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An etchant for selectively etching at least one selected from the group consisting of copper and a copper alloy in a semiconductor substrate that comprises: said at least one selected from the group consisting of copper and the copper alloy; at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel and a nickel alloy; and at least one selected from the group consisting of tin, a tin alloy, gold and a gold alloy, the etchant comprising: 5 to 10.5% by mass of hydrogen peroxide relative to the total mass of the etchant; 0.3 to 6% by mass of nitric acid relative to the total mass of the etchant; at least one nitrogen-containing 5-membered ring compound selected from the group consisting of triazoles and tetrazoles, which may have at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a C 1-6 alkyl group, an amino group, and a substituted amino group having at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a C 1-6 alkyl group and a phenyl group; and at least one pH adjuster selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal hydroxide, ammonia, an amine, and an ammonium salt, a phosphonic acid compound, or a combination of and, wherein the etchant has a pH of 0.7 to 1.3. 5 to 10.5% by mass of hydrogen peroxide relative to the total mass of the etchant; 0.3 to 6% by mass of nitric acid relative to the total mass of the etchant; at least one nitrogen-containing 5-membered ring compound selected from the group consisting of triazoles and tetrazoles, which may have at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a C 1-6 alkyl group, an amino group, and a substituted amino group having at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a C 1-6 alkyl group and a phenyl group; and at least one pH adjuster selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal hydroxide, ammonia, an amine, and an ammonium salt, a phosphonic acid compound, or a combination of and,
A heat exchanger comprising: an inlet configured to enable contaminated fluid flow into the heat exchanger through the inlet; at least two outlets (5, 20) wherein a first outlet is configured to exit purified vapor and a second outlet is configured to enable contaminated fluid with a portion removed as purified vapor exit the heat exchanger through the second outlet; an energy source configured to cause the contaminated fluid to heat to a temperature at which a portion of the contaminated fluid is converted to the purified vapor; wherein the heat exchanger is configured such that at least two different flow paths are provided inside the heat exchanger, a first flow path connecting the inlet to the first outlet and a second flow path connecting the inlet to the second outlet, the first flow path and the second flow path flow through at least a portion of the heat exchanger, wherein gravity differences cause the lighter purified vapor to take a different path than the heavier contaminated fluid with the purified vapor exiting the first outlet and the contaminated fluid exiting the second outlet, characterized in that the heat exchanger further comprises baffles (27, 30) comprising aligned holes (28, 31), the baffles with the aligned holes being configured to separate lighter purified vapor from the contaminated fluid by the gravity differences and create the two different flow paths, and being configured such that the contaminated fluid is removed through the aligned holes. at least two outlets (5, 20) wherein a first outlet is configured to exit purified vapor and a second outlet is configured to enable contaminated fluid with a portion removed as purified vapor exit the heat exchanger through the second outlet; an energy source configured to cause the contaminated fluid to heat to a temperature at which a portion of the contaminated fluid is converted to the purified vapor; wherein the heat exchanger is configured such that at least two different flow paths are provided inside the heat exchanger, a first flow path connecting the inlet to the first outlet and a second flow path connecting the inlet to the second outlet, the first flow path and the second flow path flow through at least a portion of the heat exchanger, wherein gravity differences cause the lighter purified vapor to take a different path than the heavier contaminated fluid with the purified vapor exiting the first outlet and the contaminated fluid exiting the second outlet, characterized in that the heat exchanger further comprises baffles (27, 30) comprising aligned holes (28, 31), the baffles with the aligned holes being configured to separate lighter purified vapor from the contaminated fluid by the gravity differences and create the two different flow paths, and being configured such that the contaminated fluid is removed through the aligned holes.
A method comprising: detecting a condition in which unicast transmissions of a given content stream to a plurality of terminals meet a specified threshold, wherein the threshold is a maximum temporal offset between a first one of the unicast transmissions and a second one of the unicast transmissions; starting a multicast transmission of said given content stream in response to said detected condition; and transitioning (308, 312, 314) at least one of the plurality of terminals to the multicast transmission. detecting a condition in which unicast transmissions of a given content stream to a plurality of terminals meet a specified threshold, wherein the threshold is a maximum temporal offset between a first one of the unicast transmissions and a second one of the unicast transmissions; starting a multicast transmission of said given content stream in response to said detected condition; and transitioning (308, 312, 314) at least one of the plurality of terminals to the multicast transmission.
A method of elevating a marine platform that is supported by a plurality of hollow metallic leg sections that extend above and below a water line of a body of water, comprising the steps of: a) cutting one of the leg sections at a position next to the water line to provide a cut at a selected elevation; b) attaching a plurality of hydraulic rams to the leg sections, each ram having a hollowed cylinder and an extensible push rod and first and second end portions, the rams being attached to the leg section at the end portions with first padeyes of a first height, one end portion being attached to the leg section above the cut and the other end portion being attached to the leg section below the cut, and wherein each ram has a retracted and an extended position; c) surrounding each ram with telescoping sleeves (152, 153), one sleeve sliding within the other sleeve; d) repeating steps "a" through "c" for the other leg sections of the platform; e) elevating the platform an initial distance by extending each ram to the extended position; f) removing the first padeye for each ram in sequence and replacing the first padeye with a second padeye having a second height that is greater than the first height; and g) elevating the platform deck an additional distance. a) cutting one of the leg sections at a position next to the water line to provide a cut at a selected elevation; b) attaching a plurality of hydraulic rams to the leg sections, each ram having a hollowed cylinder and an extensible push rod and first and second end portions, the rams being attached to the leg section at the end portions with first padeyes of a first height, one end portion being attached to the leg section above the cut and the other end portion being attached to the leg section below the cut, and wherein each ram has a retracted and an extended position; c) surrounding each ram with telescoping sleeves (152, 153), one sleeve sliding within the other sleeve; d) repeating steps "a" through "c" for the other leg sections of the platform; e) elevating the platform an initial distance by extending each ram to the extended position; f) removing the first padeye for each ram in sequence and replacing the first padeye with a second padeye having a second height that is greater than the first height; and g) elevating the platform deck an additional distance.
A comfortably movable sun umbrella base, comprising an outer frame, an underframe being disposed in the outer frame, and roller wheels being provided at the bottom of the underframe, wherein a pull rod assembly is disposed on at least one side of the outer frame, fixed tubes are cooperatively disposed at both ends of the pull rod assembly, a limiting assembly is disposed at an end of each fixed tube, the limiting assembly is connected to the underframe, the pull rod assembly can be overturned when being drawn outwards relative to the fixed tubes to the extent that the pull rod assembly abuts against the ends of the fixed tubes, the limiting assemblies are in a limiting fit with the pull rod assembly overturned upwards, and at the same time, through a warp motion, the roller wheels at the bottom of the underframe are downwards exposed out of the outer frame to abut against the ground, so as to achieve the movement of the base.
Process for producing a polymethacrylate foam, characterized in that a composition containing from 0.2 to 2.0% by weight of an initiator, from 0 to 20% by weight of an unpolymerizable blowing agent, from 0 to 5% by weight of a chain-transfer agent and from 70 to 99.8% by weight of a monomer mixture consisting of from 70 to 95% by weight of MMA, from 0.1 to 5% by weight of alkyl acrylates having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, from 0 to 10% by weight of alkyl methacrylates having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, from 0.5 to 10% by weight of methacrylamides, N-alkylmethacrylamides and/or N,N-dialkylmethacrylamides, from 0 to 10% by weight of crosslinkers, from 0 to 10% by weight of acrylic, methacrylic and/or itaconic acid and from 0 to 10% by weight of a hydroxy-functional alkyl (meth)acrylate, where the entire monomer mixture or part of the monomer mixture can be present to an extent of up to 80% by weight as polymer and/or oligomer at the beginning of the polymerization, is polymerized at a temperature in the range from 20°C to 100°C and subsequently foamed at from 130°C to 250°C.
A method for automated display of permissive logic in control systems associated with a power generation unit, the method comprising: receiving, at a control device, one or more signals from a power generation unit; processing, by the control device, the one or more signals to control the power generation unit according to permissive logic instructions, said permissive logic instructions relating to combinational logic implemented by Boolean operators; sending, by the control device, data associated with the one or more signals to a storage area for updating on a display, the display comprising a graphical representation of the permissive logic instructions, said graphical representation relating to a graphical representation of the combinational logic; associating, by the control device, the one or more signals with one or more respective input pins associated with a graphical representation; the method characterized by: highlighting input pins having values that changed from a previous frame of input pin data to a current frame of input pin data, said input pins relating to input pins of logic function blocks that form the combinational logic; wherein the graphical representation comprises one or more combinational logic blocks (150,160,170), wherein an output pin associated with the one or more combinational logic blocks is updated based on the one or more signals. receiving, at a control device, one or more signals from a power generation unit; processing, by the control device, the one or more signals to control the power generation unit according to permissive logic instructions, said permissive logic instructions relating to combinational logic implemented by Boolean operators; sending, by the control device, data associated with the one or more signals to a storage area for updating on a display, the display comprising a graphical representation of the permissive logic instructions, said graphical representation relating to a graphical representation of the combinational logic; associating, by the control device, the one or more signals with one or more respective input pins associated with a graphical representation; the method characterized by: highlighting input pins having values that changed from a previous frame of input pin data to a current frame of input pin data, said input pins relating to input pins of logic function blocks that form the combinational logic; wherein the graphical representation comprises one or more combinational logic blocks (150,160,170), wherein an output pin associated with the one or more combinational logic blocks is updated based on the one or more signals. highlighting input pins having values that changed from a previous frame of input pin data to a current frame of input pin data, said input pins relating to input pins of logic function blocks that form the combinational logic; wherein the graphical representation comprises one or more combinational logic blocks (150,160,170), wherein an output pin associated with the one or more combinational logic blocks is updated based on the one or more signals.
A method of monitoring signal quality of a wearable biometric monitoring device worn at the ear of a subject, wherein the biometric monitoring device includes a physiological sensor configured to detect and/or measure physiological information from the subject, a motion sensor, and at least one processor in communication with the physiological sensor and the motion sensor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive and analyze signals produced by the physiological sensor and the motion sensor, the method characterized by: instructing the subject to talk or wiggle their ear while the physiological sensor is detecting and/or measuring physiological information from the subject; and processing, via the at least one processor, signals from the physiological sensor and the motion sensor while the subject talks or wiggles their ear to determine whether the signal quality produced by the physiological sensor is above a minimum acceptable value for producing accurate physiological information. instructing the subject to talk or wiggle their ear while the physiological sensor is detecting and/or measuring physiological information from the subject; and processing, via the at least one processor, signals from the physiological sensor and the motion sensor while the subject talks or wiggles their ear to determine whether the signal quality produced by the physiological sensor is above a minimum acceptable value for producing accurate physiological information.
A refrigerant cycle device comprising: a compressor; a gas cooler; a pressure reducing device; an evaporator, the compressor, the gas cooler, the pressure reducing device and the evaporator being in fluid communication to form a closed loop; and a heat exchanger (20, 20', 50, 60) to heat-exchange a refrigerant discharged from the gas cooler and a refrigerant discharged from the evaporator, the heat exchanger including a first passage connected to an outlet of the gas cooler and containing the refrigerant discharged from the gas cooler and a second passage connected to an outlet of the evaporator and containing the refrigerant discharged from the evaporator, wherein the refrigerant in the first passage flows downward, and the refrigerant in the second passage flows upward, characterized in that the outlet of the evaporator is disposed at a higher position than an inlet of the second passage. a compressor; a gas cooler; a pressure reducing device; an evaporator, the compressor, the gas cooler, the pressure reducing device and the evaporator being in fluid communication to form a closed loop; and a heat exchanger (20, 20', 50, 60) to heat-exchange a refrigerant discharged from the gas cooler and a refrigerant discharged from the evaporator, the heat exchanger including a first passage connected to an outlet of the gas cooler and containing the refrigerant discharged from the gas cooler and a second passage connected to an outlet of the evaporator and containing the refrigerant discharged from the evaporator, wherein the refrigerant in the first passage flows downward, and the refrigerant in the second passage flows upward, characterized in that the outlet of the evaporator is disposed at a higher position than an inlet of the second passage.
Centrifugal pump comprising a pump housing, wherein an impeller and a suction port which can be inserted into a base plate of the pump housing and which forms a suction opening are arranged in the pump housing, wherein the base plate comprises a cylindrical recess, into which the suction port is inserted in the assembled state, and wherein the base plate due to the cylindrical recess has a cylinder surface whose surface normal extends orthogonally to the center axis of the recess, the suction port is mounted axially displaceably on the base plate of the pump housing in that the suction port and the base plate each comprise at least one surface which are pivoted relative to the base plate and bear against each other so that a distance between the impeller and the suction port can be varied by rotating the suction port, characterized in that the suction port comprises a sealing collar which is provided at the radial circumferential surface of the suction port and, in the inserted state, bears against the cylinder surface of the base plate, wherein the sealing collar is configured as a circumferential, thin-walled collar, which in the non-inserted state has an oversize with respect to the cylinder surface and the sealing collar is made in one piece with the suction port as a result of a single manufacturing step. wherein an impeller and a suction port which can be inserted into a base plate of the pump housing and which forms a suction opening are arranged in the pump housing, wherein the base plate comprises a cylindrical recess, into which the suction port is inserted in the assembled state, and wherein the base plate due to the cylindrical recess has a cylinder surface whose surface normal extends orthogonally to the center axis of the recess, the suction port is mounted axially displaceably on the base plate of the pump housing in that the suction port and the base plate each comprise at least one surface which are pivoted relative to the base plate and bear against each other so that a distance between the impeller and the suction port can be varied by rotating the suction port, characterized in that the suction port comprises a sealing collar which is provided at the radial circumferential surface of the suction port and, in the inserted state, bears against the cylinder surface of the base plate, wherein the sealing collar is configured as a circumferential, thin-walled collar, which in the non-inserted state has an oversize with respect to the cylinder surface and the sealing collar is made in one piece with the suction port as a result of a single manufacturing step.
An information transmission system comprising: an information sending device including a light emitting section adapted to emit light in a plurality of colors, a modulating section adapted to modulate information to be transmitted into signals composed of changes in color, and a light emission control section adapted to control the light emitting section to emit light while changing color temporally based on the signals generated by the modulating section; and an information receiving device including an imaging section adapted to capture an image having color, a detecting section adapted to detect a pixel area whose color changes temporally in images consecutively captured by the imaging section, a decoding section adapted to decode a color change of the pixel area detected by the detecting section into information, and an information output section adapted to output the information generated by the decoding section, wherein the plurality of colors is set by color separation characteristics or auto white balance characteristics of the imaging section. an information sending device including a light emitting section adapted to emit light in a plurality of colors, a modulating section adapted to modulate information to be transmitted into signals composed of changes in color, and a light emission control section adapted to control the light emitting section to emit light while changing color temporally based on the signals generated by the modulating section; and an information receiving device including an imaging section adapted to capture an image having color, a detecting section adapted to detect a pixel area whose color changes temporally in images consecutively captured by the imaging section, a decoding section adapted to decode a color change of the pixel area detected by the detecting section into information, and an information output section adapted to output the information generated by the decoding section, wherein the plurality of colors is set by color separation characteristics or auto white balance characteristics of the imaging section.
A vehicle control system comprising a control unit arrangement and at least one sensor arrangement (4, 5) that is arranged to be mounted in an ego vehicle, where the sensor arrangement (4, 5) is adapted to provide sensor information for one preceding target vehicle and surrounding target vehicles (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) separate from the preceding target vehicle, where the control unit arrangement is adapted to control an ego vehicle speed (v 1) in dependence of the sensor information associated with the preceding target vehicle such that an ego distance (r 1) between the ego vehicle and the preceding target vehicle is obtained, where a time gap (ΔT 1) is defined as the time for travelling the ego distance (r 1) at the ego vehicle speed (v 1), wherein the control unit arrangement is adapted to control the ego vehicle speed (v 1) in dependence of the sensor information associated with the surrounding target vehicles (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) such that a present time gap (ΔT 1) is maintained in dependence of the number of detected surrounding target vehicles; wherein the control unit arrangement is adapted to control the ego vehicle speed (v 2, v 3) such that the time gap (ΔT 2) is decreased with an increased number of detected surrounding target vehicles (7, 8, 9, 10, 11), and such that the time gap (ΔT 3) is increased with a decreased number of surrounding detected target vehicles; characterised in that the control unit arrangement is adapted to control the time gap (ΔT 4, ΔT 5) in dependence of the ego vehicle speed (v 4, v 5) when the number of detected surrounding target vehicles (7, 8, 9) is constant such that the time gap (ΔT 4) is decreased with an increased ego vehicle speed (v 4) and such that the time gap (ΔT 5) is increased with a decreased ego vehicle speed (v 5).