Author: claimsbot

1. A photodiode assembly comprising:
a semiconductor substrate;
a photodiode cell in the substrate, the photodiode cell including a first volume of the substrate that is doped with a first type of dopant;
a ground diffusion region in the substrate, the ground diffusion region including a second volume of the substrate that is doped with a second type of dopant having an opposite charge relative to the first type of dopant; and
a guard band in the substrate and at least partially extending around an outer periphery of the photodiode cell, the guard band including a third volume of the substrate that is doped with the first type of dopant, at least one of the ground diffusion region or the guard band conductively coupled with a ground reference to conduct one or more of electrons or holes that drift from the photodiode cell through the substrate, wherein the guard band is disposed closer to the photodiode cell than the ground diffusion region.
2. The photodiode assembly of claim 1, wherein the commonly doped volume of the guard band is separated from the photodiode cell by a separation portion of the substrate that continuously extends from the photodiode cell to the guard band and that is not doped with the second type of dopant.
3. The photodiode assembly of claim 1, wherein the guard band includes elongated doped regions of the substrate oriented at non-parallel angles with respect to each other.
4. The photodiode assembly of claim 3, wherein the ground diffusion region is joined with the elongated doped regions of the commonly doped volume.
5. The photodiode assembly of claim 3, wherein the ground diffusion region is disposed between the elongated doped regions around the photodiode cell.
6. The photodiode assembly of claim 1, wherein the guard band includes elongated doped regions of the substrate that extend around the photodiode cell and around the ground diffusion region.
7. The photodiode assembly of claim 1, wherein the ground diffusion region includes a plurality of spaced apart ground diffusion regions disposed around the photodiode cells and an elongated ground diffusion region that extends between and couples the spaced apart ground diffusion regions.
8. The photodiode assembly of claim 1, wherein the photodiode cell and the guard band include p-doped regions of the substrate.
9. The photodiode assembly of claim 1, further comprising an adjustable voltage source conductively coupled with the guard band, the guard band configured to receive a biasing voltage from the voltage source.
10. The photodiode assembly of claim 1, wherein the photodiode assembly forms at least a part of a detector in a computed tomography imaging system, a security system, or another imaging system.
11. A method for providing a photodiode assembly, the method comprising:
diffusing a first type of dopant into a first volume of a substrate to form a photodiode cell;
forming a ground diffusion region in the substrate by diffusing a second type of dopant into the substrate, the first and second types of dopants being oppositely charged dopants; and
forming a guard band in the substrate that at least partially extends around an outer periphery of the photodiode cell, the guard band formed by diffusing the first type of dopant into a collection region of the substrate, the guard band disposed closer to the photodiode cell than the ground diffusion region, wherein at least one of the ground diffusion region or the guard band is conductively coupled with a ground reference to conduct one or more of electrons or holes that drift from the photodiode cell through the substrate.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein forming the guard band includes diffusing the first type of dopant into a volume of the substrate that is spaced apart from the photodiode cell by a separation portion of the substrate that continuously extends from the photodiode cell to the collection region.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the separation portion of the substrate extends between the photodiode cell and the guard band without presence of the second type of dopant or a dopant junction.
14. The method of claim 11, further comprising conductively coupling the guard band with an adjustable voltage source, the guard band configured to receive a biasing voltage from the voltage source.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein forming the guard band includes diffusing the first type of dopant into volumes of the substrate that include elongated doped regions of the substrate oriented at non-parallel angles with respect to each other and diffusing the second type of dopant into the ground diffusion region that includes joint regions of the substrate that are joined with the elongated doped regions.
16. A photodiode assembly comprising:
a semiconductor substrate;
an array of photodiode cells disposed in the substrate, the photodiode cells including spaced apart volumes of the substrate that are doped with a first type of dopant; and
guard bands disposed in the substrate between the photodiode cells, the guard bands including commonly doped volumes of the substrate that are doped with the first type of dopant;
ground diffusion regions disposed in the substrate farther from the photodiode cells than the guard bands, the ground diffusion regions doped with a different, second type of dopant than the first type of dopant, wherein the guard bands are configured to conduct at least one of electrons or holes drifting through the substrate from the photodiode cells to a ground reference and the ground diffusion regions are configured to conduct the other of electrons or holes drifting through the substrate from the photodiode cells to the ground reference.
17. The photodiode assembly of claim 16, wherein the guard bands are separated from the photodiode cells by separation portions of the substrate that continuously extend from the photodiode cells to the guard bands, the separation portions not including regions doped with the second type of dopant.
18. The photodiode assembly of claim 16, wherein the guard bands include elongated doped regions of the substrate that extend around the photodiode cells and around the ground diffusion regions.
19. The photodiode assembly of claim 16, wherein the ground diffusion regions include a plurality of spaced apart ground diffusion regions disposed around the photodiode cells and one or more elongated ground diffusion regions that extend between and couple the spaced apart ground diffusion regions.
20. The photodiode assembly of claim 16, wherein the guard bands are conductively coupled with a voltage source, the guard band configured to receive a biasing voltage from the voltage source.

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 method of controlling a cooling fan in an information processing device that permits internal mounting of a relevant device, comprising the steps of:
obtaining an internal temperature of the information processing device;
obtaining an attaching-detaching state of the relevant device;
deciding a value relative to a rotation speed of the cooling fan, which is determined based on the obtained internal temperature and the attaching-detaching state of the relevant device; and
controlling the rotation speed of the cooling fan on the basis of the decided value relative to the rotation speed of the cooling fan.
2. A method of controlling a cooling fan according to claim 1, wherein said step of deciding a value relative to a rotation speed of the cooling fan is executed by referring to data which show the relationship between the value relative to the rotation speed of the cooling fan and the internal temperature and are determined depending upon the attaching-detaching state of the relevant device, to decide a value relative to a rotation speed of the cooling fan which rotation speed corresponds to the obtained temperature.
3. An information processing device-readable recording medium for an information processing device that stores an executable program that permits internal mounting of a relevant device in cooperation with a cooling fan able to change its rotation speed, temperature obtaining means that obtains a temperature within the information processing device, attaching-detaching state obtaining means that obtains an attaching-detaching state of the relevant device, and control means that controls the rotation speed of the cooling fan,
wherein the program causes said control means to execute the steps of:
processing for deciding a value relative to a rotation speed of the cooling fan, which is determined on the basis of the internal temperature obtained by said temperature obtaining means and the attaching-detaching state of the relevant device obtained by said attaching-detaching state obtaining means; and
processing for controlling the rotation speed of the cooling fan based on the decided value relative to the rotation speed of the cooling fan.
4. The information processing device-readable recording medium and executable program according to claim 3,
wherein said processing for deciding a value relative to a rotation speed of the cooling fan is executed by referring to data, which are determined depending upon the attaching-detaching state of the relevant device, showing the relationship between a value relative to a rotation speed of the cooling fan and the internal temperature, to decide a value relative to a rotation speed of the cooling fan, which corresponds to the obtained internal temperature.

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13. A paper valve bag comprising an inner panel located at a paper-bag end which is located opposite the paper-bag end with valve, wherein on a surface which is directed toward the bag interior, the inner panel has an opening aid which has at least one of a higher modulus of elasticity or a higher tensile strength than the inner panel.
14. A paper valve bag according to claim 13, wherein at least one surface-area end and at most two opposite surface-area ends of the inner panel, the opening aid extends beyond the extent of the surface area of the inner panel.
15. A paper valve bag according to claim 13, wherein the opening aid is fitted parallel to a longitudinal extent of the inner-panel surface.
16. A paper valve bag according to claim 15, wherein the opening aid is fitted in the center of the inner-panel surface.
17. A paper valve bag according to claim 13, wherein the opening aid is a tear-open strip or a tear-open thread.
18. A paper valve bag according to claim 13, wherein the opening aid comprises a modified natural product selected from the group consisting of wool, cotton and cellulose.
19. A paper valve bag according to claim 13, wherein the opening aid comprises a plastic comprising a monomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene, styrene, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, propylene and polyurethane.
20. A paper valve bag according to claim 13, wherein the opening aid comprises a plastic.
21. A paper valve bag according to claim 13, wherein the opening valve aid comprises modified natural product.
22. A paper valve bag according to claim 13 wherein the opening aid has a width or a diameter of 0.1 mm to 5 mm.
23. A paper valve bag according to claim 13, wherein the opening aid is at least one of adhesively bonded or welded to the inner panel.
24. A paper valve bag according to claim 13, wherein the paper-bag end with the inner panel has, in a direction of the exterior surroundings, at lest one of peel-back cover sheet or the bottom has a cover sheet adhesively bonded or welded over the surface area.
25. A paper valve bag according to claim 13, containing a material selected from the group consisting of fine-grain, pulverulent or free-flowing materials.
26. A paper valve bag according to claim 25, wherein the material has a particle-size distribution between 0.1 \u03bcm and 1.0 mm.
27. A paper valve bag according to claim 25, wherein the material is an inorganic, organic or pure metal.
28. A paper valve bag according to claim 25, wherein the material is an oxide, carbide, sulphide, hydroxide, salt, hydrocarbon, monomer or a polymer of natural or synthetic origin.
29. A paper valve bag according to claim 25, wherein the material is an hydraulically setting material.
30. A paper valve bag of claim 29, wherein the hydraulically setting material is ready-to-use mortar.

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 terminal apparatus comprising:
a service receiver to receive a data service from a service provision apparatus;
a connector to perform a connection with a corresponding terminal; and
a service forwarding unit to forward the data service to the corresponding terminal via the connection with the corresponding terminal.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a connection information provider to provide connection information of the corresponding terminal to the service provision apparatus in order to connect the corresponding terminal with the service provision apparatus.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a disconnecting unit to disconnect the data service to or from at least one of the corresponding terminal and the service provision apparatus.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the connector performs the connection with the corresponding terminal by a peer to peer (P2P) scheme.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the connector performs the connection with the corresponding terminal according to a connection request of at least one of the corresponding terminal and a user.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the connector performs the connection with the corresponding terminal by selecting at least one of a radio resource available for a communication with the corresponding terminal, and a communication protocol using a cognitive radio technology.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data service includes at least one of a data streaming service and a voice call service.
8. A service provision apparatus comprising:
a service providing unit to provide a data service to a first terminal;
a connection information receiver to receive, from the first terminal, connection information of a second terminal connected with the first terminal; and
a connection establisher to establish a connection with the second terminal using the connection information of the second terminal.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:
a disconnecting unit to disconnect the first terminal when the connection with the second terminal is established.
10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the service providing unit provides the data service to the second terminal via the connection with the second terminal.
11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the connection establisher establishes the connection with the second terminal according to a connection request received from the first terminal.
12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are connected by a peer to peer (P2P) scheme.
13. A method of forwardingsharing a service, the method comprising:
receiving a data service from a service provision apparatus;
performing a connection with a corresponding terminal; and
forwarding the data service to the corresponding terminal via the connection with the corresponding terminal.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
providing connection information of the corresponding terminal to the service provision apparatus in order to connect the corresponding terminal with the service provision apparatus.
15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
disconnecting the data service to or from at least one of the corresponding terminal and the service provision apparatus.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the performing of the connection includes making the connection with the corresponding terminal by a peer to peer (P2P) scheme.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein the performing of the connection includes making the connection with the corresponding terminal according to a connection request of at least one of the corresponding terminal and a user.
18. The method of claim 13, wherein the performing of the connection includes making the connection with the corresponding terminal by selecting at least one of a radio resource available for a communication with the corresponding terminal, and a communication protocol using a cognitive radio technology.
19. A service provision method comprising:
providing a data service to a first terminal;
receiving, from the first terminal, connection information of a second terminal connected with the first terminal; and
establishing a connection with the second terminal using the connection information of the second terminal.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:
disconnecting the first terminal when the connection with the second terminal is established.
21. The method of claim 19, further comprising:
providing the data service to the second terminal via the connection with the second terminal.
22. The method of claim 19, wherein the establishing of the connection includes establishing the connection with the second terminal according to a connection request received from the first terminal.
23. The method of claim 19, wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are connected by a peer to peer (P2P) scheme.
24. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program to cause a host to implement the method according to claim 13.
25. An apparatus to selectively convey streaming data, comprising:
a receiver to receive the streaming data from a source device;
a display to play the received streaming data in real time; and
a transmitter to selectively provide the received streaming data to another device in real time based on a request to convey the streaming data from the another device.
26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the apparatus provides the source device with a request from the another device to provide the streaming data so that the source device provides the streaming data directly to the second device, and without the apparatus providing the streaming data.
27. A method of selectively conveying streaming data, comprising:
receiving the streaming data from a source device;
displaying the received streaming data in real time; and
selectively providing the received streaming data to another device in real time based on a request from the another device.