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A metrology system, comprising: a light source configured to produce a diffraction-limited light beam ; an apodizer positioned in an illumination pupil of illumination optics which is configured to alter the light distribution of the light beam in the illumination pupil using a mask to alter the amplitude and/or phase of the light beam such that an irradiance farther than 1.5 microns from the center of an illumination spot in a wafer plane is less than 10 -6 of the peak irradiance of the center of the spot; optical elements configured to direct the diffraction-limited light beam from the apodizer to the illumination spot on a grating target on a wafer and to collect scattered light from the grating target; a field stop configured to reject a portion of the collected scattered light; a detector configured to detect the scattered light that passes through the field stop and to generate output responsive to the detected scattered light such that the grating target is measured by the metrology system using scatterometry; and a computer system configured to determine a characteristic of the grating target using the output; Characterized in that : wherein the optical elements are further configured to concentrate ghost images of the collected scattered light to localized areas in an imaging pupil of the optical elements or spread the ghost images out across the imaging pupil to reduce irradiance of the ghost images. a light source configured to produce a diffraction-limited light beam ; an apodizer positioned in an illumination pupil of illumination optics which is configured to alter the light distribution of the light beam in the illumination pupil using a mask to alter the amplitude and/or phase of the light beam such that an irradiance farther than 1.5 microns from the center of an illumination spot in a wafer plane is less than 10 -6 of the peak irradiance of the center of the spot; optical elements configured to direct the diffraction-limited light beam from the apodizer to the illumination spot on a grating target on a wafer and to collect scattered light from the grating target; a field stop configured to reject a portion of the collected scattered light; a detector configured to detect the scattered light that passes through the field stop and to generate output responsive to the detected scattered light such that the grating target is measured by the metrology system using scatterometry; and a computer system configured to determine a characteristic of the grating target using the output; Characterized in that : wherein the optical elements are further configured to concentrate ghost images of the collected scattered light to localized areas in an imaging pupil of the optical elements or spread the ghost images out across the imaging pupil to reduce irradiance of the ghost images.
Input point for a pneumatic waste material conveying system, which input point comprises an input aperture for feeding material to inside the input point from outside the input point, means for opening and closing the input aperture, and the input point comprises a vertical channel part , which can be connected at its bottom part to a material conveying channel, in the wall of the channel part an aperture is formed for feeding material into a channel space of the channel part via the input aperture or the aperture of the channel part can be the input aperture in an embodiment in which the channel part forms an outer wall, or part thereof, of the input point, and that the means for opening and closing the input aperture comprise a shut-off means , which shut-off means is fitted inside the channel part movably in the direction of the channel part between at least one first position, in which a connection for feeding in material via the input aperture is closed, and at least one second position, in which the connection for feeding in material via the input aperture is open, characterized in that the input point comprises a counterpart supported movably on the input point or on the structures of the input point, on which counterpart is a countersurface for the shut-off means and against which counterpart the shut-off means is adapted to settle in the first position.
A passenger conveyor display device that displays information to passengers who step on a passenger conveyor, the passenger conveyor display device comprising: a first display unit positioned on the left toward the passenger conveyor at a boarding ; a second display unit positioned on the right toward the passenger conveyor at the boarding ; a control device to control the first display unit and the second display unit ; and passenger detection means for detecting passengers stepping on the passenger conveyor, wherein the first display unit and the second display unit display images representing information to the passengers; the passengers pass between the first display unit and the second display unit and step on the passenger conveyor; the control device estimates a state of congestion and a state of passengers gathering on only one lane in the passenger conveyor, based on detection signals (s a , s b , s c , s d ) from the passenger detection means ; characterized in that : the control device sets an image to be displayed by the first display unit and an image to be displayed by the second display unit independently, depending on the state of congestion and the state of passengers gathering on only one lane. a first display unit positioned on the left toward the passenger conveyor at a boarding ; a second display unit positioned on the right toward the passenger conveyor at the boarding ; a control device to control the first display unit and the second display unit ; and passenger detection means for detecting passengers stepping on the passenger conveyor, wherein the first display unit and the second display unit display images representing information to the passengers; the passengers pass between the first display unit and the second display unit and step on the passenger conveyor; the control device estimates a state of congestion and a state of passengers gathering on only one lane in the passenger conveyor, based on detection signals (s a , s b , s c , s d ) from the passenger detection means ; characterized in that : the control device sets an image to be displayed by the first display unit and an image to be displayed by the second display unit independently, depending on the state of congestion and the state of passengers gathering on only one lane.
A method for managing a data migration operation, the method comprising creating, by a storage device , a read submission queue entry (RSQE) indicating a location of data at a source storage of the storage device to be copied from the source storage to a target storage , the read submission queue entry (RSQE) comprising a field comprising metadata comprising information for reading the data from the source storage ; characterised in that the method further comprises assisting, by an embedded logic of a controller of the storage device , a host in copying data from the source storage to the target storage . characterised in that the method further comprises assisting, by an embedded logic of a controller of the storage device , a host in copying data from the source storage to the target storage .
A method comprising: combining signals from a plurality of sensing lines of a grid based digitizer sensor based on matrix multiplication with a Hadamard Matrix, wherein the combining provides a plurality of signal combinations; sampling each of the plurality of signal combinations with a different Analog to Digital Converters, ADC, in a group of ADCs , wherein the sampling is performed simultaneously; post processing sampled outputs from the group of ADCs, wherein the post processing includes multiplying an inverse of the Hadamard Matrix with the sampled outputs from the group of ADCs; and detecting presence of an object interacting with the grid based digitizer sensor based on the post processing. combining signals from a plurality of sensing lines of a grid based digitizer sensor based on matrix multiplication with a Hadamard Matrix, wherein the combining provides a plurality of signal combinations; sampling each of the plurality of signal combinations with a different Analog to Digital Converters, ADC, in a group of ADCs , wherein the sampling is performed simultaneously; post processing sampled outputs from the group of ADCs, wherein the post processing includes multiplying an inverse of the Hadamard Matrix with the sampled outputs from the group of ADCs; and detecting presence of an object interacting with the grid based digitizer sensor based on the post processing.
Cryogenic tank, in particular for transporting cryogenic fluid, for example liquefied helium or hydrogen, comprising an inner shell made of a metal material or alloy and intended to contain the cryogenic fluid, an outer shell made of a metal material or alloy, arranged around the inner shell and delimiting a space between the two shells , said space being under vacuum, the outer shell extending in a longitudinal direction (A) and comprising a plurality of reinforcing ribs distributed in planes that are perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (A), the ribs being formed by deformations, for example by knurling, on one and the same wall of the outer shell , characterized in that the tank also comprises at least one reinforcing element for reinforcing at least part of at least one of the ribs , the reinforcing element comprising a strip rigidly connected to the two portions of the wall situated at the base and on either side of the rib .
Ultrasonic welding device comprising: - a sonotrode , - a counterbearing opposite the sonotrode , wherein - the counterbearing is movably mounted parallel to a direction of oscillation of the sonotrode , characterized in that - the counterbearing is mounted dynamically such that it is periodically elongated by the oscillation energy coupled in by the activated sonotrode , and that the kinetic energy can be fed back by the oscillation of the counterbearing into the work piece during the welding process. - a sonotrode , - a counterbearing opposite the sonotrode , wherein - the counterbearing is movably mounted parallel to a direction of oscillation of the sonotrode , characterized in that - the counterbearing is mounted dynamically such that it is periodically elongated by the oscillation energy coupled in by the activated sonotrode , and that the kinetic energy can be fed back by the oscillation of the counterbearing into the work piece during the welding process.
A method comprising: receiving , at a base station over a licensed frequency band, requests for resources in an unlicensed frequency band from user equipments ; sensing that at least one channel is clear in response to a strength of a signal received on the at least one channel being below a first threshold value; acquiring , at the base station , at least one channel in an unlicensed frequency band for a predetermined time interval, wherein acquiring the at least one channel comprises acquiring the at least one channel in response to sensing that the at least one channel is clear; scheduling , at the base station , the user equipments for uplink transmission on the at least one channel during the predetermined time interval, wherein scheduling the user equipments comprises scheduling the user equipments in response to receiving the requests, the scheduling being performed on a time division multiplexed basis so that the acquired channel is allocated to different user equipment during different portions of the time interval. receiving , at a base station over a licensed frequency band, requests for resources in an unlicensed frequency band from user equipments ; sensing that at least one channel is clear in response to a strength of a signal received on the at least one channel being below a first threshold value; acquiring , at the base station , at least one channel in an unlicensed frequency band for a predetermined time interval, wherein acquiring the at least one channel comprises acquiring the at least one channel in response to sensing that the at least one channel is clear; scheduling , at the base station , the user equipments for uplink transmission on the at least one channel during the predetermined time interval, wherein scheduling the user equipments comprises scheduling the user equipments in response to receiving the requests, the scheduling being performed on a time division multiplexed basis so that the acquired channel is allocated to different user equipment during different portions of the time interval.
A stacked-chip image sensor , comprising: a first semiconductor substrate having opposing first and second surfaces, wherein the first semiconductor substrate includes an array of image sensor pixels that are configured to receive image light through the first surface, wherein the array of image sensor pixels is arranged in pixel rows and pixel columns, wherein the array of image sensor pixels comprises pixel blocks and wherein each pixel block comprises a plurality of the pixel rows and a plurality of the pixel columns ; a second semiconductor substrate coupled to the second surface, wherein the second semiconductor substrate includes control circuitry for operating the image sensor pixels to capture image data and wherein the control circuitry comprises analog-to-digital conversion circuitry ; and a plurality of vertical conductive interconnects that couple the control circuitry to the array of image sensor pixels through the second surface, wherein each of the vertical conductive interconnects couples a plurality of pixels arranged in a line to the control circuitry, wherein the plurality of vertical conductive interconnects further comprises a plurality of vertical block interconnects , wherein each of the plurality of vertical block interconnects couples the plurality of image sensor pixels of a respective one of the pixel blocks to the control circuitry through the second surface, and wherein each of the vertical block interconnects is coupled to the analog-to-digital circuitry . a first semiconductor substrate having opposing first and second surfaces, wherein the first semiconductor substrate includes an array of image sensor pixels that are configured to receive image light through the first surface, wherein the array of image sensor pixels is arranged in pixel rows and pixel columns, wherein the array of image sensor pixels comprises pixel blocks and wherein each pixel block comprises a plurality of the pixel rows and a plurality of the pixel columns ; a second semiconductor substrate coupled to the second surface, wherein the second semiconductor substrate includes control circuitry for operating the image sensor pixels to capture image data and wherein the control circuitry comprises analog-to-digital conversion circuitry ; and a plurality of vertical conductive interconnects that couple the control circuitry to the array of image sensor pixels through the second surface, wherein each of the vertical conductive interconnects couples a plurality of pixels arranged in a line to the control circuitry, wherein the plurality of vertical conductive interconnects further comprises a plurality of vertical block interconnects , wherein each of the plurality of vertical block interconnects couples the plurality of image sensor pixels of a respective one of the pixel blocks to the control circuitry through the second surface, and wherein each of the vertical block interconnects is coupled to the analog-to-digital circuitry .
A disinfection device for disinfecting rooms with at least one container for a disinfectant, to which at least one discharge unit is connected via a line containing a switching valve , wherein the switching valve is connected to a control , to which at least one sensor (16 to 18) is connected, and with a compressor, characterized in that the line is connected to a collecting line that is connected to the discharge unit , in that at least one water connection is connected to the collecting line via a line containing a switching valve connected to the control , in that the sensor (16 to 18) monitors a critical parameter for the disinfection process in the room to be disinfected, in that the discharge unit has at least one spray nozzle, and in that the compressor is connected to the control and is a pressure compressor, to which the container for the disinfectant is connected, from which the disinfectant is drawn when the compressor is switched on and conveyed into the line of the container and into the line of the water connection.
A sealing arrangement including a movable sealing element and a holder comprising an extended groove in which the movable sealing element is mounted, wherein the sealing arrangement comprises a pressure device including an elastic tube , which is expandable by a pressurizing fluid and has a rotational symmetric cross-section area ; a nipple element (40; 80) having a nipple (44; 84) arranged for connection to a pressurizing fluid supply; at least one collar arranged to connect the elastic tube to the nipple element (40; 80) and to fluid-tightly lock the pressurized elastic tube to the nipple element (40; 80); and wherein said elastic tube acts on the movable sealing element when pressurized, the movable sealing element being arranged to fit into the groove and in contact with said elastic tube , the movable sealing element being pressed in an outward direction by the expanding elastic tube to thereby bear against a surface to provide a seal, wherein an outer surface of the collar is square shaped, circular, rounded or elliptically shaped and in that the collar is arranged to fit into the groove .
A processor , comprising: a plurality of physical registers , each identified by a physical register index (PR1 - PRP); a reorder buffer comprising a plurality of instruction entries each storing two physical register indexes (PR1 - PR2) for recycling corresponding physical registers , wherein said reorder buffer retires up to N instructions in each processor cycle in which N is a positive integer; a master free list and a slave free list , each comprising N input ports and storing corresponding physical register indexes (PR1 - PRP) of said physical registers , wherein said physical registers whose corresponding physical register indexes (PR1 - PRP) are stored in said master free list are for allocating to instructions being issued; a master recycle circuit that is coupled to the reorder buffer and the master free list , and routes a first physical register index (PR1), which is stored in an instruction entry of an instruction, to one of said N input ports of said master free list when said instruction is retired; and a slave recycle circuit that is coupled to the reorder buffer and the slave free list , and routes a second physical register index (PR2), which is stored in said instruction entry of said instruction, to one of said N input ports of said slave free list when said instruction is retired. a plurality of physical registers , each identified by a physical register index (PR1 - PRP); a reorder buffer comprising a plurality of instruction entries each storing two physical register indexes (PR1 - PR2) for recycling corresponding physical registers , wherein said reorder buffer retires up to N instructions in each processor cycle in which N is a positive integer; a master free list and a slave free list , each comprising N input ports and storing corresponding physical register indexes (PR1 - PRP) of said physical registers , wherein said physical registers whose corresponding physical register indexes (PR1 - PRP) are stored in said master free list are for allocating to instructions being issued; a master recycle circuit that is coupled to the reorder buffer and the master free list , and routes a first physical register index (PR1), which is stored in an instruction entry of an instruction, to one of said N input ports of said master free list when said instruction is retired; and a slave recycle circuit that is coupled to the reorder buffer and the slave free list , and routes a second physical register index (PR2), which is stored in said instruction entry of said instruction, to one of said N input ports of said slave free list when said instruction is retired.
Motor vehicle comprising: - a heel board extending horizontally between two lateral longitudinal profiles forming bottom bodies; and - a reinforcement profile arranged across the heel board ; - two rear straps each extending forward along one of the lateral longitudinal profiles beyond the heel board the reinforcement profile consisting of a horizontal central portion and two end portions inclined downward from that central portion , each of the end portions of the reinforcement profile has a free end (15B.1) facing one of the lengths coats , vertically at a median position of the said longeronnet , characterized by the fact that the vehicle also includes a cross-bar of reinforcement attached to the longeronets and located at the rear of the heel board . - a heel board extending horizontally between two lateral longitudinal profiles forming bottom bodies; and - a reinforcement profile arranged across the heel board ; - two rear straps each extending forward along one of the lateral longitudinal profiles beyond the heel board
A telescopic guide system suitable for ensuring the guiding of a loading platform relative to the chassis of a vehicle comprising at least one pair formed by a first rail (R1; R1') and a second rail (R2; R2'), substantially of parallel axes, in the form of a C-shaped profile, the profile of the first rail (R1; R1') having a raceway for a first roller (G1; G1') which is secured to the chassis of the vehicle, the profile of the second rail having a raceway for a second roller (G2, G2') which is secured to the movable platform, the C-shaped profiles of the first rail (R1; Rl') and the second rail (R2; R2') each comprising a section, including two wings , substantially parallel, which are connected to each other by a connecting wing , said parallel wings and said connecting wing defining therebetween said cavity (C) forming the raceway for the roller, first roller (G1, G1') or second roller (G2, G2'), characterised in that said connecting wing has on the dorsal portion thereof a protuberance which is oriented opposite to the cavity, comprising a hooking groove and in that the two profiles of said pair of the first rail (R1; R1') and second rail (R2; R2') are assembled to each other bearing by the respective dorsal area thereof, and in a position where the two hooking grooves are opposite to each other, a locking key being received simultaneously in the two hooking grooves, said locking key having a first hooking portion which is received in the hooking groove of the first rail and a second hooking portion which is received in the groove for hooking the hooking groove of the second rail so as to ensure the fastening of the two profiles of the first rail and second rail pair to each other.