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A method for producing a semiconductor device (100; 200) comprising: an implantation step of performing proton implantation from a rear surface of a semiconductor substrate (101; 201) of a first conductivity type; and a formation step of performing an annealing process for the semiconductor substrate (101; 201) in an annealing furnace to form a first semiconductor region (101a; 201a) of the first conductivity type which has a higher impurity concentration than the semiconductor substrate (101; 201) after the implantation step, wherein the annealing furnace includes an explosion protection means for preventing explosion due to hydrogen gas, and in the formation step, the annealing furnace contains a hydrogen atmosphere and volume concentration of hydrogen is in a range of 6% to 30%. an implantation step of performing proton implantation from a rear surface of a semiconductor substrate (101; 201) of a first conductivity type; and a formation step of performing an annealing process for the semiconductor substrate (101; 201) in an annealing furnace to form a first semiconductor region (101a; 201a) of the first conductivity type which has a higher impurity concentration than the semiconductor substrate (101; 201) after the implantation step, wherein the annealing furnace includes an explosion protection means for preventing explosion due to hydrogen gas, and in the formation step, the annealing furnace contains a hydrogen atmosphere and volume concentration of hydrogen is in a range of 6% to 30%.
An image forming apparatus comprising: a rotatable image bearing member; toner image forming means ( 2, 3, 4) for forming a toner image on said image bearing member; a transfer member ( 5, 10, 11), pressed against said image bearing member, for forming a transfer portion ( S1, S2) for transferring the toner image onto the transfer material from said image bearing member; and a current detector for detecting a current flowing through the transfer member ( 5, 10, 11), wherein said toner image forming means ( 2, 3, 4) is capable of forming a toner image of a first test image and a second test image, each having a predetermined width measured in a direction of a rotational axis of said image bearing member at different positions; characterized by a judging portion for judging a resistance difference in said transfer member with respect to an axial direction thereof on the basis of an output of said current detector when the toner image of the first test image is transferred and passes through the transfer portion, and an output of said current detector when the toner image of the second test image is transferred and passes through the transfer portion, at the different positions; and an output portion for outputting information about an abnormality on the basis of an output of said judging portion. a rotatable image bearing member; toner image forming means ( 2, 3, 4) for forming a toner image on said image bearing member; a transfer member ( 5, 10, 11), pressed against said image bearing member, for forming a transfer portion ( S1, S2) for transferring the toner image onto the transfer material from said image bearing member; and a current detector for detecting a current flowing through the transfer member ( 5, 10, 11), wherein said toner image forming means ( 2, 3, 4) is capable of forming a toner image of a first test image and a second test image, each having a predetermined width measured in a direction of a rotational axis of said image bearing member at different positions; characterized by a judging portion for judging a resistance difference in said transfer member with respect to an axial direction thereof on the basis of an output of said current detector when the toner image of the first test image is transferred and passes through the transfer portion, and an output of said current detector when the toner image of the second test image is transferred and passes through the transfer portion, at the different positions; and an output portion for outputting information about an abnormality on the basis of an output of said judging portion.
A method for identifying gases in which the gases to be identified are ionised and the drift times of product ions through a drift chamber are measured and the measured drift times are evaluated, wherein in order to measure the drift times, the product ions are accelerated through a resulting electrical field to drift velocities in the drift chamber, and a drift gas is guided into the drift chamber counter to the direction of movement of the product ions, and wherein a drift gas velocity of the drift gas is varied in the drift chamber.
A method implemented by a computing system, comprising: receiving, via network, a plurality of test results from at least one sample analyzer of each of a plurality of customers; selecting test results from the plurality of test results, based on a plurality of determination rules adaptable to each of the customers; and determining, for each of the customers, a number of the selected test results, wherein the determination rules are for selecting the test result which is reportable to a medical doctor, the determination rules comprise a first rule for selecting the test result of a sample collected from a subject, the first rule is for excluding the test result of a quality control sample, a calibrator sample or a fluid for background check, the determination rules comprise a second rule for excluding the test result which is associated with an error, and the determination rules comprise a third rule for excluding the test result which is a duplicate of a retesting. receiving, via network, a plurality of test results from at least one sample analyzer of each of a plurality of customers; selecting test results from the plurality of test results, based on a plurality of determination rules adaptable to each of the customers; and determining, for each of the customers, a number of the selected test results, wherein the determination rules are for selecting the test result which is reportable to a medical doctor, the determination rules comprise a first rule for selecting the test result of a sample collected from a subject, the first rule is for excluding the test result of a quality control sample, a calibrator sample or a fluid for background check, the determination rules comprise a second rule for excluding the test result which is associated with an error, and the determination rules comprise a third rule for excluding the test result which is a duplicate of a retesting.
A method of pairing a first device with a second device, the first and second devices being adapted for wirelessly communicating with each other, the pairing of devices aiming at ensuring communication only between trusted devices, the method comprising in the first device providing an algorithm comprising at least the following states • A STANDBY state where the first device is in a default state; • A CONNECTED state where wireless communication between the first and second devices has been established; • A PAIRING state comprising a pairing search state where pairing inquiries are repeatedly issued by the first device; and providing that when the first device is NOT in the STANDBY or CONNECTED states, the first device is automatically, repeatedly brought in the pairing search state, the method further comprises • providing that a pairing inquiry issued by the first device comprises a request for identification, ID, of devices receiving the inquiry; • providing a record of trusted device IDs with which connection is allowed to be established; • providing that a received device ID is compared to the record of trusted device IDs; • in the pairing search state establishing a connection to the second device, if a received device-ID is from a device on the record of trusted device IDs with which connection is allowed to be established. • A STANDBY state where the first device is in a default state; • A CONNECTED state where wireless communication between the first and second devices has been established; • A PAIRING state comprising a pairing search state where pairing inquiries are repeatedly issued by the first device; and • providing that a pairing inquiry issued by the first device comprises a request for identification, ID, of devices receiving the inquiry; • providing a record of trusted device IDs with which connection is allowed to be established; • providing that a received device ID is compared to the record of trusted device IDs; • in the pairing search state establishing a connection to the second device, if a received device-ID is from a device on the record of trusted device IDs with which connection is allowed to be established.
A spreadable, solid food product comprising a fluid fatty phase formed of non-hydrogenated and non-interesterified oil comprising at least 75 %, preferably at least 85 % of unsaturated fatty acids, preferably C16-C20, in a mixture with at least one microcrystalline mineral wax in a weight proportion of at least 1 %, preferably at least 3 % in said fatty phase.
Pump assembly with an electric motor which comprises a stator with an iron core and windings arranged thereon, and is arranged in a stator housing surrounding the electric motor to the outside, characterised in that the stator housing is designed as a cast component, into which the iron core is cast, and the windings have been deposited onto the iron core after casting the iron core into the stator housing.
A sliding door for vehicles comprising an inner door panel onto which a center roller assembly is mounted which includes at least a roller being supported by a roller bracket which is connected to an attachment bracket via a plurality of connecting means, said inner door panel being interposed between said roller bracket and said attachment bracket, wherein said connecting means each pass through respective long holes formed in said roller bracket and corresponding long holes formed in said inner door panel, wherein the longitudinal axes of said long holes formed in said roller bracket are perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of said long holes formed in said inner door panel.
A thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a hydrogenated block copolymer and a propylene polymer, wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer is a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer having at least two polymer blocks P that contain 50 mol% or more of an aromatic vinyl compound unit and at least one polymer block Q that contains 50 mol% or more of a conjugated diene compound unit; a total content of the aromatic vinyl compound unit in the hydrogenated block copolymer is from 8 to 25 % by mass; and the thermoplastic elastomer composition contains, as the hydrogenated block copolymer, a hydrogenated block copolymer having a melt flow rate of 50 to 280 g/10 min as measured in accordance with ISO 1133 at 230°C under a load of 2.16 kg, and a hydrogenated block copolymer having a melt flow rate of 0.5 to 39 g/10 min as measured in accordance with ISO 1133 at 230°C under a load of 2.16 kg.
A surgical robotic access system providing robotic manipulator access into a patient's body, the surgical robotic access system comprising: a sealing cap arranged to be disposed externally to a patient's body, the sealing cap including a flexible seal; a retractor comprising an outer ring removably connected to the sealing cap and an inner ring arranged to be positioned within a patient's body; and a robotic insertion tube that is coupled at a proximal end to a robotic sleeve, wherein the robotic insertion tube is coupled at a distal end to the flexible seal, and wherein the robotic insertion tube has a lumen, wherein the flexible seal covers a portion of the lumen of the robotic insertion tube through which a surgical robotic manipulator is insertable through the flexible seal, wherein the flexible seal comprises a plurality of protectors or shield leaves configured to protect portions of the flexible seal from being torn or punctured by the surgical robotic manipulator by directing the surgical robotic manipulator where to be inserted into the flexible seal, and wherein the flexible seal provides a zero seal in an absence of the surgical robotic manipulator, after the surgical robotic manipulator has subsequently been withdrawn. a sealing cap arranged to be disposed externally to a patient's body, the sealing cap including a flexible seal; a retractor comprising an outer ring removably connected to the sealing cap and an inner ring arranged to be positioned within a patient's body; and a robotic insertion tube that is coupled at a proximal end to a robotic sleeve, wherein the robotic insertion tube is coupled at a distal end to the flexible seal, and wherein the robotic insertion tube has a lumen, wherein the flexible seal covers a portion of the lumen of the robotic insertion tube through which a surgical robotic manipulator is insertable through the flexible seal, wherein the flexible seal comprises a plurality of protectors or shield leaves configured to protect portions of the flexible seal from being torn or punctured by the surgical robotic manipulator by directing the surgical robotic manipulator where to be inserted into the flexible seal, and wherein the flexible seal provides a zero seal in an absence of the surgical robotic manipulator, after the surgical robotic manipulator has subsequently been withdrawn.
An intimate blend of staple fibers, comprising a mixture of: i) 3 to 80 weight percent of a first staple fiber made from a polymer having a limiting oxygen index greater than 21 and retaining at least 90 percent of its weight when heated to 425 degrees Celsius in air at a rate of 10 degrees per minute, the first staple fiber further comprising 0.5 to 20 weight percent discrete carbon particles homogeneously dispersed in that fiber; and ii) 20 to 97 weight percent of either: a) a second staple fiber being free of discrete carbon particles and having an L* lightness coordinate of 70 or greater, the second staple fiber being capable of accepting a dye or coloration and made from a polymer having a limiting oxygen index of greater than 21, or b) a second staple fiber blend being free of discrete carbon particles and comprising at least one second staple fiber, the second staple fiber having an L* lightness coordinate of 70 or greater, being capable of accepting a dye or coloration, and made from a polymer having a limiting oxygen index of greater than 21; the mixture having a total content of 0.5 to 3 weight percent discrete carbon particles. i) 3 to 80 weight percent of a first staple fiber made from a polymer having a limiting oxygen index greater than 21 and retaining at least 90 percent of its weight when heated to 425 degrees Celsius in air at a rate of 10 degrees per minute, the first staple fiber further comprising 0.5 to 20 weight percent discrete carbon particles homogeneously dispersed in that fiber; and ii) 20 to 97 weight percent of either: a) a second staple fiber being free of discrete carbon particles and having an L* lightness coordinate of 70 or greater, the second staple fiber being capable of accepting a dye or coloration and made from a polymer having a limiting oxygen index of greater than 21, or b) a second staple fiber blend being free of discrete carbon particles and comprising at least one second staple fiber, the second staple fiber having an L* lightness coordinate of 70 or greater, being capable of accepting a dye or coloration, and made from a polymer having a limiting oxygen index of greater than 21; a) a second staple fiber being free of discrete carbon particles and having an L* lightness coordinate of 70 or greater, the second staple fiber being capable of accepting a dye or coloration and made from a polymer having a limiting oxygen index of greater than 21, or b) a second staple fiber blend being free of discrete carbon particles and comprising at least one second staple fiber, the second staple fiber having an L* lightness coordinate of 70 or greater, being capable of accepting a dye or coloration, and made from a polymer having a limiting oxygen index of greater than 21;
A magnetic field sensor comprising: a first bridge circuit (201, 211) including a first plurality of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215) configured to sense a magnetic field in a first direction, wherein the first plurality of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215) includes i groups of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215) where i is greater than or equal to 2; and circuitry configured to apply a plurality of current pulses, wherein the plurality of current pulses is sequentially applied adjacent to each of the i groups of the plurality of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215), characterised in that the plurality of sense elements is divided into the i groups such that the sequential application of the plurality of current pulses adjacent to the i groups of the plurality of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215) results in a larger current applied adjacent to each of the i groups, for a given voltage than the current resulting if the plurality of current pulses had been applied adjacent to all of the first plurality of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215)simultaneously. a first bridge circuit (201, 211) including a first plurality of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215) configured to sense a magnetic field in a first direction, wherein the first plurality of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215) includes i groups of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215) where i is greater than or equal to 2; and circuitry configured to apply a plurality of current pulses, wherein the plurality of current pulses is sequentially applied adjacent to each of the i groups of the plurality of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215), characterised in that the plurality of sense elements is divided into the i groups such that the sequential application of the plurality of current pulses adjacent to the i groups of the plurality of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215) results in a larger current applied adjacent to each of the i groups, for a given voltage than the current resulting if the plurality of current pulses had been applied adjacent to all of the first plurality of magnetic sense elements (202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215)simultaneously.
An optical fiber comprising: a central core region having outer radius r 1 and relative refractive index Δ 1 a cladding region comprising a first inner cladding region and relative refractive index Δ 2 and a second cladding region surrounding the inner cladding region and comprising relative refractive index Δ 3, wherein Δ 3 is greater than 0.0%, Δ 1 > Δ 3 > Δ 2, wherein the difference between Δ 3 and Δ 2 is greater than 0.02 %, characterized in that the core has a super-Gaussian refractive index profile, the first inner cladding region has an outer radius r 2 > 17 microns and the fiber exhibits a profile volume, V 2 of the inner cladding region, calculated between r 1 and r 2, which is equal to: V 2 = 2 ∫ r 1 r 2 Δ 3 − 2 r rdr and |V 2 | is at least 30 % Δmicron 2. a central core region having outer radius r 1 and relative refractive index Δ 1 a cladding region comprising a first inner cladding region and relative refractive index Δ 2 and a second cladding region surrounding the inner cladding region and comprising relative refractive index Δ 3, wherein Δ 3 is greater than 0.0%, Δ 1 > Δ 3 > Δ 2, wherein the difference between Δ 3 and Δ 2 is greater than 0.02 %, characterized in that the core has a super-Gaussian refractive index profile, the first inner cladding region has an outer radius r 2 > 17 microns and the fiber exhibits a profile volume, V 2 of the inner cladding region, calculated between r 1 and r 2, which is equal to: V 2 = 2 ∫ r 1 r 2 Δ 3 − 2 r rdr and |V 2 | is at least 30 % Δmicron 2.
An electric toothbrush, comprising: a handle having a motor (26, 426) disposed therein; a head (20, 420) having a longitudinal axis; a neck (24, 424) disposed between said handle and said head; a single rotating or oscillating first bristle holder (36, 436) configured to rotate or oscillate about an axis passing through the first bristle holder generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said head; the first bristle holder being disposed at a first remote end of said head; a second bristle holder (38, 438) disposed on said head between said first bristle holder (36, 436) and said handle and having rows of bristle tufts oriented generally transverse to said longitudinal axis of said head, said second bristle holder being operable to reciprocate in generally the same direction as said longitudinal axis of said head but not to rotate or oscillate, wherein said motor is operatively connected to said first and second bristle holders; a shaft (34, 434) at least partially disposed within said neck, said shaft being operatively connected to said motor, said first bristle holder and said second bristle holder; wherein a longitudinal axis of the shaft extends in the same general longitudinal direction as the longitudinal axis of the head, and the shaft is configured to reciprocate along its longitudinal axis; and wherein the shaft is fixedly secured to an arm by a pin, the arm being connected at its terminal end to the first bristle holder. a handle having a motor (26, 426) disposed therein; a head (20, 420) having a longitudinal axis; a neck (24, 424) disposed between said handle and said head; a single rotating or oscillating first bristle holder (36, 436) configured to rotate or oscillate about an axis passing through the first bristle holder generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said head; the first bristle holder being disposed at a first remote end of said head; a second bristle holder (38, 438) disposed on said head between said first bristle holder (36, 436) and said handle and having rows of bristle tufts oriented generally transverse to said longitudinal axis of said head, said second bristle holder being operable to reciprocate in generally the same direction as said longitudinal axis of said head but not to rotate or oscillate, wherein said motor is operatively connected to said first and second bristle holders; a shaft (34, 434) at least partially disposed within said neck, said shaft being operatively connected to said motor, said first bristle holder and said second bristle holder; wherein a longitudinal axis of the shaft extends in the same general longitudinal direction as the longitudinal axis of the head, and the shaft is configured to reciprocate along its longitudinal axis; and wherein the shaft is fixedly secured to an arm by a pin, the arm being connected at its terminal end to the first bristle holder.