Author: claimsbot

1. A detection sensor comprising:
a disc-like vibrator;
a platform that is mechanically coupled to the vibrator and to which a substance having mass adheres or sticks;
a driving unit that causes the vibrator to vibrate; and
a detection unit that detects the substance by detecting a change in vibration in the vibrator.
2. The detection sensor according to claim 1, wherein an opening is formed in a center of the vibrator, and the platform is arranged on an inner side of the opening and coupled to an inner edge of the opening of the vibrator via bridges.
3. The detection sensor according to claim 1, wherein the platform is formed such that a resonance frequency thereof is higher than a resonance frequency of the vibrator.
4. The detection sensor according to claim 1, wherein the platform is coupled to the vibrator in a position where the platform behaves integrally with the vibrator.
5. The detection sensor according to claim 4, wherein the platform is coupled to the vibrator in a region where vibration occurs only in one of a Radial direction and a Tangential direction of the vibrator in the vibrator.
6. The detection sensor according to claim 5, wherein the platform performs, integrally with the vibrator, linear vibration in the Radial direction of the vibrator or rotational vibration in the Tangential direction of the vibrator.
7. The detection sensor according to claim 4, wherein the platform is coupled to a region where amplitude is the largest or a portion near the region in the vibrator.
8. The detection sensor according to claim 1, wherein the platform is coupled to the vibrator in positions point-symmetrical or line-symmetrical with respect to a center of the vibrator.
9. The detection sensor according to claim 1, wherein the vibrator is formed in a ring shape, an outer diameter of which is represented as Ra and an inner diameter of which is represented as Rb because an opening is formed in a center, and
the vibrator is formed with the outer diameter Ra and the inner diameter Rb with which displacement U(r) in a Radial direction and displacement V(r) in a Tangential direction, which are represented by formula (1), in a position r in a position coordinate (r, \u03b8) at the time when the vibrator vibrates substantially satisfy U(r)=0 or V(r)=0 when r is Ra or Rb:
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\u03c3: Poisson’s ratio of a vibrator material, E: Young’s modulus of the vibrator material, \u03c1: the density of the vibrator material, \u03c9: angular frequency, n: order of a vibration mode, A6, A7, A8: coefficients uniquely determined according to a peculiar vibration mode defined by an outer diameter and an inner diameter of a vibrator, the Young’s modulus, the density, and the Poisson’s ratio of the vibrator material, and boundary conditions (in this case, Free-Free conditions) of the vibrator
10. The detection sensor according to claim 9, wherein, in the case in which U(r)=0 or V(r)=0 is substantially satisfied when r is Ra in the formula (1), the vibrator is supported in an outer diameter portion thereof.
11. The detection sensor according to claim 1, wherein
an opening is formed in a center of the vibrator, and the platform is coupled to an inner edge of the opening of the vibrator via bridges, and
the driving unit drives the vibrator in a (3, 1) mode in which an order m of harmonic vibration is set to 1 and a modal number n of a vibration mode is set to 3.
12. The detection sensor according to claim 11, wherein, in the vibrator, when an outer diameter is represented as Ra and an inner diameter of the opening is represented as Rb, RbRa is 0.65 to 0.81.
13. The detection sensor according to claim 11, wherein the vibrator is supported in plural positions where vibration in a Radial direction and a Tangential direction of the vibrator is substantially zero in an outer diameter portion thereof, and supporting positions of the vibrator are at intervals of an angle of 60\xb0 with respect to the center of the vibrator or intervals an integer times as large as 60\xb0.
14. The detection sensor according to claim 13, wherein the vibrator is supported in three places at intervals of 120\xb0.
15. The detection sensor according to claim 11, wherein the platform is coupled to the opening of the vibrator in two places where the platform behaves integrally with the vibrator and that are symmetrical with respect to the center of the vibrator.
16. The detection sensor according to claim 15, wherein the platform is coupled to the opening of the vibrator in a position in the vibrator where vibration in a (2, 1) mode in which an order m of harmonic vibration is 1 and a modal number n of a vibration mode is 2 is suppressed.

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. An elevator installation comprising an elevator car that moves in an elevator shaft provided with shaft doors, wherein the elevator car has at least one car apron that is arranged substantially parallel to a plane of the shaft wall at the shaft door side, and a device for reducing noises arising in a region of the at least one car apron comprising: a sound-absorbing means formed from a sound-absorbing material mounted at the at least one car apron.
2. The elevator installation according to claim 1 including another sound-absorbing means mounted at shaft door aprons adjacent the shaft doors.
3. The elevator installation according to claim 1 wherein said sound-absorbing means includes at least one sound absorption layer is formed of at least one material selected from a group of mineral fibers, organic fibers. ceramic fibers. foamed plastics and open-cell foam material.
4. Thc elevator installation according to claim 3 wherein said at least one sound absorption layer includes at least two part layers formed of different of sound-absorbing materials.
5. The elevator installation according to claim 1 wherein the at least one car apron includes a plate arranged parallel to a main plane of the at least one car apron and against which said sound-absorbing means bears at the side thereof remote from the shaft wall at the shaft door side.
6. The elevator installation according to claim 5 wherein said plate has a plurality of holes formed therein, wherein a total of areas of said holes is at least 30% of a total area of said at least one car apron.
7. The elevator installation according to claim 1 wherein said at least one car apron is part of a car lining mounted on and improving aerodynamic characteristics of the elevator car.
8. An elevator installation comprising an elevator car that moves in an elevator shaft provided with shaft doors, wherein the elevator car has upper and lower car aprons that are arranged substantially parallel to a plane of the shaft wall at the shaft door side, and a device for reducing noises arising in a region of the car apron comprising:
a first sound-absorbing means formed from a sound-absorbing material mounted at the upper car apron;
a second sound-absorbing means formed from a sound-absorbing material mounted at the lower car apron; and
a third sound-absorbing means formed from a sound-absorbing material mounted at shaft door aprons adjacent the shaft doors.
9. The elevator installation according to claim 1 wherein, the at least one car apron includes a plate arranged parallel to a main plane of the at least one car apron and against which said sound-absorbing means bears at a side thereof facing the shaft wall at the shaft door side.
10. The elevator installation according to claim 1 wherein the at least one car apron comprises a box forming a hollow body, said box being filled with said sound-absorbing means.
11. The elevator installation according to claim 1 wherein the at least one car apron comprises a box forming a hollow body, said box being filled with said sound-absorbing means and including a front side and a rear side, at least said front side having a plurality of holes formed therein, wherein a total of areas of said holes is at least 30% of a total area of said front side of the at least one car apron.
12. The elevator installation according to claim 11 wherein said front side corresponds to a main plane of the at least one car apron.
13. The elevator installation according to claim 11 wherein said sound-absorbing means includes at least two part layers formed of sound-absorbing material and a vibratory plate inserted between said at least two part layers, said vibratory plate forming a vibrational mass.
14. The elevator installation according to claim 1 wherein the at least one car apron comprises a box forming a hollow body and including a front side conesponding to a main plane of the at least one car apron, said box being filled with said sound-absorbing means, the at least one car apron being part of a car lining mounted on the elevator car and improving aerodynamic characteristics of the elevator car.
15. The elevator installation according to claim 3 wherein the at least one car apron includes a plate arranged parallel to a main plane of the at least one car apron and against which said sound absorption bears at the side thereof remote from the shaft wall at the shaft door side.
16. The elevator installation according to claim 15 wherein said plate has a plurality of holes formed therein, wherein a total of areas of said holes is at least 30% of a total area of said at least one car apron.
17. The elevator installation according to claim 16 wherein said holes have a diameter in a range of 2 millimeters to 20 millimeters.
18. The elevator installation according to claim 3 wherein the at least one car apron includes a plate arranged parallel to a main plane of the at least one car apron and against which said sound absorption bears at the side thereof facing the shaft wall at the shaft door side.
19. The elevator installation according to claim 3 wherein the at least one car apron comprises a box forming a hollow body, said box being filled with said at least one sound absorption layer.
20. The elevator installation according to claim 3 wherein the at least one car apron comprises a box forming a hollow body, said box being filled with said at least one sound absorption layer and including a front side and a rear side, at least said front side having a plurality of holes formed therein, wherein a total of areas of said holes is at least 30% of a total area of said front side of the at least one car apron.
21. The elevator installation according to claim 20 wherein said front side corresponds to a main plane of the at least one car apron.
22. The elevator installation according to claim 21 wherein said at least one sound absorption layer includes at least two part layers formed of sound-absorbing material and a vibratory plate inserted between said at least two part layers, said vibratory plate forming a vibrational mass.
23. The elevator installation according to claim 6 wherein said boles have a diameter in a range of 2 millimeters to 20 millimeters.
24. An elevator installation having an elevator car that moves in an elevator shaft provided with shaft doors, wherein the elevator car has at least one car apron that is arranged substantially parallel to a plane of the shaft wall at the shaft door side, and a device for reducing noises arising in a region of the car apron comprising: a sound-absorbing means mounted at the at least one car apron, said sound-absorbing means including at least one porous sound absorption layer, wherein the at least one car apron includes a metal plate arranged parallel to a main plane of the at least one car apron and against which said at least one porous sound absorption layer bears at the side Thereof remote from the shaft wall at the shaft door side, and wherein said metal plate has a plurality of generally circular holes formed therein, said holes having a diameter in a range of 2 millimeters to 20 millimeters, wherein a total of areas of said holes is at least 30% of a total area of said main plane of said at least one car apron.

1. A retaining puck for retaining a product, the retaining puck comprising:
a main body having a side surface and a bracket recess, wherein at least a portion of the side surface is continuous except for the bracket recess; and
a bracket having a mounting flange configured to mate with the bracket recess, wherein the mounting flange is received by the bracket recess, and an outer surface of the mounting flange is aligned with the continuous portion of the side surface of the main body.
2. The retaining puck of claim 1, wherein the continuous portion of the side surface defines a portion of a cylindrical shape.
3. The retaining puck of claim 1, wherein the side surface of the main body and the outer surface of the mounting flange together define a cylindrical shape.
4. The retaining puck of claim 1, wherein the side surface of the main body and the outer surface of the mounting flange have the same radius of curvature.
5. The retaining puck of claim 1, wherein the mounting flange has an inner surface that has a different shape from the outer surface of the mounting flange.
6. The retaining puck of claim 5, wherein the inner surface is defined by one or more flat surfaces, and
wherein the outer surface is defined by a continuously curved surface.
7. A display system, comprising:
the retaining puck of claim 1; and
a display stem having an outer surface defining a shape at its proximal portion that corresponds to a shape defined together by the side surface of the main body of the retaining puck and the outer surface of the mounting flange.
8. The display system of claim 7, wherein the side surface of the main body, the outer surface of the mounting flange, and the outer surface of the proximal portion of the display stem together define a cylindrical shape.
9. The display system of claim 7, wherein a diameter of the side surface of the main body and the outer surface of the mounting flange at a distal end of the puck main body is the same as a diameter of the outer surface of the display stem at a proximal end thereof.
10. The display system of claim 7, wherein the outer surface of the display stem at its proximal portion is aligned with the outer surface of the mounting flange and the side surface of the main body of the retaining puck when the retaining puck is coupled to the display stem.
11. The display system of claim 7, comprising:
a product connector cable having a product cable plug coupled to the retaining puck, wherein the product cable plug is configured to receive power or data through the coupling with the retaining puck and to transmit the power or data to a product coupled to a product connection end of the product connector cable.
12. A display system, comprising:
a retaining puck having a main body having a side surface; and
a display stem having an outer surface defining a shape at its proximal portion that corresponds to a shape defined by the side surface of the retaining puck,
wherein the outer surface of the display stem at its proximal portion is aligned with the side surface of the main body of the retaining puck when the retaining puck is coupled to the display stem.
13. The display system of claim 12, wherein the outer surface of the display stem at its proximal portion and at least a portion of the side surface of the retaining puck together define a cylindrical shape.
14. The display system of claim 12, further comprising a bracket having a mounting flange, wherein an outer surface of the mounting flange is aligned with a portion of the side surface of the main body.
15. The display system of claim 14, wherein the side surface of the main body and the outer surface of the mounting flange together define a cylindrical shape.
16. A method for displaying a product, the method comprising:
fixing a product to a retaining puck, wherein the retaining puck comprises:
a main body having a side surface and a bracket recess, wherein at least a portion of the side surface is continuous except for the bracket recess; and
a bracket having a mounting flange configured to mate with the bracket recess,
wherein the mounting flange is received by the bracket recess, and an outer surface of the mounting flange is aligned with the continuous portion of the side surface of the main body; and
aligning the side surface of the main body of the retaining puck and the outer surface of the mounting flange with an outer surface of at least a proximal portion of a display stem.
17. The method of claim 16, comprising positioning a mating surface of the retaining puck in contact with a mating surface of the display stem.

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 bipolar transistor, comprising:
an emitter;
a base connected to the emitter, the base having a first carbon content; and
a collector connected to the base, the collector including a second carbon content to prevent a conduction band barrier at a base-collector junction, wherein the second carbon content is greater than the first carbon content.
2. The bipolar transistor of claim 1, wherein an amount of the second carbon content in the collector is to cause a staggered offset in a conduction band at the base-collector junction at high current operation.
3. The bipolar transistor of claim 1, wherein an amount of the second carbon content in the collector is between about 0.5% to about 2%.
4. The bipolar transistor of claim 1, wherein the collector includes a carbon concentration between about 2.5\xd71020 cm\u22123 to about 1\xd71021 cm\u22123.
5. The bipolar transistor of claim 1, wherein the base has a steeply graded germanium profile with a high peak and the collector is substantially free from germanium.
6. The bipolar transistor of claim 1, wherein the base has a thickness sufficient to optimize maximum oscillation frequency (fmax).
7. The bipolar transistor of claim 1, wherein the base has a thickness between about 150 \u212b to about 600 \u212b.
8. The bipolar transistor of claim 1, wherein the emitter includes an n-type polysilicon, the base includes a p-type epitaxial silicon-germanium, and the collector includes an n-type epitaxial silicon.
9. A bipolar transistor, comprising:
an emitter;
a base connected to the emitter, the base having a first carbon content; and
a collector connected to the base, the collector including a second carbon content to prevent a conduction band barrier at a base-collector junction, wherein the second carbon content is greater than the first carbon content to prevent out-diffusion of a p-type material in the base and having a step-up increase at the base-collector junction.
10. The bipolar transistor of claim 1, wherein the base is between about 0% to about 0.4% carbon content.
11. A silicon germanium heterojunction bipolar transistor (SiGe HBT), comprising:
an n-type silicon emitter;
a p-type silicon germanium base connected to the emitter; and
an n-type silicon collector connected to the base, the collector including between about 0.5% to about 2% carbon content to cause a staggered offset in a conduction band and prevent a conduction band barrier at a base-collector heterojunction at high current operation, wherein the carbon content of the n-type silicon collector is greater than a carbon content of the p-type silicon germanium base.
12. The SiGe HBT of claim 11, wherein the base has a steeply graded germanium profile with a high peak, and the collector is substantially free from germanium.
13. The SiGe HBT of claim 11, wherein the base has a thickness sufficient to optimize maximum oscillation frequency (fmax).
14. The SiGe HBT of claim 11, wherein the emitter includes an n-type polysilicon, the base includes a p-type epitaxial silicon-germanium, and the collector includes an n-type epitaxial silicon.
15. The SiGe HBT of claim 11, wherein the base is between about 0% to about 0.4% carbon content to prevent out-diffusion of a p-type material in the base.
16. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a silicon substrate; and
a bipolar transistor overlying the substrate, the bipolar transistor including a collector and a base connected at a base-collector junction, the collector including carbon to prevent a conduction band barrier at a base-collector junction, wherein a carbon content of the collector is greater than a carbon content of the base.
17. The integrated circuit of claim 16, wherein the carbon content in the collector is to cause a staggered offset in a conduction band at the base-collector junction at high current operation.
18. The integrated circuit of claim 16, wherein the carbon content in the collector is between about 0.5% to about 2%.
19. The integrated circuit of claim 16, wherein the collector includes a carbon concentration between about 2.5\xd71020 cm\u22123 to about 1\xd71021 cm\u22123.
20. The integrated circuit of claim 16, wherein the base has a steeply graded germanium profile with a high peak, and the collector is substantially free from germanium.
21. The integrated circuit of claim 16, wherein the base has a thickness sufficient to optimize maximum oscillation frequency (fmax) for a given cutoff frequency (fT).
22. The integrated circuit of claim 16, wherein the emitter includes an n-type polysilicon, the base includes a p-type epitaxial silicon-germanium, and the collector includes an n-type epitaxial silicon.
23. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a silicon substrate; and
a bipolar transistor overlying the substrate, the bipolar transistor including a collector and a base connected at a base-collector junction, the collector including carbon to prevent a conduction band barrier at a base-collector junction, wherein a carbon content of the collector is greater than a carbon content of the base to prevent out-diffusion of a p-type material in the base and having a step-up increase at the base-collector heterojunction.
24. The integrated circuit of claim 16, wherein the base is between about 0% to about 0.4% carbon content.
25. The integrated circuit of claim 16, further comprising any one of an nMOS or a pMOS transistor formed into the substrate.