A system and method for reducing the amount of time for a boot operation is provided that includes a test management module that divides the memory into multiple test blocks and then selects a limited number of test blocks to test during a boot operation, thereby decreasing the overall amount of memory test time.

A reproducing method for a record medium includes the steps of performing a demodulating process for data that have been read from a record medium on which content data have been recorded, management information and additional information being embedded in the content data, the management information being with respect to a copy management, the additional information containing one of error detection code and error correction code added to the management information, detecting the additional inf...

An LED lamp has: an LED with a pair of terminals; a holder to which the LED is attached, the holder being of insulating material; and a radiation unit that has two metallic radiation plates that are attached to the holder while surrounding the holder and being insulated from each other. Each of the radiation plates has a contact portion that contacts the pair of terminals of the LED being attached to the holder and a power receiving terminals for power supplied to the LED.

A carrier head that has a base assembly and a flexible membrane. The flexible membrane has a generally circular main portion with a lower surface that provides a substrate-mounting surface and a plurality of concentric annular portions extending from the main portion and secured to the base assembly. The volume between the base assembly and the flexible membrane forming a plurality of pressurizable chambers.

An embolic protection filter having a reduced profile for placement within a body lumen is disclosed. One embodiment has an embolic protection filter that includes a filter frame slidably and rotationally disposed along a guidewire, a plurality of retaining collars coupled to a proximal end of the filter frame, a plurality of expandable struts each having a proximal section adapted to slide within a corresponding retaining collar, and a filter mesh coupled to a distal section of the expandable s...

Distal protection filter assembly and methods for coupling a filter to an elongate shaft. A filter assembly may include a tubular adaptor having a distal holding receptacle. The filter may include struts adapted and configured for being coupled to the holding receptacle.

An integrated circuit including a substrate, a conductive layer, at least one inductive element superposed on the conductive layer and formed by a metallic turn having an outer contour and an inner contour, which bound between them a surface referred to as the radiation surface, and insulating material for insulating the conductive layer from the inductive element. The conductive layer has a surface substantially identical to the radiation surface.

Capacitors are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The ratio of the weight of the conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers to the weight of the base resin host is between about 0.20 and 0.40. The micron conductive powders are formed from...

The Vertical Transportation-Maintenance Management System (VTMMS) invention described herein is directed towards an automated system and method for monitoring, management, and maintenance of transportation equipment, including but not limited to escalators, elevators, moving walkways, baggage carousels, revolving doors, and automated doors. The system and method is also adaptable to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning units and other building equipment. The system and method collects data...

A system and methodology for testing memory in an integrated circuit implementing BIST testing to calculate row and column redundancy and enable replacement of a defective row or column of memory cells. The system comprises circuitry for detecting a first single memory cell failure in a row; and, recording the I/O value of the first Single Cell Fail (SCF). A circuit is provided for detecting whether more than one single cell failure has occurred for a tested row, and, in response to detecting a ...