Author: claimsbot

1. An endoprosthesis for delivery in a body lumen, the endoprosthesis comprising at least one strut element having a strut width and a strut thickness, the strut thickness being defined by a first side opposite a second side, the strut element having at least one hole extending from the first side to the second side, the at least one hole being positioned so as to inhibit crack propagation across the strut length or strut width.
2. An endoprosthesis as in claim 1, wherein the strut element includes at least two holes across a strut width.
3. An endoprosthesis as in claim 1, wherein the at least one hole across the strut width partition the strut element into at least a first portion and a section portion, the first portion and second portion being connected by at least three connection elements, each of the three connection elements having a sufficient strength so that only two of the connections elements is can provide structural integrity.
4. An endoprosthesis as in claim 1, wherein the at least one hole has a narrowing taper.
5. An endoprosthesis as in claim 1, wherein the at least one hole has a widening taper.
6. An endoprosthesis as in claim 1, wherein the at least one of the hole is shaped as two fluidly coupled parabolic recesses.
7. An endoprosthesis as in claim 1, wherein the at least one hole is filled with a biodegradable polymer.
8. An endoprosthesis as in claim 1, further comprising at least one radiopaque marking element.
9. An endoprosthesis for delivery in a body lumen, the endoprosthesis comprising at least one strut element, that at least one struts element having a first side opposite a second side, the strut element having a plurality of fibers distributed throughout at least a portion of the strut element, the plurality of fibers being positioned so as to inhibit crack propagation across the strut length or strut width.
10. An endoprosthesis as in claim 9, wherein the plurality of fibers are uniformly distributed throughout the at least the portion of the strut element.
11. An endoprosthesis as in claim 9, wherein the plurality of fibers are randomly distributed throughout the at least the portion of the strut element.
12. An endoprosthesis as in claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of fibers extends from the first side toward the second side.
13. An endoprosthesis as in claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of fibers extends from the first side toward the second side.
14. An endoprosthesis as in claim 9, wherein the at least one strut element further comprises a first material within which is disposed the plurality of fibers.
15. An endoprosthesis as in claim 14, wherein the first material further comprises a plurality of particulates.
16. An endoprosthesis for delivery in a body lumen, the endoprosthesis comprising a plurality of strut element, each strut element of the plurality of strut elements having a first side opposite a second side, each strut element having a plurality of spaced apart holes extending from the first side toward the second side, the plurality of spaced apart holes being positioned so as to inhibit crack propagation across the strut length or strut width.
17. An endoprosthesis as in claim 16, wherein each strut element comprises a first portion and a second portion, the plurality of spaced apart holes being formed in at least one of the first portion and the second portion.
18. An endoprosthesis as in claim 17, wherein the plurality of spaced apart holes are uniformly distributed in that at least one of the first portion and the second portion.
19. An endoprosthesis as in claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has either a narrowing taper or a widening taper.
20. An endoprosthesis as in claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes is filled with a biodegradable polymer.

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 protection cover that covers at least a part of an electronic device having a first housing and a second housing that are supported turnably to each other, comprising:
a main body portion having a size capable of covering the first housing and the second housing;
a fixing member provided in the main body portion and capable of being fixed to the first housing; and
a locking member provided in the main body portion and capable of being locked to the second housing,
wherein the locking member is locked to the second housing such that a relative position between the main body portion and the second housing is changeable.
2. The protection cover according to claim 1, wherein the locking member is locked to the second housing such that the relative position between the main body portion and the second housing is changeable in a plane direction of a main surface of the main body portion.
3. An electronic device that has a first housing and a second housing supported turnably to each other and is capable of holding a protection cover, comprising:
a hole formed in the first housing and capable of accepting a protrusion portion provided in the protection cover,
wherein the hole includes a first hole having a first inner diameter and a second hole having a second inner diameter that is smaller than the first inner diameter,
the first inner diameter is larger than the second inner diameter and an outer diameter of a tip end portion of the protrusion portion, and
the second inner diameter is smaller than an outer diameter of a shaft portion of the protrusion portion that is smaller than the outer diameter of the tip end portion.
4. A cover holding structure that is capable of holding a protection cover to an electronic device having a housing,
wherein the housing includes a hole,
the protection cover includes a protrusion portion capable of being fitted in the hole,
the hole includes a first hole having a first inner diameter and a second hole having a second inner diameter that is smaller than the first inner diameter,
the protrusion portion includes a shaft portion whose one end portion is connected to a main body portion of the protection cover and a tip end portion that is connected to the other end portion of the shaft portion,
an outer diameter of the tip end portion is smaller than the first inner diameter and larger than the second inner diameter, and
an outer diameter of the shaft portion is smaller than the second inner diameter and smaller than the outer diameter of the tip end portion.

1. A computer-implemented method for timing analysis comprising:
obtaining a description for a logic design;
tracking timing edges on logic waveforms from the logic design;
performing static timing analysis using the description and the timing edges that were tracked; and
performing crosstalk analysis based on the timing edges that were tracked.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the description for the logic design includes a graph description.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the obtaining of the description for the logic design comprises generating the graph description based on the logic design.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the timing edges include a timing edge for a fastest maximum delay timing path and a timing edge for a slowest maximum delay timing path.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the timing edges further comprise a timing edge for a fastest minimum delay timing path and a timing edge for a slowest minimum delay timing path.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the performing crosstalk analysis includes analysis of a victim net and an aggressor net.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the performing crosstalk analysis includes analysis of a victim net and a plurality of aggressor nets.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the timing edges include one or more of a leading edge and a trailing edge.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the timing edges are calculated using on-chip variation (OCV).
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the timing edges are for a victim net.
11. The method of claim 9 wherein the crosstalk analysis is based on an aggressor net and a victim net.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein timing for the aggressor net and the victim net is based on OCV.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein the timing edges are based on converging waveforms within the logic design.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein the static timing analysis is performed without using timing arrival windows on a victim net.
15. The method of claim 1 wherein the tracking of an edge within the timing edges tracks a worst delay timing path.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein the worst delay timing path includes a maximum delay timing path used in setup analysis.
17. The method of claim 15 wherein the worst delay timing path includes a minimum delay timing path used in hold analysis.
18. The method of claim 15 further comprising tracking a timing between the edge and a second edge for another worst delay timing path.
19. The method of claim 18 further comprising encoding the timing between the edge for the worst delay timing path and the second edge.
20. The method of claim 19 further comprising using a bit vector for the encoding.
21. The method of claim 20 wherein a plurality of converging waveforms are analyzed by performing bit operations on bit vectors for the plurality of converging waveforms.
22. The method of claim 20 wherein the bit vector describes discrete intervals.
23. The method of claim 19 wherein the encoding can define a fastest maximum delay timing path and a slowest maximum delay timing path or a fastest minimum delay timing path and a slowest minimum delay timing path.
24. The method of claim 1 wherein the logic design includes multiple paths which converge where timing through the multiple paths has time between a fastest maximum delay timing for one path and slowest maximum delay of another path and where an aggressor signal switches in the time between the fastest maximum delay timing and slowest maximum delay and where the multiple paths which converge form a victim net.
25. A computer-implemented method for semiconductor timing analysis comprising:
obtaining a description for a logic design on a semiconductor chip;
analyzing timing for the logic design;
tracking timing edges on logic waveforms from the logic design based on the analyzing; and
performing crosstalk analysis to determine a timing impact of one net switching that is a neighbor to a net for which the timing edges were tracked.
26. A computer system for timing analysis comprising:
a memory which stores instructions;
one or more processors coupled to the memory wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
obtain a description for a logic design;
track timing edges on logic waveforms from the logic design;
perform static timing analysis using the description and the timing edges that were tracked; and
perform crosstalk analysis based on the timing edges that were tracked.
27. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium for design timing comprising:
code for obtaining a description for a logic design;
code for tracking timing edges on logic waveforms from the logic design;
code for performing static timing analysis using the description and the timing edges that were tracked; and
code for performing crosstalk analysis based on the timing edges that were tracked.

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 cooled mirror dew-point hygrometer comprising:
a thermoelectric cooling element having one surface set as a low-temperature side and the other surface set as a high-temperature side upon reception of a current in a positive direction;
a mirror mounted on said one surface of said thermoelectric cooling element and having a mirror surface exposed to a measurement target gas;
light-emitting means for applying light to said mirror surface;
light-receiving means for receiving one of scattered light and regularly reflected light of light emitted from said light-emitting means to said mirror surface;
temperature detection means for detecting a temperature of said mirror surface;
dew-point increase detection means for detecting a rise of a dew point of the measurement target gas; and
control means for controlling the current supplied to said thermoelectric cooling element in the positive direction so as to set an equilibrium state having no increasedecrease in dew condensation on said mirror surface, on the basis of a light reception amount of one of the scattered light and regularly reflected light received by said light-receiving means,
wherein said control means forcibly supplies a current to said thermoelectric cooling element in a direction reverse to the positive direction when said dew-point increase detection means detects a rise in dew point.
2. A hygrometer according to claim 1, wherein said dew-point increase detection means detects a rise in dew point when the light reception amount of the scattered light received by said light-receiving means exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
3. A hygrometer according to claim 1, wherein said dew-point increase detection means detects a rise in dew point when an increase in light reception amount of the scattered light received by said light-receiving means exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
4. A hygrometer according to claim 1, wherein said dew-point increase detection means detects a rise in dew point when the light reception amount of the regularly reflected light received by said light-receiving means decreases below a predetermined threshold value.
5. A hygrometer according to claim 1, wherein said dew-point increase detection means detects a rise in dew point when an increase in light reception amount of the regularly reflected light received by said light-receiving means decreases below a predetermined threshold value.
6. A hygrometer according to claim 1, wherein
said light-receiving means comprises a distal end portion of a first optical fiber,
said light-receiving means comprises a distal end portion of a second optical fiber adjacent to said first optical fiber and having an optical axis parallel to that of said first optical fiber, and
said distal end portions of said first optical fiber and said second optical fiber are open on the same plane.
7. A hygrometer according to claim 6, wherein the optical axes of said first optical fiber and said second optical fiber in an irradiation direction and a light-receiving direction have the same inclination angle with respect to said mirror surface of said mirror.
8. A hygrometer according to claim 7, further comprising condensation sensing means for obtaining as an intensity of received pulse light a difference between an upper limit value and a lower limit value of one of scattered pulse light and regularly reflected pulse light received by said second optical fiber when pulse light is obliquely applied at a predetermined period to said mirror surface of said mirror from said distal end portion of said first optical fiber,
wherein said dew-point increase detection means detects a rise in dew point of the measurement target gas on the basis of an intensity of received pulse light output form said condensation sensing means.
9. A hygrometer according to claim 8, wherein said control means controls a current to said thermoelectric cooling element on the basis of an intensity of received pulse light output from said condensation sensing means.