Author: claimsbot

1. A portable wireless communication apparatus comprising:
an antenna composed of:
a first ground conductor;
a second ground conductor;
connection means that is substantially flat having both a conductor line for supplying a high frequency signal to either one of said first ground conductor and said second ground conductor and signal lines for electrically connecting prescribed circuits respectively on said first ground conductor and said second ground conductor to electrically connect said first ground conductor and said second ground conductor together; and
a feeder having one end connected to a part of said connection means and the other end connected to a feed point mounted to either one of said first ground conductor and said second ground conductor to effect feeding thereto.
2. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said connection means is a flexible printed circuit board.
3. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said conductor line is in a form of a plated layer.
4. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said conductor line is layered at least on a surface of said flexible printed circuit board in a thickness direction thereof.
5. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said conductor line is provided at least along an edge of said flexible printed circuit board in a longitudinal direction thereof.
6. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the opposite connection ends of said flexible printed circuit board are respectively connected to the vicinity of one edge of said first ground conductor and of the confronting one edge of said second ground conductor.
7. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising
a first casing; and
a second casing connected to said first casing through a hinge part in a freely foldable manner;
wherein said first casing incorporates said first ground conductor; said second casing incorporates said second ground conductor; and said hinge part incorporates at least a part of said connection means.
8. A portable wireless communication apparatus comprising:
an antenna composed of:
a first ground conductor;
a second ground conductor;
connection means that is substantially flat having both a conductor line for supplying a high frequency signal to either one of said first ground conductor and said second ground conductor and signal lines for electrically connecting circuits respectively on said first ground conductor and said second ground conductor to electrically connect said first ground conductor and said second ground conductor together; and
a feeder having one end connected to a part of either one of said first ground conductor and said second ground conductor and the other end connected to a feed point mounted to the other ground conductor to effect feeding thereto.
9. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said connection means is a flexible printed circuit board.
10. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said conductor line is in a form of a plated layer.
11. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said conductor line is layered at least on a surface of said flexible printed circuit board in a thickness direction thereof.
12. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said conductor line is provided at least along an edge of said flexible printed circuit board in a longitudinal direction thereof.
13. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the opposite connection ends of said flexible printed circuit board are respectively connected to the vicinity of one edge of said first ground conductor and of the confronting one edge of said second ground conductor.
14. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein one end of said flexible printed circuit board is connected to the vicinity of one edge of the ground conductor having the feed point from out of one edge of said first ground conductor and the confronting one edge of said second ground conductor, with the other end of said flexible printed circuit board being connected to the vicinity of the other edge at the side opposite to said one edge of the ground conductor to which feeding is effected.
15. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein one end of said flexible printed circuit board is connected to the vicinity of one edge of the ground conductor having the feed point from out of one edge of said first ground conductor and the confronting one edge of said second ground conductor, with the other end of said flexible printed circuit board being connected to an intermediate part between said one edge of the ground conductor to which feeding is effected and the other edge at the side opposite to said one edge.
16. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 15, wherein an additional flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to said flexible printed circuit board is provided to extend from said intermediate part to said other edge.
17. The portable wireless communication apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising
a first casing; and
a second casing connected to said first casing through a hinge part in a freely foldable manner,
wherein: said first casing incorporates said first ground conductor; said second casing incorporates said second ground conductor; and said hinge part incorporates at least a part of said connection means.
18. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the conductor line is formed on both a top surface and a bottom surface of the flexible printed circuit board.
19. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the conductor line is formed on both longitudinal edges of the flexible printed circuit board.

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 etching trenches into silicon of a semiconductor substrate, comprising:
forming a mask over silicon of a semiconductor substrate, the mask comprising trenches formed there-through; and
plasma etching tapered trenches into the silicon of the semiconductor substrate using the mask, the trenches passing through at least two differently doped silicon layers, the plasma etching comprising forming an etching plasma using precursor gases consisting of SF6, an oxygen-containing compound, a nitrogen-containing compound, at least one nitrogen-containing compound and optionally HBr.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the oxygen-containing compound and the nitrogen-containing compound are different compounds.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein HBr is present in the precursor gases.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the mask comprises an outermost hardmask layer during at least a latter portion of the plasma etching into the silicon, said outermost hardmask layer being void of carbon.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the nitrogen-containing compound is N2.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein HBr is present in the precursor gases.

1. A video game controller device comprising a left hand controller comprising standard left hand video game controls, and a right hand controller comprising motion detection means to translate game user input into video game movement, wherein both left hand and right hand controllers are operatively connected to a video game console.
2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a lap pad having a planar surface for supporting the left and right hand controllers.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein the lap pad defines a longitudinal, curved seat or cradle shaped to rest the left hand controller.
4. The device of claim 3, wherein the motion detection means are selected from an optical infrared sensor; a roller ball and shaft encoders; inertial components; and a light-emitting diode and photodiodes.
5. The device of claim 4, wherein the right hand controller further comprises standard right hand video game controls.
6. The device of claim 4, wherein the left hand controller includes a speed module.
7. The device of claim 4, wherein one or both of the left hand controller and right hand controller have sensitivity modules.
8. The device of claim 4, wherein the left and right hand controllers are electrically connected to the controller by cable or wireless connection.
9. The device of claim 4, further comprising synchronous programmable electronic chips.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A system for selectively supplying power to a recessible electrical outlet, comprising:
a housing having four side walls, a back wall, and an opening opposite the back wall;
a recessible outlet fixture selectively positionable in a first position proximate to the opening and selectively positionable in a second position recessed from the opening;
an outlet fixture having a front face that includes at least one receptacle for receiving an electrical plug and having a rear surface that has a plurality of electrical contacts thereon; and
a terminal assembly positioned between the outlet fixture and the back wall, the terminal assembly electrically connectable to a power source, the terminal assembly having a plurality of electrical contacts that engage the plurality of electrical contacts on the outlet fixture when the outlet fixture is in the recessed position.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the system for selectively recessing the outlet fixture includes:
a guide within the housing, the guide receiving the outlet fixture and permitting the outlet fixture to be moved within the housing from a first position where the front face of the outlet fixture is proximate to the opening of the housing to a second position where the front face of the outlet fixture is recessed with respect to the opening; and
a latch positioned on one of the side walls of the housing proximate to the opening, the latch having an engagement end, the latch positioned so that the engagement end is between the outlet fixture and the one of the side walls when the front face of the outlet fixture is proximate to the opening, the length of the latch selected so that the engagement end engages at least a portion of the front face when the outlet fixture is in a recessed position.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of electrical connections on the rear surface of the outlet fixture comprise protruding pins, and wherein the plurality of electrical contacts on the terminal assembly comprise sockets, the sockets receiving the pins when the outlet fixture is recessed.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of electrical connections on the rear surface of the outlet fixture comprise flexible electrical contacts, and wherein the electrical contacts on the terminal assembly comprise fixed contacts, the flexible contact engaging the fixed contact when the outlet fixture is recessed.
5. A method of selectively supplying power to a recessible electrical outlet comprising:
receiving and inserting a plug into an electrical outlet fixture within a housing, the outlet fixture having a front face that includes at least one receptacle that selectively receives an electrical plug, the outlet fixture having a rear surface that has a plurality of electrical contacts thereon, the outlet fixture having a first position wherein the front face is proximate to an opening of the housing, the housing having a terminal assembly positioned between the rear wall of said housing and the outlet fixture, the terminal assembly being electrically connectable to a power source, the terminal assembly having a plurality of electrical contacts that engage the plurality of electrical contacts on the outlet fixture when the outlet fixture is in the recessed position;
moving the electrical outlet fixture into the housing;
stopping the electrical outlet fixture at a recessed position within the housing wherein the front face of the outlet fixture is displaced from the opening of the housing and the plurality of electrical contacts on the rear surface of the outlet fixture are engaged by the plurality of electrical contacts in the terminal assembly; and
restraining the electrical outlet fixture in the recessed position.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of electrical contacts on the rear surface of outlet fixture comprise flexible electrical contacts that are engaged by a corresponding plurality of fixed contacts on the terminal assembly when the outlet fixture is recessed.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of electrical contacts on the rear surface of the outlet fixture comprise protruding pins which are received by a corresponding plurality of sockets in the terminal assembly when the outlet fixture is recessed.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein the outlet fixture is restrained by a latch that has an engagement end that engages the front face of the outlet fixture when the outlet fixture is in the recessed position and that is positioned between the outlet fixture and the housing when the outlet fixture is returned to the first position.
9. The method of claim 5, further comprising returning the electrical outlet fixture to a position proximate to the front of the housing and disengaging the electrical connection between the outlet fixture and the terminal assembly.