the CCA.

With a hand grip and without undesirable interruption of the intubation process an endotracheal tube (8) can be inserted in to the trachea of the patient with simultaneous suction of body fluids if required. A medical standard suction device can be activated either to suck body fluids via the endotracheal tube or air via a connection (6) by alternately closing and opening the connection with the a...

Procedure and device to measure analysis parameters in communication system including a user environment with communication equipment and one or more external environments with communication equipment and one or more communication networks. Between said user environment and said external environment communication is performed, at which initiation of communication often is made from user environmen...

Procedure and device to measure analysis parameters in communication system including a user environment with communication equipment and one or more external environments with communication equipment and one or more communication networks. Between said user environment and said external environment communication is performed, at which initiation of communication often is made from user environmen...

The method comprises straightening the threads of the fringe of a rug, carpet or the like, and applying a product on the fringe without displacing the straightened threads and causing the product to be engaged with the threads of the fringe, so that the threads stay evenly aligned.

During the enzymatic "stone washing" of a denim fabric and/or garments, an undesirable redeposition of blue dye often occurs on the surfaces of the denim. The invention relates to a means of overcoming this problem using an enzyme composition comprised of Trichoderma endoglucanases and Trichoderma cellobiohydrolases that has been partially digested by a protease enzyme to separate its core and bin...

The invention relates to a combination for registering distribution of forces on a subject's body part containing several transducer elements placeable at different measuring points. Each transducer element is capable of converting the force on the transducer element into an electrical signal. According to the invention, the transducer element is made of a plastic film known per se which contains ...

A double panel window shade is formed by shade panels wound on inner and outer coaxial rollers. The inner roller includes a shaft secured at each end and journaled in mounting brackets at each end of the inner roller. The outer roller includes end plates journaled on the inner roller shafts. The outer roller defines a slot for receiving and passing the inner shade when said outer shade is fully un...

A semiconductor device with a high package lead density such as the PGA type, allowing the density of the semiconductor device to increase by forming the leads of the semiconductor device with lead pins (14) for surface mounting arranged by the specified quantity at the outer peripheral area on the back of a package (13) where a chip (11) is mounted and lead members (22 and 41) having the predeter...

A miniature nasal mask for supplying breathing gas to a human user through an interface with the user's nares, the interface being maintained by a contact seal which engages the user's face only within an area between the tip and immediately adjacent lateral flanks of the user's nose adjacent to the nares, and the user's upper lip.

A process for forming an MOS transistor with self-aligned contact holes comprises first forming a conductive layer of material over the substrate followed by formation of a capping layer of oxide over the conductive layer. The conductive layer and capping oxide layer are then patterned to form the gate electrode of a transistor with source/drain regions defined on either side thereof. A conformal ...

PCT No. PCT/FI96/00314 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 26, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 26, 1997 PCT Filed May 31, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/39553 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 12, 1996A method of making a nonwoven material having good absorbency, softness and strength. A fibrous web is airlayed from fibers comprising at least one of natural fibers and rayon fibers. The web is prebonded by sequentially adding moisture on an u...

A tool is described for assembling a length of sealing strip onto a mounting flange around a door opening in a motor vehicle. The strip has a channel-shaped gripping part whose walls are initially splayed apart so that it is an easy fit onto the flange. It carries a tubular sealing part. The tool comprises a roller which engages the outside of the base of the channel of the gripping part and a per...

Alum process residues (APR) are used to remove colored contaminants from waste waters. In addition, in accordance with the invention, up to 0.1% by weight of alum and up to 5 ppm of a polyelectrolyte polymer is added to improve color removal, turbidity removal and the settling rate. The resultant APRalum-polymer mixture together with contaminants in the waste water settles rapidly, reducing the co...

A bilirubin monitor that utilizes two wavelengths of light radiation directed to an infants arterial system. The monitor includes a light detector that receives light preferably reflected or backscattered from that arterial system andsignal processing circuits compute a ratio based upon the peak to peak values of the ACcomponent of the signals from the light detector with respect to each of the wa...

A control circuit (10) for controlling the residual or tail current decay in a single phase or polyphase SRM winding when a phase is switched from active to inactive. A Hall-effect type sensor (30) senses rotor position of the SRM. Current flows through a winding (W) of the motor when the motor phase winding is active; and, current flow into the winding decays to zero when the phase becomes inacti...

A humidifier is disclosed having a fine control for the distribution of humidified air. The humidifier contains a multiplicity of air moving devices, e.g., fans, to enable large quantities of humidified air to be distributed in an area or conversely, only a small amount of humidified air to be distributed in the area to maintain the humidity level already achieved. The humidifier requires only the...