All The Claims

1. A method of providing validated data related to an industrial process, the method comprising:
sensing a process variable of the industrial process with a field device having a stored cipher and secret method for data validation;
transmitting a first message containing the sensed process variable to a control room;
periodically storing, in the field device, stored data including a history of process data representative of the process variable;
transmitting a second message in response to a request for data, the second message containing the stored data from the field device together with an encrypted validation string generated by the field device using the stored data, the cipher, and the secret method; and;
providing the stored data in unencrypted form and the encrypted validation string to a third party validator with knowledge of the cipher and secret method used by the field device for validation of the stored data based upon the validation string.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the stored data includes the process data representative of the process variable and an associated time stamp.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the stored data further includes data representing whether the process variable was with a specified range.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the field device stores the stored data in nonvolatile memory within the field device.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the stored data includes data identifying the field device.
6. The method of claim 5 and further comprising:
maintaining a secure database associating field devices and ciphers.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein generating an encrypted validity string comprises:
generating a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) based upon the stored data; and
encrypting the CRC using the cipher.
8. A method of providing validated historical process data produced by an industrial process monitoringcontrol system that includes field devices and a control room, the method comprising:
sensing a process variable of an industrial process with the field device;
transmitting a first message containing process variable information based upon the sensing from the field device to the control room;
storing, within the field device, a history of process data produced by the field device;
generating at the wireless device, in response to a request, an encrypted validation string based upon the process data, a cipher stored in the field device, and a secret method programmed into the field device; and
transmitting a second message in response to the request, the second message including the history of process data in unencrypted form together with the encrypted validation string.
9. The method of claim 8 and further comprising:
providing the information and the encrypted validation string for validation of the history of process data based upon the validation string.
10. The method of claim 9 and further comprising:
identifying which field device of the industrial process monitoring or control system generated the validation string;
determining the cipher associated with the identified field device; and
determining whether the information is valid using the validation string and the cipher associated with the identified field device.
11. A method of validating process data stored by a field device that senses a process variable and transmits process variable information to a control room of an industrial process monitoringcontrol system, the method comprising:
storing a cipher in the field device;
programming the field device to sense the process variable and transmit first messages containing sensed process variable information; to periodically store process data history; to generate, upon a request for stored process data, an encrypted validity string using the stored process data and the cipher; and to transmit second messages containing the stored process data history and an identification of the field device in unencrypted form along with the encrypted validity string;
storing in a secure database an association between the field device and the cipher;
receiving process data for validation, along with the encrypted validation string and the identification of the field device, from the second messages; and
determining whether the process data has been corrupted using the cipher associated with the identified field device in the secure database and the validation string.
12. The method of claim 11 and further comprising:
storing in the field device instructions for performing a secret method for generating the encrypted validity string.
13. A field device for use in an industrial process monitoring or control system, the field device comprising:
a sensor for providing a sensor signal as a function of a sensed process parameter;
signal processing circuitry for processing the sensor signal to produce process data;
nonvolatile memory for storing process data, a cipher, and instructions for generating validation strings using the cipher;
a processor for periodically storing process data in nonvolatile memory to provide a history of process data, and for producing, in response to a request for the history of process data, unencrypted information including the history of process data and an encrypted validation string based on the cipher and the unencrypted information; and
a communication interface for transmitting first messages containing process variable information based upon process data, and second messages containing the unencrypted information and the encrypted validation key.
14. The field device of claim 13, wherein
the communication interface receives the request for the history of process data, and transmits the unencrypted information and the encrypted validation string produced in response the request.
15. The field device of claim 13 and further comprising:
a removable memory device for storing the unencrypted information and the encrypted validation string.
16. The field device of claim 15 and further comprising:
an access control device for signaling the processor to generate the encrypted validation string and store it on the removable memory device before the removable memory device is removed from the field device.
17. The field device of claim 13, wherein the information includes an identification of the field device.
18. The field device of claim 13, wherein the information includes the process data and associated time stamps.
19. The field device of claim 18, wherein the information includes status of a process variable with respect to previously set limits.
20. The field device of claim 13, wherein the cipher and the instructions are stored in a location within the nonvolatile memory that is not accessible by a user of the field device.

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 display panel, comprising:
a plurality of scan lines;
a plurality of data lines, disposed substantially perpendicular to the scan lines; and
a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being electrically connected to the correpsonding data line and the corresponding scan line and the pixels being arranged as an array,
wherein the data lines are grouped into a plurality of groups, each of the groups is disposed between two adjacent pixel columns and has N data lines, a portion of the data lines of at least a first group among the groups cross over only a protion of the scan lines, and the rest data lines of the first group cross over all the scan lines, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3,
wherein the first group comprises a first data line, a second data line, and a third data line when N is 3,
wherein the first data line crosses over the portion of the scan lines to receive a first data signal and transmit the first data signal to a portion of even pixels in a first pixel column of the two adjacent pixel columns corresponding to the first group,
wherein the second data line crosses over the portion of the scan lines to receive a second data signal and transmit the second data signal to a portion of odd pixels in a second pixel column of the two ajdacent pixel columns corresponding to the first group, and
wherein the third data line crosses over all the scan lines to receive a third data signal and transmit the third data signal to the rest even pixels in the first pixel column and the rest odd pixels in the second pixel column.
2. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein:
the portion of the even pixels in the first pixel column do not cross over the second data line and the third data line to receive the first data signal,
the portion of the odd pixels in the second pixel column do not cross over the first data line and the third data line to receive the second data signal, and
the rest even pixels in the first pixel column and the rest odd pixels in the second pixel column do not cross over the first data line and the second data line to receive the third data signal.
3. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the ith scan line is electrically connected to all the pixels in an ith pixel row to correspondingly receive a scan signal, where i is a positive integer.
4. A display panel, comprising:
a plurality of scan lines;
a plurality of data lines, disposed substantially perpendicular to the scan lines; and
a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being electrically connected to the correpsonding data line and the corresponding scan line and the pixels being arranged as an array,
wherein the data lines are grouped into a plurality of groups, each of the groups is disposed between two adjacent pixel columns and has N data lines, a portion of the data lines of at least a first group among the groups cross over only a protion of the scan lines, and the rest data lines of the first group cross over all the scan lines, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3,
wherein the first group comprises a first data line, a second data line, a third data line, and a fourth data line when N is 4,
wherein the first data line crosses over the portion of the scan lines to receive a first data signal and transmit the first data signal to a portion of even pixels in a first pixel column of the two adjacent pixel columns correspondign to the first group,
wherein the second data line crosses over the portion of the scan lines to receive a second data signal and transmit the second data signal to a portion of odd pixels in a second pixel column of the two adjacent pixel columns corresponding to the first group,
wherein the third data line crosses over all the scan lines to receive a third data signal and transmit the third data signal to the rest even pixels in the first pixel column, and
wherein the fourth data line crosses over all the scan lines to receive a fourth data signal and transmit the fourth data signal to the rest odd pixels in the second pixel column.
5. The display panel according to claim 4, wherein:
the portion of the even pixels in the first pixel column do not cross over the second data line, the third data line, and the fourth data line to receive the first data signal,
the portion of the odd pixels in the second pixel column do not cross over the first data line, the third data line, and the fourth data line to receive the second data signal,
the rest even pixels in the first pixel column do not cross over the first data line, the second data line, and the fourth data line to receive the third data signal, and
the rest odd pixels in the second pixel column do not cross over the first data line, the second data line, and the third data line to receive the fourth data signal.
6. A display panel, comprising:
a plurality of scan lines;
a plurality of data lines, disposed substantially perpendicular to the scan lines; and
a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being electrically connected to the correpsonding data line and the corresponding scan line and the pixels being arranged as an array,
wherein the data lines are grouped into a plurality of groups, each of the groups is disposed between two adjacent pixel columns and has N data lines, a portion of the data lines of at least a first group among the groups cross over only a protion of the scan lines, and the rest data lines of the first group cross over all the scan lines, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3,
wherein the first groupcomprises a first data line, a second data line, a third data line, and a fourth data line when N is 4,
wherein the first data line crosses over the portion of the scan lines to receive a first data signal and transmit the first data signal to a portion of even pixels in a first pixel column of the two adjacent pixel columns corresponding to the first group,
wherein the second data line crosses over the portion of the scan lines to receive a second data signal and transmit the second data signal to a portion of even pixels in a second pixel column of the two adjacent pixel columns correpsonding to the first group,
wherein the third data line crosses over all the scan lines to receive a third data signal and transmit the third data signal to the rest even pixels in the first pixel column, and
wherein the fourth data line crosses over all the scan lines to receive a fourth data signal and transmit the fourth data signal to the rest even pixels in the second pixel column.
7. The display panel according to claim 6, wherein:
the portion of the even pixels in the first pixel column do not cross over the second data line, the third data line, and the fourth data line to receive the first data signal,
the portion of the even pixels in the second pixel column do not cross over the first data line, the third data line, and the fourth data line to receive the second data signal,
the rest even pixels in the first pixel column do not cross over the first data line, the second data line, and the fourth data line to receive the third data signal, and
the rest even pixels in the second pixel column do not cross over the first data line, the second data line, and the third data line to receive the fourth data signal.
8. A display panel, comprising:
a plurality of scan lines;
a plurality of data lines, disposed substantially perpendicular to the scan lines; and
a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being electrically connected to the correpsonding data line and the corresponding scan line and the pixels being arranged as an array,
wherein the data lines are grouped into a plurality of groups, each of the groups is disposed between two adjacent pixel columns and has N data lines, a portion of the data lines of at least a first group among the groups cross over only a protion of the scan lines, and the rest data lines of the first group cross over all the scan lines, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3,
wherein the first group comprises a first data line, a second data line, a third data line, and a fourth data line when N is 4,
wherein the first data line crosses over the portion of the scan lines to receive a first data signal and transmit the first data signal to a portion of odd pixels in a first pixel column of the two adjacent pixel columns corresponding to the first group,
wherein the second data line crosses over the portion of the scan lines to receive a second data signal and transmit the second data signal to a portion of odd pixels in a second pixel column of the two ajdacent pixel columns corresponding to the first group,
wherein the third data line crosses over all the scan lines to receive a third data signal and transmit the third data signal to the rest odd pixels in the first pixel column, and
wherein the fourth data line crosses over all the scan lines to receive a fourth data signal and transmit the fourth data signal to the rest odd pixels in the second pixel column.
9. The display panel according to claim 8, wherein:
the portion of the odd pixels in the first pixel column do not cross over the second data line, the third data line, and the fourth data line to receive the first data signal,
the portion of the odd pixels in the second pixel column do not cross over the first data line, the third data line, and the fourth data line to receive the second data signal,
the rest odd pixels in the first pixel column do not cross over the first data line, the second data line, and the fourth data line to receive the third data signal, and
the rest odd pixels in the second pixel column do not cross over the first data line, the second data line, and the third data line to receive the fourth data signal.

1. An apparatus comprising:
a housing, said housing comprising a substantially spherical shape;
at least one aperture, said at least one aperture being configured to at least partially receive an organ; and
at least one channel, said at least one channel being configured to extend from said at least one aperture into an inner portion of said housing, said at least one channel further being configured to engage said organ.
2. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said housing comprises at least one grip portion, said at least one grip portion being configured to be operable to be gripped by at least one finger.
3. The apparatus of claim (1), wherein said housing is configured to be operable to be held by a hand for manipulating the apparatus in at least a 180 degree range.
4. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said housing comprises a substance, said substance being configured to enhance stimulation of said organ.
5. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said housing comprises a casing, said casing being configured to help protect internal components of said apparatus.
6. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said housing comprises silicone.
7. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said housing comprises a diameter of 7 inches and a circumference of 21.99 inches.
8. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said at last one aperture comprises a perimeter, said perimeter comprising a semi-rigid boundary for providing structure to said at least one aperture.
9. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said at least one aperture comprises a female sexual organ shape and texture.
10. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said at least one aperture comprises a cover, said cover being configured to regulate access to said at least one channel.
11. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said at least one channel comprises a female sexual organ shape and texture.
12. The apparatus of claim (1), in wherein said at least one channel comprises different diameters.
13. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said at least one channel comprises different orientations.
14. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said at least one channel comprises a water vessel, said water vessel being configured to provide stimulation to said organ.
15. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said at least one channel comprises a plurality of waves, andor a plurality of dimples, andor a plurality of ridges.
16. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said at least one channel comprises a warming device, said warming device being configured to provide stimulation to said organ.
17. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said at least one channel comprises a vibrating device, said vibrating device being configured to provide stimulation to said organ.
18. The apparatus of claim (1), in which said at least one channel comprises a pressure chamber, said pressure chamber being configured to provide stimulation to said organ.
19. An apparatus comprising:
means for grasping a housing with at least one grip portion;
means for positioning an organ in proximity to said housing;
means for removing a cover from at least one aperture;
means for at least partially inserting said organ through said at least one aperture;
means for engaging said organ with at least one channel; and
means for manipulating said housing in a 180 degree range to stimulate said organ.
20. An apparatus consisting of:
a housing, said housing comprising a substantially spherical shape, said housing further comprising at least one grip portion, said at least one grip portion being configured to be operable to grip by at least one finger for manipulating said housing in a 180 degree range, said housing further comprising a substance, said housing further comprising silicone, said housing further comprising a casing, said casing further being configured to help protect internal components of said apparatus;
at least one aperture, said at least one aperture being configured to at least partially receive an organ, said at least one aperture comprising a cover for regulating access to said housing, said at least one aperture further comprising a perimeter, said perimeter comprising a semi-rigid boundary for providing structure to said at least one aperture, said at least one aperture further comprising a female sexual organ shape and texture; and
at least one channel, said at least one channel being configured to extend from said at least one aperture into an inner portion of said housing, said at least one channel further being configured to engage said organ, said at least one channel comprising different diameters, said at least one channel further comprising different textures, said at least one channel further comprising a water vessel, said at least one channel further comprising a pressure chamber.
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 structure comprising:
an integrated circuit chip having a set of micro-channels;
an electro-rheological coolant fluid filling said micro-channels;
first and second parallel channel electrodes on opposite sides of at least one micro-channel, said first channel electrode connected to an output of an auto-compensating temperature control circuit, said second channel electrode connected to ground; and
said auto-compensating temperature control circuit comprising a temperature stable current source connected between a positive voltage rail and said output and having a temperature sensitive circuit connected between ground and said output, a leakage current of said temperature stable current source being essentially insensitive to temperature and a leakage current of said temperature sensitive circuit increasing with temperature.
2. The structure of claim 1, wherein said temperature stable current source comprises a PFET, a gate and a source of said PFET connected to said positive voltage rail and a drain of said PFET connected to said output.
3. The structure of claim 1, wherein said temperature stable current source comprises a bandgap voltage source, an output of said bandgap voltage source connected to said output.
4. The structure of claim 1, wherein said temperature sensitive current source is an NFET biased below pinch-off, a drain of said NFET connected to said output, a gate and a source of said NFET connected to ground and a body of said NFET connected to a body bias voltage signal.
5. The structure of claim 1, wherein said temperature sensitive current source comprises a set of n NFETs, each NFET of said set of NFETs biased below pinch off, drain of each NFET of said set of NFETs connected to said output, a source of each NFET of said set of NFETs connected to ground and a gate each NFET of said set of said NFETs connected to a select bias voltage signal.
6. The structure of claim 1, wherein:
said temperature stable current source comprises a PFET and one or more current mirror PFETS, sources of said PFET and said one more mirror PFETs connected to said positive voltage rail, gates of said PFET and said mirror PFETs and a drain of said PFET connected to ground through a temperature compensated current source, drains of said one or more mirror PFETs connected to a respective output of said auto-compensating temperature control circuit; and
said temperature stable current source comprises a PFET, a gate of and as source of said PFET connected to said positive voltage rail and a drain of said PFET connected to said output.
7. The structure of claim 1, wherein:
said temperature stable current source comprises a PFET and one or more current mirror PFETS, sources of said PFET and said one more mirror PFETs connected to said positive voltage rail, gates of said PFET and said mirror PFETs and a drain of said PFET connected to ground through a temperature compensated current source, drains of said one or more mirror PFETs connected to a respective output of said auto-compensating temperature control circuit; and
said temperature stable current source comprises a bandgap voltage source, an output of said bandgap voltage source connected to said output.
8. The structure of claim 1, wherein said coolant is an electro-rheological fluid having a lower viscosity in the absence of an electric field and a higher viscosity in the presence of an electric field.
9. The structure of claim 1, wherein said micro-channels are formed in a semiconductor layer proximate to a backside of said integrated circuit chip and functional circuits and said auto-compensating temperature control circuit are formed in said semiconductor layer of said integrated circuit chip proximate to a frontside of said integrated circuit chip.
10. The structure of claim 1, further including:
opposite ends of said micro-channels connected to first and second reservoirs in said semiconductor layer proximate to said backside of said integrated circuit chip;
means for circulating said electro-rheological coolant fluid from said first reservoir, through unblocked micro-channels to said second reservoir and back to said first reservoir; and
means for cooling said electro-rheological coolant fluid.
11. A method, comprising
providing an integrated circuit chip comprising:
a set of micro-channels;
an electro-rheological coolant fluid filling said micro-channels;
first and second parallel channel electrodes on opposite sides of at least one micro-channel, said first channel electrode connected to an output of an auto-compensating temperature control circuit, said second channel electrode connected to ground; and
said auto-compensating temperature control circuit comprising a temperature stable current source connected between a positive voltage rail and said output and having a temperature sensitive circuit connected between ground and said output, a leakage current of said temperature stable current source being essentially insensitive to temperature and a leakage current of said temperature sensitive circuit increasing with temperature; and

adjusting the flow of electro-rheological coolant fluid automatically based on the temperature of said auto-compensating temperature control circuit.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said temperature stable current source comprises a PFET, a gate and a source of said PFET connected to said positive voltage rail and a drain of said PFET connected to said output.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein said temperature stable current source comprises a bandgap voltage source, an output of said bandgap voltage source connected to said output.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein said temperature sensitive current source is an NFET biased below pinch-off, a drain of said NFET connected to said output, a gate and a source of said NFET connected to ground and a body of said NFET connected to a body bias voltage signal.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein said temperature sensitive current source comprises a set of n NFETs, each NFET of said set of NFETs biased below pinch off, drain of each NFET of said set of NFETs connected to said output, a source of each NFET of said set of NFETs connected to ground and a gate each NFET of said set of said NFETs connected to a select bias voltage signal.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein:
said temperature stable current source comprises a PFET and one or more current mirror PFETS, sources of said PFET and said one more mirror PFETs connected to said positive voltage rail, gates of said PFET and said mirror PFETs and a drain of said PFET connected to ground through a temperature compensated current source, drains of said one or more mirror PFETs connected to a respective output of said auto-compensating temperature control circuit; and
said temperature stable current source comprises a PFET, a gate of and as source of said PFET connected to said positive voltage rail and a drain of said PFET connected to said output.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein:
said temperature stable current source comprises a PFET and one or more current mirror PFETS, sources of said PFET and said one more mirror PFETs connected to said positive voltage rail, gates of said PFET and said mirror PFETs and a drain of said PFET connected to ground through a temperature compensated current source, drains of said one or more mirror PFETs connected to a respective output of said auto-compensating temperature control circuit; and
said temperature stable current source comprises a bandgap voltage source, an output of said bandgap voltage source connected to said output.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein said coolant is an electro-rheological fluid having a lower viscosity in the absence of an electric field and a higher viscosity in the presence of an electric field and said auto-compensating temperature control circuit applies an electric field across said first and second channel electrodes that is a function of the temperature of said auto-compensating temperature control circuit.
19. The method of claim 11, wherein said micro-channels are formed in a semiconductor layer proximate to a backside of said integrated circuit chip and functional circuits and said auto-compensating temperature control circuit are formed in said semiconductor layer of said integrated circuit chip proximate to a frontside of said integrated circuit chip.
20. The method of claim 11, further including:
opposite ends of said micro-channels connected to first and second reservoirs in said semiconductor layer proximate to said backside of said integrated circuit chip;
circulating said electro-rheological coolant fluid from said first reservoir, through said micro-channels to said second reservoir and back to said first reservoir; and
cooling said electro-rheological coolant fluid during said circulation.