Abstract:
A wafer carrier for use in the transportation and storage of semiconductor wafers. More particularly, the invention is a wafer carrier having both a rigid structure and a corrosion resistant coating. The wafer carrier includes a unitary frame having several wafer supports joined by connecting members. The frame is coated with a material, such as a fluoropolymer, which is resistant to corrosive materials typically used in semiconductor fabrication processes.
Abstract:
A ribbon cartridge for a printer is provided with a take-up arm that is thin enough to fit into an extremely tight space of the printer, and has a support stub which supports the lower edge of the ribbon, an upper guide finger which guides the upper edge of the ribbon, and a lower guide finger which guides the lower edge of the ribbon.
Abstract:
A hierarchically tagged cache provides abstraction between access requests for data and the cached data. The cache is managed by hierarchical layers of indexes including reference to the data. Access requests indicate a header for the requested data, which is associated with one of the layers. Cache management determines what layer is associated with the header, and can traverse the indexes, beginning at the layer associated with the header, to access the data. If the header does not exist at the index of that layer, it can be created. Indexes can be appropriately updated with indexes at each layer being referenced by one or more indexes of the layer higher up in the hierarchy.
Abstract:
A display packaging system includes a front panel, a rear panel, and a blister cavity. The blister cavity has a product holding chamber configured to receive at least one product and a sealing flange that extends outwardly from the product holding chamber. The sealing flange includes a series of apertures and is sandwiched between the interior surface of the front panel and the interior surface of the rear panel. Respective portions of an interior surface of the front panel and an interior surface of the rear panel are then adhered only to each other with the respective portions including portions of the interior surface of the front panel and portions of the interior surface of the rear panel that are disposed on opposite sides of the series of apertures.
Abstract:
A display packaging system includes a front panel, a rear panel, and a blister cavity. The blister cavity has a product holding chamber configured to receive at least one product and a sealing flange that extends outwardly from the product holding chamber. The sealing flange includes a series of apertures and is sandwiched between the interior surface of the front panel and the interior surface of the rear panel. Respective portions of an interior surface of the front panel and an interior surface of the rear panel are then adhered only to each other with the respective portions including portions of the interior surface of the front panel and portions of the interior surface of the rear panel that are disposed on opposite sides of the series of apertures.
Abstract:
A plastic package for an image sensor or other electronic component which comprises a plastic body, preferably of LCP material, molded around a leadframe and defining a cavity in which the image sensor is to be disposed. A lid assembly is provided having a transparent glass lid retained in a plastic lid frame which is weldable or otherwise bondable to the plastic body of the package to enclose the image sensor mounted in the cavity. The leadframe is usually composed of copper or a copper alloy, or a ferrous alloy having a copper coating. An interfacial layer is formed on the surfaces of the leadframe at least in those portions which are in contact with the plastic body which serves to provide substantially improved adhesion between the leadframe and the plastic material to achieve a hermetic bond between the metal and plastic materials. The interfacial layer is composed of a cuprous oxide base layer formed on a surface of the leadframe, and a cupric oxide layer formed on the cuprous oxide layer. The cupric oxide outer layer has an acicular structure which provides an interlocking mechanism for adhesion to the plastic material molded thereto in forming the package.
Abstract:
A wafer carrier for use in the transportation and storage of semiconductor wafers. More particularly, the invention is a wafer carrier having both a rigid structure and a corrosion resistant coating. The wafer carrier includes a unitary frame having several wafer supports joined by connecting members. The frame is coated with a material, such as a fluoropolymer, which is resistant to corrosive materials typically used in semiconductor fabrication processes.
Abstract:
A plastic package for an image sensor or other electronic component which comprises a plastic body, preferably of LCP material, molded around a leadframe and defining a cavity in which the image sensor is to be disposed. A lid assembly is provided having a transparent glass lid retained in a plastic lid frame which is weldable or otherwise bondable to the plastic body of the package to enclose the image sensor mounted in the cavity. The leadframe is usually composed of copper or a copper alloy, or a ferrous alloy having a copper coating. An interfacial layer is formed on the surfaces of the leadframe at least in those portions which are in contact with the plastic body which serves to provide substantially improved adhesion between the leadframe and the plastic material to achieve a hermetic bond between the metal and plastic materials. The interfacial layer is composed of a cuprous oxide base layer formed on a surface of the leadframe, and a cupric oxide layer formed on the cuprous oxide layer. The cupric oxide outer layer has an acicular structure which provides an interlocking mechanism for adhesion to the plastic material molded thereto in forming the package.
Abstract:
A system for providing digital content and digital advertisements to users provides digital content via the Internet, in combination with time-shifted advertisements that may be presented by an application that resides on the user's computer. The system may operate in a wholly or partially automated manner, providing automated, self-service interfaces for one or more of the following groups: advertisers, content providers, publishers, and users. The system receives digital advertisement data from advertisers, which can include or consist of a link to an advertiser's website. Advertisers provide compensation based on the presentation of their advertisements to users. The system receives digital content from content providers. Content providers receive compensation when users access digital content provided by content providers. Publishers may access digital content from the system and provide the content to users through one or more user interfaces.
Abstract:
A system and method for the accelerated decontamination of contaminated soil, vadose zone and/or groundwater is described. Contaminates are removed from soil and from the groundwater via heat injection through trenching or directionally drilled or horizontally drilled and installed delivery plumbing, pure oxygen injection through separate plumbing installed in the same manner as the plumbing used to deliver the heat, bioventing, sparging, and bioremediation, all through the oxygen delivery plumbing, and soil vapor extraction through vertical wells, all contained in one mobile treatment system. Contaminants are separated from the soil gas via filtration or oxidation. Residual contaminants in the vadose zone and/or the in the groundwater are subjected to volatilization by increased temperature via heat injection and/or oxidation via contaminant degrading microorganisms.