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20090024378 | SIMULATION METHOD FOR EFFICIENT CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS UNDER VARIABILITY EFFECTS - A method of determining the behavior of an electronic system comprising electronic components under variability is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises for at least one parameter of at least one of the electronic components, showing variability defining a range and a population of possible values within the range, each possible value having a probability of occurrence, thereby defining an input domain. The method further comprises selecting inputs randomly from the input domain, wherein the probability to sample (PTS) is obtained from the probability of occurrence (PTOIR). The method further comprises performing simulation to obtain the performance parameters of the electronic system, thereby defining an output domain sample. The method further comprises aggregating results of the individual computations into the parameter/variability of the electronic system and assigning a frequency of occurrence (FoO) to the resulting sample, the parameter variability and the frequency of occurrence defining the behavior. | 01-22-2009 |
20090031268 | METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS UNDER PROCESS VARIABILITY EFFECTS - A method for determining an estimate of statistical properties of an electronic system comprising individual components subject to manufacturing process variability is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises obtaining statistical properties of the performance of individual components of the electronic system, obtaining information about execution of an application on the system, simulating execution of the application based on the obtained information about execution of the application on the system for a simulated electronic system realization constructed by selecting individual components with the obtained statistical properties determining the delay and energy of the electronic system, and determining the statistical properties of the delay and energy of the electronic system. | 01-29-2009 |
20100052020 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND MOS BASED PIXEL STRUCTURE - The invention relates to a semiconductor substrate | 03-04-2010 |
20100213353 | ANALOG PHOTON COUNTING - A pixel for the detection of electromagnetic radiation or impinging high energy particles, in particular for detecting X-ray photons, comprises a radiation receptor for converting the electromagnetic radiation or impinging high energy particles into a radiation signal, a converter for converting the radiation signal into a pulse train, and an analog accumulator for accumulating the pulses of a pulse train to an analog signal for readout. The analog accumulator is adapted such that the analog signal is non-linearly proportional to the pulse count. Such non-linear analog accumulator has the advantage of an large dynamic range. | 08-26-2010 |
20100252717 | ACTIVE-PIXEL SENSOR - The invention relates to an active-pixel sensor including an electromagnetic radiation detector, comprising a transistor amplifier, a series memory capacitor and a parallel load capacitor that are driven by the transistor amplifier. | 10-07-2010 |
20110210235 | PHOTON SHARPENING - The present invention provides an array of pixels for the detection of a flash of electromagnetic radiation or a cloud of impinging high energy particles. Each pixel in the array comprises a radiation receptor for converting the electromagnetic radiation or impinging high energy particles into a radiation signal, and a converter for converting the radiation signal into pulses. The array further comprises a circuit for comparing one or more of the criteria pulse amplitude, pulse arrival time, time to convert a pulse in a digital signal, pulse duration time, pulse rise and fall time or integral of pulse over time for pulses coinciding on pixels in a predetermined neighborhood. The array also comprises a circuit for suppressing those pulses that are compared negatively versus the corresponding pulses in another pixel of the neighborhood for the same one or more criteria. A corresponding method is also provided. | 09-01-2011 |
20110267505 | PIXEL WITH REDUCED 1/F NOISE - A pixel is provided, comprising at least one transistor, the pixel being arranged for cycling the at least one transistor between two or more bias states, e.g. inversion and accumulation, during a readout phase. Due to the cycling between the at least two bias states, the correlation over time of the 1/f noise of the readout signals is broken, thus taking multiple samples and applying an operator onto the samples can reduce the effect of the 1/f noise to arbitrary low levels. | 11-03-2011 |
20120286141 | PIXEL WITH REDUCED 1/F NOISE - A pixel is provided, comprising at least one transistor, the pixel being arranged for cycling the at least one transistor between two or more bias states, e.g. inversion and accumulation, during a readout phase. Due to the cycling between the at least two bias states, the correlation over time of the 1/f noise of the readout signals is broken, thus taking multiple samples and applying an operator onto the samples can reduce the effect of the 1/f noise to arbitrary low levels. | 11-15-2012 |
20120305786 | COMBINED INTEGRATION AND PULSE DETECTION - A pixel for the detection of electromagnetic radiation or high energy particles or charge packets, in particular for detecting X-ray photons, comprises a radiation receptor for converting the radiation into a sensing signal, the pixel being adapted for performing both pulse detection and integration of the same sensing signal. | 12-06-2012 |
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20080314800 | Process to Prepare a Base Oil - Process to optimize the yield of base oils from a Fischer-Tropsch derived feed by performing the following steps (a) performing a hydroconversion/hydroisomerisation step on part of the Fischer-Tropsch derived feed; (b) performing a hydro-conversion/hydroisomerisation step on another part of the Fischer-Tropsch feed at a conversion greater than the conversion in step (a); and (c) isolating by means of distillation a fraction boiling in the base oil range from the two reaction products obtained in steps (a) and (b) and performing a pour point reducing step on said fraction. | 12-25-2008 |
20090018374 | HYDROGENATION CATALYST AND USE THEREOF FOR HYDROGENATING FISCHER-TROPSCH ENDPRODUCTS - A hydrogenation catalyst particularly suitable for hydrogenating oxygenates in a hydrogenation unit of a Fischer-Tropsch plant is disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises more than 5% and less than 20% nickel based on a wide pore alumina support. The catalyst successfully hydrogenates oxygenates which otherwise tend to poison a catalyst in a hydroconversion unit downstream. Moreover, the temperature at which the unwanted hydrogenolysis of long chain paraffins to methane occurs is higher for one catalyst disclosed herein than a comparable known catalyst. This allows the hydrogenation plant to operate at a higher temperature. | 01-15-2009 |
20090026112 | FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING PROCESS - A fluid catalytic cracking process for the preparation of cracked products by contacting in a reactor a hydrocarbon feedstock with a cracking catalyst, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock comprises a paraffinic feedstock and triglycerides. | 01-29-2009 |
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20100065782 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A PURIFIED SYNTHESIS GAS STREAM - A process for producing a purified synthesis gas stream from a feed synthesis gas stream comprising hydrogen sulphide, carbonyl sulphide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen cyanide and ammonia besides the main constituents carbon monoxide and hydrogen, the process comprising the steps of: (a) contacting one part of the feed synthesis gas stream with methanol at low temperature and at elevated pressure to remove hydrogen sulphide, carbonyl sulphide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen cyanide and ammonia, thereby obtaining methanol enriched in these compounds and a synthesis gas stream depleted in these compounds; (b) contacting another part of the feed synthesis gas stream with a water gas shift catalyst in the presence of water to react at least part of the carbon monoxide with water, thereby obtaining a shifted synthesis gas stream enriched in hydrogen and in carbon dioxide; (c) contacting the shifted synthesis gas stream with methanol at low temperature and at elevated pressure to remove carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, carbonyl sulphide and ammonia, thereby obtaining solvent enriched in these compounds and a gas stream mainly comprising hydrogen and depleted in carbon dioxide; (d) contacting the synthesis gas stream obtained in step (a) and optionally the gas stream obtained in step (c) with a first solid adsorbent comprising sulphur-impregnated activated carbon and/or activated carbon to remove metals and/or metal carbonyl compounds to obtain a synthesis gas stream depleted in metals and/or metal carbonyl compounds; (e) contacting the synthesis gas stream depleted in metals and/or metal carbonyl compounds in the presence of water with a second solid adsorbent comprising one or more metals or oxides of the metals or combinations thereof, wherein the metals are selected from the group of Ag, Sn, Mo, Fe and Zn at elevated temperature to obtain the purified synthesis gas stream | 03-18-2010 |
20100197982 | ALIPHATIC GASOLINE COMPONENT AND PROCESS TO PREPARE SAID GASOLINE COMPONENT - A process to prepare an aliphatic gasoline component comprising more than 90 wt % of a mixture of trimethyl substituted compounds and monomethyl substituted compounds in a weight ratio of trimethyl to monomethyl compounds of at least 0.03 and wherein the compounds may be paraffins and olefins. The invention is also directed to a process to prepare an aliphatic gasoline component by
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20100318794 | System and Method for Providing Security Aboard a Moving Platform - A system for providing network security on a vehicle information system and methods for manufacturing and using same. The security system comprises an all-in-one security system that facilitates security system functions for the vehicle information system. Exemplary security system functions include secure storage of keys used to encrypt and/or decrypt system data, security-related application programming interfaces, a security log file, and/or private data. The security system likewise can utilize antivirus software, anti-spyware software, an application firewall, and/or a network firewall. As desired, the security system can include an intrusion prevention system and/or an intrusion detection system. If the information system includes a wireless distribution system, the security system can include an intrusion prevention (and/or detection) system that is suitable for use with wireless network systems. Thereby, the security system advantageously can provide a defense in depth approach by adding multiple layers of security to the information system. | 12-16-2010 |
20140279563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERMITTING A USER TO SUBMIT A PAYMENT ELECTRONICALLY - A system and method for permitting a user to submit a payment electronically, which includes a network and an electronic device in communication. The electronic device is operated by the user to submit an electronic payment request. A first server in communication with the network receives the request and in response communicates an encryption key and process to the electronic device. The electronic device encrypts the financial information with the encryption key and process and communicates encrypted financial information to the first server. A second server is in communication with the first server at least some of the time via an Internet connection. If there is Internet connectivity, the first server communicates the encrypted financial information to the second server. If there is no Internet connectivity and the payment amount is less than a predefined amount, the first server communicates to the electronic device that the payment has been accepted. | 09-18-2014 |