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20080207093 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A SUBSTRATE EDGE USING CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL POLISHING - Methods and apparatus are provided for concurrently chemically and mechanically polishing a substrate edge. The invention includes a substrate support adapted to rotate a substrate; a polishing head adapted to contact an edge of the substrate, the polishing head including a first channel adapted to apply a first fluid to the edge of the substrate; a second channel adapted to direct a second fluid onto a major surface of the rotating substrate; and a third channel adapted to direct a third fluid at the major surface of the substrate and to prevent the second fluid from diluting the first fluid. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 08-28-2008 |
20080293331 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOW COST AND HIGH PERFORMANCE POLISHING TAPE FOR SUBSTRATE BEVEL AND EDGE POLISHING IN SEMINCONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING - Apparatus and methods are provided relating to polishing a substrate using a polishing device, such as a polishing tape. The polishing device may be formed to include a base, a resin layer adhering to the base, and a plurality of embossed abrasive particles and/or abrasive beads affixed to the base by the resin layer. The plurality of abrasive particles and/or beads may be embossed in the resin layer. The plurality of abrasive beads may include a plurality of abrasive particles suspended in binder material. The plurality of abrasive particles and/or beads and the resin layer combine to form an abrasive side of the polishing device adapted to contact the substrate. Polishing of the substrate preferably includes polishing an edge of the substrate while the substrate is rotated by a holding device such that no apparatus other than the polishing tape contacts the edge while the substrate is rotating. | 11-27-2008 |
20090029629 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POLISHING AN EDGE OF A SUBSTRATE - Methods for polishing an edge of a substrate are provided. The invention includes rotating a substrate against a polishing film so as to remove material from the edge of the substrate; and detecting an amount of force exerted in pressing the polishing film against the substrate. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 01-29-2009 |
20090036039 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POLISHING AN EDGE OF A SUBSTRATE - Methods of and systems for polishing an edge of a substrate are provided. The invention includes a substrate rotation driver adapted to rotate the edge of a substrate against a polishing film; and a first sensor coupled to the rotation driver adapted to detect one of an energy and torque exerted by the substrate rotation driver as it rotates the substrate against the polishing film. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 02-05-2009 |
20090036042 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POLISHING AN EDGE OF A SUBSTRATE - Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for polishing an edge of a substrate. The invention includes an apparatus adapted to apply a preset pressure to a polishing film in contact with an edge of a substrate. The apparatus includes an actuator adapted to apply a preset pressure to the polishing film; and a controller coupled to the actuator and adapted to receive a signal indicative of a condition of the edge of the substrate, and to adjust a pressure applied by the actuator to the polishing film so as to maintain the preset pressure based on the received signal. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 02-05-2009 |
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20100218068 | MULTI-BIT ERROR CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON A BCH CODE AND MEMORY SYSTEM - Exemplary embodiments for providing multi-bit error correction based on a BCH code are provided. In one such embodiment, the following operations are repeatedly performed, including shifting each bit of the BCH code rightward by 1 bit while filling the bit vacated due to the rightward shifting in the BCH code with 0, calculating syndrome values corresponding to the shifting of the BCH code, and determining a first error number in the BCH code under the shifting based on the syndrome values corresponding to the shifting of the BCH code. In the case where the first error number is not equal to 0, modified syndrome values are calculated corresponding to the shifting of the BCH code. The modified syndrome values are those corresponding to the case that the current rightmost bit of the BCH code under the shifting is changed to the inverse value. Additional operations are performed as described herein. | 08-26-2010 |
20120110526 | Method and Apparatus for Tracking Uncertain Signals - A method and an apparatus for tracking uncertain signals in the simulation of chip design are provided. The method comprises: generating a directed graph which contains sequential logic devices and IO devices from the netlist of chip design, wherein the directed graph illustrates the signal association among the sequential logic devices and IO devices; obtaining the signals related with the sequential logic devices and IO devices from the simulation results, wherein the signals contain a plurality of uncertain signals; and back tracing at least a part of the plurality of uncertain signals along the directed graph to determine the device which firstly generates an uncertain signal. The corresponding apparatus is also provided. With the above method and apparatus, uncertain signals can be traced and their source can be determined, which improves the debugging efficiency. | 05-03-2012 |
20120311399 | MULTI-BIT ERROR CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON A BCH CODE AND MEMORY SYSTEM - Exemplary embodiments for providing multi-bit error correction based on a BCH code are provided. In one such embodiment, the following operations are repeatedly performed, including shifting each bit of the BCH code rightward by 1 bit while filling the bit vacated due to the rightward shifting in the BCH code with 0, calculating syndrome values corresponding to the shifting of the BCH code, and determining a first error number in the BCH code under the shifting based on the syndrome values corresponding to the shifting of the BCH code. In the case where the first error number is not equal to 0, modified syndrome values are calculated corresponding to the shifting of the BCH code. The modified syndrome values are those corresponding to the case that the current rightmost bit of the BCH code under the shifting is changed to the inverse value. Additional operations are performed as described herein. | 12-06-2012 |
20130046922 | CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY AND METHOD OF SEARCHING DATA THEREOF - The present invention discloses a content addressable memory and a method of searching data thereof. The method includes generating a hash index data item from a received input data item; searching the cache for presence of a row tag of the RAM data row corresponding to the data item of hash index; in response to presence, searching the RAM for a RAM data item corresponding to the input data item according to the corresponding row tag of the RAM data row; in response to absence, searching the RAM for a RAM data item corresponding to the input data item by using the data item of hash index; and in response to finding a RAM data item corresponding to the input data item in the RAM, outputting data corresponding to the RAM data item. The method can accelerate data search in the CAM. | 02-21-2013 |
20140245104 | Latency Reduced Error Correction Scheme with Error Indication Function for Burst Error Correction Codes - The present discloses provides a decoding method, decoding apparatus and decoder for correcting burst errors. In particular, the decoding method for correcting burst errors comprises: computing an initial syndrome of a received data frame, wherein the data frame is encoded according to cyclic codes for correcting burst errors; determining error correctability of burst error contained in the data frame based on the computed initial syndrome; and processing the burst error in the data frame and outputting the processed data frame based on the determined error correctability. With the decoding method, decoding apparatus, and decoder of the present invention, error correctability of burst errors contained in a data frame can be determined before the data is send out, while having smaller decoding latency through determining the error correctability and error pattern of the burst errors contained in the data frame using initial syndrome of the data frame. | 08-28-2014 |
20150222292 | MULTI-BIT ERROR CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON A BCH CODE AND MEMORY SYSTEM - Exemplary embodiments for providing multi-bit error correction based on a BCH code are provided. In one such embodiment, the following operations are repeatedly performed, including shifting each bit of the BCH code rightward by 1 bit while filling the bit vacated due to the rightward shifting in the BCH code with 0, calculating syndrome values corresponding to the shifting of the BCH code, and determining a first error number in the BCH code under the shifting based on the syndrome values corresponding to the shifting of the BCH code. In the case where the first error number is not equal to 0, modified syndrome values are calculated corresponding to the shifting of the BCH code. The modified syndrome values are those corresponding to the case that the current rightmost bit of the BCH code under the shifting is changed to the inverse value. Additional operations are performed as described herein. | 08-06-2015 |
20150276872 | DIGITAL IC SIMULATION - The present invention discloses a digital integrated circuit simulation method and simulator. The method comprises: obtaining a circuit diagram of the digital integrated circuit and a checkpoint in the circuit diagram; determining a point relevant to a boundary between a two-value simulation and a multi-value simulation in the circuit diagram and a state of the relevant point according to the checkpoint; determining a boundary position, as well as a boundary type of the boundary position, of the boundary between the two-value simulation and the multi-value simulation in the circuit diagram according to the relevant point and the state of the relevant point; inserting a conversion circuit at the boundary position according to the boundary type of the boundary position; and modeling and simulating the circuit diagram into which the conversion circuit is inserted. The method and simulator can reduce simulation time and the needed storage resources. | 10-01-2015 |
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20140298242 | Method for controlling microblog display, microblog client and computer storage medium - A method for controlling microblog display, a microblog client and a computer storage medium are described, which pertain to microblog technology. A display interface of microblog consists of a main display area for displaying microblog messages and a promotion display area for displaying recommended messages. The method includes that: a micro-blog message is acquired and displayed in the main display area; recommended messages are pulled from a microblog server at a preset frequency, or/and recommended messages pushed by the microblog server at a preset frequency are received; the recommended messages are displayed in the promotion display area. By displaying the microblog messages in the main display area and displaying the recommended messages in the promotion display area, the recommended messages are pushed actively to users such that the users may acquire the recommended messages without refreshing the microblog and switching the display interface back and forth, visual experience of users is therefore guaranteed. | 10-02-2014 |
20140302827 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SPLASH SCREEN CONTENT, TERMINAL, CONTENT SERVER, AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - The present disclosure relates to a method for displaying splash screen content, a terminal, a content server, and a system therefor. The method includes: receiving a content request sent by a terminal, the content request carrying first time and/or a geographical location of the terminal, the first time being time when the terminal last requests splash screen content; acquiring splash screen content according to the first time and/or the geographical location of the terminal; and sending the splash screen content to the terminal such that the terminal displays the splash screen content. The content server includes: a first receiving module, a first acquiring module, and a first sending module. The terminal includes: a second sending module, a second receiving module, and a display module. The system includes: a terminal and a content server. The present disclosure enhances personality and interest of a terminal product and improves user experience. | 10-09-2014 |
20140344734 | System and Method for Creating a Folder Quickly - Examples of the present disclosure provides a system for creating a folder quickly, in the system, a folder creating unit is configured to, when it is determined that current touch event is a long-touch event, activate a long-touch sliding mode of the file icons; when the file icons are slid by a user toward each other under the long-touch sliding mode, obtain coordinates of locations of the slid file icons; when determining that the location distance between the file icons is less than or equal to a predetermined second threshold, release the long-touch event, activate a new folder creation mode, and automatically create a new folder based on the file icons under the new folder creation mode. Examples of the present disclosure also provides a method for creating a folder quickly, coordinates of locations of file icons being slid toward each other are obtained, when it is determined that the location distance between the file icons is less than or equal to a predetermined second threshold, the long-touch event is released, a new folder creation mode is activated, and a new folder is automatically created based on the file icons under the new folder creation mode. By adopting the system and method of the present disclosure, a folder may be created through multi-touch technology. | 11-20-2014 |
20150153931 | METHOD, DEVICE AND TERMINAL FOR REFRESHING PAGE - The invention relates to MicroBlog field, and provides method, apparatus and terminal for page refreshing. The method includes: outputting a preset animation interface when a page refreshing operation is performed, wherein the preset animation interface comprising a preset logo, moving cursors, and a refresh progress bar, and the moving cursors move to the refresh progress bar starting from the preset logo; calculating and outputting current length of the refresh progress bar when it is detected that the moving cursors arrive at the refresh progress bar; and outputting pulled refresh information when the current length of the refresh progress bar equals to width of the preset animation interface. The invention can enable a user to get better sense of experience when a preset animation interface is output upon page refreshing. | 06-04-2015 |
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20120142344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LOCATION SERVICES WITH ROAMING - Techniques for supporting location services with roaming are described. A method of supporting location services (LCS) for a mobile station roaming from a home network and communicating with a visited network includes receiving a domain name system (DNS) query at a DNS of the home network from a packet data serving node (PDSN) of the home network. The method also includes sending to the mobile station from the DNS of the home network an address of a serving position determining entity (S-PDE) in the visited network. | 06-07-2012 |
20120149369 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LOCATION SERVICES WITH ROAMING - Techniques for supporting location services (LCS) with roaming are described. A method of supporting LCS in a network comprising a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) enabled terminal (SET), a home SUPL location center (H-SLC), and a serving SUPL location center (S-SLC) includes receiving, at the H-SLC, a location request message for a location of the SET, where the location request message comprises an indication of a network location of the SET. The method includes sending, to the S-SLC in response to the location request message, a roaming request message. The method includes receiving, from the S-SLC in response to the roaming request message, a location report message comprising a position of the network location. The method also includes sending a reporting message comprising the position of the network location of the SET as the location of the SET. | 06-14-2012 |
20140074304 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR LOAD SHAVING OF A POWER GRID AND A TANGIBLE COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides a system, method and apparatus for load shaving of a power grid, and a tangible computer readable medium. The system may comprise at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer executable instructions. The at least one memory and computer executable instructions may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the system to profile behavior data for power customers to divide the power customers into at least one group; define, based on usage characteristic of each of the at least one group, a possible load shaving strategy for each of the at least one group; and perform load shaving analysis at least under constraint of the possible load shaving strategy for each of the at least one group, to provide a recommended load shaving strategy for each of the power customers. | 03-13-2014 |
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20090152171 | PROCESS FOR DIRECT COAL LIQUEFACTION - Process for direct coal liquefaction of coal, including: (1) preparing a coal slurry from raw coal; (2) preheating the coal slurry, then feeding it into reaction system to undergo liquefaction reaction; (3) separating reaction products in a separator to form a liquid phase and a gas phase, wherein the liquid phase is fractionated in an atmospheric tower into a light oil fraction and a bottom product; (4) feeding the atmospheric tower bottom product to a vacuum tower to separate into distillate and vacuum residue; (5) mixing the light oil fraction and the distillate to form a mixture, then feeding the mixture to a suspended bed hydrotreating reactor with forced circulation for hydrogenation; (6) fractionating hydrogenation products into oil products and a hydrogen donor recycling solvent. The process can operate long periods, with higher reactor efficiency and utilization factor, increased liquid oil yield and can supply high-quality feedstock for further processing. | 06-18-2009 |
20090283450 | A PROCESS FOR DIRECT LIQUEFACTION OF COAL - Process for direct coal liquefaction of coal, including: (1) preparing a coal slurry from raw coal; (2) preheating the coal slurry, then feeding it into reaction system to undergo liquefaction reaction; (3) separating reaction products in a separator to form a liquid phase and a gas phase, wherein the liquid phase is fractionated in an atmospheric tower into a light oil fraction and a bottom product; (4) feeding the atmospheric tower bottom product to a vacuum tower to separate into distillate and vacuum residue; (5) mixing the light oil fraction and the distillate to form a mixture, then feeding the mixture to a suspended bed hydrotreating reactor with forced circulation for hydrogenation; (6) fractionating hydrogenation products into oil products and a hydrogen donor recycling solvent. The process can operate long periods, with higher reactor efficiency and utilization factor, increased liquid oil yield and can supply high-quality feedstock for further processing. | 11-19-2009 |