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A voltage level shifter for translating an input signal in an input voltage domain to an output signal in an output voltage domain the output voltage domain being offset from the input voltage domain, the shifter comprising: a DC coupled low frequency stage comprising a DC coupled amplifier for receiving and processing the input signal to generate a first processed signal in a low frequency range, wherein the first processed signal is in the output voltage domain; an AC coupled high frequency stage for receiving and processing the input signal to generate a second processed signal in a high frequency range, wherein the second processed signal determines a bandwidth of the shifter; and a combining stage for combining the first and second processed signals to generate the output signal, characterised in that the DC coupled amplifier comprises a transconductance amplifier for converting the input voltage signal into a current signal and a conversion stage comprising a resistor (R1, R2) for receiving and converting the current signal into the first processed signal, and the AC coupled high frequency stage comprises a source follower or an emitter follower coupled to an output node via a DC blocking capacitor (C1, C2). a DC coupled low frequency stage comprising a DC coupled amplifier for receiving and processing the input signal to generate a first processed signal in a low frequency range, wherein the first processed signal is in the output voltage domain; an AC coupled high frequency stage for receiving and processing the input signal to generate a second processed signal in a high frequency range, wherein the second processed signal determines a bandwidth of the shifter; and a combining stage for combining the first and second processed signals to generate the output signal, characterised in that the DC coupled amplifier comprises a transconductance amplifier for converting the input voltage signal into a current signal and a conversion stage comprising a resistor (R1, R2) for receiving and converting the current signal into the first processed signal, and the AC coupled high frequency stage comprises a source follower or an emitter follower coupled to an output node via a DC blocking capacitor (C1, C2).
A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device comprising: a substrate comprising a nitride semiconductor; a semiconductor layer comprising a nitride semiconductor containing a p-type impurity, the semiconductor layer being formed as contacting an upper surface of the substrate and having a thickness of not less than 5 nm and not more than 200 nm; a first cladding layer comprising a nitride semiconductor containing an impurity of a first conductivity type, the first cladding layer being formed on the semiconductor layer; an active layer formed on the first cladding layer; and a second cladding layer comprising a nitride semiconductor containing an impurity of a second conductivity type, the second cladding layer being formed on the active layer. a substrate comprising a nitride semiconductor; a semiconductor layer comprising a nitride semiconductor containing a p-type impurity, the semiconductor layer being formed as contacting an upper surface of the substrate and having a thickness of not less than 5 nm and not more than 200 nm; a first cladding layer comprising a nitride semiconductor containing an impurity of a first conductivity type, the first cladding layer being formed on the semiconductor layer; an active layer formed on the first cladding layer; and a second cladding layer comprising a nitride semiconductor containing an impurity of a second conductivity type, the second cladding layer being formed on the active layer.
A method for shielding a substrate from lightning strikes, said method comprising: (i) providing a substrate, (ii) providing lightning strike protectant composition to the substrate, wherein the lightning strike protectant composition comprises a filled, curable material capable of self-assembling to form conductive pathways during a cure process, wherein the curable material comprises a curable organic compound and a filler, said organic compound comprising a relatively non-polar resin and a polar curing agent and said filler being comprised of particles, said particles being coated with a non-polar coating and comprising a material that is electrically conductive, and said coated filler particles being mixed in said organic compound, and (iii) curing the composition by means of the application of heat, wherein curing agent reacts with the resin of the curable organic compound forming a polymer having polar moieties thereon, resulting in a repulsive interaction between the non-polar coating on the filler and the polar moieties on the polymer, causing the filler to self-assemble into conductive pathways through the composition. (i) providing a substrate, (ii) providing lightning strike protectant composition to the substrate, wherein the lightning strike protectant composition comprises a filled, curable material capable of self-assembling to form conductive pathways during a cure process, wherein the curable material comprises a curable organic compound and a filler, said organic compound comprising a relatively non-polar resin and a polar curing agent and said filler being comprised of particles, said particles being coated with a non-polar coating and comprising a material that is electrically conductive, and said coated filler particles being mixed in said organic compound, and (iii) curing the composition by means of the application of heat, wherein curing agent reacts with the resin of the curable organic compound forming a polymer having polar moieties thereon, resulting in a repulsive interaction between the non-polar coating on the filler and the polar moieties on the polymer, causing the filler to self-assemble into conductive pathways through the composition.
A surgical stapling device comprising; a handle; an elongate tubular member (46, 66) extending distally from the handle; an illuminated staple containing cartridge (48, 62) mounted on a distal end of the elongate tubular member (46, 66), the illuminated staple containing cartridge (48, 62) including a U-shaped outer channel and a transparent staple containing insert; and a light source associated with the distal end of the elongate tubular member (46, 66) or incorporated directly into the cartridge insert, such that light emitted from the light source is transmitted to the illuminated staple containing cartridge (48, 62), and a portion of the transmitted light passes through the transparent staple containing insert to the illuminated staple containing cartridge (48, 62).
A method (500, 600) to facilitate configuring a label-switching network with Virtual Private Network, VPN, services performed by a first data communication device of the label-switching network, the method comprising: communicating (510, 610) a message to a set of data communication devices (120-2, 120-N) in the label-switching network, the set of data communication devices (120-2, 120-N) including a second data communication device in the label-switching network associated with a VPN service, the message including an indication that the first data communication device is associated with at least one VPN service; characterized in receiving (525, 625) a request from the second data communication device for a list of VPNs associated with the at least one VPN service of the first data communication device; and in response to the request from the second data communication device, forwarding (530, 630) the list of VPNs associated with the at least one VPN service of the first data communication device to the second data communication device. communicating (510, 610) a message to a set of data communication devices (120-2, 120-N) in the label-switching network, the set of data communication devices (120-2, 120-N) including a second data communication device in the label-switching network associated with a VPN service, the message including an indication that the first data communication device is associated with at least one VPN service; characterized in receiving (525, 625) a request from the second data communication device for a list of VPNs associated with the at least one VPN service of the first data communication device; and in response to the request from the second data communication device, forwarding (530, 630) the list of VPNs associated with the at least one VPN service of the first data communication device to the second data communication device.
A method of fabricating thin-film optoelectronic devices, the method comprising the steps: (i) providing an alkali-nondiffusing substrate (210, 110); (ii) forming a back-contact layer (220, 120); (iii) forming at least one absorber layer (230, 130), which absorber layer is made of an ABC chalcogenide material, including ABC chalcogenide material ternary, quaternary, pentanary, or multinary variations, wherein A represents elements of group 11 of the periodic table of chemical elements as defined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry including Cu and Ag, B represents elements in group 13 of the periodic table including In, Ga, and Al, and C represents elements in group 16 of the periodic table including S, Se, and Te; (iv) adding at least one and preferably at least two different alkali metals in elemental form or precursor thereof, the alkali metal(s) being added from a source external to the alkali-nondiffusing substrate (210,110); and (v) forming at least one front-contact layer (250, 150); wherein said at least one alkali metal(s) comprises Rb and/or Cs and where, following forming said front-contact layer, in the interval of layers from back-contact layer, exclusive, to front-contact layer, inclusive, the comprised amounts resulting from adding the alkali metals are, for Rb and/or Cs, in the range of 500 to 2500 atoms per million atoms (ppm) and, where another alkali metal is present, the other alkali metal(s) is/are in the range of 5 to 10000 ppm and at most 3/2 and at least 1/2000 of the comprised amount of Rb and/or Cs. (i) providing an alkali-nondiffusing substrate (210, 110); (ii) forming a back-contact layer (220, 120); (iii) forming at least one absorber layer (230, 130), which absorber layer is made of an ABC chalcogenide material, including ABC chalcogenide material ternary, quaternary, pentanary, or multinary variations, wherein A represents elements of group 11 of the periodic table of chemical elements as defined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry including Cu and Ag, B represents elements in group 13 of the periodic table including In, Ga, and Al, and C represents elements in group 16 of the periodic table including S, Se, and Te; (iv) adding at least one and preferably at least two different alkali metals in elemental form or precursor thereof, the alkali metal(s) being added from a source external to the alkali-nondiffusing substrate (210,110); and (v) forming at least one front-contact layer (250, 150);
A method of inducing artificial ovulation and spawning of broodfish of freshwater eels in a raising bath, the method comprising: controlling such that fresh water, brackish water and seawater are sequentially supplied to the raising bath, inducing feminization and ovary maturation of the broodfish by feeding a feminization-inducing material into the raising bath under a fresh water condition, performing osmoregulation of the broodfish by setting raising water in the raising bath to a brackish water condition after the inducing, feeding an ovulation induction material collected from catadromous fish to the raising water so as to induce ovulation of the broodfish while setting the raising water in the raising bath to a seawater condition, after the performing, and inducing natural spawning after the feeding. controlling such that fresh water, brackish water and seawater are sequentially supplied to the raising bath, inducing feminization and ovary maturation of the broodfish by feeding a feminization-inducing material into the raising bath under a fresh water condition, performing osmoregulation of the broodfish by setting raising water in the raising bath to a brackish water condition after the inducing, feeding an ovulation induction material collected from catadromous fish to the raising water so as to induce ovulation of the broodfish while setting the raising water in the raising bath to a seawater condition, after the performing, and inducing natural spawning after the feeding.
Insertion container for a shipment carrier, which insertion container comprises at least one side wall and a base which enclose a receiving space which can be closed with a lid, the at least one side wall and/or the base having a multilayer wall structure including at least one layer of at least one vacuum insulation panel and at least two layers of a particle foam material, such as in particular expanded polypropylene (21, 22), and wherein the at least two layers of particle foam material (21, 22) are each formed at each location with a thickness in the range of from 2 mm to 12 mm, wherein the layer of a vacuum insulation panel is foamed in between a first layer of particle foam material and a second layer of particle foam material.
A magnetic coupling for a top drive of a stirring assembly, comprising: - an inner rotor, - an outer rotor, and - a split case, the split case having a bearing portion at which the outer rotor is supported and the bearing portion being arranged at a bottom of the split case, - a fluid path for cleaning and/or sterilization having an inlet and an outlet being spaced from the magnetic coupling in an axial direction (X-X), characterized in that - the fluid path comprises at least one nozzle which is arranged within the fluid path in a flow direction through the fluid path upstream of the split case. - an inner rotor, - an outer rotor, and - a split case, the split case having a bearing portion at which the outer rotor is supported and the bearing portion being arranged at a bottom of the split case, - a fluid path for cleaning and/or sterilization having an inlet and an outlet being spaced from the magnetic coupling in an axial direction (X-X), - the fluid path comprises at least one nozzle which is arranged within the fluid path in a flow direction through the fluid path upstream of the split case.
Press cover in the form of a continuous belt or hose for a shoe press roll, comprising at least one first and one second polymer layer (20.1, 20.2), each of which contains or has been produced from a polyurethane, and the polyurethane has been formed from a prepolymer and a crosslinker, wherein - the prepolymer of the first polymer layer (20.1) is a reaction product of naphthalene 1,5-diisocyanate as isocyanate and at least one polyol selected from a polycarbonate polyol, a polyether polycarbonate polyol or mixtures of the two, characterized in that the prepolymer of the second polymer layer (20.2) is a reaction product of: - naphthalene 1,5-diisocyanate as isocyanate and polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG) as polyol, or - phenylene 1,4-diisocyanate (PPDI), diphenylmethane 4,4'-diisocyanate, toluene 2,4-diisocyanate or 3,3'-dimethyl-4,4'-biphenylene diisocyanate (TODI) as isocyanate and a polyol such as polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG). - the prepolymer of the first polymer layer (20.1) is a reaction product of naphthalene 1,5-diisocyanate as isocyanate and at least one polyol selected from a polycarbonate polyol, a polyether polycarbonate polyol or mixtures of the two, - naphthalene 1,5-diisocyanate as isocyanate and polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG) as polyol, or - phenylene 1,4-diisocyanate (PPDI), diphenylmethane 4,4'-diisocyanate, toluene 2,4-diisocyanate or 3,3'-dimethyl-4,4'-biphenylene diisocyanate (TODI) as isocyanate and a polyol such as polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG).
An implant configured to fix at least a first mandibular bone part relative to a second mandibular bone part that is separated from the first mandibular bone part by a bone gap, the implant comprising: a plate member including a pre-operatively bent body having a shape corresponding to a post-operative shape of a mandible when aligned with the mandible, the plate member defining at least one fixation aperture that extends through the pre-operatively bent body and is configured to receive a bone fixation element so as to secure the plate member to the mandible; and at least one guide coupled to the plate member, the at least one guide having a guide body that includes an alignment portion and a plate member fixation portion, wherein the guide body is pre-shaped to correspond to the post-operative shape of the mandible, the alignment portion being pre-operatively shaped to have an inner bone contacting surface that is pre-shaped to correspond to the post-operative shape of the mandible and that defines non-linear undulations that correspond to particular surface portions of the mandible so as to align the plate member with the mandible when the implant is positioned against the mandible after the mandible has been separated so as to define the bone gap, characaterised in that the guide further includes a fixation receiving aperture that extends through the plate member fixation portion, the fixation receiving aperture being configured to align with any one of the fixation apertures of the plate member such that a fixation element may pass through the fixation receiving aperture and into the fixation aperture to thereby couple the guide to the plate member. a plate member including a pre-operatively bent body having a shape corresponding to a post-operative shape of a mandible when aligned with the mandible, the plate member defining at least one fixation aperture that extends through the pre-operatively bent body and is configured to receive a bone fixation element so as to secure the plate member to the mandible; and at least one guide coupled to the plate member, the at least one guide having a guide body that includes an alignment portion and a plate member fixation portion, wherein the guide body is pre-shaped to correspond to the post-operative shape of the mandible, the alignment portion being pre-operatively shaped to have an inner bone contacting surface that is pre-shaped to correspond to the post-operative shape of the mandible and that defines non-linear undulations that correspond to particular surface portions of the mandible so as to align the plate member with the mandible when the implant is positioned against the mandible after the mandible has been separated so as to define the bone gap, characaterised in that the guide further includes a fixation receiving aperture that extends through the plate member fixation portion, the fixation receiving aperture being configured to align with any one of the fixation apertures of the plate member such that a fixation element may pass through the fixation receiving aperture and into the fixation aperture to thereby couple the guide to the plate member.
A method for selecting an initialization method for initializing a Context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, CABAC, context, the method comprising: (a) receiving a slice in a video decoder; (b) identifying (4302, 4304) a type of the slice as one of at least a B-slice type and a P-slice type; (c) receiving a flag when the type of the slice is the B-slice type and the slice is forward predicted, the flag being used for selecting either a first initialization technique or a second initialization technique; and (d) initializing the CABAC context associated with the slice using an initialization technique selected by the type of the slice and, when the type of the slice is the B-slice type and the slice is forward predicted, the value of the flag; wherein the step of initializing the CABAC context associated with the slice uses the first initialization technique as the initialization technique, in a case that the slice type indicates the B-slice type and the slice is forward predicted and the value of the flag is equal to a first value; the step of initializing the CABAC context associated with the slice type-uses the second initialization technique as the initialization technique, in a case that the slice type indicates the B-slice type and the slice is forward predicted and the value of the flag is equal to a second value, wherein the second value differs from the first value; and the first initialization technique is used to initialize the CABAC context associated with the slice if the type of the slice is the B-slice type and the slice is not forward predicted; the second initialization technique is used to initialize the CABAC context associated with the slice if the type of the slice is the P-slice type. (a) receiving a slice in a video decoder; (b) identifying (4302, 4304) a type of the slice as one of at least a B-slice type and a P-slice type; (c) receiving a flag when the type of the slice is the B-slice type and the slice is forward predicted, the flag being used for selecting either a first initialization technique or a second initialization technique; and (d) initializing the CABAC context associated with the slice using an initialization technique selected by the type of the slice and, when the type of the slice is the B-slice type and the slice is forward predicted, the value of the flag; wherein
A method for operating timing advance timers, TATs, of a terminal in a wireless communication system operating with a primary cell, PCell, and at least one secondary cell, SCell, based on a carrier aggregation, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, first timing advance, TA, information associated with a primary timing advance group, PTAG, which is a group of serving cells having same uplink timing and including the PCell; starting or restarting a first TAT associated with the PTAG based on the first TA information; receiving, from the base station, second TA information associated with a secondary timing advance group, STAG, which is a group of serving cells having same uplink timing and does not include the PCell; starting or restarting a second TAT associated with the STAG based on the second TA information; receiving downlink data on at least one serving cell in the STAG; determining whether the first TAT associated with the PTAG is running and whether the second TAT associated with the STAG is running; characterized by delivering, if the first TAT associated with the PTAG is running and the second TAT associated with the STAG expires (631, 707), positive or negative acknowledgement information corresponding to the downlink data received on the at least one serving cell in the STAG to a physical, PHY, layer of the terminal. receiving, from a base station, first timing advance, TA, information associated with a primary timing advance group, PTAG, which is a group of serving cells having same uplink timing and including the PCell; starting or restarting a first TAT associated with the PTAG based on the first TA information; receiving, from the base station, second TA information associated with a secondary timing advance group, STAG, which is a group of serving cells having same uplink timing and does not include the PCell; starting or restarting a second TAT associated with the STAG based on the second TA information; receiving downlink data on at least one serving cell in the STAG; determining whether the first TAT associated with the PTAG is running and whether the second TAT associated with the STAG is running; characterized by delivering, if the first TAT associated with the PTAG is running and the second TAT associated with the STAG expires (631, 707), positive or negative acknowledgement information corresponding to the downlink data received on the at least one serving cell in the STAG to a physical, PHY, layer of the terminal.
Method to grind mass in a grinder, wherein the mass is provided to the grinder via a hopper and transported by a feeder worm, to a rotating processing worm, which conveys the mass towards a cutting set which grinds the mass, wherein the feeder worm initially rotates in a first direction, characterized in that, during production, the feeder worm is periodically reversed in its direction of rotation.