All The Claims

1. An integrated circuit package, comprising:
a first electrode and a second electrode on a support substrate, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to be electrically coupled to a voltage differential; and
a floating electrical barrier comprising a dam mounted to the support substrate and located between the first electrode and the second electrode, the dam configured to prevent metal migration.
2. The integrated circuit package of claim 1, wherein the metal migration comprises a movement of a migratory species from the first electrode, when exposed to a moisture layer and under the voltage differential, to the second electrode on a migration surface provided by the support substrate.
3. The integrated circuit package of claim 1, wherein the dam has a height approximately equal to or greater than the largest dimension of a single atom of a migratory species of said metal.
4. The integrated circuit package of claim 3, wherein the migratory species comprises silver.
5. The integrated circuit package of claim 1, wherein the dam comprises nickel.
6. The integrated circuit package of claim 5, wherein the nickel is sintered nickel.
7. The integrated circuit package of claim 1, wherein the dam is fabricated using a screen printing technique.
8. The integrated circuit package of claim 1, wherein the dam has a height of a general material thickness produced with a screen printing technique and a width producing an insignificant change to an electrical characteristics of the first and the second electrodes.
9. The integrated circuit package of claim 1, wherein the dam has a height of about 0.0125 mm and a width of about 0.05 mm.
10. The integrated circuit package of claim 1, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are on a same side of the support substrate.
11. The integrated circuit package of claim 1, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are on two opposite sides of the support substrate.
12. A semiconductor package, comprising:
a first electrode and a second electrode on a support substrate, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to be electrically coupled to a voltage differential; and
an electrical barrier mounted to the support substrate and located between the first electrode and the second electrode.
13. The semiconductor package of claim 12, wherein the electrical barrier is configured to prevent metal migration of a migratory species from the first electrode, when the semiconductor package is exposed to a moisture layer and under the voltage differential, to the second electrode on a migration surface provided by the support substrate.
14. The semiconductor package of claim 13, wherein the electrical barrier comprises a dam having a cross sectional height approximately equal to or greater than the largest dimension of a single atom of the migratory species.
15. The semiconductor package of claim 13, wherein the migratory species comprises silver.
16. The semiconductor package of claim 12, wherein the electrical barrier comprises nickel.
17. The semiconductor package of claim 16, wherein the nickel is sintered nickel.
18. The semiconductor package of claim 12, wherein the electrical barrier has a height of a general material thickness produced with a screen printing technique and a width producing an insignificant change to an electrical characteristics of the first and the second electrodes.
19. The semiconductor package of claim 12, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are on a same side of the support substrate.
20. The semiconductor package of claim 12, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are on two opposite sides of the support 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.

What is claimed is:

1. An optical link device for being connected to an optical connector formed such that an optical fiber is supported by a connector section, said optical link device comprising:
an optical communications package comprising a device positioning member having prescribed wiring patterns, on which one of a light emitting device and a photo detector is placed as a photoelectric converter, and leads for connecting contact terminals of the photoelectric converter to an external device;
a sealing cap that is attached to the device positioning member of the optical communications package and that seals the photoelectric converter in an airtight manner;
a condenser lens that guides incident light to one of the photo detector and the optical fiber;
a housing in which at least the optical communications package, the condenser lens, and the sealing cap are placed;
a receptacle for being coupled with the housing and with the connector section of the optical connector;
a sleeve into which the optical fiber is inserted when the receptacle and the connector section are coupled; and
a stopper against which the tip of the optical fiber inserted into the sleeve is butted, and for positioning the optical fiber, wherein
the sealing cap, the condenser lens, and the stopper are unitized as a single unit member.
2. The optical link device of claim 1, wherein an attachment section is formed on the single unit member, and the single unit member is attached to the housing with the attachment section.
3. The optical link device of claim 1, wherein a sleeve holder for holding the sleeve is unitized with the receptacle.
4. The optical link device of claim 2, wherein a sleeve holder for holding the sleeve is unitized with the receptacle.
5. The optical link device of claim 1, wherein the housing and the receptacle are unitized.
6. The optical link device of claim 2, wherein the housing and the receptacle are unitized.
7. The optical link device of claim 5, wherein a sleeve holder for holding the sleeve is unitized with the receptacle.
8. The optical link device of claim 6, wherein a sleeve holder for holding the sleeve is unitized with the receptacle.
9. The optical link device of claim 1, wherein the sleeve and the receptacle are formed into a single unit.
10. The optical link device of claim 2, wherein the sleeve and the receptacle are formed into a single unit.
11. The optical link device of claim 1, wherein the single unit member and the sleeve are formed into a single unit.
12. The optical link device of claim 2, wherein the single unit member and the sleeve are formed into a single unit.
13. The optical link device of claim 11, wherein the housing and the receptacle are formed into a single unit.
14. The optical link device of claim 12, wherein the housing and the receptacle are formed into a single unit.
15. The optical link device of claim 1, wherein the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are formed using a resin material, and
the sealing cap of the single unit member and the device positioning member are joined together through fusing.
16. The optical link device of claim 1, wherein the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are formed using a resin material, and
the sealing cap of the single unit member and the device positioning member are joined together with a hot melt adhesive.
17. The optical link device of claim 15, wherein a part at which the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are joined is sealed using a sealing material.
18. The optical link device of claim 16, wherein a part at which the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are joined is sealed using a sealing material.
19. The optical link device of claim 15 further comprising a butting section provided on each of the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package to butt against each other, wherein
the sealing cap of the single unit member and the device positioning member are joined together at a part other than the butting sections.
20. The optical link device of claim 16 further comprising a butting section provided on each of the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package to butt against each other, wherein
the sealing cap of the single unit member and the device positioning member are joined together at a part other than the butting sections.
21. An optical link device for being connected to an optical connector formed such that a pair of optical fibers are supported by a connector section, said optical link device comprising:
an optical communications package comprising a device positioning member having prescribed wiring patterns and on which a photo detector and a light emitting device are placed as photoelectric converters, and leads for connecting contact terminals of the photo detector and the light emitting device with an external device;
a sealing cap that is attached to the device positioning member of the optical communications package and that seals the photo detector and the light emitting device airtight;
a pair of condenser lenses that guide incident light to one of the photo detector and the optical fiber;
a housing, in which at least the optical communications package, the pair of condenser lenses, and the sealing cap are placed;
a receptacle for being coupled with the housing and with the connector section of the optical connector;
a pair of sleeves into which the respective optical fibers are inserted when the connector section is coupled with the receptacle; and
a pair of stoppers against which the tips of the optical fibers inserted into the respective sleeves are butted and for positioning the pair of optical fibers, wherein
the sealing cap, the pair of condenser lenses, and the pair of stoppers are unitized as a single unit member.
22. The optical link device of claim 21, wherein an attachment section is provided on the single unit member, and the single unit member is attached to the housing with the attachment section.
23. The optical link device of claim 21, wherein a pair of sleeve holders for holding the respective pair of sleeves is unitized with the receptacle.
24. The optical link device of claim 22, wherein a pair of sleeve holders for holding the respective pair of sleeves is unitized with the receptacle.
25. The optical link device of claim 21, wherein the housing and the receptacle are unitized.
26. The optical link device of claim 22, wherein the housing and the receptacle are unitized.
27. The optical link device of claim 25, wherein a pair of sleeve holders for holding the respective pair of sleeves is unitized with the receptacle.
28. The optical link device of claim 26, wherein a pair of sleeve holders for holding the respective pair of sleeves is unitized with the receptacle.
29. The optical link device of claim 21, wherein the pair of sleeves and the receptacle are unitized.
30. The optical link device of claim 22, wherein the pair of sleeves and the receptacle are unitized.
31. The optical link device of claim 21, wherein the single unit member and the pair of sleeves are unitized.
32. The optical link device of claim 22, wherein the single unit member and the pair of sleeves are unitized.
33. The optical link device of claim 31, wherein the housing and the receptacle are unitized.
34. The optical link device of claim 32, wherein the housing and the receptacle are unitized.
35. The optical link device of claim 21, wherein the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are formed using resin materials, and
the sealing cap of the single unit member and the device positioning member are joined together through fusing.
36. The optical link device of claim 21, wherein the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are formed using resin materials, and
the sealing cap of the single unit member and the device positioning member are joined together using a hot melt adhesive.
37. The optical link device of claim 35, wherein a part at which the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are joined is sealed using a sealing material.
38. The optical link device of claim 36, wherein a part at which the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are joined is sealed using a sealing material.
39. The optical link device of claim 35 further comprising a butting section provided on each of the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package to butt against each other, wherein
the sealing cap of the single unit member and the device positioning member are joined together at a part other than the butting sections.
40. The optical link device of claim 36 further comprising a butting section provided on each of the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package to butt against each other, wherein
the sealing cap of the single unit member and the device positioning member are joined together at a part other than the butting sections.
41. An optical link device for being connected to an optical connector formed such that an optical fiber is supported by a connector section, said optical link device comprising:
an optical communications package comprising a device positioning member having prescribed wiring patterns and on which either a light emitting device or a photo detector used as a photoelectric converter is placed, and leads for connecting contact terminals of the photoelectric converter with an external device;
a sealing cap that is attached to the device positioning member of the communications package and that seals the photoelectric device in an airtight manner;
a condenser lens that guides incident light to one of the photo detector and the optical fiber;
a housing in which at least the optical communications package, the condenser lens, and the sealing cap are placed;
a receptacle for being coupled with the housing and the connector section of the optical connector;
a sleeve into which the optical fiber is inserted when the receptacle and the connector section are coupled; and
a stopper against which the optical fiber inserted into the sleeve is butted, and for positioning the optical fiber, wherein
the sealing cap and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are formed using resin materials, and
the sealing cap and the device positioning member are joined together through fusing.
42. The optical link device of claim 41, wherein a part at which the sealing cap and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are joined is sealed using a sealing material.
43. The optical link device of claim 41 further comprising a butting section provided on each of the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package to butt against each other, wherein
the sealing cap of the single unit member and the device positioning member are joined together at a part other than the butting sections.
44. An optical link device for being connected to an optical connector formed such that an optical fiber is supported by a connector section, said optical link device comprising:
an optical communications package comprising a device positioning member having prescribed wiring patterns and on which one of a light emitting device and a photo detector used as a photoelectric converter is placed, and leads for connecting contact terminals of the photoelectric converter with an external device;
a sealing cap that is attached to the device positioning member of the optical communications package and that seals the photoelectric converter airtight;
a condenser lens that guides incident light to one of the photo detector and the optical fiber;
a housing in which at least the optical communications package, the condenser lens, and the sealing cap are placed;
a receptacle for being coupled with the housing and the connector section of the optical connector;
a sleeve into which the optical fiber is inserted when the receptacle and the connector section are coupled; and
a stopper against which the optical fiber inserted into the sleeve is butted against and for positioning the optical fiber, wherein
the sealing cap and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are formed using a resin material, and
the sealing cap and the device positioning member are joined together using a hot melt adhesive.
45. The optical link device of claim 44, wherein a part at which the sealing cap and the device positioning member of the optical communications package are joined is sealed using a sealing material.
46. The optical link device of claim 44 further comprising a butting section provided on each of the single unit member and the device positioning member of the optical communications package to butt against each other, wherein
the sealing cap of the single unit member and the device positioning member are joined together at a part other than the butting sections.

1. A process for imaging seismic data for a prospect that exists within or near structures that obscure or complicate seismic imaging, where the process comprises:
a) constructing a first geologic model including information about the size, shape and depth of the obscuring or complicating structure along with a prospect location for further understanding;
b) identifying a set of seismic source locations within the seismic data along with seismic acquisition geometry for associated seismic receiver locations to be evaluated with the geologic model;
c) selecting a target on a geologic body for evaluation wherein the target may comprise a portion or an entirety of the prospect location;
d) selecting parameters appropriate for a two-way wave equation propagation of energy;
e) computing a two-way wave equation for the wave propagation from a selected source to the target;
f) computing the energy arriving at the target and the associated attributes of the arriving energy at the target;
g) computing a two-way wave equation propagation for wave propagation from the target to the receivers associated with the selected source by the acquisition geometry;
h) computing the energy and the associated attributes received by the receivers associated with the selected source by the acquisition geometry from g);
i) repeat steps e) through h) for other sources in the selected acquisition geometry;
j) from the energy and attributes recorded in step f) create attribute displays that provide visual perspective of one or more attributes of the energy propagated to the target from one or more sources;
k) from the energy and attributes computed in step h) create attribute displays that provide visual perspective of one or more attributes of the energy associated with one or more acquisition sources propagated from the target to the receivers;
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l) analyze the attribute displays in step j) and step k) to determine the sourcereceiver pair information that will provide better imaging of the target; and
m) creating one or more geological images of the substructure using the sourcereceiver pair data identified in step 1).
2. The process according to claim 1, further comprising the step of selecting a different set of source locations in step b) and repeating steps e) through m) and comparing the resulting attribute displays, geological images or both attribute displays and geological images.
3. The process according to claim 1, further comprising the step of selecting different receivers in step b) and repeating steps e) through m) and comparing the resulting attribute displays, geological images or both attribute displays and geological images.
4. The process according to claim 1, further comprising the step of selecting different source locations and different receivers in step b) and repeating steps e) through m) and comparing the resulting attribute displays, geological images or both attribute displays and geological images.
5. The process according to claim 1, wherein
a) a second geological model is introduced into the process at step a) wherein the second geological model is an alternative interpretation of the geology around the target; and
b) steps d) through m) are repeated and the images are compared to the images created by the process utilizing the first geological model.
6. The process according to claim 1, wherein a second target is selected at a separate geologic body and the process is repeated for the second target.
7. The process according to claim 1, wherein the selected two-way wave equation parameters are altered and steps d), through m) are repeated.
8. The process according to claim 1, wherein step j) further includes creating a map of the single source energy received at the target for each source.
9. The process according to claim 1, wherein step j) further includes creating a map of the incident angles at the target of the energy for each source.
10. The process according to claim 1, wherein step j) includes creating a rose diagram indicating the energy received from a plurality of sources at the target where the rose diagram axes are created by the source to target azimuth and offset and the plotted attribute is the total energy received.
11. The process according to claim 1, wherein step k) includes creating a map of the single source energy received by the receivers.
12. The process according to claim 1, wherein step k) includes creating a map of the summed source energy received by the receivers and mapped as an attribute for the receivers.
13. The process according to claim 1, wherein step k) includes creating a map of the summed energy received by the receivers for each source and mapped as an attribute for the sources.
14. The process according to claim 1, wherein step k) includes a rose diagram using the all source and receiver locations to establish the source receiver azimuth and offset plotting axis with the attribute plotted being the total energy received at the acquisition surface by the source and receiver coordinate pair.
15. The process according to claim 1, wherein step e) includes the visualization of the 3-D energy volume for an individual source as propagated from the source to the target by using standard seismic 3-D visualization tools to render certain energy values transparent thus revealing the strong energy paths from the source to the target.
16. The process according to claim 1, wherein step g) includes the visualization of the 3-D energy volume as propagated from the target to the receivers associated with the associated source by using standard seismic 3-D visualization tools to render certain energy values transparent thus reveling the strong energy paths from the target to the receivers.
17. The process according to claim 1, comprising the step of selecting a frequency range in step d) and repeating steps e) through m) and comparing the resulting attribute displays, resulting geological images, or both.
18. The process according to claim 1, comprising the step of selecting a set of discrete frequencies in step d) and repeating steps e) through m) and comparing the resulting attribute displays, resulting geological images, or both.
19. The process according to claim 1, comprising the step of selecting a single frequency in step d) and repeating steps e) through m) and comparing the resulting attribute displays, resulting geological images or both.
20. The process according to claim 1, comprising the step of selecting multiple sets of receivers located on multiple surfaces above the target in step b) and repeating steps e) through m) and comparing the resulting attribute displays, resulting geological images or both.
21. The process according to claim 1, comprising the step of selecting receivers located on one surface above the target and a second set of receiver locations located on a second surface above the target in step b) and repeating steps e) through m) and comparing the resulting attribute displays, resulting geological images, or both.

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 patient positioning device for restraining movement of a body lying over a top surface of a table with a rigid support frame secured to and extending transversely over said top surface of said table, comprising:
a cervical-thoracic notch restraint formed of a resiliently deformable material and comprising:
a base comprising a first side and an opposed second side, the first side defining a substantially flat plane with a repositionable fastener configured to be securely fixed to an upper support surface of said support frame to thereby inhibit movement of the cervical-thoracic notch restraint along a longitudinal axis of said table, and
the second side defining a substantially flat plane with a raised, curved support extending transversely across the base and comprising a mound prominently extending upwards from the substantially flat plane of the second side,
wherein, in an operational state, the curved support is configured to nest into an anatomical cervical-thoracic notch of said body lying over said table to abut a trapezius muscle of said body, and the curved support is load-bearing to thereby apply a resisting force against the trapezius muscle and a spinal column of said body that is sufficient to substantially completely resist movement of said body along the longitudinal axis of said table.
2. The patient positioning device of claim 1, wherein the base of the cervical-thoracic notch restraint comprises at least one extended portion adjacent the base of the cervical-thoracic notch restraint.
3. The patient positioning device of claim 2, wherein the base of the cervical-thoracic notch restraint comprises both of a first extended portion and a relatively longer second extended portion, and the raised, curved support being located between the first and second extended portions, and
wherein the first and second extended portions are parallel along the longitudinal axis of said table.
4. The patient positioning device of claim 2, wherein the base of the cervical-thoracic notch restraint comprises both of a first extended portion and a second extended portion, and the raised, curved support being located between the first and second extended portions, and
wherein at least one of the first and second extended portions comprises a tapered geometry leading towards the raised, curved support.
5. The patient positioning device of claim 1, wherein the raised, curved support comprises one or more compound curves, or a singular transverse tubular radius.
6. The patient positioning device of claim 5, wherein the raised, curved support comprises a semi-circular geometry of a substantially constant radius.
7. The patient positioning device of claim 1, wherein the raised, curved support has a geometry compatible with and conforming to an anatomical shape of the nucha of said body lying over said table.
8. The patient positioning device of claim 1, wherein the cervical-thoracic notch restraint comprises a monolithic body that is made of a foam material.
9. The patient positioning device of claim 8, wherein the foam material is polyurethane foam that has a density of at least 2 lbs per cubic foot.
10. The patient positioning device of claim 1, wherein the repositionable fastener comprises a hook-and-loop type fastener.
11. A patient positioning device for restraining movement of a body lying over a top surface of a table, comprising:
a rigid support frame secured to and extending transversely over the top surface of said table, comprising an upper support surface and a repositionable fastener secured to the upper support surface; and
a cervical-thoracic notch restraint including a load-bearing resilient foam material and securely fixed to the upper support surface of the support frame, via the repositionable fastener, to thereby inhibit movement of the cervical-thoracic notch restraint along a longitudinal axis of said table, comprising:
a base with a first side and a second side, the first side comprising a repositionable fastener compatible with the repositionable fastener of the upper support surface, and
the second side defining a substantially flat plane with a first extended portion and a second extended portion, and comprising a raised, curved support located between the first and second extended portions and comprising a mound prominently extending upwards from the second side of the base that, in an operational state, is configured to nest into an anatomical cervical-thoracic notch of said body lying over said table and abut a trapezius muscle of said body to thereby apply a resisting force against the trapezius muscle and a spinal column of said body that is sufficient to substantially completely resist movement of said body along the longitudinal axis of said table,
wherein the resilient foam material of the cervical-thoracic notch restraint is sufficiently load-bearing to maintain contact with the trapezius muscle of said body and support a force of at least 450 pounds directed along the longitudinal axis of said table when the top surface of said table is oriented in an inclined position relative to a ground surface.
12. The patient positioning device of claim 11, wherein the repositionable fastener of the support frame comprises a hook-and-loop type fastener.
13. The patient positioning device of claim 11, wherein the support frame further comprises an extension plate, located about a central portion of the support frame, that increases a length of the upper support surface in a direction along the longitudinal axis of said table to thereby provide a combined attachment surface area of the upper support surface along the longitudinal axis of said table, and
wherein the repositionable fastener of the support frame comprises a holding strength per unit of surface area that, when applied over said combined attachment surface area, is sufficient to support a force of at least 450 pounds directed along the longitudinal axis of said table when the top surface of said table is oriented in said inclined position relative to said ground surface.
14. The patient positioning device of claim 11, wherein at least one of the first and second extended portions comprises a tapered geometry leading towards the raised, curved support.
15. The patient positioning device of claim 11, wherein the raised, curved support comprises one or more compound curves, or a singular transverse tubular radius.
16. The patient positioning device of claim 15, wherein the raised, curved support comprises a semi-circular geometry of a substantially constant radius.
17. The patient positioning device of claim 11, wherein the raised, curved support has a geometry compatible with and conforming to an anatomical shape of the nucha of said body lying over said table.
18. The patient positioning device of claim 11, wherein the cervical-thoracic notch restraint comprises a monolithic body that is made of a foam material.
19. The patient positioning device of claim 18, wherein the foam material is polyurethane foam that has a density of at least 2 lbs per cubic foot.
20. The patient positioning device of claim 11, wherein the cervical-thoracic notch restraint is co-manufactured using two or more materials.