In an integrated circuit, a multiplexor receives incoming data at a first rate and is controllable by a high rate clock signal to output that data serially at a second, higher rate. A processing device receives the data from the multiplexor at the higher rate and is controllable by a high rate clock signal to process that data. Clock generation circuitry receives a first clock signal at the first rate and produces the high rate signal for the processing device and the multiplexor. Clock generati...

A character generating system drives a printer engine to print characters in response to an instruction from a host computer. The characters to be printed by the printer information are normally generated on the basis of dot data stored in a cache memory via a print map memory under the control of e.g. a microprocessor. Since the cache memory is a volatile memory, its contents may be erased due to disconnetion of the power supply. In order to speed up the regeneration of the dot data in the cach...

A clock divider receives a main clock and generates divided clocks (even or odd division) each having generally a half duty cycle. The clock divider includes flip flops connected to form a master-slave counter in which the master components are clocked off a first clock and the slave components are clocked off a second clock that is inverted from the first clock. The master-slave counter is a ring counter, and outputs from the master-slave counter are routed to decoding circuitry to generate div...

A position-dependent waveform (WCi) is generated by generating a set of functions (f.sub.l (I1), . . . ,f.sub.p (I1),g.sub.l (If), . . . ,g.sub.r (If)) from position information (I1,If). A sub-set of functions (f.sub.nl (I1), . . . ,f.sub.nq (I1),g.sub.nl (If), . . . ,g.sub.ns (If))is selected from this set of functions (f.sub.l (I1), . . . ,f.sub.p (I1),g.sub.1 (If), . . . ,g.sub.r (If)). Only selected functions associated with the sub-set of functions (f.sub.nl (I1), . . . ,f.sub.nq (I1),g.sub...

An integrated circuit including a multiplexor connected to receive incoming data at a first rate and controllable by a high rate clock signal to output that data serially at a second, higher rate; a processing device coupled to receive data output from the multiplexor at the higher rate and controllable by a high rate clock signal to process that data; and clock generation circuitry connected to receive a first clock signal at said first rate and operable to produce therefrom said high rate cloc...

A power generator comprising: a lifting body for suspension in a moving fluid; a control station; and at least two tethers for tethering the lifting body to the control station. The control station is arranged to transform oscillating tension in the tethers produced by an oscillating movement of the lifting body into mechanical motion.

A photolithography tool includes an anode and a cathode composed of a first material and a second material. The second material has a lower work function than the first material. Electrons emitted from the cathode ionize a gas into a plasma that generates EUV light. The EUV light is focused on a mask to produce an image of a circuit pattern. The image is projected on a semiconductor wafer to produce a circuit.

Described herein is one or more implementations that generate a single key from a set of encrypted keys, which set is associated with a unique data subset of a database.

A method of linking a plurality of object files to generate an executable program, the method comprises identifying in the object files at least one routine to be locked into a cache when the program is executed, locating said routine at a set of memory addresses which man onto a set of cache locations and introducing into the executable program gaps at other sets of memory addresses which map onto the same set of cache locations.

In one embodiment, a method is provided. In the method of this embodiment, a stimulus signal set may be generated and supplied, as input, to first circuitry. Each respective stimulus signal in the stimulus signal set may be generated based at least in part upon a respective non-null subset of an input signal set. No two respective stimulus signals in the stimulus signal set may be generated based upon the same respective non-null subset of the input signal set. The stimulus signal set may includ...