Author: claimsbot

1.-18. (canceled)
19. An integrated circuit device, comprising:
a semiconductor substrate having a first portion in which one or more aggressor devices are formed and a second portion in which one or more victim devices are formed;
a deep trench capacitor having a first node and a second node, said deep trench capacitor formed between said first portion and said second portion; and
wherein said first node of said deep trench capacitor is electrically connected to a ground node, said deep trench capacitor operative to provide noise isolation between said first portion and said second portion of said integrated circuit.
20. The integrated circuit device according to claim 19, wherein said first and second portions comprise one or more digital or analog circuits.
21. The integrated circuit device according to claim 19, wherein said second node of said deep trench capacitor is constructed with a bottom oxide capacitively coupled to said semiconductor substrate.
22. The integrated circuit device according to claim 19, wherein said second node of said deep trench capacitor is ohmically connected to said semiconductor substrate.
23. A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing an integrated circuit, the design structure comprising:
a semiconductor substrate having a first portion in which one or more aggressor devices are formed and a second portion in which one or more victim devices are formed;
a deep trench capacitor formed between said first portion and said second portion; and
wherein said deep trench capacitor is electrically connected to a ground node and operative to provide noise isolation between said first portion and said second portion of said integrated circuit.
24. The design structure of claim 23, wherein the design structure comprises a netlist.
25. The design structure of claim 23, wherein the design structure resides on storage medium as a data format used for the exchange of layout data of integrated circuits.
26. The design structure of claim 23, wherein the design structure includes at least one of test data, characterization data, verification data, or design specifications.
27. The design structure of claim 23, wherein said deep trench capacitor comprises a metal contact to minimize resistance of said connection to said ground node.
28. An integrated circuit device, comprising:
a semiconductor substrate having a first portion in which one or more aggressor devices are formed;
a well portion formed in said semiconductor substrate; and
said well comprising one or more victim devices and a deep trench capacitor operative to electrically couple said well portion to a ground node, thereby providing noise isolation between said one or more aggressor devices and said one or more victim devices.
29. The integrated circuit device according to claim 28, wherein said well portion comprises a single well.
30. The integrated circuit device according to claim 28, wherein said well portion comprises a double well.
31. The integrated circuit device according to claim 28, wherein said well portion comprises a triple well.
32. The integrated circuit device according to claim 28, wherein said first and second portions comprise one or more digital or analog circuits.
33. The integrated circuit device according to claim 28, wherein said deep trench capacitor comprises a metal contact to minimize resistance of the connection to said ground node.
34. The integrated circuit device according to claim 28, wherein said deep trench capacitor comprises a bottom oxide capacitively coupled to said semiconductor substrate.
35. The integrated circuit device according to claim 28, wherein said deep trench capacitor is ohmically connected to said semiconductor 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 cyclonic cleaner incorporating a cyclonic separating apparatus, wherein the cyclonic separating apparatus comprises:
a housing;
a plurality of cyclone chambers disposed in the housing in the circumferential direction thereof; and
a plurality of partitions disposed between the respective cyclone chambers to mount the cyclone chambers in a plurality of individual divided spaces, respectively,
wherein the partitions are arranged such that angles between the respective adjacent pairs of partitions are different from one another.
2. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises an outer container and an inner container, and the cyclone chambers are disposed in the outer container.
3. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 2, wherein the cyclonic separating apparatus further comprises: a first cyclone chamber mounted at a center of an upper part of the inner container to firstly filter air, and the cyclone chambers are second cyclone chambers mounted at the upper part of the outer container to secondarily filter the air having passed through the first cyclone chamber.
4. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 3, wherein the inner container and the outer container are covered by an upper plate having a plurality of communication holes disposed in the circumferential direction thereof, and the first cyclone chamber communicates with the respective second cyclone chambers through a plurality of guide members to connect the communication holes and the second cyclone chambers, respectively.
5. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 4, wherein each of the guide members is formed in a helical shape such that air flows helically in each of the guide members.
6. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 5, wherein each of the second cyclone chambers is formed in a conical shape with the sectional area gradually decreasing from an upper end to a lower end, the guide members are connected to the edges of the upper ends of the second cyclone chambers, respectively, such that air having passed through the respective guide members flows helically while being introduced to the inner circumferential surfaces of the second cyclone chambers.
7. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 6, wherein each of the second cyclone chambers has a discharge port formed at the center of the upper end thereof, through which air having flowed helically and then upward in the corresponding second cyclone chamber is discharged out of the corresponding second cyclone chamber.
8. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 3, wherein the housing has an air inlet port formed at the side thereof, which communicates with the first cyclone chamber, and an air outlet port formed at the top thereof, which communicates with the respective second cyclone chambers.
9. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 3, wherein the inner container has a first collection part disposed at a lower part thereof to collect dust and foreign matter firstly separated from air by the first cyclone chamber, and the outer container has a second collection part disposed at a lower part thereof to collect dust and foreign matter secondarily separated from air by the second cyclone chambers.
10. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 9, wherein the housing is configured such that the housing can be divided into the upper and lower parts by a connection part approximately provided at the middle thereof so as to empty dust and foreign matter from the first and second collection parts.
11. A cyclonic cleaner incorporating a cyclonic separating apparatus, wherein the cyclonic separating apparatus comprises:
a housing;
a plurality of cyclone chambers disposed in the housing in the circumferential direction thereof; and
a plurality of partitions disposed between the respective cyclone chambers to mount the cyclone chambers in a plurality of individual divided spaces, respectively,
wherein the partitions are arranged such that the intervals between the respective partitions are different from one another, whereby the divided spaces have different capacities.
12. A cyclonic cleaner comprising:
a body having a plurality of moving wheels and a handle;
a suction unit disposed below the body;
a cyclonic separating apparatus releasably mounted to the body; and
a blowing unit to enable air suctioned through the suction unit to be discharged via the cyclonic separating apparatus, wherein the cyclonic separating apparatus comprises:
a housing;
a plurality of cyclone chambers disposed in the housing in the circumferential direction thereof; and
a plurality of partitions disposed between the respective cyclone chambers to mount the cyclone chambers in a plurality of individual divided spaces, respectively,
wherein the partitions are arranged such that angles between the respective adjacent pairs of partitions are different from one another.
13. A cyclonic cleaner comprising:
a body having a plurality of moving wheels and a handle;
a suction unit disposed below the body;
a cyclonic separating apparatus releasably mounted to the body; and
a blowing unit to enable air suctioned through the suction unit to be discharged via the cyclonic separating apparatus, wherein the cyclonic separating apparatus comprises:
a housing;
a plurality of cyclone chambers disposed in the housing in the circumferential direction thereof; and
a plurality of partitions disposed between the respective cyclone chambers to mount the cyclone chambers in a plurality of individual divided spaces, respectively,
wherein the partitions are arranged such that the intervals between the respective partitions are different from one another, whereby the divided spaces have different capacities.

1. A method for speech recognition comprising:
generating a speech prompt;
receiving a spoken utterance from a user in response to the speech prompt, the spoken utterance including a speech artifact; and
compensating for the speech artifact.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the speech artifact is a stutter artifact.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein compensating for the speech artifact includes providing a recognition grammar that includes the speech artifact as a speech component.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein compensating for the speech artifact includes modifying the spoken utterance to eliminate the speech artifact.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein modifying the spoken utterance includes eliminating a portion of the spoken utterance that occurred prior to a predetermined time relative to termination of the speech prompt.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein modifying the spoken utterance includes eliminating a portion of the spoken utterance that conforms to a pattern consisting of short burst of speech followed by substantial silence.
7. The method of claim 4, wherein modifying the spoken utterance includes eliminating a portion of the spoken utterance based on a comparison of a first portion of the spoken utterance to a subsequent portion of the spoken utterance that is similar to the first portion.
8. A speech recognition system comprising:
a speech generation module configured to generate a speech prompt for a user; and
a speech understanding system configured to receive a spoken utterance from a user in response to the speech prompt, wherein the spoken utterance includes a speech artifact, and configured to compensate for the speech artifact.
9. The speech recognition system of claim 8, wherein the speech artifact is a barge-in stutter artifact.
10. The speech recognition system of claim 9, wherein the speech understanding system compensates for the speech artifact by providing a recognition grammar that includes the speech artifact as a speech component.
11. The speech recognition system of claim 8, wherein the speech understanding system compensates for the speech artifact by modifying the spoken utterance to eliminate the speech artifact.
12. The speech recognition system of claim 11, wherein modifying the spoken utterance includes eliminating a portion of the spoken utterance that occurred prior to a predetermined time relative to termination of the speech prompt.
13. The speech recognition system of claim 11, wherein modifying the spoken utterance includes eliminating a portion of the spoken utterance that conforms to a pattern consisting of short burst of speech followed by substantial silence.
14. The speech recognition system of claim 11, wherein modifying the spoken utterance includes eliminating a portion of the spoken utterance based on a comparison of a first portion of the spoken utterance to a subsequent portion of the spoken utterance that is similar to the first portion.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium bearing software instructions configured to cause a processor to perform the steps of:
generating a speech prompt;
receiving a spoken utterance from a user in response to the speech prompt, the spoken utterance including a speech artifact; and
compensating for the speech artifact.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein compensating for the speech artifact includes providing a recognition grammar that includes the speech artifact as a speech component.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein compensating for the speech artifact includes modifying the spoken utterance to eliminate the speech artifact.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein modifying the spoken utterance includes eliminating a portion of the spoken utterance that occurred prior to a predetermined time relative to termination of the speech prompt.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein modifying the spoken utterance includes eliminating a portion of the spoken utterance that conforms to a pattern consisting of short burst of speech followed by substantial silence.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein modifying the spoken utterance includes eliminating a portion of the spoken utterance based on a comparison of a first portion of the spoken utterance to a subsequent portion of the spoken utterance that is similar to the first portion.

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 vehicle motion control apparatus, comprising:
a lateral acceleration sensor configured to measure lateral acceleration;
a maximum tire lateral force calculator configured to calculate maximum tire lateral forces of front and rear axles considering a nonlinearity with respect to a front-rear load shift and an influence of a friction circle according to drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles and road surface information;
a first frontrear drivingbraking force calculator configured to calculate the drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles that minimize an energy loss realizing a target steering characteristic as first frontrear drivingbraking forces based on the drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles and the maximum tire lateral forces of the front and rear axles;
a second frontrear drivingbraking force calculator configured to calculate drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles that realize the target steering characteristic and maximize a sum of the maximum tire lateral forces of the front and rear axles as second frontrear drivingbraking forces based on the drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles and the maximum tire lateral forces of the front and rear axles;
a grip margin calculator configured to calculate a margin of a grip of the front and rear wheels as a grip margin based on a lateral acceleration evaluated based on a travel condition of the vehicle;
a target drivingbraking force calculator configured to calculate target drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles based on the first frontrear drivingbraking forces and the second frontrear drivingbraking forces, according to the grip margin; and
a drivingbraking force control unit that controls the drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles.
2. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first frontrear drivingbraking force calculator is configured to calculate a square sum of the drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles and a steering characteristic with respect to the maximum tire lateral forces of the front and rear axles and to calculate the first frontrear drivingbraking forces such that the drivingbraking force control unit corrects the drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles based on a calculation result.
3. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second frontrear drivingbraking force calculator is configured to calculate a sum of the maximum tire lateral forces of the front and rear axles and a steering characteristic with respect to the maximum tire lateral forces of the front and rear axles and calculate the second frontrear drivingbraking forces such that the drivingbraking force control unit corrects the drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles based on the calculation result.
4. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the grip margin calculator is configured to set the grip margin based on the tire lateral forces of the front and rear axles that are calculated based on the road surface information and the lateral acceleration.
5. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the target drivingbraking force calculator is configured to increase a ratio of the second frontrear drivingbraking forces as the margin of grip of front and rear wheels reduces.
6. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the target drivingbraking force calculator is configured to increase a ratio of the first frontrear drivingbraking forces as the margin of grip of front and rear wheels increases.
7. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the target drivingbraking force calculator is configured to set the target drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles smaller as the margin of grip of front and rear wheels increases.
8. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the target drivingbraking force calculator receives the lateral acceleration independent of the first frontrear drivingbraking force calculator and the second frontrear drivingbraking force calculator.
9. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the grip margin calculator evaluates the grip margin independent of the first frontrear drivingbraking forces and the second frontrear drivingbraking forces.
10. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the grip margin calculator evaluates the grip margin independent of the first frontrear drivingbraking force calculator and the second frontrear drivingbraking force calculator.
11. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a road surface friction coefficient estimation unit for estimating a road surface friction coefficient,
wherein the first frontrear drivingbraking force calculator calculates the first frontrear drivingbraking forces based on the road surface friction coefficient.
12. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the second frontrear drivingbraking force calculator calculates the second frontrear drivingbraking forces based on the road surface friction coefficient.
13. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the second frontrear drivingbraking force calculator calculates the second frontrear drivingbraking forces based on the road surface friction coefficient independent of the first frontrear drivingbraking force calculator.
14. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the
lateral acceleration sensor for detecting the lateral acceleration independent of the road surface friction coefficient estimation unit.
15. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the first frontrear drivingbraking force calculator and the second frontrear drivingbraking force calculator calculate the first frontrear drivingbraking forces and the second frontrear drivingbraking forces, respectively, independent of the lateral acceleration detected by the lateral acceleration sensor.
16. The vehicle motion control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drivingbraking force control unit compares a current drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles with the target drivingbraking forces for controlling the drivingbraking forces of the front and rear axles to be equal to the target drivingbraking forces.