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A method of programming a selected non-volatile memory cell to store one of N possible values, where N is an integer greater than 2, the selected non-volatile memory cell comprising a floating gate, a control gate terminal, an erase gate terminal, and a source line terminal, the method comprising: performing a first programming process comprising multiple program-verify cycles, wherein a programming voltage of increasing magnitude is applied to a first terminal of the selected non-volatile memory cell in each program-verify cycle after the first program-verify cycle, characterized in that each program-verify cycle comprises: applying a first voltage to the first terminal comprising one of the erase gate terminal and the control gate terminal of the selected non-volatile memory cell; measuring a first current that results through the selected non-volatile memory cell; applying a second voltage to the first terminal of the selected non-volatile memory cell; measuring a second current that results through the selected non-volatile memory cell; determining a slope value based on the first voltage, the second voltage, the first current, and the second current; and determining a next programming voltage of the programming voltages of increasing magnitude for the next program-verify cycle based on the determined slope value. applying a first voltage to the first terminal comprising one of the erase gate terminal and the control gate terminal of the selected non-volatile memory cell; measuring a first current that results through the selected non-volatile memory cell; applying a second voltage to the first terminal of the selected non-volatile memory cell; measuring a second current that results through the selected non-volatile memory cell; determining a slope value based on the first voltage, the second voltage, the first current, and the second current; and determining a next programming voltage of the programming voltages of increasing magnitude for the next program-verify cycle based on the determined slope value.
A steering gear for a surgical instrument which can be arranged at the proximal end of a shaft, which defines a longitudinal axis and has a bending mechanism at the distal end, wherein the steering gear has two motorised drives and a swash plate, and is designed to spatially align the swash plate via the adjustment angles of the two drives, which swash plate is designed to control the distal bending mechanism of the surgical instrument, wherein the first drive has a first drive wheel (18, 18') which is driven by a first motor and is designed as a double wheel (18, 18') with a first bevel gear rim (18.2) and a first drive rim (18.1), and the second drive has a second drive wheel (19, 19') which is driven by a second motor and is designed as a double wheel (19, 19') with a second bevel gear rim (19.2) and a second drive rim (19.1), wherein the swash plate is arranged between the two drive wheels (18, 19; 18', 19'), which have a common axis of rotation, and the bevel gear rims (18.2, 19.2) face one another, and wherein the drive rims (18.1, 19.1) of both double wheels (18, 19; 18', 19') are each operatively connected to a pinion (16a, 16b), wherein a first pinion, which is operatively connected to the first drive rim (18.1), can be driven by the first motor via a first drive shaft, which defines a first drive axis, and a second pinion, which is operatively connected to the second drive rim (19.1), can be driven by the second motor via a second drive shaft, which defines a second drive axis (C'), and wherein the two drive axes (C, C') run parallel to each other and parallel to the common axis of rotation of the two drive wheels (18, 19; 18', 19'). wherein the steering gear has two motorised drives and a swash plate, and is designed to spatially align the swash plate via the adjustment angles of the two drives, which swash plate is designed to control the distal bending mechanism of the surgical instrument, wherein the first drive has a first drive wheel (18, 18') which is driven by a first motor and is designed as a double wheel (18, 18') with a first bevel gear rim (18.2) and a first drive rim (18.1), and the second drive has a second drive wheel (19, 19') which is driven by a second motor and is designed as a double wheel (19, 19') with a second bevel gear rim (19.2) and a second drive rim (19.1), wherein the swash plate is arranged between the two drive wheels (18, 19; 18', 19'), which have a common axis of rotation, and the bevel gear rims (18.2, 19.2) face one another, and wherein the drive rims (18.1, 19.1) of both double wheels (18, 19; 18', 19') are each operatively connected to a pinion (16a, 16b), wherein a first pinion, which is operatively connected to the first drive rim (18.1), can be driven by the first motor via a first drive shaft, which defines a first drive axis, and a second pinion, which is operatively connected to the second drive rim (19.1), can be driven by the second motor via a second drive shaft, which defines a second drive axis (C'), and wherein the two drive axes (C, C') run parallel to each other and parallel to the common axis of rotation of the two drive wheels (18, 19; 18', 19').
A container for storing a cleaning or maintenance medium, the container being insertable at least partially into a receptacle (3A, 3B, 3C) of a medical or dental cleaning or maintenance apparatus and connectable to a conveying device of the medical or dental cleaning or maintenance apparatus to convey the cleaning or maintenance medium out of the container, wherein the container comprises: a container bottom, a container upper side on which a container neck or container outlet is provided to dispense a cleaning or maintenance medium, a container shell which connects the container bottom and the container upper side, and a separate coding element (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E) to distinguish containers containing different cleaning or maintenance media, wherein the coding element (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E) comprises: a mechanical coding section and a connecting section for connecting the separate coding element (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E) to an outer face (11, 13) of the container, the mechanical coding section being provided for mechanical engagement with a mechanical mating element of the cleaning or maintenance apparatus in such a manner that connection of the container to the conveying device of the medical or dental cleaning or maintenance apparatus and conveying of the cleaning or maintenance medium out of the container are possible only when the mechanical coding section engages with a mechanical mating element of the cleaning or maintenance apparatus associated with the mechanical coding section, characterised in that the connecting section is in the form of a collar which encompasses or surrounds the container neck and which comprises an opening in which the container neck is held in such a manner that the container neck penetrates the connecting section such that the mechanical coding section extends parallel to the container neck.
Process for producing a layer structure of a nitride semiconductor component on a silicon surface, comprising the steps: - providing a substrate which has a silicon surface; - depositing a nitride seeding layer containing aluminium on the silicon surface of the substrate; - optionally: depositing a nitride buffer layer containing aluminium on the nitride seeding layer; - depositing a masking layer on the nitride seeding layer or, on the first nitride buffer layer, if present; depositing a first nitride semiconductor layer containing compressively stressed gallium on the masking layer; - wherein the masking layer is deposited in such a way that in the step depositing the first nitride semiconductor layer separate crystallites initially grow, which coalesce above a coalescence layer thickness and occupy an average area of at least 0.16 μm 2 in a layer plane perpendicular to the direction of growth of the coalesced nitride semiconductor layer; and - wherein the step of providing a substrate includes providing a silicon substrate, the thickness of which is at least D GaN ∗ x, wherein D GaN denotes the layer thickness of the nitride semiconductor layer to be deposited on the substrate or, if more than one nitride semiconductor layer is to be deposited, denotes the sum of the layer thickness of the nitride semiconductor layers to be deposited and of the nitride intermediate layer present, and wherein x is equal to 110 in the case where a doped silicon substrate is used and 200 in the case where an undoped substrate is used. - providing a substrate which has a silicon surface; - depositing a nitride seeding layer containing aluminium on the silicon surface of the substrate; - optionally: depositing a nitride buffer layer containing aluminium on the nitride seeding layer; - depositing a masking layer on the nitride seeding layer or, on the first nitride buffer layer, if present; depositing a first nitride semiconductor layer containing compressively stressed gallium on the masking layer; - wherein the masking layer is deposited in such a way that in the step depositing the first nitride semiconductor layer separate crystallites initially grow, which coalesce above a coalescence layer thickness and occupy an average area of at least 0.16 μm 2 in a layer plane perpendicular to the direction of growth of the coalesced nitride semiconductor layer; and - wherein the step of providing a substrate includes providing a silicon substrate, the thickness of which is at least D GaN ∗ x, wherein D GaN denotes the layer thickness of the nitride semiconductor layer to be deposited on the substrate or, if more than one nitride semiconductor layer is to be deposited, denotes the sum of the layer thickness of the nitride semiconductor layers to be deposited and of the nitride intermediate layer present, and wherein x is equal to 110 in the case where a doped silicon substrate is used and 200 in the case where an undoped substrate is used.
Control leverage mechanism with a travelling-head tuck-in device for a weaving loom provided with a reed, said control leverage mechanism comprising an articulated linkage (5, L1, L2) suitable for connecting a fixed point of the loom and a sley, wherein said articulated linkage comprises a first articulated quadrilateral, whose end hinges (1, 2) are suitable to be fixed to the loom, said first articulated quadrilateral being able to take an alternate movement from the sley and to transfer said alternate movement, suitably modulated, to a terminal lever thereof hinged to one of said end hinges, characterized in that said terminal lever integrally carries said travelling-head of the tuck-in device.
A method in a mobility management node for delivering data to a User Equipment, UE, served by the mobility management node, operating in a communication network (10b, 10c) comprising a network entity, NE, (108, 110, 210, 240) and a radio access network, RAN, node serving the UE, the method comprises: - obtaining (306, 402, 610, 710) by the mobility management node capability information indicating whether the RAN node supports acknowledgement of a successful delivery of data to the UE; - receiving (207, 311, 409, 620, 720) by the mobility management node a data message sent by the NE comprising user data intended for the UE; - sending (313, 411, 630, 730) by the mobility management node a control plane message comprising the user data to the RAN node for further delivery to the UE; - sending (209, 650, 740) by the mobility management node a response to the NE: a) indicating an unsuccessful delivery of the user data to the UE when a report is received (313, 411, 640) from the RAN node indicating that the user data was not successfully delivered to the UE; otherwise; b) indicating an acknowledged delivery of the user data to the UE when the RAN node supports said acknowledgement and an acknowledgement is received (313, 411, 640) from the RAN node indicating that the user data was successfully delivered to the UE; c) indicating an unacknowledged delivery of user data to the UE when the RAN node does not support said acknowledgement. - obtaining (306, 402, 610, 710) by the mobility management node capability information indicating whether the RAN node supports acknowledgement of a successful delivery of data to the UE; - receiving (207, 311, 409, 620, 720) by the mobility management node a data message sent by the NE comprising user data intended for the UE; - sending (313, 411, 630, 730) by the mobility management node a control plane message comprising the user data to the RAN node for further delivery to the UE; - sending (209, 650, 740) by the mobility management node a response to the NE: a) indicating an unsuccessful delivery of the user data to the UE when a report is received (313, 411, 640) from the RAN node indicating that the user data was not successfully delivered to the UE; otherwise; b) indicating an acknowledged delivery of the user data to the UE when the RAN node supports said acknowledgement and an acknowledgement is received (313, 411, 640) from the RAN node indicating that the user data was successfully delivered to the UE; c) indicating an unacknowledged delivery of user data to the UE when the RAN node does not support said acknowledgement. a) indicating an unsuccessful delivery of the user data to the UE when a report is received (313, 411, 640) from the RAN node indicating that the user data was not successfully delivered to the UE; otherwise; b) indicating an acknowledged delivery of the user data to the UE when the RAN node supports said acknowledgement and an acknowledgement is received (313, 411, 640) from the RAN node indicating that the user data was successfully delivered to the UE; c) indicating an unacknowledged delivery of user data to the UE when the RAN node does not support said acknowledgement.
A surgical instrument, comprising: a firing assembly movable through a firing stroke; an end effector comprising a staple cartridge, wherein said staple cartridge comprises: a cartridge body; staples removably stored in said cartridge body; a sled movable between a proximal unfired position and a distal fired position to eject said staples from said cartridge body during said firing stroke; and a spent cartridge lockout configured to block said firing assembly from performing said firing stroke if said sled is not in said proximal unfired position at the initiation of said firing stroke; and a firing force lockout system configured to assist in preventing said firing assembly from performing said firing stroke when said firing assembly is blocked by said spent cartridge lockout characterised in that the surgical instrument further comprises a frame, wherein said firing force lockout system is mounted to said firing assembly, and wherein said firing force lockout system is configured to engage said frame in response to said spent cartridge lockout blocking said firing assembly. a firing assembly movable through a firing stroke; an end effector comprising a staple cartridge, wherein said staple cartridge comprises: a cartridge body; staples removably stored in said cartridge body; a sled movable between a proximal unfired position and a distal fired position to eject said staples from said cartridge body during said firing stroke; and a spent cartridge lockout configured to block said firing assembly from performing said firing stroke if said sled is not in said proximal unfired position at the initiation of said firing stroke; and a cartridge body; staples removably stored in said cartridge body; a sled movable between a proximal unfired position and a distal fired position to eject said staples from said cartridge body during said firing stroke; and a spent cartridge lockout configured to block said firing assembly from performing said firing stroke if said sled is not in said proximal unfired position at the initiation of said firing stroke; and a firing force lockout system configured to assist in preventing said firing assembly from performing said firing stroke when said firing assembly is blocked by said spent cartridge lockout characterised in that the surgical instrument further comprises a frame, wherein said firing force lockout system is mounted to said firing assembly, and wherein said firing force lockout system is configured to engage said frame in response to said spent cartridge lockout blocking said firing assembly.
A weft insertion method in an air jet loom, the method comprising the steps of: attaching a flight promoter that has a greater surface area per unit weight than a weft yarn to a distal end portion of the weft yarn before weft insertion; and performing insertion of the weft yarn to which the flight promoter is attached; characterized in that the flight promoter is shaped like a flat tape having a width which is several tens of times the thickness or greater, or the flight promoter is a fibrillated yarn. attaching a flight promoter that has a greater surface area per unit weight than a weft yarn to a distal end portion of the weft yarn before weft insertion; and performing insertion of the weft yarn to which the flight promoter is attached; characterized in that the flight promoter is shaped like a flat tape having a width which is several tens of times the thickness or greater, or the flight promoter is a fibrillated yarn.
A gas separation apparatus comprising: a separation membrane module including a housing and at least one gas separation membrane element in the housing, the housing forms a space for sealing a source gas flowing in the separation membrane module; a casing for blocking external air; and a heat source unit for adjusting a temperature of a heat medium with which the casing is filled, wherein the casing holds greater than or equal to two separation membrane modules, characterised in that an volume efficiency of the separation membrane modules integrated in the casing is greater than or equal to 5% and 50% or less, where the volume efficiency is calculated by the following formula: volume efficiency = (volume of separation membrane module M/ volume of casing 11) x 100. a separation membrane module including a housing and at least one gas separation membrane element in the housing, the housing forms a space for sealing a source gas flowing in the separation membrane module; a casing for blocking external air; and a heat source unit for adjusting a temperature of a heat medium with which the casing is filled, wherein the casing holds greater than or equal to two separation membrane modules, characterised in that an volume efficiency of the separation membrane modules integrated in the casing is greater than or equal to 5% and 50% or less, where the volume efficiency is calculated by the following formula: volume efficiency = (volume of separation membrane module M/ volume of casing 11) x 100.
A low-profile hearing assistance spout device for a hearing assistance device including a microphone having an acoustic microphone port, the spout device comprising: a planar portion in acoustic communication with a spout portion, the planar portion configured to mount adjacent the microphone with a surface forming an opening in alignment with the acoustic microphone port of a hearing assistance device; and a spout portion connected to the planar portion, the spout portion including an aperture for sound in acoustic communication with the acoustic microphone port to provide an acoustic pathway for sound received by the spout portion to reach the microphone, the spout portion connected at a non-normal angle to the planar portion to reduce ingress of unwanted materials that may reach the microphone; wherein: the spout aperture is configured to connect with an elastomeric tube; and the spout aperture is offset so that at least a portion of the spout aperture is on each side of a plane coplanar with the planar portion surface. a planar portion in acoustic communication with a spout portion, the planar portion configured to mount adjacent the microphone with a surface forming an opening in alignment with the acoustic microphone port of a hearing assistance device; and a spout portion connected to the planar portion, the spout portion including an aperture for sound in acoustic communication with the acoustic microphone port to provide an acoustic pathway for sound received by the spout portion to reach the microphone, the spout portion connected at a non-normal angle to the planar portion to reduce ingress of unwanted materials that may reach the microphone; wherein: the spout aperture is configured to connect with an elastomeric tube; and the spout aperture is offset so that at least a portion of the spout aperture is on each side of a plane coplanar with the planar portion surface. the spout aperture is configured to connect with an elastomeric tube; and the spout aperture is offset so that at least a portion of the spout aperture is on each side of a plane coplanar with the planar portion surface.
A computer-implemented method for data storage, comprising: receiving, from a leader control plane node, at a follower control plane node of a plurality of control plane nodes of a node cluster, a replication instruction to replicate cache data of the leader control plane node in a cache of the follower control plane node and to instruct one or more access manager nodes of a distributed storage system at a second data center to store data in the distributed storage system in accordance with a request received by the leader control plane node, to cause the data to be replicated and stored at a first data center and the second data centers, the cache data identifying an instruction from the leader control plane node to one or more access manager nodes of the distributed storage system at the first data center managed by the leader control plane node, the instruction instructing the one or more access manager nodes of the distributed storage system at the first data center to store the data indicated in the request; processing, by the follower control plane node, the cache data to retrieve an instruction from the leader control plane node to one or more access manager nodes of the distributed storage system, the instruction instructing the one or more access manager nodes managed by the leader control plane node to store data indicated in the request; and instructing, by the follower control plane node, the one or more access manager nodes of the distributed storage system at the second data center to store the data in accordance with the instruction retrieved from the cache. from a leader control plane node, at a follower control plane node of a plurality of control plane nodes of a node cluster, a replication instruction to replicate cache data of the leader control plane node in a cache of the follower control plane node and to instruct one or more access manager nodes of a distributed storage system at a second data center to store data in the distributed storage system in accordance with a request received by the leader control plane node, to cause the data to be replicated and stored at a first data center and the second data centers, the cache data identifying an instruction from the leader control plane node to one or more access manager nodes of the distributed storage system at the first data center managed by the leader control plane node, the instruction instructing the one or more access manager nodes of the distributed storage system at the first data center to store the data indicated in the request; processing, by the follower control plane node, the cache data to retrieve an instruction from the leader control plane node to one or more access manager nodes of the distributed storage system, the instruction instructing the one or more access manager nodes managed by the leader control plane node to store data indicated in the request; and instructing, by the follower control plane node, the one or more access manager nodes of the distributed storage system at the second data center to store the data in accordance with the instruction retrieved from the cache.