Author: claimsbot

1. A method for controlling a plasma processing apparatus that comprises:
a vacuum vessel in which plasma is generated;
a first RF power supply, a second RF power supply and a third RF power supply provided outside the vacuum vessel;
a first electrode disposed either inside or outside the vacuum vessel to which a first RF voltage from the first RF power supply is supplied;
a second electrode disposed inside the vacuum vessel, having an upper surface on which a sample is mounted, and to which a second RF voltage from the second RF power supply is supplied; and
a phase control unit for controlling a phase difference between the second RF voltage and a third RF voltage from the third RF power supply;
wherein the controlling method comprises the steps of:
supplying a predetermined power from the first RF power supply to ignite plasma;
after confirming ignition of plasma, supplying a predetermined power respectively from the second RF power supply and the third RF power supply; and
when starting power supply from the second RF power supply and the third RF power supply, fixing the phase to a predetermined phase angle using a preset mode without carrying out phase control, and after a matching operation has stabilized, starting the phase control.
2. A method for controlling a plasma processing apparatus that comprises:
a vacuum vessel in which plasma is generated;
a first RF power supply, a second RF power supply and a third RF power supply provided outside the vacuum vessel;
a first electrode disposed either inside or outside the vacuum vessel to which a first RF voltage from the first RF power supply is supplied;
a second electrode disposed inside the vacuum vessel, having an upper surface on which a sample is mounted, and to which a second RF voltage from the second RF power supply is supplied; and
a phase control unit for controlling a phase difference between the second RF voltage and a third RF voltage from the third RF power supply;
wherein the controlling method comprises the steps of:
controlling the phase difference between the RF voltage of the second electrode and the third RF voltage having a same frequency using a signal source other than a phase signal, disposed between the second electrode and an RF radiation unit that is capacitively coupled with plasma; and
when removing a deposition film inside the vacuum vessel, controlling the phase difference according to an amount of the deposition film.

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 method of treating adiposity or obesity comprising administering either concurrently or within about one hour an amount of lipase inhibitor effective to reduce the absorption of dietary fat by one tenth to about one third of the amount of fat consumed and a non-absorbable lipophilic polysaccharide in an amount from about 2 to 10 percent of the weight of the consumed fat, wherein each of the lipase inhibitor and the lipophilic polysaccharide are administered either prior to, or within one hour after, the consumption of a meal contain fat.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the lipase inhibitor is present in an amount effective to reduce such fat absorption by one fifth to about one third of the amount of fat consumed.
3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the lipophilic polysaccharide is present in an amount of 4 to 8 percent of weight of the consumed fat.
4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the lipase inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of orlistat, lipstatin, tetrahydrolipstatin and esterastin.
5. The method according to claim 4 wherein the lipase inhibitor is orlistat and is administered in an amount from 25 to 120 mg per fat-containing meal.
6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the lipophilic polysaccharide is a member selected from the group consisting of chitosan, sulfated alginic acid, sulfated pectin, sulfated amylopectin, sulfated chitin, sulfated chitosan, sulfated dextran and sulfated nonsoluble plant cellulose.
7. The method according to claim 6 wherein the lipophilic polysaccharide is chitosan or a modified Chitosan and is administered after a fat-contain meal in an amount from 4 to 8 percent of the weight of the consumed fat.
8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the modified Chitosan is administered in an amount from 5 to 8 percent of the weight of the consumed fat and the modified Chitosan is modified with a sufficient number of organic acyl groups to cause the modified Chitosan to absorb or associate both lipids and water and to form a substantially homogenous gel with oil and water.
9. A method according to claim 1 wherein the lipase inhibitor and the lipophilic polysaccharide are administered in the same composition or dosage formulation.
10. A method according to claim 1 wherein the lipase inhibitor and the lipophilic polysaccharide are administered in separate dosage formulations.
11. A pharmaceutical composition for treating adiposity or obesity comprising an amount of lipase inhibitor effective to reduce the absorption of dietary fat by one tenth to about one third of the amount of fat consumed and a non-absorbable lipophilic polysaccharide in an amount from about 2 to 10 percent of the weight of the consumed fat, and said polysaccharide is capable of absorbing fat and dispersing the fat in an aqueous solution.
12. The composition according to claim 11 wherein the lipase inhibitor is present in an amount effective to reduce such fat absorption by one fifth to about one third of the amount of fat consumed.
13. The composition according to claim 11 wherein the lipophilic polysaccharide is present in an amount of 4 to 8 percent of weight of the consumed fat.
14. The composition according to claim 11 wherein the lipase inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of lipstatin, tetrahydrolipstatin, esterastin and tetrahydroesterastin.
15. The composition according to claim 11 wherein the lipase inhibitor is orlistat and is present in an amount from 25 to 120 mg.
16. The composition according to claim 11 wherein the lipophilic polysaccharide is a member selected from the group consisting of chitosan, sulfated alginic acid, sulfated pectin, sulfated amylopectin, sulfated chitin, sulfated chitosan, sulfated dextran and sulfated nonsoluble plant cellulose.
17. The composition according to claim 16 wherein the lipophilic polysaccharide is a modified chitosan and is present in an amount an amount from 4 to 8 percent of the weight of the consumed fat, wherein the modified Chitosan is capable of binding fat and then dispersing the absorbed fat in an aqueous solution.
18. A composition according to claim 11 wherein the lipase inhibitor and lipophilic polysaccharide are present in weight proportions of from 1:4 to 1:10.
19. A composition according to claim 19 wherein the lipase inhibitor and lipophilic polysaccharide are present in weight proportions of from 1:5 to 1:8.
20. A composition according to claim 18 wherein having from 25 to 75 mg of the lipase inhibitor and from 100 to 750 mg of the lipophilic polysaccharide.
21. A method according to claim 1 comprising administering a lipophilic polysaccharide comprising from 250 to 1000 mg of a modified chitosan prior to consuming a fat containing meal, administering concurrently with said fat containing meal, or within one hour thereafter, a separate dosage formulation of a lipase inhibitor comprising from 25 to 120 mg of orlistat, and adminstering in a separate dosage formulation currently with said fat containing meal, or within one hour thereafter an amount of chitosan to provide a overall amount of chitosan which is from 2 to 10 percent by weight of the fat consumed per meal, wherein the modified Chitosan is capable of absorbing fat and dispersing the absorbed fat in an aqueous solution.
22. The method according to claim 21, wherein for said fat containing meal the amounts of orlistat and modified chitosan administered are in weight proportions of from 1:4 to 1:10.
23. The method according to claim 21, wherein for said fat containing meal the amounts of orlistat and modified chitosan administered are in weight proportions of from 1:5 to 1:8.
24. The method according to claim 21, wherein for said fat containing meal the amounts of orlistat and modified chitosan administered are in the weight proportions of 1:6.
25. A method according to claim 21, wherein for said fat containing meal the amount of orlistat adminstered is 120 mg and the amount of modified chitosan administered is 1000 mg.

1. An apparatus for evaluating an earth formation comprising:
(a) a bottomhole assembly (BHA) conveyed in a borehole in the earth formation, the BHA having a longitudinal axis; and
(b) at least one sensor assembly carried by the BHA, the at least one sensor assembly including
(A) a U-shaped magnet which provides a static magnetic field in a sensitive region in said formation, and
(B) an antenna arrangement which produces a pulsed radio frequency (RF) magnetic field in the sensitive region and receives signals from nuclei in the sensitive region.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the antenna arrangement further comprises:
(i) a transmitter coil which produces the RF field and,
(ii) a receiver coil having an axis substantially parallel to an axis of the transmitter which receives the signals
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one sensor assembly further comprises a plurality of sensor assemblies circumferentially distributed about the BHA.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the U-shaped magnet further comprises:
(i) a first magnet and a second magnet having a magnetization direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the BHA, the first and second magnets comprising arms of the U, the first and second magnets having opposite directions of magnetization, and
(ii) a magnetically permeable yoke forming the base of the U.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said RF magnetic field is produced by activating the antenna arrangement with one of (i) a CPMG sequence, and, (ii) a modified CPMG sequence having a refocusing angle less than 180\xb0.
6. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the at least one receiver coil is displaced towards a wall of the borehole from the transmitter coil
7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein a gap between ends of the first and second magnet away from the yoke is adjustable.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a processor which determines from the received signals a parameter of interest of the earth formation.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the parameter of interest is at least one of (i) clay bound water, and, (ii) bulk volume irreducible.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one sensor assembly is disposed on a substantially non-rotating sleeve.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the BHA is conveyed into the borehole on a drilling tubular.
12. An apparatus for evaluating an earth formation, the apparatus comprising:
(a) a bottomhole assembly (BHA) conveyed in a borehole in the earth formation, the BHA having a longitudinal axis; and
(b) a sensor assembly carried by the BHA, the sensor assembly including
(A) a magnet configuration which provides a static magnetic field in a sensitive region in the formation,
(B) a transmitter coil having an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis which produces a pulsed radio frequency (RF) magnetic field in the sensitive region, and
(C) at least one receiver coil which receives signals from nuclei in the sensitive region, the at least one receiver coil having an axis substantially orthogonal to an axis of the transmitter coil.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the at least one receiver coil comprises a plurality of receiver coils disposed about the BHA.
14. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the at least one receiver coil is extendable away from a drill collar.
15. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said RF magnetic field is produced by activating the transmitter coil with one of (i) a CPMG sequence, and, (ii) a modified CPMG sequence having a refocusing angle less than 180\xb0.
16. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a processor which determines from the received signals a parameter of interest of the earth formation.
17. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the parameter of interest is at least one of (i) clay bound water, and, (ii) bulk volume irreducible.
18. A method of evaluating an earth formation comprising:
(a) conveying a bottomhole assembly (BHA) conveyed in a borehole in the earth formation, the BHA having a longitudinal axis; and
(b) using a U-shaped magnet forming part of at least one sensor assembly carried by the BHA and producing a static magnetic field in a sensitive region in said formation, the static magnetic field in the sensitive region having an azimuthal direction,
(c) producing a pulsed radio frequency (RF) magnetic field in the sensitive region, the RF field having a radial direction in the sensitive region, and
(d) receiving signals from nuclei in the sensitive region,
19. The method of claim 18 wherein the at least one sensor assembly further comprises a plurality of sensor assemblies circumferentially distributed about the BHA.
20. The method of claim 18 further comprising identifying a cross-bedding in the earth formation from analysis of the signals from the plurality of sensor assemblies.
21. The method of claim 18 wherein producing said RF field further comprises using one of (i) a CPMG sequence, and, (ii) a modified CPMG sequence having a refocusing angle less than 180\xb0.
22. The method of claim 18 further comprising determining from the signals from the receiver coil a parameter of interest of the earth formation.
23. The method of claim 22 wherein the parameter of interest is at least one of (i) clay bound water, and, (ii) bulk volume irreducible.
24. A method of evaluating an earth formation, the method comprising:
(a) conveying a bottomhole assembly (BHA) conveyed in a borehole in the earth formation, the BHA having a longitudinal axis; and
(b) using a magnet configuration and producing a static magnetic field in a sensitive region in the formation, the static magnetic field having a radial direction in the sensitive region,
(c) producing a pulsed radio frequency (RF) magnetic field in the sensitive region, and
(d) receiving signals from nuclei in the sensitive region using at least one receiver coil having an axis substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis.
25. The method of claim 24 wherein the at least one receiver coil comprises a plurality of receiver coils disposed about the BHA, the method further comprising receiving signals using each of the plurality of receiver coils.
26. The method of claim 25 further comprising identifying a cross-bedding in the earth formation from analysis of the signals received by the plurality of receiver coils.
27. The method of claim 24 further comprising mounting the at least one receiver coil on a member extendable from a drill collar.
28. The method of claim 24 wherein producing the RF magnetic field by using one of (i) a CPMG sequence, and, (ii) a modified CPMG sequence having a refocusing angle less than 180\xb0.
29. The method of claim 24 further comprising determining from the signals from the at least one receiver coil a parameter of interest of the earth formation.
30. The method of claim 29 wherein the parameter of interest is at least one of (i) clay bound water, and, (ii) bulk volume irreducible.

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. Control device for supplying an electric motor with IMS technology or the like, characterised in that it provides:
a two-phase or three-phase inverter, on at least two phases a metal path being provided obtained in IMS technology on the inverter power circuit and each one in series with a motor phase;
a thermal sensor for at least one of said paths preferably but not necessarily placed on the metal path itself to perform the measure of its temperature that will also be used for measuring the power transistors temperature.
2. Control device for supplying an electric motor with IMS technology or the like, characterised in that it provides:
a DC controller equipped with a metal path obtained in IMS technology on the controller card and in series with the motor armature;
a thermal sensor preferably but not necessarily placed on the metal path to perform the measure of its temperature that will also be used for measuring the power transistors temperature.
3. Control device for supplying any electric motor realised in IMS technology or the like, characterised in that it provides:
an integrated power module equipped with at least one metal path in series with the power devices or with an external connection terminal;
a thermal sensor preferably but not necessarily placed on the metal path to perform the measure of its temperature that will also be used for measuring the power transistors temperature.
4. Process for measuring the phase currents of an inverter or a DC controller for supplying electric motors characterised in that it provides for measuring the temperature of at least one metal path realised in IMS technology (or the like) as elongation of a connection path between power or adduction devices towards outside and for compensating the voltage drop due to thermal drift of metal path resistivity through software computation and then having the exact phase current measure.
5. Process according to claim 4 characterised in that it provides for measuring the output current of a power module (Power Semiconductor Module) by measuring the temperature of a metal path realised in IMS or DBC technology or the like as elongation of a connection path between power or adduction devices towards outside and for compensating the voltage drop due to thermal drift of metal path resistivity through software computation and then having the exact phase current measure.