Author: claimsbot

1. A method of directing air flow in a computing system, the computing system including a slot for receiving an electrical component having a set of pins, the method comprising:
passing signaling information through a presence detectable baffle that has been inserted into the slot, wherein the presence detectable baffle includes a passive chassis having a form factor consistent with an electrical component and a presence detectable pin set that is consistent with the electrical component; and
causing, by the presence detectable baffle, air flow to be directed through the computing system in a manner consistent with air flow through the computing system when the electrical component is inserted in the slot wherein:
the presence detectable pin set is configured to indicate to a system manager that the presence detectable baffle is installed and that the presence detectable baffle is passive; and
the system manager is configured to identify, the presence detectable baffle after installation of the presence detectable and manage computing system operating attributes in dependence upon presence detectable baffle attributes.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the presence detectable baffle includes a pin set compatible with the peripheral component interconnect express (\u2018PCIe\u2019) specification.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the slot is a peripheral component interconnect express (\u2018PCIe\u2019) expansion slot.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the electrical component of the computing system is an expansion card.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the electrical component of the computing system is a memory module.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein passing signaling information through the presence detectable baffle includes passing a predetermined voltage value over predetermined pins of the presence detectable pin set.

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 fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a first metal nitride film having a first metal material and a first nitride material on a word line, as a barrier metal; forming a second metal nitride film having a second metal material and a second nitride material on the first metal nitride film, as the barrier metal: and forming a conductive layer on the second metal nitride film to form a Schottky diode between the conductive layer and the barrier metal, wherein the first metal material is richer than the first nitride material in the first metal nitride film or the second metal material is richer than the second nitride material in the second metal nitride film to reduce a work function of the barrier metal, and wherein forming the first metal nitride film comprises: providing a first metal precursor on the word line; performing a purge to remove impurities; performing a hydrogen (H2) process to remove ligands from the first metal material precursor; performing a second purge to remove impurities, and forming the first nitride material by nitrifying the first metal material using an ammonia NH3 gas or a NH3 plasma process.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the forming the first metal nitride film comprises: repeating forming the first metal nitride film, if it is determined that the first metal nitride film does not have a desired thickness or repeating forming the second metal nitride material film, if it is determined that the second metal nitride film does not have a desired thickness.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first metal material is titanium and the second metal material is aluminum.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein forming the first metal nitride film and the forming the second metal nitride film are performed by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first metal material precursor includes any one selected from the group consisting of: Ti(NEtMe)4 (TEMATi), tetrakis(dimethylamino)titanium I (TDMATi), titanium chloride (TIC14), titanium iodide (TiI4), or titanium fluoride (TiF4).
6. The method of claim 1, wherein forming the second metal nitride film comprises: providing a second metal material precursor on the first metal nitride film; performing a purge to remove impurities; performing a hydrogen (H2) process to remove ligands from the second metal material precursor; performing a second purge to remove impurities; and forming the second nitride material by nitrifying the second metal material using an ammonia (NH3) gas or a NH3 plasma process.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second metal material precursor includes any one selected from the group consisting of: trimethylaluminum (TMA), tritertiarybutylaluminum (TBA), or aluminum chloride (AlCl3).
8. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate; depositing a first metal material on the semiconductor substrate; nitrifying the first metal material to form a first metal nitride film, as a word line; determining whether the first metal nitride material film has a desired thickness, wherein if the first metal nitride film has the desired thickness then depositing a second metal material on the first metal nitride film, nitrifying the second metal material to form a second metal nitride film, as the word line, and determining whether the second metal nitride film is deposited to a desired thickness, wherein if the second metal nitride film has the desired thickness, then forming a barrier metal layer on the second metal nitride material film; and depositing a P+polysilicon layer on the barrier metal layer to form a Schottky diode, wherein the first metal material is richer than the first nitride material in the first metal nitride film or the second metal material is richer than the second nitride material, in the second metal nitride film, to be reduced a work function of the word line, wherein depositing the first metal material and nitrifying the first metal material comprises: providing a first metal material precursor on the semiconductor substrate; performing a purge to remove impurities; performing a hydrogen (H2) process to remove ligands from the first metal material precursor; performing a second purge to remove impurities; and forming the first metal nitride film by nitrifying the first metal material using an ammonia (NH3) gas or a NH3 plasma process.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising: repeating the depositing of the first metal material and the forming of the first nitride material, if it is determined that the first metal nitride film does not have the desired thicknesses; or repeating the depositing of the second metal material and the forming of the second first nitride material if it is determined that the second metal nitride film does not have the desired thicknesses.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the first metal material is Titanium (Ti) and the second metal material is aluminum (Al).
11. The method of claim 10, wherein depositing the first metal material and depositing the second metal material, nitrifying the first metal material and nitrifying the second metal material are performed by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method.
12. the method of claim 8, wherein the first material precursor includes: Ti(NEtMe)4 (TEMATi), tetrakis(dimethylamino)titanium I (TDMATi), titanium chloride (TIC14), titanium iodide (TiI4), or titanium fluoride (TiF4), or a combination thereof.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein depositing the second metal material and nitrifying the second metal material comprises: providing a second metal material precursor on the first metal nitride material film; performing a purge to remove impurities; performing a hydrogen (H2) process to remove ligands from the second metal material precursor; performing a second purge to remove impurities; and forming the second metal nitride film by nitrifying the second metal material using an ammonia (NH3) gas or a NH3 plasma process.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the second metal material precursor includes any one selected from the group consisting of trimethylaluminum (TMA), tritertiarybutylaluminum (TBA), aluminum chloride (AlCl3), or a combination thereof.

1. A switch actuator for movable frogs, comprising at least one cylinder piston unit having a defined preset piston stroke, wherein the cylinder piston unit (5) is connected with bearings (6) capable of being displaced relative to said cylinder piston unit (5) in an axial direction (31) of the piston stroke, said bearings are connected to a stationary substructure by an adjusting means for adjusting a defined center position of the piston stroke and a driver for a movable frog (1), and the driver for the movable frog (1) is coupled with the cylinder piston unit with first stops (9) being interposed between the cylinder piston unit (5) and the movable frog (1), said first stops being displaceable in the axial direction of the piston stroke.
2. A switch actuator according to claim 1, wherein the driver comprises a sliding block (10) and enables a relative movement of the frog (1) along two mutually crossing directions different from a direction of a displacement stroke.
3. A switch actuator according to claim 1, wherein the driver, in a direction of a displacement stroke, is traversed by a spindle (13) having different thread directions on two sides of the driver, and cooperates with said first stops (9) guided in a rotationally fast manner to adjust idle strokes.
4. A switch actuator according to claim 1, wherein the driver is arranged to be pivotable about an axis of the cylinder piston unit (5), and further comprising a sliding block (10) of the driver comprising a tappet or cylinder portion (18) arranged to be pivotable about an axis (19) extending substantially normal to a direction of a displacement stroke.
5. A switch actuator according to claim 1, wherein the bearings (6) capable of being displaced in the axial direction (31) of the piston stroke are each designed as a fork head (25) whose fork is supported in a rotationally fast manner while displaceable in the axial direction (31) and connected with the hydraulic cylinder piston unit (5) via a bearing journal (26), and the fork head (25) is connected to a fork head screw (28) that traverses a second stop (30) and comprises an adjusting nut (29), turning of which causes an axial displacement of the fork head (25).
6. A switch actuator according to claim 5, wherein the second stop (30) is designed as an open slot of a wall of a trough sleeper (4) extending transversely to a longitudinal direction of the sleeper, or of a stationary switch part.
7. A switch actuator according to claim 2, wherein the driver, in the direction of the displacement stroke, is traversed by a spindle (13) having different thread directions on two sides of the driver, and cooperates with said first stops (9) guided in a rotationally fast manner to adjust idle strokes.
8. A switch actuator according to claim 2, wherein the driver is arranged to be pivotable about an axis of the cylinder piston unit (5), and the sliding block (10) of the driver comprises a tappet or cylinder portion (18) arranged to be pivotable about an axis (19) extending substantially normal to the direction of the displacement stroke.
9. A switch actuator according to claim 3, wherein the driver is arranged to be pivotable about an axis of the cylinder piston unit (5), and further comprising a sliding block (10) of the driver comprising a tappet or cylinder portion (18) arranged to be pivotable about an axis (19) extending substantially normal to the direction of the displacement stroke.
10. A switch actuator according to claim 7, wherein the driver is arranged to be pivotable about an axis of the cylinder piston unit (5), and the sliding block (10) of the driver comprises a tappet or cylinder portion (18) arranged to be pivotable about an axis (19) extending substantially normal to the direction of the displacement stroke.
11. A switch actuator according to claim 2, wherein the bearings (6) capable of being displaced in the axial direction (31) of the piston stroke are each designed as a fork head (25) whose fork is supported in a rotationally fast manner while displaceable in the axial direction (31) and connected with the hydraulic cylinder piston unit (5) via a bearing journal (26), and the fork head (25) is connected to a fork head screw (28) that traverses a second stop (30) and comprises an adjusting nut (29), turning of which causes an axial displacement of the fork head (25).
12. A switch actuator according to claim 3, wherein the bearings (6) capable of being displaced in the axial direction (31) of the piston stroke are each designed as a fork head (25) whose fork is supported in a rotationally fast manner while displaceable in the axial direction (31) and connected with the hydraulic cylinder piston unit (5) via a bearing journal (26), and the fork head (25) is connected to a fork head screw (28) that traverses a second stop (30) and comprises an adjusting nut (29), turning of which causes an axial displacement of the fork head (25).
13. A switch actuator according to claim 4, wherein the bearings (6) capable of being displaced in the axial direction (31) of the piston stroke are each designed as a fork head (25) whose fork is supported in a rotationally fast manner while displaceable in the axial direction (31) and connected with the hydraulic cylinder piston unit (5) via a bearing journal (26), and the fork head (25) is connected to a fork head screw (28) that traverses a second stop (30) and comprises an adjusting nut (29), turning of which causes an axial displacement of the fork head (25).
14. A switch actuator according to claim 7, wherein the bearings (6) capable of being displaced in the axial direction (31) of the piston stroke are each designed as a fork head (25) whose fork is supported in a rotationally fast manner while displaceable in the axial direction (31) and connected with the hydraulic cylinder piston unit (5) via a bearing journal (26), and the fork head (25) is connected to a fork head screw (28) that traverses a second stop (30) and comprises an adjusting nut (29), turning of which causes an axial displacement of the fork head (25).
15. A switch actuator according to claim 8, wherein the bearings (6) capable of being displaced in the axial direction (31) of the piston stroke are each designed as a fork head (25) whose fork is supported in a rotationally fast manner while displaceable in the axial direction (31) and connected with the hydraulic cylinder piston unit (5) via a bearing journal (26), and the fork head (25) is connected to a fork head screw (28) that traverses a second stop (30) and comprises an adjusting nut (29), turning of which causes an axial displacement of the fork head (25).
16. A switch actuator according to claim 9, wherein the bearings (6) capable of being displaced in the axial direction (31) of the piston stroke are each designed as a fork head (25) whose fork is supported in a rotationally fast manner while displaceable in the axial direction (31) and connected with the hydraulic cylinder piston unit (5) via a bearing journal (26), and the fork head (25) is connected to a fork head screw (28) that traverses a second stop (30) and comprises an adjusting nut (29), turning of which causes an axial displacement of the fork head (25).
17. A switch actuator according to claim 10, wherein the bearings (6) capable of being displaced in the axial direction (31) of the piston stroke are each designed as a fork head (25) whose fork is supported in a rotationally fast manner while displaceable in the axial direction (31) and connected with the hydraulic cylinder piston unit (5) via a bearing journal (26), and the fork head (25) is connected to a fork head screw (28) that traverses a second stop (30) and comprises an adjusting nut (29), turning of which causes an axial displacement of the fork head (25).
18. A switch actuator according to claim 11, wherein the second stop (30) is designed as an open slot of a wall of a trough sleeper (4) extending transversely to a longitudinal direction of the sleeper, or of a stationary switch part.
19. A switch actuator according to claim 12, wherein the second stop (30) is designed as an open slot of a wall of a trough sleeper (4) extending transversely to a longitudinal direction of the sleeper, or of a stationary switch part.
20. A switch actuator according to claim 13, wherein the second stop (30) is designed as an open slot of a wall of a trough sleeper (4) extending transversely to a longitudinal direction of the sleeper, or of a stationary switch part.

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 back finger portion of a glove, comprising:
a star pattern piece comprising a center portion and four radiating back finger parts each having a distal tip end,
each of the four back finger parts having a first pair of V-shaped cuts on opposing edges of the four back finger parts, the first pair of V-shaped cuts being located near the distal tip end of the four back finger parts,
each of the four back finger parts further having a second pair of V-shaped cuts on opposing edges of the four back finger parts, the second pair of V-shaped cuts being located between the first pair of V-shaped cuts and the center portion of the star pattern, wherein each back finger part is shortened by first and second tucks therein extending across the width of the finger part, the first tuck comprising a portion of the finger part folded upon itself and being located at the first pair of V-shaped cuts, the second tuck comprising a portion of the finger part folded upon itself and being located at the second pair of V-shaped cuts.
2. The back finger portion of a glove according to claim 1, wherein the first and second tucks of each finger part are secured with a plurality of stitches.
3. The back finger portion of a glove according to claim 1, wherein the first and second tucks of each finger part are secured across the width of each finger part with a plurality of stitches.
4. The back finger portion of a glove according to claim 1, wherein the center portion of the star pattern has an inner substantially rectangular shaped cut out.
5. The back finger portion of a glove according to claim 1, wherein the star pattern piece comprising the center portion and the four radiating back finger parts are a single piece of glove material.
6. The back finger portion of a glove according to claim 1, wherein the first tuck of each finger part is located at a position corresponding to substantially the third joint connecting the middle and distal phalanges of the fingers of a wearer.
7. The back finger portion of a glove according to claim 1, wherein the second tuck of each finger part is located at a position corresponding to substantially the second joint connecting the proximal and middle phalanges of the fingers of a wearer.
8. A glove assembly, comprising the back finger portion according to claim 1.
9. The glove assembly according to claim 8, further comprising a back hand portion, a palm portion, four front finger portions, and a thumb portion.
10. The glove assembly according to claim 8, wherein the palm portion and four front finger portions are constructed in a Gunn cut pattern.