Author: claimsbot

1. A shift register having a plurality of stages which sequentially generate output signals in synchronization with a plurality of clock signals, wherein each of the stages comprises:
a set terminal, a reset terminal, a gate voltage terminal, an output terminal and first and second clock terminals;
an input unit for receiving a scan start signal or an output signal from a previous stage and outputting the scan start signal or the output signal as a first voltage;
a first unit for passing at least two clock signals;
a second unit for outputting at least one of the at least two clock signals or a second voltage in response to an output signal from a next stage; and
an output unit for generating an output signal synchronized with at least one of the at least two clock signals in response to the outputs of the input unit and the second unit,
wherein the input unit is connected between the set terminal and a first contact point and includes a first switching element having a control terminal connected to the set terminal,
wherein the first unit comprises:
a second switching element connected between the first clock terminal and a second contact point; and
a third switching element connected between the second clock terminal and a third contact point,
wherein a control terminal of the second switching element is connected to the first clock terminal, and a control terminal and an input terminal of the third switching element are directly connected to the second clock terminal.
2. The shift register of claim 1, wherein the second unit comprises:
fourth and fifth switching elements connected in parallel to each other between the first contact point and the gate voltage terminal;
sixth and seventh switching elements connected in parallel to each other between the second contact point and the gate voltage terminal; and
an eighth switching element connected between the third contact point and the gate voltage terminal,
wherein control terminals of the fourth and fifth switching elements are connected to the reset terminal and the second contact point, respectively, and control terminals of the sixth, seventh, and eighth switching elements are connected to the first contact point, the second clock terminal, and the first clock terminal, respectively,
wherein the output unit comprises:
a ninth switching element connected between the first clock terminal and the output terminal;
tenth and eleventh switching elements connected in parallel to each other between the output terminal and the gate voltage terminal; and
a capacitor connected between the first contact point and the output terminal, and
wherein control terminals of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh switching elements are connected to the first, second, and third contact points, respectively.
3. The shift register of claim 1, wherein the shift register includes first and second shift register units, and
wherein the first shift register unit includes a plurality of first stages connected to odd-numbered signal lines, and the second shift register unit includes a plurality of second stages connected to even-numbered signal lines.
4. The shift register of claim 3, wherein each of the first stages except a first and a last stage is connected to previous and next first stages, and each of the second stages except a first and a last stage is connected to previous and next second stages.
5. The shift register of claim 4, wherein a first start signal is input to the first stage of the first register unit and a second start signal is input to the first stage of the second register unit.
6. The shift register of claim 5, wherein the plurality of clock signals includes first and second clock signals input to the first register unit and third and fourth clock signals input to the second register unit, and
wherein the first, third, second, and fourth clock signals have a duty ratio of 25% and a phase difference of 90\xb0.
7. The shift register of claim 1, wherein the shift register unit includes a first shift register unit,
wherein the plurality of clock signals includes first and second clock signals input to the first register unit,
wherein the first and second clock signals have a duty ratio of 50% and a phase difference of 180\xb0.
8. The shift register of claim 1, wherein the output unit charges the capacitor with a voltage corresponding to a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage.
9. A display device, comprising:
a panel unit having pixels and signal lines connected to the pixels, and
a shift register having a plurality of stages which sequentially generate output signals in synchronization with a plurality of clock signals and apply the generated output signals to the signal lines,
wherein each of the stages comprises:
a set terminal, a reset terminal, a gate voltage terminal, an output terminal, and first and second clock terminals,
an input unit for receiving a scan start signal or an output signal from a previous stage and outputting the scan start signal or the output signal as a first voltage,
a first unit for passing at least two clock signals,
a second unit for outputting at least one of the at least two clock signals or a second voltage in response to an output signal from a next stage, and
an output unit for generating an output signal synchronized with at least one of the at least two clock signals in response to the outputs of the input unit and the second unit,
wherein the input unit is connected between the set terminal and a first contact point and includes a first switching element having a control terminal connected to the set terminal,
wherein the first unit comprises:
a second switching element connected between the first clock terminal and a second contact point; and
a third switching element connected between the second clock terminal and a third contact point,
wherein a control terminal of the second switching element is connected to the first clock terminal, and a control terminal and an input terminal of the third switching element are directly connected to the second clock terminal.
10. The display device of claim 9, wherein the second unit comprises:
fourth and fifth switching elements connected in parallel to each other between the first contact point and the gate voltage terminal;
sixth and seventh switching elements connected in parallel to each other between the second contact point and the gate voltage terminal; and
an eighth switching element connected between the third contact point and the gate voltage terminal,
wherein control terminals of the fourth and fifth switching elements are connected to the reset terminal and the second contact point, respectively, and control terminals of the sixth, seventh, and eighth switching elements are connected to the first contact point, the second clock terminal, and the first clock terminal, respectively,
wherein the output unit comprises:
a ninth switching element connected between the first clock terminal and the output terminal;
tenth and eleventh switching elements connected in parallel to each other between the output terminal and the gate voltage terminal; and
a capacitor connected between the first contact point and the output terminal, and
wherein control terminals of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh switching elements are connected to the first, second, and third contact points, respectively.
11. The display device of claim 10, wherein the first to eleventh switching elements are made of an amorphous silicate.
12. The display device of claim 11, wherein the shift register is integrated in the panel unit.
13. The display device of claim 12, wherein the shift register includes first and second shift register units, and
wherein the first shift register unit includes a plurality of first stages connected to odd-numbered signal lines, and the second shift register unit includes a plurality of second stages connected to even-numbered signal lines.
14. The display device of claim 13, wherein each of the first stages except a first and a last stage is connected to previous and next first stages, and each of the second stages except a first and a last stage is connected to previous and next second stages.
15. The display device of claim 14, wherein a first start signal is input to the first stage of the first register unit and a second start signal is input to the first stage of the second register unit.
16. The display device of claim 15, wherein the plurality of clock signals includes first and second clock signals input to the first register unit and third and fourth clock signals input to the second register unit, and
wherein the first, third, second, and fourth clock signals have a duty ratio of 25% and a phase difference of 90\xb0.
17. The display device of claim 9, wherein the display device is a liquid crystal display.
18. The display device of claim 9, wherein the shift register unit includes a first shift register unit,
wherein the plurality of clock signals includes first and second clock signals input to the first register unit,
wherein the first and second clock signals have a duty ratio of 50% and a phase difference of 180\xb0.
19. The display device of claim 9, wherein the output unit charges the capacitor with a voltage corresponding to a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage.
20. A pair of shift registers disposed in first and second columns including a first plurality of stages and a second plurality of stages connected to gate lines of a panel unit and receiving first and second start signals, first to fourth clock signals and a gate-off voltage, wherein each of the stages comprises:
an input unit connected to a set terminal for receiving one of the start signals or an output from a previous stage and for outputting a first voltage to a first contact point, the input unit comprising a first switching element comprising a control terminal and an input terminal connected to the set terminal;
a first unit connected to first and second clock terminals for passing two of the first to fourth clock signals, wherein the two clock signals have first and second voltage levels, respectively;
a second unit connected to a reset terminal for receiving an output from a next stage and for outputting at least one of the two passed clock signals or a second voltage to second and third contact points; and
an output unit connected to a gate-off voltage terminal for receiving the gate-off voltage and for outputting a signal synchronized with at least one of the two clock signals according to the voltage of the first, second and third contact points,
wherein the first unit comprises:
a second switching element connected between the first clock terminal and the second contact point; and
a third switching element connected between the second clock terminal and the third contact point,
wherein a control terminal and an input terminal of the second switching element are connected to the first clock terminal, and a control terminal and an input terminal of the third switching element are directly connected to the second clock terminal.
21. The shift registers of claim 20, wherein when one of the stages generates the output signal in synchronization with the first or second clock signals, the previous and next stages generate an output signal in synchronization with the third or fourth clock signals, respectively.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A vehicle storage device comprising at least one front portion and one rear portion defining between them a storage space, characterized in that the front portion and the rear portion are attached to each other by a separable attachment device, said attachment device being arranged so as to allow separation of said front portion from said rear portion under the effect of an external force greater than a predetermined threshold, so that the front portion or the rear portion is detached from the other portion and penetrates into the storage space under the effect of said external force.
2. The storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that the separable attachment device is arranged so as to allow separation of the front portion from the rear portion when the external force is applied along a direction from the front portion towards the storage space and for maintaining the front portion firmly attached to the rear portion when the external force is applied along a direction from the storage space to the front portion.
3. The storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that the rear portion comprises two side walls extending on either side of the storage space, said side walls bearing the separable device for attaching the front portion on the rear portion.
4. The storage device according to claim 3, characterized in that attachment device comprises a snap-on fastening element protruding from each side wall in the storage space and an edge extending from the end of each side wall towards the front portion, the snap-on fastening element and the edge of a side wall being arranged so as to retain between them one of the side edges of the front portion.
5. The storage device according to claim 3 characterizing that the attachment device is formed by at least one frangible member.
6. The storage device according to claim 3, characterizing that the attachment device comprises a film hinge connecting the bottom line of the rear portion to the front portion, said hinge being arranged so as to break under the effect of the external force greater than a predetermined threshold.
7. The storage device according to claim 3, characterized in that the attachment device is formed by at least one frictional engagement member.
8. The storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that the front portion is formed by a substantially planar wall.
9. The storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that the front portion is formed by a plurality of walls defining a portion of the storage space between them, the rear portion defining another portion of the storage space.
10. A vehicle dashboard comprising a storage device according to claim 1, said dashboard comprising a frontage and an internal portion positioned facing structural elements of the motor vehicle, the storage device being arranged so that its rear portion extends on the site of the frontage and the front portion extends on the side of the internal portion, facing the structural elements of the vehicle.

1. An electronic assembly comprising:
a printed circuit board having a surface with a plurality of conductive pads disposed thereon and a plurality of conductive traces within the printed circuit board;
an electrical connector comprising a housing and a plurality of conductive elements within the housing, each of the plurality of conductive elements comprising a surface mount contact tail extending from the housing, the housing being disposed adjacent to an area of the surface, the area comprising at least a portion of the plurality of conductive pads and the surface mount contact tail of each of the plurality of conductive elements being electrically connected to a pad of a first portion of the plurality of conductive pads;
a plurality of electronic components, each electronic component having a first end and a second end, the first end of each of the plurality of electronic components being electrically connected to a pad of the first portion of the plurality of conductive pads and the second end of each of the plurality of electronic components being electrically connected to a pad of a second portion of the plurality of conductive pads; and
a plurality of vias, each of the plurality of vias passing through a conductive pad of the second portion of the plurality of conductive pads and a conductive trace of the plurality of conductive traces.
2. The electronic assembly of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the plurality of conductive pads are free of vias.
3. The electronic assembly of claim 1, wherein the plurality of electronic components are disposed adjacent the housing.
4. The electronic assembly of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a plurality of recesses and each of the plurality of electronic components is partially disposed within a recess of the plurality of recesses.
5. The electronic assembly of claim 1, wherein each of plurality of electronic components comprises a surface mount component.
6. The electronic assembly of claim 5, wherein each of plurality of electronic components comprises a capacitor.
7. The electronic assembly of claim 5, wherein each of plurality of electronic components comprises a resistor.
8. The electronic assembly of claim 1, wherein:
the electrical connector comprises a plurality of wafer assemblies, each wafer subassembly comprising a portion of the housing and a portion of the plurality of conductive elements; and each of the plurality of electronic components is disposed between two adjacent wafer assemblies of the plurality of wafer assemblies.
9. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing having a surface;
a plurality of conductive elements each having an intermediate portion disposed within the housing and a contact tail extending from the housing adjacent the surface; and
a plurality of electronic components separately formed from one another and attached to the surface of the housing, each of the plurality of electronic components comprising a conductive surface, and each of the plurality of components being disposed with the conductive surface adjacent a contact tail of a conductive element of the plurality of conductive elements.
10. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein the conductive surface of each of the plurality of electronic components comprises a solder-wettable surface.
11. The electrical connector of claim 10, wherein:
each of the plurality of electronic components comprises a first end and a second end;
the conductive surface of each of the plurality of electronic components is a first conductive surface positioned at the first end of the electronic component; and
each of the plurality of electronic components comprises a second conductive surface positioned at the second end of the electronic component.
12. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of electronic components is a surface mount capacitor.
13. The electrical connector of claim 12 in combination with a printed circuit board, wherein:
the printed circuit board comprises a surface and a first plurality of conductive pads and a second plurality of pads disposed on the surface, each of the second plurality of pads being positioned adjacent a pad of the first plurality of pads;
a contact tail of a conductive element of the plurality of conductive elements is soldered to a pad of the first plurality of pads; and
a first conductive surface of an electronic component of the plurality of electronic components is soldered to a pad of the first plurality of pads and a second conductive surface of the electronic component is soldered to a pad of the second plurality of pads.
14. The electrical connector in the combination of claim 13, wherein:
the printed circuit board comprises a plurality of conductive structures within the printed circuit board and a plurality of vias providing an electrical connection from the surface to a structure of the plurality of conductive structures;
each pad of the second plurality of pads has a via of the plurality of vias passing therethrough; and
each pad of the first plurality of pads has no via passing therethrough.
15. The electrical connector in the combination of claim 14, wherein:
the plurality of conductive structures comprise signal traces and ground layers; and
each of the plurality of vias provides a connection to a signal trace.
16. The electrical connector of claim 12, wherein each of the surface mount capacitors is an 0201 surface mount capacitor.
17. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of electronic components is attached to the housing with an adhesive.
18. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein the housing comprises a plurality of recesses and each of the plurality of electronic components is at least partially disposed within a recess of the plurality of recesses.
19. The electrical connector of claim 18, wherein:
the electrical connector comprises a plurality of subassemblies, each subassembly comprising a housing portion and at least one column of conductive elements, the housing portion comprising a subset of the plurality of recesses, each recess of the subset being disposed adjacent a contact tail of a conductive element of the column; and
the first end of an electronic component of the plurality of electronic components is disposed within a recess of the subset.
20. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein:
the plurality of conductive elements comprises a plurality of differential pairs; and
the plurality of conductive elements is each disposed with the conductive surface adjacent a contact tail of a conductive element of a differential pair of the plurality of differential pairs.
21. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein:
the housing comprises a plurality of members, each of the plurality of members being adapted and configured to clip an electronic component of the plurality of electronic components to the housing in a position in which the conductive surface of the electronic component is adjacent a contact tail of a conductive element of the plurality of conductive elements.
22. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein the plurality of electronic components are electrically isolated from the plurality of conductive elements.
23. A printed circuit board comprising a component footprint, the component footprint comprising:
a plurality of columns, each column comprising:
a plurality of first pairs of conductive pads disposed on a surface of the printed circuit board, each first pair comprising two adjacent pads and a via disposed in each pad;
a plurality of second pairs of conductive pads disposed on the surface of the printed circuit board, each second pair comprising two pads, wherein each of the second pairs of conductive pads comprises two adjacent pads without a via disposed in either pad; and
a plurality of conductive strips disposed on the surface of the printed circuit board, each conductive strip being disposed between two adjacent first pairs of conductive pads and between two adjacent second pairs of conductive pads.
24. The printed circuit board of claim 23, wherein each of the two adjacent pads of each second pair of conductive pads is adapted to electrically receive a conductive region of a capacitor.
25. The printed circuit board of claim 23, wherein one of the two adjacent pads of each second pair of conductive pads is adapted to electrically receive both a conductive region of a capacitor and a contact tail of an electrical connector.
26. The printed circuit board of claim 23, in combination with an electrical connector and a plurality of capacitors, wherein:
a capacitor of the plurality of capacitors is connected to a pad of the first plurality of pairs of pads and a pad of the second plurality of pairs of pads; and
a contact tail of the electrical connector is connected to each pad of the second plurality of pairs of pads.
27. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing having a surface;
a plurality of conductive elements each having an intermediate portion disposed within the housing and a contact tail extending from the housing adjacent the surface;
a plurality of electronic components attached to the surface of the housing, wherein each of the plurality of electronic components is electrically isolated from the plurality of conductive elements, and each of the plurality of components is disposed with the conductive surface adjacent a contact tail of a conductive element of the plurality of conductive elements.
28. The electrical connector of claim 27, wherein the plurality of electronic components comprise a plurality of surface mount components separately formed from one another.
29. The electrical connector of claim 27, wherein the plurality of electronic components are attached to the surface of the housing by a retention mechanism.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A lithographic apparatus comprising:
an illumination system configured to condition a beam of extreme ultra-violet radiation;
a support configured to hold a reflective patterning device, the reflective patterning device configured to impart a pattern to the beam of extreme ultra-violet radiation;
a substrate table configured to hold a substrate;
a projection system configured to project the patterned beam of extreme ultra-violet radiation onto a target portion of the substrate; and
a masking device configured to control illumination of the reflective patterning device by the beam of extreme ultra-violet radiation, the masking device comprising a masking blade including a masking edge configured to delimit a boundary of an illumination region on the reflective patterning device, and a masking surface having a plurality of facet surfaces, wherein each of the facet surfaces is inclined in a first direction at an angle greater than a maximum angle subtended by radiation that can be captured by the projection system to reflect a portion of the beam of extreme ultra-violet radiation incident on the masking blade such that the reflected extreme ultra-violet radiation is not captured by the projection system.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the masking surface comprises a plurality of facet portions, each facet portion comprising a first facet surface and a second facet surface of the plurality of facet surfaces arranged to converge at a point that protrudes in a direction away from the masking surface, wherein the first facet surface is inclined in the first direction at the angle greater than the maximum angle subtended by radiation that can be captured by the projection system.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the second facet surface is inclined in a second direction at an angle greater than the maximum angle subtended by radiation that can be captured by the projection system.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the facet portions comprise three or more facet surfaces.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the three or more facet surfaces are each configured to reflect the radiation towards a different beam dump.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the masking edge is inclined at an inclination angle greater than a certain angle, the inclination angle being such that at least a portion of radiation reflected from the masking edge falls outside the angular capture range of the projection system.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the certain angle is the maximum angle subtended by radiation that can be captured by the projection system.
8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein when the certain angle is the sum of the maximum angle subtended by radiation that can be captured by the projection system and a centroid angle of incidence for radiation incident on the masking edge.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the masking blade comprises a metallic material.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the metallic material is titanium.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the masking blade is configured to reflect the radiation towards the illumination system.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the masking blade is configured to reflect the radiation towards a beam dump.
13. A method of controlling reflection of extreme ultra-violet radiation in a lithographic apparatus, the method comprising:
projecting a beam of extreme ultra-violet radiation toward a reflective patterning device of the lithographic apparatus; and
using a masking blade including a masking edge configured to delimit a boundary of an illumination region on the reflective patterning device and disposed before the reflective patterning device in the optical path of the beam of extreme ultra-violet radiation to reflect at least a portion of the extreme ultra-violet radiation at an angle which is equal to or greater than a certain angle, such that at least a portion of the reflected extreme ultra-violet radiation is not captured by a projection system of the lithographic apparatus, wherein the masking blade further includes a masking surface having a plurality of facet surfaces, each of the facet surfaces is inclined in a first direction at an angle greater than a maximum angle subtended by radiation that can be captured by the projection system to reflect a portion of the beam of extreme ultra-violet radiation incident on the masking blade such that the reflected extreme ultra-violet radiation is not captured by the projection system.
14. A masking device for a reflective patterning device in a lithographic apparatus, the masking device comprising a masking blade including a masking edge configured to delimit a boundary of an illumination region on the reflective patterning device and a masking surface having a plurality of facet surfaces, wherein each of the facet surfaces is inclined in a first direction at an angle greater than a maximum angle subtended by radiation that can be captured by a projection system of the lithographic apparatus to reflect extreme ultra-violet radiation such that at least a portion of the reflected extreme ultra-violet radiation falls outside an angular capture range of captured by the projection system of the lithographic apparatus.