Author: claimsbot

1. Power transmission cable comprising:
at least one power conductor;
an insulating layer surrounding said conductor to form at least one insulated conductor;
a flame-retardant halogen free protective sheath provided in a radially external position with respect to said insulated conductor;
wherein:
said sheath has an inner and an outer layer in contact one another,
said inner layer has a thickness at least equal to a thickness of said outer layer,
the inner layer comprises a polymer material having a glass transition temperature equal to or lower than \u221230\xb0 C.; and
the outer layer comprises a mud resistant polymer material.
2. Power transmission cable according to claim 1 wherein said inner has a thickness of at least 1.5 times the thickness of the outer layer.
3. Power transmission cable according to claim 2 wherein, said inner has a thickness 2 times the thickness of the outer layer.
4. Power transmission cable according to claim 1 wherein said inner layer has a thickness of from of from 1.0 mm to 10.0 mm.
5. Power transmission cable according to claim 1 wherein the polymer material of the inner layer is selected from:
a) an alkylenevinyl acetate copolymer or a mixture of alkylenevinyl acetate copolymers having an average content of vinyl acetate comonomer of from 20 to 50% by weight with respect to the weight of the copolymer;
b) an alkylenealkyl acrylate copolymer or a mixture of alkylenealkyl acrylate copolymers having an average content of alkyl acrylate comonomer equal to or lower than 40% by weight with respect to the weight of the copolymer.
6. Power transmission cable according to claim 5 wherein the alkylene of copolymer a) or of copolymer b) is an ethylene comonomer.
7. Power transmission cable according to claim 5 wherein the content of vinyl acetate comonomer in the copolymer a) is of from 25% to 45% by weight with respect to the weight of the copolymer.
8. Power transmission cable according to claim 5 wherein the alkyl acrylate of copolymer b) is selected from methyl acrylate and butyl acrylate.
9. Power transmission cable according to claim 5 wherein the content of alkyl acrylate comonomer in the copolymer b) is equal to or higher than 20% by weight with respect to the weight of the copolymer.
10. Power transmission cable according to claim 1 wherein the polymer material of the inner layer comprises from 40% to 70% by weight with respect to the weight of the polymer material of a flame-retardant filler.
11. Power transmission cable according to claim 10 wherein the flame-retardant filler is selected from inorganic oxides and hydroxides or mixture thereof.
12. Power transmission cable according to claim 11 wherein the flame-retardant filler is selected from magnesium hydroxide, aluminium hydroxide and the mixtures thereof.
13. Power transmission cable according to claim 1 wherein said outer layer has a thickness of from 0.5 mm. to 5.0 mm.
14. Power transmission cable according to claim 1 wherein the polymer material of the outer layer is an alkylenealkyl acrylate copolymer or a mixture of alkylenealkyl acrylate copolymers having an average content of alkyl acrylate comonomer equal to or higher than 40% by weight with respect to the weight of the copolymers.
15. Power transmission cable according to claim 14 wherein the average content of alkyl acrylate comonomer is equal to or higher than 50% by weight with respect to the weight of the copolymers.
16. Power transmission cable according to claim 14 wherein the alkylene is an ethylene comonomer.
17. Power transmission cable according to claim 14 wherein the alkyl acrylate comonomer is selected from methyl acrylate and butyl acrylate.
18. Power transmission cable according to claim 1 wherein the polymer material of the outer layer has a Tg equal to or lower than \u221220\xb0 C.
19. Power transmission cable according to claim 1 having a tape provided in a radially internal position with respect to the sheath.
20. Power transmission cable according to claim 19 wherein said tape is made of a material selected from polyamide and polyester.
21. Power transmission cable according to claim 19 wherein said tape is in form of textile material.
22. Power transmission cable according to claim 21 wherein, said textile material is embedded in a polymeric matrix.
23. Power transmission cable according to claim 22 wherein the polymeric matrix is based on a 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. An intermediate state of a semiconductor device comprising:
a gate dielectric disposed over a workpiece;
a layer of conductive material comprising a thickness of about 30A\xb0 or less disposed over and in contact with the gate dielectric, the layer of conductive material comprising metal nitride;
a layer of semiconductive material disposed over and in contact with the 30A\xb0 thick layer of conductive material, the layer of semiconductive material and the layer of conductive material patterned to define a plurality of gate electrodes;
a p-type dopant implanted in the layer of semiconductor material of a portion of said plurality of gate electrodes to form p-channel semiconductor devices;
an n-type dopant implanted in the layer of semiconductor material of another portion of said plurality of gate electrodes to form n-channel semiconductor devices; and
a source region and a drain region formed in the workpiece proximate the gate dielectric.
2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the layer of conductive material comprises a thickness such that the layer of conductive material has a substantially negligible effect on a work function of the transistor.
3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the gate dielectric comprises a dielectric constant of about 3.9 to about 7.8.
4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the gate dielectric comprises an insulating material comprising Si combined with O, N, or both O and N.
5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the gate dielectic comprises a dielectric constant of about 4.0 or greater, and wherein the gate dielectric comprises HfO2, HfSiOx, Al2O3, ZrO2, ZrSiOx, Ta2O5, La2O3, SiO2, TiO2, CeO2, Bi4Si2O12, WO3, Y2O3, LaAlO3, BST (Ba(a-x)SrxTiO3), PST (PbScxTa(1-a)O3), nitrides thereof, SixNy, SiON, HfAlOx, HfAlOxN1-x-y, ZrAlOx, ZrAlOxNy, SiAlOx, SiAlOxN1-x-y, HfSiAlOx, HfSiAlOxNy, ZrSiAlOx, ZrSiAlOxNy, PZN (PbZnxNb(1-x)O3), PZT (PbZrxTi(1-x)O3), PMN (PbMgxNb(1-x)O3), combinations thereof, or multiple layers thereof.
6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the semiconductor device comprises parts of CMOS devices.
7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6, wherein the CMOS devices comprise semiconductor devices with symmetric threshold voltages.
8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the metal nitride is MoN.

1. A method for calculating a value for a measure, the method being implemented in a computer readable medium, said method comprising:
receiving a request to calculate a value for a measure, said measure associated with one or more requested dimension levels;
determining at least one allocated dimension level for the measure, the allocated dimension level being one of the one or more requested dimension levels and the allocated dimension level being undefined at a lowest dimension level;
selecting a first star from a first stargroup associated with the measure, wherein the first star supports at least one allocation dimension level for the measure;
selecting a second star from a second stargroup associated with a control measure, wherein the second star supports the one or more requested dimension levels; and
calculating a value for the measure at the allocated dimension level using data associated with the at least one allocation dimension level supported by the first star and data associated wit the one or more requested dimension levels supported by the second star.
2. The method ofclaim 1, wherein determining at least one allocated dimension level further comprises:
comparing the requested dimension levels to a lowest level star in the first stargroup; and
selecting for each requested dimension level, a minimum of the requested dimension level and a corresponding one of one or more dimension levels associated with the first star.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
calculating a value for the measure forte allocation dimension levels; and calculating a value for the control measure for the requested dimension levels.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the allocated dimension levels further comprises:
determining the allocated dimension levels wherein no star exists which supports the measure at the requested dimension levels.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the control measure is a predetermined measure associated with the measure.
6. A computer readable medium for storing a plurality of executable instructions for calculating a value for a measure, said plurality of executable instructions comprising:
receiving a request to calculate a value for a measure, said measure associated with one or more requested dimension levels;
determining at least one allocated dimension level for the measure, the allocated dimension level being one of the one or more requested dimension levels and the allocated dimension level being undefined at a lowest dimension level;
selecting a first star from a first stargroup associated with the measure, wherein the first star supports at least one allocation dimension level for the measure; and
selecting a second star from a second stargroup associated with a control measure, wherein the second star supports the one or more requested dimension levels; and
calculating a value for the measure at the allocated dimension level using data associated with the at least one allocation dimension level supported by the first star and data associated with the one or more requested dimension levels supported by the second star.
7. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the plurality of executable instructions comprising determining at least one allocated dimension level further comprises:
comparing the requested dimension levels to a lowest level star in the first stargroup; and
selecting for each requested dimension level, a minimum of the requested dimension level and a corresponding one of one or more dimension levels associated with the first star.
8. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the plurality of executable instructions further comprises:
calculating a value for the measure for the allocation dimension levels; and
calculating a value for the control measure for the requested dimension levels.
9. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the plurality of executable instructions comprising determining the allocated dimension levels further comprises:
determining the allocated dimension levels wherein no star exists which supports the
measure at the requested dimension levels.
10. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the control measure is a predetermined measure associated with the measure.

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 wireless communication receiver, comprising:
a first signal processing circuit, arranged to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal, and generate a first processed signal by processing the received RF signal;
a second signal processing circuit, coupled to the first signal processing circuit; and
a detecting circuit, arranged to monitor a specific signal of the first signal processing circuit and generate at least a control signal to the second signal processing circuit in response to a voltage level or a current level of the monitored specific signal, wherein the control signal controls the second signal processing circuit to switch from a first operation mode to a second operation mode when the detecting circuit determines that the voltage level or the current level of the monitored specific signal meets a criterion.
2. The wireless communication receiver of claim 1, wherein a circuit behavior of the first signal processing circuit is affected by a blocker signal.
3. The wireless communication receiver of claim 1, wherein the first signal processing circuit includes a low-noise amplifier (LNA), and the specific signal is an input signal fed into the LNA, an output signal generated from the LNA, or indicative of a bias condition of the LNA.
4. The wireless communication receiver of claim 1, wherein the control signal controls the second signal processing circuit to switch from the first operation mode to the second operation mode by making at least one circuit element in the second signal processing circuit have a change in its operational characteristic.
5. The wireless communication receiver of claim 1, wherein the second signal processing circuit includes a mixer module having a first operational characteristic; and the mixer module is configured by the control signal to have a second operational characteristic different from the first operational characteristic such that the second signal processing circuit is switched from the first operation mode to the second operation mode.
6. The wireless communication receiver of claim 5, wherein the first operational characteristic and the second operational characteristic are different input impedance values, or different linearity values, or different power consumption values.
7. The wireless communication receiver of claim 1, wherein the second signal processing circuit includes a local oscillator (LO) signal generating module having a first operational characteristic; and the LO signal generating module is configured by the control signal to have a second operational characteristic different from the first operational characteristic such that the second signal processing circuit is switched from the first operation mode to the second operation mode.
8. The wireless communication receiver of claim 7, wherein the first operational characteristic and the second operational characteristic are different phase noise values or different power consumption values.
9. The wireless communication receiver of claim 1, wherein the second signal processing circuit includes a baseband signal processing module having a first operational characteristic; and the baseband signal processing module is configured by the control signal to have a second operational characteristic different from the first operational characteristic such that the second signal processing circuit is switched from the first operation mode to the second operation mode.
10. The wireless communication receiver of claim 9, wherein the first operational characteristic and the second operational characteristic are different linearity values or different power consumption values.
11. The wireless communication receiver of claim 1, wherein the RF signal transmits a plurality of signal bursts including a first signal burst, and the detecting circuit is enabled before the first signal processing circuit starts receiving the first signal burst and is not reset until the first signal processing circuit finishes receiving the first signal burst.
12. The wireless communication receiver of claim 11, wherein when an input power of a wanted frequency band within the first signal burst exceeds a predetermined threshold, the detecting circuit reset at an end of the first signal burst is not enabled before the first signal processing circuit starts receiving a second signal burst following the first signal burst.
13. The wireless communication receiver of claim 1, wherein the detecting circuit comprises:
a mapping table, arranged to record a plurality of operation mode settings of the second signal processing circuit mapped to a plurality of voltage levels or current levels of the monitored specific signal, respectively; and
a control unit, arranged to detect the voltage level or the current level of the monitored specific signal, search the mapping table for a target operation mode setting corresponding to the detected voltage level or detected current level of the monitored specific signal, and generate the control signal according to the target operation mode setting.
14. The wireless communication receiver of claim 1, wherein the second signal processing circuit is arranged to generate a second processed signal by processing the first processed signal.
15. The wireless communication receiver of claim 1, wherein the detecting circuit is arranged to monitor the specific signal for detecting if a blocker signal exists, and when the voltage level or the current level of the monitored specific signal shows a detecting result indicative of existence of the blocker signal, the detecting circuit generates the control signal.
16. The wireless communication receiver of claim 1, wherein the criterion is that the voltage level or the current level of the monitored specific signal reaches a predetermined threshold.
17. A wireless communication method, comprising:
utilizing a first signal processing circuit to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and generate a first processed signal by processing the received RF signal;
coupling a second signal processing circuit to the first signal processing circuit;
monitoring a specific signal of the first signal processing circuit; and
generating at least a control signal to the second signal processing circuit in response to a voltage level or a current level of the monitored specific signal, wherein the control signal controls the second signal processing circuit to switch from a first operation mode to a second operation mode when it is determined that the voltage level or the current level of the monitored specific signal meets a criterion.
18. The wireless communication method of claim 17, wherein a circuit behavior of the first signal processing circuit is affected by a blocker signal.
19. The wireless communication method of claim 17, wherein the first signal processing circuit includes a low-noise amplifier (LNA), and the specific signal is an input signal fed into the LNA, an output signal generated from the LNA, or indicative of a bias condition of the LNA.
20. The wireless communication method of claim 17, wherein the step of generating at least the control signal to the second signal processing circuit comprises:
utilizing the control signal to control the second signal processing circuit to switch from the first operation mode to the second operation mode by making at least one circuit element in the second signal processing circuit have a change in its operational characteristic.
21. The wireless communication method of claim 17, wherein the second signal processing circuit includes a mixer module having a first operational characteristic; and the step of generating at least the control signal to the second signal processing circuit comprises:
utilizing the control signal to configure the mixer module to have a second operational characteristic different from the first operational characteristic such that the second signal processing circuit is switched from the first operation mode to the second operation mode.
22. The wireless communication method of claim 21, wherein the first operational characteristic and the second operational characteristic are different input impedance values, or different linearity values, or different power consumption values.
23. The wireless communication method of claim 17, wherein the second signal processing circuit includes a local oscillator (LO) signal generating module having a first operational characteristic; and the step of generating at least the control signal to the second signal processing circuit comprises:
utilizing the control signal to configure the LO signal generating module to have a second operational characteristic different from the first operational characteristic such that the second signal processing circuit is switched from the first operation mode to the second operation mode.
24. The wireless communication method of claim 23, wherein the first operational characteristic and the second operational characteristic are different phase noise values or different power consumption values.
25. The wireless communication method of claim 17, wherein the second signal processing circuit includes a baseband signal processing module having a first operational characteristic; and the step of generating at least the control signal to the second signal processing circuit comprises:
utilizing the control signal to configure the baseband signal processing module to have a second operational characteristic different from the first operational characteristic such that the second signal processing circuit is switched from the first operation mode to the second operation mode.
26. The wireless communication method of claim 25, wherein the first operational characteristic and the second operational characteristic are different linearity values or different power consumption values.
27. The wireless communication method of claim 17, wherein the RF signal transmits a plurality of signal bursts including a first signal burst, and the step of monitoring the specific signal of the first signal processing circuit is enabled before the first signal processing circuit starts receiving the first signal burst and is not reset until the first signal processing circuit finishes receiving the first signal burst.
28. The wireless communication method of claim 27, wherein when an input power of a wanted frequency band within the first signal burst exceeds a predetermined threshold, the step of monitoring the specific signal of the first signal processing circuit reset at an end of the first signal burst is not enabled before the first signal processing circuit starts receiving a second signal burst following the first signal burst.
29. The wireless communication method of claim 17, wherein the step of generating at least the control signal to the second signal processing circuit comprises:
providing a mapping table which records a plurality of operation mode settings of the second signal processing circuit mapped to a plurality of voltage levels or current levels of the monitored specific signal, respectively; and
searching the mapping table for a target operation mode setting corresponding to the voltage level or the current level of the monitored specific signal, and generating the control signal according to the target operation mode setting.
30. The wireless communication method of claim 17, further comprising:
utilizing the second signal processing circuit to generate a second processed signal by processing the first processed signal.
31. The wireless communication method of claim 17, wherein the step of generating at least the control signal to the second signal processing circuit comprises:
monitoring the specific signal for detecting if a blocker signal exists; and
when the voltage level or the current level of the monitored specific signals shows a detecting result indicative of existence of the blocker signal, generating the control signal.
32. The wireless communication method of claim 17, wherein the criterion is that the voltage level or the current level of the monitored specific signal reaches a predetermined threshold.