Author: claimsbot

1. An apparatus comprising:
a first capacitor structure comprising an integrated capacitor having a first ceramic material disposed between two electrodes; and
a second capacitor structure comprising an integrated capacitor having a second ceramic material disposed between two electrodes,
wherein the first ceramic material and the second ceramic material have different operating temperature ratings, and wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are integrated into an insulative core substrate, wherein an operating temperature rating of the first ceramic material is greater than an operating temperature rating of the second ceramic material, wherein the core substrate has a substantially planar surface, and wherein the first capacitor structure and the second capacitor structure are attached to the substantially planar surface of the core substrate, wherein the substantially planar surface is an exposed surface, and wherein an entire of the first capacitor structure is positioned in an area under a die shadow.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first capacitor structure is positioned in an area under a die shadow of a die side of the planar surface and the second capacitor is positioned in an area outside the die shadow.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a microprocessor configured to heat an area under a die shadow of a die side of the substrate with a higher temperature than an area outside the die shadow of the die side, wherein the first ceramic material has a lower dielectric constant, k, than the second ceramic material, and wherein the first capacitor structure is positioned in locations heated with a higher temperature than locations where the second capacitor structure is placed.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first ceramic material has a lower capacitance than the second ceramic material.
5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first capacitor structure is positioned into the core substrate for first droop capacitance and the second capacitor structure is positioned for second droop capacitance.
6. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein an operating temperature rating of the first ceramic material is greater than an operating temperature rating of the second ceramic material and wherein the first capacitor structure is disposed within an area surrounded by the second capacitor structure.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first capacitor structure is disposed within an area surrounded by a plurality of the second capacitor structures.
8. A system comprising:
a computing device comprising a microprocessor, the microprocessor coupled to a printed circuit board through a substrate, the microprocessor configured to heat an area under a die shadow of a die side of the substrate with a higher temperature than an area outside the die shadow of the die side, the substrate comprising a first capacitor structure attached to a planar surface of the substrate, the first capacitor comprising a first ceramic material disposed between two electrodes and a second capacitor structure comprising a second ceramic material disposed between two electrodes,
wherein the first ceramic material and the second ceramic material have different operating temperature ratings, wherein an operating temperature rating of the first ceramic material is greater than an operating temperature rating of the second ceramic material, the area under the die shadow of the substrate includes the first capacitor structure, and the area outside the die shadow includes the second capacitor structure attached to the planar surface wherein the substantially planar surface is an exposed surface, and wherein the area under the die shadow includes an entire of the first capacitor structure.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first capacitor structure is coupled to a substantially planar surface of the substrate and the second capacitor structure is coupled to the same substantially planar surface of the substrate.
10. The system of claim 8, wherein the first capacitor structure is positioned on the substrate for first droop capacitance and the second capacitor structure is positioned for second droop capacitance.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the first ceramic material has a lower capacitance than the second ceramic material, and wherein the first capacitor structure is disposed within an area surrounded by the second capacitor structure.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first capacitor structure is disposed within an area surrounded by a plurality of the second capacitor structures.
13. The system of claim 8, wherein an operating temperature rating of the first ceramic material is greater than an operating temperature rating of the second ceramic material and wherein the first capacitor structure is disposed within an area defined by the second capacitor structure.
14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the substrate comprises an insulative package substrate disposed between the microprocessor and the printed circuit board.
15. An apparatus comprising:
a microprocessor configured to heat an hotter area under a die shadow of a die side of the substrate with a higher temperature than a cooler area beyond the die shadow of the substrate;
a first capacitor structure comprising a first plurality of integrated capacitors formed from a same first ceramic material disposed between a first two electrodes and formed on and attached to a first generally planar shaped surface of an insulative core substrate; and
a second capacitor structure comprising a second plurality of integrated capacitors formed from a same second ceramic material disposed between a second two electrodes and formed on and attached to the first generally planar shaped surface of the insulative core substrate, wherein the first ceramic material and the second ceramic material have different operating temperature ratings, wherein an operating temperature rating of the first ceramic material is selected to be greater than an operating temperature rating of the second ceramic material and the first capacitor structure is selected to be positioned in the hotter area, and the second capacitor structure is placed in the cooler area, and wherein the first generally planar shaped surface is an exposed surface.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first capacitor structure is disposed within an area surround by the second capacitor structure.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first capacitor structure is disposed within an area surrounded by a plurality of the second capacitor structures.
18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the core substrate is an insulative core substrate comprising one of an epoxy material, an organic substrate material, a fiberglass reinforced material, and a pre-preg material.
19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the core substrate comprises an insulative material, the first capacitor structure is oriented parallel to the second capacitor structure, the core substrate comprises a package substrate; and further comprising conductive vias formed through the first capacitor structure, the second capacitor structure and the core substrate.

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 system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space, comprising:
a message database, accessible by one or more message creators, storing one or more messages adapted to be playable in place of a communication system ring-back tone;
an endorser database, accessible by a plurality of endorsers having telephone service, storing a plurality of endorser profiles, each of said endorser profiles including endorser-selectable variables for selecting at least one of said messages to be played in place of the respective endorsers’ ring-back tone; and
an endorsement routing interface, in communication with said message database and said endorser database and also in communication with the endorsers’ telecommunication service providers, routing said messages from said message database to the communication service providers for playback in place of the endorsers’ ring-back tone in accordance with said endorser profiles.
2. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 1, said endorser profiles further comprising endorser identification variables for placing each endorser into one or more demographic subsets of the endorsers.
3. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 2, said endorser identification variables including at least one of age, location, lifestyle, or communication service provider.
4. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 1, further comprising message profiles, stored on said message database, including message creator-selectable instructions for enabling playback of said messages in place of the ring-back tones of at least one of said demographic subsets of the endorsers determinable by said endorser identification variables.
5. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 1, further comprising a message creator interface allowing access to said message database by the message creators.
6. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 5, wherein said message creator interface comprises a web-based GUI.
7. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 5, wherein said message creator interface comprises playback limiting variables for limiting the transmission of said messages.
8. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 7, said playback limiting variables include at least one of maximum number of message playbacks, frequency of message playbacks, or cutoff date of message playback.
9. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 1, further comprising an endorser interface allowing construction of and access to said endorser profiles by the endorsers.
10. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 9, wherein said endorser interface comprises a web-based GUI.
11. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 10, said endorser interface further comprising a search engine that allows the endorser to select which of said messages to play back in place of the endorser’s ring-back tone.
12. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 9, wherein said endorser interface further comprises a new endorser interface for allowing individuals with telephone service to enroll as endorsers.
13. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 12, wherein said new endorser interface comprises a web-based GUI.
14. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 1, further comprising a transaction database in communication with the communication service providers for storing information concerning the successful playback of said messages in place of the endorsers’ ring-back tones.
15. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 14, further comprising a billing module in communication with said transaction database for crediting the endorsers when said transaction database records a successful playback of said messages.
16. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 14, further comprising a transmission monitoring interface in communication with the communication service providers and said transaction database for determining when successful message playback has occurred based on information supplied by the communication service providers.
17. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 16, wherein said transmission monitoring interface screens out partial message playback instances.
18. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 16, wherein said transmission monitoring interface flags aberrant rates of message playback
19. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 1, wherein said messages include a visual component for playback on the screens of a caller’s communication device.
20. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 1, further comprising message variables associated with said messages on said message database for combining multiple of said messages into one or more message sets.
21. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 20, said message variables including at least one of message creator identity, message content, message playback rate, or associations with specific endorsers.
22. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 20, wherein said message sets are creatable by the endorsers, storable on said message database, and selectable by the endorsers.
23. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 20, wherein said message sets are creatable by the message creators, storable on said message database, and selectable by the endorsers.
24. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 22, wherein a given said message set created by a first endorser is adoptable by a second endorser.
25. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 22, wherein a given said message set created by a given endorser is editable only by the given endorser.
26. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 5, further comprising message variables associated with said messages on said message database for combining multiple of said messages into one or more message sets,
wherein said message sets are creatable by the message creators via said message creator interface, storable on said message database, and selectable by the endorsers.
27. A system of selectively providing message content in a communication system ring-back space according to claim 9, further comprising message variables associated with said messages on said message database for combining multiple of said messages into one or more message sets,
wherein said message sets are creatable by the endorsers via said endorser interface, storable on said message database, and selectable by the endorsers.

1. A method of continuously casting blooms, slabs or thin slabs in a continuous casting plant wherein, below a mold (1) there are provided mutually spaced adjustable strand guide segments (2.1-2.n) with, for example, roll pairs (4,4) actuatable by path-controllable hydraulic cylinders, whereby the cast strand (5) has its thickness reduced as the strand shell (8) is formed by tapered conical adjustment of at least one of its strand guide segments (2.1-2.n) in a soft reduction stretch (SR stretch) extending up to the sump tip melt-cavity tip and in the region of its liquid core (7) between the mold (1) and the soft reduction stretch by at least one roll pair (4, 4) is subjected to a format thickness reduction, characterized in that through the number of the roll pairs (4, 4) and their more or less narrow mutual settings in the region of the liquid core (7) of the cast strand (5) there is a flexible matching of the casting process to the casting speed, and thereby the format thickness reduction of the cast strand (5) with the liquid core (7) is so set that independently of steel quality, intensity of the spray cooling and the casting speed, the position of the sump tip melt-cavity tip (9) in the SR stretch is held approximately constant.
2. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that the arrangement andor settings of the roll pairs (4, 4) for the format thickness reduction in the region of the liquid core (7) of the cast strand (5) is determined based upon the casting cross section or format cross section of the cast strand.
3. The method according to claim 1 or claim 2 characterized that in the format thickness reduction is effected directly ahead of the SR stretch.
4. A method according to one or more of the claims 1-3 characterized in that the rolls (4) for the format thickness reduction of the cast strand (5) in the SR stretch are set with position control.
5. A method according to one or more of the claims 1-4 characterized in that the rolls (4) for format thickness reduction of the cast strand (5) in the region of the liquid core (7) are set with position control.

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 hybrid working machine comprising:
an engine;
a variable displacement hydraulic pump connected to the engine;
a motor generator connected to the engine;
a control unit controlling the motor generator; and
wherein the control unit acquires a calculation value of the hydraulic pump based on a pump current supplied to the hydraulic pump and a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump using a predetermined algorithm, corrects a hydraulic pump characteristic parameter used in the predetermined algorithm based on an assumed pressure error between the calculation value and an actual value of the hydraulic pump, calculates an assumed hydraulic pressure correction output using the corrected hydraulic pump characteristic parameter, and controls the motor generator based on the assumed hydraulic pressure correction output.
2. The hybrid working machine according to claim 1,
wherein the calculation value of the hydraulic pump is an assumed hydraulic pressure output as an output from the hydraulic pump, the actual value of the hydraulic pump is an actual hydraulic pressure output as an actual output of the hydraulic pump, the control unit calculates the actual hydraulic pressure output from an output of the engine and an output of the motor generator, calculates the assumed hydraulic pressure output from the pump current supplied to the hydraulic pump and the discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump using the predetermined algorithm, and calculates the assumed hydraulic pressure error as a difference between the assumed hydraulic pressure output and the actual hydraulic pressure output.
3. The hybrid working machine according to claim 1,
wherein the hydraulic pump characteristic parameter is a hydraulic pump efficiency map.
4. The hybrid working machine according to claim 1,
wherein the hydraulic pump characteristic parameter is a pressure flow rate characteristic diagram of the hydraulic pump.
5. The hybrid working machine according to claim 1,
wherein the control unit calculates the actual hydraulic pressure output in consideration of a power loss in the hydraulic pump and a power loss in the motor generator.
6. The hybrid working machine according to claim 1,
wherein the hydraulic pump characteristic parameter is a control signal of the hydraulic pump, the control signal is corrected to bring a characteristic of the hydraulic pump closer to a discharge flow rate changing characteristic of the hydraulic pump, the output of the hydraulic pump is calculated based on the corrected control signal, and the output of the motor generator assisting the engine is controlled based on the calculated output of the hydraulic pump.
7. The hybrid working machine according to claim 6,
wherein the control signal is corrected to have a time lag.
8. The hybrid working machine according to claim 6,
wherein control signal indicates the discharge pressure or the control current of the hydraulic pump.
9. The hybrid working machine according to claim 8,
wherein when the output of the hydraulic pump is calculated the discharge flow rate changing characteristic inherent in the hydraulic pump corresponding to a change of a signal indicative of the negative control pressure as the control signal is acquired,
the discharge quantity of the hydraulic pump is calculated based on the acquired discharge flow rate changing characteristic, and
the output of the hydraulic pump is calculated by using a smaller one of the discharge quantity calculated based on the acquired discharge flow rate changing characteristic and the discharge quantity calculated from the negative control pressure as the discharge quantity of the hydraulic pump.
10. The hybrid working machine according to claim 6,
wherein the discharge flow rate changing characteristic inherent in the hydraulic pump caused by a change of the control signal of the hydraulic pump is acquired for respective operation modes of the hybrid working machine.
11. The hybrid working machine according to claim 6,
wherein the discharge flow rate changing characteristic inherent in the hydraulic pump is acquired respectively for an increment and a decrement of the control signal.
12. A control method for a hybrid working machine in which a hydraulic pump having a discharge flow rate changing characteristic inherent in a control signal is driven by an output of an engine, the control method comprising:
correcting the control signal to bring a characteristic of the hydraulic pump closer to the discharge flow rate changing characteristic inherent in the control signal;
calculating the output of the hydraulic pump based on the output of the corrected control signal; and
controlling an output of a motor generator assisting the engine based on the calculated output of the hydraulic pump.
13. The control method according to claim 12,
wherein the correcting corrects the control signal to have a time lag.
14. The control method according to claim 12,
wherein the control signal indicates the discharge pressure or the control current of the hydraulic pump.
15. The control method according to claim 12,
wherein the calculating the output of the hydraulic pomp includes:
acquiring the discharge flow rate changing characteristic inherent in the hydraulic pump corresponding to a change of a signal indicative of the negative control pressure as the control signal,
calculating the discharge quantity of the hydraulic pump based on the acquired discharge flow rate changing characteristic, and
calculating the output of the hydraulic pump by using smaller one of the discharge quantity calculated based on the acquired discharge flow rate changing characteristic and the discharge quantity calculated from the negative control pressure as the discharge quantity of the hydraulic pump.
16. The control method according to claim 12,
wherein the discharge flow rate changing characteristic inherent in the hydraulic pump caused by a change of the control signal of the hydraulic pump is acquired for respective operation modes of the hybrid working machine.
17. The control method according to claim 12,
wherein the discharge flow rate changing characteristic inherent in the hydraulic pump is acquired respectively for an increment and a decrement of the control signal.