Author: claimsbot

1. An article comprising:
a strengthened glass substrate having a first surface and a second surface and having a Vickers crack initiation threshold of at least 20 kgf;
a barrier layer having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface of the barrier layer is adjacent to the second surface of the strengthened glass substrate, and wherein the barrier layer comprises an oxide or a nitride; and
a device comprising a semiconductor film adjacent to the second surface of the barrier layer.
2. The article according to claim 1, wherein the barrier layer comprises the oxide having a formula of MxOy, wherein x is an integer from 1 to 6, y is an integer from 1 to 30 such that MxOy is a charge neutral species, and M is a metal or a non-metal.
3. The article according to claim 2, wherein the barrier layer is Aluminum Oxide.
4. The article according to claim 1, wherein the barrier layer comprises the nitride having a formula of MxNy, wherein x is an integer from 1 to 6, y is an integer from 1 to 30 such that MxNy is a charge neutral species, and M is a metal or a non-metal.
5. The article according to claim 4, wherein the barrier layer comprises Silicon Nitride.
6. The article according to claim 1, wherein the strengthened glass substrate is an ion-exchanged glass.
7. The article according to claim 1, further comprising a functional layer disposed on the first surface of the strengthened glass substrate.
8. The article according to claim 1, wherein the functional layer is selected from an anti-glare layer, an anti-smudge layer, a self-cleaning layer, an anti-reflection layer, an anti-fingerprint layer, an optically scattering layer, anti-splintering, and combinations thereof.
9. The article according to claim 1, wherein the strengthened glass substrate is curved.
10. The article according to claim 1, wherein the device is selected from a photovoltaic device, a thin-film transistor, a diode, and a display device.
11. The article according to claim 1, wherein the glass substrate is a glass sheet.
12. The article according to claim 1, wherein the barrier layer is disposed on the glass substrate.
13. The article according to claim 1, wherein the glass substrate is optically transparent.
14. The article according to claim 1, wherein the barrier layer is optically transparent.
15. The article according to claim 1, wherein the device is optically transparent.
16. The article according to claim 1, wherein the glass substrate, the barrier layer, and the device are optically transparent.
17. A method comprising:
providing a strengthened glass substrate having a first surface and a second surface and having a Vickers crack initiation threshold of at least 20 kgf;
applying a barrier layer having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface of the barrier layer is adjacent to the second surface of the strengthened glass substrate, and wherein the barrier layer comprises an oxide or a nitride; and
forming a device comprising a semiconductor film adjacent to the second surface of the barrier layer.
18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the glass substrate is optically transparent.
19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the barrier layer is optically transparent.
20. The method according to claim 17, wherein the device is optically transparent.

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 ring network, comprising:
a node including:
an optical switch coupled to a fiber of the ring network;
a transmit switch coupled to the optical switch;
a wavelength stacking assembly coupled to the transmit switch for aligning in time packets of varying wavelengths created by a tunable laser via a bank of delay lines;
a receive switch coupled to the optical switch; and
a wavelength unstacking assembly coupled to the receive switch.
2. The ring network of claim 1, wherein the transmit switch includes a buffer for storing packets, and the receive switch includes a buffer for storing received packets.
3. The ring network of claim 1, wherein the node performs a credit-based MAC protocol.
4. The ring network of claim 3, wherein the node further includes an admission controller for determining whether bandwidth requests are accepted based upon an available frame capacity.
5. A method for transmitting and receiving packets on a ring network, comprising:
stacking packets of varying wavelengths created by a tunable laser via a bank of delay lines to form a composite transmit data packet aligned in time;
buffering the composite transmit data packet in a transmit switch;
transmitting the composite transmit data packet onto the ring network via an optical switch;
receiving a receive data packet via the optical switch;
buffering the receive data packet in a receive switch; and
unstacking the receive data packet.
6. The method of claim 5, further including setting the optical switch and the transmit switch to a cross state to put the composite transmit data packet on the ring network.
7. The method of claim 5, further including setting the optical switch and the receive switch to a cross state to obtain the receive data packet from the ring network.

1. A large profile, high speed laser micrometer, comprising:
(a) a light source unit having at least one emitter module that emits a laser sheet, said emitter module having a plurality of laser line generators arranged in overlapping fashion to prevent gaps in the laser sheet;
(b) a detector array having at least one detector module having a plurality of detectors arranged in overlapping fashion, wherein said emitter module and said detector module are aligned; and
(c) at least one data processing unit coupled to said detector array;

such that dimensions of an object passing between said light source unit and said detector array can be measured.
2. The laser micrometer according to claim 1, wherein one or both of said laser line generators and said detectors are arranged in an stair-step fashion.
3. The laser micrometer according to claim 1, wherein said detector module is comprised of linear CIS detectors, the number of said linear CIS detectors equal to the number of laser line generators.
4. A large profile, high speed laser micrometer, comprising:
(a) a light source unit having a plurality of emitter modules that combine to emit a laser sheet, each of said emitter modules having a plurality of laser line generators arranged in an overlapping fashion to prevent gaps in the laser sheet;
(b) a detector array having a plurality of detector modules, each of said detector modules having a plurality of detectors arranged in an overlapping fashion to prevent gaps in the laser sheet, wherein each of said plurality of emitter modules and each of said plurality of detector modules are aligned; and
(c) one or more data processing units coupled to said detector array;

such that dimensions of an object passing between said light source unit and said detector array can be measured.
5. The laser micrometer according to claim 4 wherein one or both of said laser line generators and said detectors are arranged in stair-step fashion.
6. The laser micrometer according to claim 4, wherein each of said detector modules is comprised of linear CIS detectors, the number of said linear CIS detectors equal to the number of laser line generators.
7. The laser micrometer according to claim 4, wherein the number of data processing units is equal to a fraction of the number of said detector modules such that each data processing unit provides data processing for a number of detector modules located adjacent to one another.
8. The laser micrometer according to claim 4, where said fraction is one-third.

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 reaction product composition consisting essentially of:
a. a first polymer comprising a poly(olefin), the polymer including at least one pendant or terminal functional group comprised of a carboxylic acid or an anhydride of carboxylic acid or combinations thereof, and
b. a second polymer consisting essentially of a copolymer of conjugated diene units or a copolymer consisting essentially of conjugated diene units and vinyl aromatic units, and further including at least one nitrogen containing terminal group.
2. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said carboxylic acid or said anhydride is derived from maleic acid or maleic anhydride of carboxylic acid.
3. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said first polymer is a thermoplastic polymer.
4. A composition according to claim 2, wherein said first polymer is a poly(olefin) comprised of at least 80 weight percet \u03b1-olefin.
5. A composition according to claim 4, wherein said \u03b1-olefin comprises propylene.
6. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said second polymer comprises butadiene units.
7. A composition according to claim 1, wherein at least 40 weight percent of said second polymer comprised of conjugated diene units.
8. A composition according to claim 6 wherein said butadiene units comprise at least 40 weight percent of said second polymer.
9. A composition according to claim 1, wherein at least 80 weight percent of the first polymer is derived from the polymerization of propylene andor ethylene, and said at least one carboxylic acid or said at least one anhydride of said first polymer is derived from maleic acid or maleic anhydride, and
at least 50 weight percent of said second polymer is comprised of said polymer of conjugated diene units.
10. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said second polymer is an elastomer.
11. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said terminal nitrogen containing group is derived from N-butylidenebenzylamine.
12. A composition comprising the reaction product of a maleated polypropylene and amine terminated polybutadiene.
13. A composition comprising the reaction product of one of a maleated polyethylene or a maleated polypropylene and one of an amine terminated polytutadiene or an amine terminated styrene-butadiene copolymer.
14. The composition of claim 12 wherein said maleated polypropylene comprises greated than 35% by weight of the composition.