A substrate processing pallet has a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The top surface has at least one recess adapted to receive a substrate. The recess includes a support structure adapted to contact a portion of a substrate seated in the recess and a plurality of apertures each adapted to accommodate a lift pin. Lift pins can extend through the apertures initially to support the substrate and retract to deposit the substrate onto the support structure. A side surface includes a pro…

The invention concerns a two-stroke internal combustion engine supplied with gasoline, diesel, fuel, or other conventional fuel comprising a piston (2)-cylinder (1) assembly, said cylinder (1) providing exhaust ports (11), said piston (2)-cylinder (1) assembly providing a head (5) slidable within said cylinder (1) between the Top Dead Centre of the piston (2) stroke and a closure position of the exhaust ports (11), said slidable head (5) providing a transfer valve (9) for fresh air or fresh air-…

A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting board, an insulating base layer formed on the metal supporting board, a conductive pattern formed on the insulating base layer, an insulating cover layer formed on the insulating base layer so as to cover the conductive pattern, and an optical waveguide.

Provided is a variable resistance random access memory device having an n+ interfacial layer and a method of fabricating the same. The variable resistance random access memory device may include a lower electrode, an n+ interfacial layer on the lower electrode, a buffer layer on the n+ interfacial layer, an oxide layer on the buffer layer and having a variable resistance characteristic and an upper electrode on the oxide layer.

A padded corner bumper comprises an elongated core formed of a cushioning material, an outer decorative cover formed of vinyl-coated fabric, and a backing material formed of polypropylene mesh. The core has a front, a back coextensive with the front, and a continuous side edge extending between the top and bottom. The outer decorative cover and backing material are stitched together to form a casing that completely surrounds the core, the backing being positioned only over the back of the core. …

Methods of preparing Group IVA and Group VIA organometallic compounds, particularly Group IVA organometallic compounds, are provided. Such manufacturing methods employ an amine and/or phosphine catalyst in a transalkylation step and may be performed in a batch, semi-continuous or continuous manner.

A method and system for mapping nodes in an M.times.N torus interconnection fabric of nodes is provided. The method includes generating an observed mapping of the nodes in the interconnection fabric showing a location of a first node relative to an x-axis of the fabric and relative to a y-axis of the fabric, comparing the observed mapping of the nodes to a set of expected mappings, and identifying the expected mapping which is most similar to the observed mapping.

For one or more disclosed methods, a supply voltage is supplied to an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit is placed in a test mode to select one of a plurality of reference voltage generators on the integrated circuit to supply to another voltage generator on the integrated circuit a reference voltage that is at least partially dependent on the supply voltage, and the integrated circuit is tested with the reference voltage supplied to the other voltage generator. One or more disclosed int…

A flow through gas separation apparatus for a direct oxidation fuel cell system that incorporates a porous hydrophobic conduit having and inlet end through which anodic effluent flows is provided. Backpressure created at an outlet end of the conduit allows the carbon dioxide gas of the effluent to be driven through the porous openings of the conduit while un-reacted fuel and water mixture ultimately exits the flow through gas separation apparatus for re-circulation. The gas separation apparatus …

A process is described for the recovery of nickel and cobalt from a nickeliferous laterite ore including the steps of: providing a nickeliferous laterite ore and separating that ore into its low magnesium limonite fraction and high magnesium saprolite fraction; treating the limonite fraction in acid solution in a primary high pressure leach step to produce a primary leach slurry; adding the saprolite fraction to the primary leach slurry to initiate precipitation of iron as goethite and/or hemati…