Author: claimsbot

1-19. (canceled)
20. A method of generating a phase contrast image comprising:
providing an electron microscope having a objective lens defining a back focal plane and an object plane;
imaging the back focal plane into a diffraction intermediate image plane, wherein said imaging also causes an intermediate image of the object plane to be formed;
providing a phase shifting element in or near said diffraction intermediate image plane; and,
imaging the intermediate image plane with a lens having no or no significant influence on a further imaging of the diffraction intermediate image plane.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the imaging of the back focal plane into the diffraction intermediate image plane is enlarged.
22. The method of claim 20, further comprising adjusting a lateral position of an image of the back focal plane in the diffraction intermediate image plane relative to the phase shifting element.
23. The method of claim 20, wherein imaging the intermediate image plane further comprises imaging the intermediate image plane into an entry image plane of a projection system.
24. The method of claim 23, further comprising providing an electron beam and illuminating the object plane with the electron beam.
25. A phase contrast electron microscope comprising:
an objective lens defining a back focal plane;
a lens system forming an image of said back focal plane in a diffraction intermediate image plane;
said lens system further comprising a lens having a principle plane disposed in the vicinity of said diffraction intermediate image plane; and,
a phase shifting element arranged in or near said diffraction intermediate image plane.
26. The phase contrast electron microscope of claim 25, wherein the diffraction plane of the objective is imaged magnified into the diffraction intermediate image plane.
27. The phase contrast electron microscope of claim 26, wherein the diffraction plane of the objective is imaged into the diffraction intermediate image plane with a magnification factor between two times and ten times.
28. The phase contrast electron microscope of claim 25, wherein said objective lens defines an entrance image plane, further comprising a projection system downstream of said lens system, said projection system generating a final image of said entrance image plane.
29. The phase contrast electron microscope of claim 25, further comprising a beam deflection system for adjusting the lateral position of the image of the back focal plane relative to the phase shifting element.
30. The phase contrast electron microscope of claim 25, wherein the deflection system is a double deflection system which deflects the electron beam in two mutually perpendicular directions.
31. The phase contrast electron microscope of claim 25, further comprising:
an electron source; and,
a condenser system having electron lenses for forming an electron beam from electrons emanating from said electron source.
32. The phase contrast electron microscope of claim 31, wherein said condenser system illuminates an object plane of said objective by said electron beam.
33. The phase contrast electron microscope of claim 25, wherein said objective lens defines an entrance image plane, further comprising:
a projection system downstream of said lens system generating a final image of said entrance image plane;
an electron source;
a condenser system having electron lenses for forming an electron beam from electrons emanating from said electron source; and,
wherein said condenser system illuminates an object plane of said objective with said electron beam.
34. The phase contrast electron microscope of claim 33, wherein the diffraction plane of the objective is imaged magnified into the diffraction intermediate image plane.

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. In a dual engine color printer having a first print engine and a second print engine, each engine comprising a single multi-color printing drum set, a scheduling method for imbalanced dual sided printing of a plurality of sheets in a print job, in which a first side of each sheet of said plurality requires a first set of separations and a second side thereof requires a second set of separations, said first and second sets having different numbers of separations, the method comprising:
feeding respective ones of said plurality of sheets in sequence between said print engines, and
alternating for successive sheets between printing said first set at said first engine and said second set at said second engine on the one hand and printing said second set at said first engine and said first set at said second engine on the other hand.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said feeding and alternating comprises repetitively until said print job is complete:
feeding one of said plurality of sheets to said first engine, and printing said first number of separations on a first side thereof;
subsequently, feeding said one sheet to said second engine, and printing said second number of separations on a second side thereof;
simultaneously with said feeding of said first sheet to said second engine, feeding a following one of said plurality of sheets to said first engine, and printing said second number of separations on a first side thereof; and
subsequently feeding said following sheet to said second engine, and printing said first number of separations on a second side thereof.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising inverting respective alternate sheets for output.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising feeding respective alternate sheets to alternate output sites.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising looking ahead to succeeding print operations to spot imbalances in said succeeding print operations and applying or not applying said feeding and alternating accordingly.
6. A controller for a dual engine color printing machine, the dual engine printing machine comprising a first color print engine and a second color print engine, each engine comprising a single multi-color printing drum, the controller having a mode for imbalanced dual sided printing, said imbalanced dual sided printing being a case in which a first side of each sheet of said plurality requires a first set of separations and a second side thereof requires a second set of separations, said first and second sets having different numbers of separations, the mode comprising:
a control operation applied to a sheet feeding mechanism for feeding respective ones of said plurality of sheets in sequence between said print engines, and
a control operation applied to said engines for alternating for successive sheets between printing said first set at said first engine and said second set at said second engine on the one hand and printing said second set at said first engine and said first set at said second engine on the other hand.
7. The controller of claim 6, wherein said control operation of feeding and alternating applied to said engines comprises repetitively until said print job is complete:
feeding one of said plurality of sheets to said first engine, and printing said first number of separations on a first side thereof;
subsequently, feeding said one sheet to said second engine, and printing said second number of separations on a second side thereof;
simultaneously with said feeding of said first sheet to said second engine, feeding a following one of said plurality of sheets to said first engine, and printing said second number of separations on a first side thereof; and
subsequently feeding said following sheet to said second engine, and printing said first number of separations on a second side thereof.
8. The controller of claim 6, further operable to provide an output feed signal to control output feeding of said sheets such as to invert alternate sheets between printing and output.
9. The controller of claim 6, further operable to provide an output feed signal to control output feeding of said sheets to deliver alternate sheets to different output sites.
10. The controller of claim 6, further comprising a look-ahead function for looking ahead to successive print operations to determine a presence or absence of imbalances therein and to apply or not apply said mode accordingly.
11. A dual engine color printing machine comprising a first color print engine and a second color print engine, each engine comprising a single multi-color printing drum, and a controller, the controller having a mode for imbalanced dual sided printing, said imbalanced dual sided printing being a case in which a first side of each sheet of said plurality requires a first set of separations and a second side thereof requires a second set of separations, said first and second sets having different numbers of separations, the mode comprising:
a control operation applied to a sheet feeding mechanism for feeding respective ones of said plurality of sheets in sequence between said print engines, and
a control operation applied to said engines for alternating for successive sheets between printing said first set at said first engine and said second set at said second engine on the one hand and printing said second set at said first engine and said first set at said second engine on the other hand.

1. A cargo management system comprising:
an air cushion cargo shuttle;
an air blower configured to blow air beneath the air cushion cargo shuttle;
an aft shuttle drive belt coupled to the air cushion cargo shuttle;
a forward shuttle drive belt coupled to the air cushion cargo shuttle; and wherein the aft shuttle drive belt is coupled to an aft shuttle drive unit and the forward shuttle drive belt is coupled to a forward shuttle drive unit.
2. The cargo management system of claim 1, wherein the air cushion cargo shuttle comprises a pocket.
3. The cargo management system of claim 1, wherein the aft shuttle drive belt is configured to pull the aft shuttle drive belt in an aft direction.
4. The cargo management system of claim 1, wherein the forward shuttle drive belt is configured to pull the forward shuttle drive belt in a forward direction.
5. The cargo management system of claim 1, further comprising a floor panel beneath the air cushion cargo shuttle.
6. The cargo management system of claim 5, wherein the air blown by the air blower is sufficient to separate the air cushion cargo shuttle from the floor panel.
7. The cargo management system of claim 6, wherein the floor panel comprises at least one of a composite material or a metallic material.
8. The cargo management system of claim 7, further comprising a support rail.
9. The cargo management system of claim 8, wherein the support rail is disposed above the air cushion cargo shuttle.
10. The cargo management system of claim 1, wherein the air blower is a centrifugal air blower.
11. The cargo management system of claim 1, wherein the air cushion cargo shuttle comprises an air inlet.
12. The cargo management system of claim 1, wherein the air blower is controlled by an air blower controller.
13. The cargo management system of claim 1, wherein the air cushion cargo shuttle comprises a roller.
14. The cargo management system of claim 1, wherein the air cushion cargo shuttle comprises a power drive unit.

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 comprising:
detecting a change in an activity factor associated with an integrated circuit device from a first activity factor to a second activity factor; and
dynamically adjusting a supply voltage and a body bias associated with the integrated circuit device from first supply voltage and body bias values to second, different supply voltage and body bias values based on the second activity factor, dynamically adjusting the supply voltage and the body bias further including maintaining a substantially constant operating frequency.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein,
detecting the change in the activity factor includes monitoring a current associated with the integrated circuit device.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein,
monitoring the current includes monitoring a current drawn by the integrated circuit from a voltage supply.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein,
detecting the change in the activity factor includes monitoring a number of units on the integrated circuit device that are enabled.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein,
adjusting the supply voltage and the body bias includes accessing a look-up table to set the second supply voltage and body bias values based on the second activity factor.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein,
if the second activity factor is higher than the first activity factor, adjusting the supply voltage and the body bias includes reducing the supply voltage and the body bias.
7. The method of claim 5 wherein,
if the second activity factor is higher than the first activity factor and the look-up table is sorted in order of associated supply voltage value, accessing the look-up table includes accessing a first entry in the look-up table that is adjacent to a second entry in the look-up table to store values associated with the first supply voltage and body bias values, the first entry indicating a lower supply voltage than the second entry.
8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:
determining whether the supply voltage and body bias values indicated by the first entry reduce the power consumption of the integrated circuit.
9. The method of claim 5 wherein,
if the second activity factor is tower than the first activity factor, adjusting the supply voltage and the body bias includes increasing the supply voltage and the body bias.
10. The method of claim 5 wherein,
if the second activity factor is lower than the first activity factor and the look-up table is sorted in order of supply voltage value, accessing the look-up table includes accessing a first entry in the look-up table that is adjacent to a second entry in the look-up table to store values associated with the first supply voltage and body bias values, the first entry indicating a higher supply voltage than the second entry.
11. A method comprising:
detecting a change in an activity factor associated with an integrated circuit device operating at a first frequency;
dynamically adjusting a supply voltage and a body bias of the integrated circuit from a first supply voltage and first body bias to a second supply voltage and second body bias based on the detected change in activity factor, the second supply voltage and second body bias to cause the integrated circuit device to continue to operate at substantially the first frequency.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein
dynamically adjusting the body bias includes dynamically adjusting the body bias of both n-type and p-type transistors on the integrated circuit device.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein
dynamically adjusting the body bias includes dynamically adjusting the body bias of one of p-type and n-type transistors on the integrated circuit device.
14. The method of claim 11 further comprising:
determining whether applying the second supply voltage and body bias reduces the power consumption of the integrated circuit device as compared to the first supply voltage and body bias voltage.
15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:
continuing to dynamically adjust the supply voltage and body bias until a supply voltage and body bias combination is identified that causes the power consumption of the integrated circuit device to be lower as compared to other available supply voltage and body bias combinations.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein
dynamically adjusting comprises accessing a look-up table.
17. An apparatus comprising:
a look-up table; and
a supply voltage and body bias control unit to control dynamic adjustment of a supply voltage and a body bias of an integrated circuit device based on an activity factor associated with the integrated circuit device, the supply voltage and body bias control unit to access the look-up table to determine adjustments to the supply voltage and body bias to maintain a substantially constant operating frequency for the integrated circuit device.
18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein
the supply voltage and body bias control unit includes an input to receive a signal indicating an activity factor of the integrated circuit.
19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein
the supply voltage and body bias control unit includes a first output to provide a control signal to a body bias generator and a second output to provide a control signal to a voltage regulator module.
20. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein
at least one of the look-up table and the supply voltage and body bias control unit is provided on the integrated circuit device.
21. A system comprising:
a battery to provide an alternate power source;
a processor to operate at a first frequency;
a voltage regulator module to provide a supply voltage to the processor;
a first body bias generator to provide a body bias to a first set of transistors on the processor; and
a dynamic supply voltage and body bias control unit to, in response to detecting a change in an activity factor associated with the processor, dynamically adjust each of the supply voltage and the body bias from first supply voltage and first body bias settings to second supply voltage and second body bias settings that cause the processor to continue to operate at substantially the first frequency.
22. The system of claim 21 further comprising:
a current monitor to indicate the activity factor associated with the processor based on a current drawn by the processor from the voltage regulator module.
23. The system of claim 21 wherein
at least one of the first body bias generator and the dynamic supply voltage and body bias control unit is provided on the processor.
24. The system of claim 23 wherein
the dynamic supply voltage and body bias control unit is to detect a change in activity factor associated with the processor based on a signal from the processor.
25. The system of claim 21 further comprising:
a second body bias generator wherein the first body bias generator is to control the body bias of one of p-type and n-type transistors on the processor and the second body bias generator is to control the body bias of the other of p-type and n-type transistors, both of the first and second body bias generators to be controlled by the dynamic supply voltage and body bias control unit.
26. The system of claim 25 wherein
the dynamic supply voltage and body bias control unit includes a look-up table to store values associated with supply voltage and body bias combinations that enable the processor to operate at the first frequency, the dynamic supply voltage and body bias control unit to select an entry in the look-up table that results in iower power operation for the processor.
27. The system of claim 21 wherein
the dynamic supply voltage and body bias control unit includes a look-up table to store values associated with supply voltage and body bias combinations that enable the processor to operate at the first frequency, the dynamic supply voltage and body bias control unit to select an entry in the look-up table that results in lower power operation for the processor.