The invention relates to a radio-frequency particle accelerator. First and second cylindrical inner conductors 4 and 5 are disposed on the axis of the particle beams from the particle beam entrance with an accelerating gap interposed between the inner conductors in a TM or TEM mode particle accelerating cavity. An end of the first inner conductor 4 and an end of the second inner conductor 5 are joined to base plates of an outer conductor 3 of the accelerating cavity to form an inductance and tog...

A high performance programmable interconnect enables scaled transistors to be utilized, in conjunction with memory cells, as transfer gates with improved speed characteristics. Boosted positive and negative drive voltages are supplied to the transfer gate depending on the programmed state of the memory cell. The transfer gate may be driven by an inverter using a transistor formed in a triple well.

Apparatus and method of tracking a wordline signal using a tracking circuit having a first detector biased between a first power supply voltage and a ground voltage, and a second detector biased between a second power supply voltage and the ground voltage. The first power supply voltage is greater than the second power supply voltage. The wordline signal is driven to the first power supply voltage.

A nonvolatile memory cell which is highly scalable includes a cell formed in a triple well. A select transistor can have a source which also acts as the emitter of a lateral bipolar transistor. The lateral bipolar transistor operates as a charge injector. The charge injector provides electrons for substrate hot electron injection of electrons onto the floating gate for programming. The cell depletion/inversion region may be extended by forming a capacitor as an extension of the control gate over...

A leadframe includes a leadframe finger support for supporting elongate leadframe fingers. These elongate leadframe fingers are subject to damage prior to or during the assembly process. Through the provision of the leadframe finger support, the leadframe fingers may be supported at an intermediate position along their length as necessary to prevent bending. The support may be severed from the dam bar in the course of singulation.

Dual state packaging may be implemented with a tray having a peripheral flange adapted to receive a pair of membranes to enclose the tray. The lower membrane is the more permeable of the two. It may be attached to a first surface of the flange. The second membrane is attached to a second outer surface of the flange without direct connection except through the tray to the more permeable membrane. The two connection surfaces may be separated by a depression to facilitate the cutting away of the ma...

An apparatus for securing a soil testing device and other attachments necessary for soil testing near the bottom of a borehole uses a pair of clamps with gripping teeth that interlock with similar gripping teeth in the internal wall of the auger. The lateral movements of the clamps toward the auger are controlled so that the soil testing device is maintained in a proper orientation with respect to the soil sample and to avoid uncontrolled engagements of the clamps with the auger.

A package for containing food products has at least two compartments having different atmospheric conditions. Each of the compartments may be sealed by a membrane having different permeability. The membranes may be sealed to a peripheral flange extending around each of the compartments. The peripheral flange is designed to facilitate severing in place on the tray of a membrane from a continuous web of material.

A layer applied over the reticle used in a lithographic system can improve the image quality of the system. The applied layer may have a thickness of approximately the wavelength of incident light divided by four times its index of refraction.

A quartz tank for wet semiconductor wafer processing includes one or more ports extending through the tank for the exchange of fluids with the tank. The openings may be aligned with a T-shaped quartz stem having an enlarged end retained on the interior side of said quartz tank in sealing abutment therewith. The lower end of the quartz stem may have external threads to abut with a suitable union. The union may include a nut having a reduced diameter lower end to engage an enlarged end of the tubi...