All The Claims

1. A method for designing a plurality of electrical paths in a substrate used for coupling to a die, the substrate having a plurality of layers, the method comprising:
receiving a report identifying end connection points for the plurality of electrical paths;
dividing the plurality of electrical paths into sections including a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section;
selecting modular cells for the first end section and the second end section, the modular cells being a first end modular cell having a plurality of first end electrical paths defined by a first common constraint and a second end modular cell having a plurality of second end electrical paths defined by a second common constraint;
selecting the first common constraint based on one of the plurality of first end electrical paths having the greatest limitation on the first common constraint; and
connecting the first end modular cell to the second end modular cell with transmission lines to form the plurality of electrical paths, the transmission lines corresponding to the intermediate section.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the report identifies which end connection points are interconnected.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the report also identifies a set of coordinates that corresponds to a set of IO pad locations on the die.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of electrical paths is selected from the group consisting of signal, power, and ground electrical paths.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the report is a netlist.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the first and second end sections include a portion of at least one electrical path that traverses the plurality of layers.
7. The method of claim 2, wherein the intermediate section includes a portion of at least one electrical path that traverses only one of the plurality of layers.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein connecting comprises:
automatically aligning the first end modular cell, transmission lines, and second end modular cell such that the first end, intermediate, and second end electrical paths form the electrical paths with corresponding end connection points that are consistent with the report.
9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
selecting the second common constraint based on one of the plurality of second end electrical paths having the greatest limitation on the second common constraint.
10. A method for designing a plurality of electrical paths in a substrate used for coupling to a die, the substrate having a plurality of layers, the method comprising:
receiving a report identifying end connection points for the plurality of electrical paths and identifying a set of coordinates that correspond to a set of IO pad locations on the die, the set of coordinates being relative to the die, the plurality of electrical paths including signal, power, and ground electrical paths;
dividing the plurality of electrical paths into three sections including a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section;
selecting a first end modular cell and a second end modular cell associated with the first and second end sections, wherein the first end modular cell comprises a plurality of first end electrical paths defined by a common constraint, wherein each first end electrical path includes one of the end connection points that corresponds to the set of coordinates;
selecting the common constraint based on one of the plurality of first end electrical paths having the greatest limitation on the common constraint; and
connecting the first end and second end modular cells with transmission lines to form the plurality of electrical paths, the transmission lines corresponding with the intermediate section.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the common constraint is predefined.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the common constraint comprises an electrical parameter.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the electrical parameter is selected from the group consisting of polarity, propagation delay, impedance, and RLC.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein the common constraint comprises a geometrical parameter.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the geometrical parameter is selected from the group consisting of electrical path spacing and electrical path thickness.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein the common constraint comprises a set ratio of signal, power, or ground electrical paths amongst the plurality of first end electrical paths.
17. The method of claim 10, wherein the second end modular cell comprises a plurality of second end electrical paths defined by a second common constraint, wherein each second end electrical path includes one of the end connection points that has a BGA coordinate relative to the set of coordinates.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second common constraint is predefined.
19. The method of claim 17, wherein the second common constraint comprises a geometrical parameter.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the geometrical parameter is selected from the group consisting of electrical path spacing and electrical path thickness.
21. The method of claim 17, wherein the second common constraint comprises a set ratio of signal, power, or ground electrical paths amongst the plurality of second end electrical paths.
22. The method of claim 17, wherein the transmission lines comprise a plurality of intermediate electrical paths defined by a third common constraint, wherein each intermediate electrical path is further defined by corresponding first end and second end electrical paths.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the third common constraint is predefined.
24. The method of claim 22, wherein the third common constraint comprises a geometrical parameter.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the geometrical parameter is selected from the group consisting of electrical path spacing and electrical path thickness.
26. A method for designing a plurality of electrical paths in a substrate used for coupling to a die, the substrate having a plurality of layers, the method comprising:
receiving a report identifying end connection points for the plurality of electrical paths and identifying a set of coordinates that correspond to a set of IO pad locations on the die, the set of coordinates being relative to the die, the plurality of electrical paths including signal, power, and ground electrical paths;
dividing the plurality of electrical paths into three sections including a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section;
selecting a first end cell and a second end cell associated with the first and second end sections,
wherein the first end cell comprises a plurality of first end electrical paths defined by a common constraint, each first end electrical path includes one of the end connection points that corresponds to the set of coordinates,
wherein the second end cell comprises a plurality of second end electrical paths defined by a second common constraint, each second end electrical path includes one of the end connection points that has a BGA coordinate relative to the set of coordinates, wherein the second common constraint is selected based on one of the plurality of second end electrical paths having the greatest limitation on the second common constraint; and

connecting the first end and second end cells with transmission lines to form the plurality of electrical paths, the transmission lines corresponding with the intermediate section.
27. The method of claim 17, wherein the second common constraint comprises an electrical parameter.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein the electrical parameter is selected from the group consisting of polarity, propagation delay, impedance, and RLC.

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 fixer fluid having reduced kogation, comprising:
at least one phosphate ester surfactant and at least one cationic polymer, wherein the fixer fluid is formulated such that the at least one phosphate ester surfactant does not precipitate with the at least one cationic polymer.
2. The fixer fluid of claim 1, wherein the at least one phosphate ester surfactant comprises at least one anionic phosphate ester surfactant.
3. The fixer fluid of claim 1, wherein the at least one phosphate ester surfactant is selected from the group consisting of a nonylphenol ethoxylate phosphate ester, a salt of a nonylphenol ethoxylate phosphate ester, an aliphatic phosphate ester, a phosphated nonylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol, and a salt of ethyl-hexanol ethoxylated phosphate ester.
4. The fixer fluid of claim 1, wherein the at least one phosphate ester surfactant comprises greater than or equal to approximately 2 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of the at least one phosphate ester surfactant.
5. The fixer fluid of claim 1, wherein the at least one phosphate ester surfactant is present from approximately 0.01% by weight (\u201cwt %\u201d) to approximately 10 wt % of a total weight of the fixer fluid.
6. The fixer fluid of claim 1, wherein the at least one cationic polymer is present from approximately 0.2 wt % to approximately 10 wt % of a total weight of the fixer fluid.
7. The fixer fluid of claim 1, wherein the at least one cationic polymer comprises at least one of a polyethylene imine compound, polyallylamine, a quaternized polyamine, a polymer of hexamethylene guanide, a polymer of hexamethylene biguanide, or mixtures thereof.
8. The fixer fluid of claim 1, wherein the at least one cationic polymer comprises at least one polyguanidine compound.
9. The fixer fluid of claim 1, further comprising at least one acidic buffer.
10. The fixer fluid of claim 9, wherein the at least one acidic buffer comprises succinic acid.
11. The fixer fluid of claim 1, further comprising at least one cationic surfactant.
12. An inkjet ink having reduced kogation, comprising:
a colorant and at least one phosphate ester surfactant, wherein the at least one phosphate ester surfactant comprises at least one anionic phosphate ester surfactant.
13. The inkjet ink of claim 12, wherein the at least one phosphate ester surfactant is selected from the group consisting of a nonylphenol ethoxylate phosphate ester, a salt of a nonylphenol ethoxylate phosphate ester, an aliphatic phosphate ester, a phosphated nonylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol, and a salt of ethyl-hexanol ethoxylated phosphate ester.
14. The inkjet ink of claim 12, wherein the at least one phosphate ester surfactant comprises greater than or equal to approximately 2 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of the at least one phosphate ester surfactant.
15. A method of producing a fixer fluid having reduced kogation, comprising:
combining at least one phosphate ester surfactant and at least one cationic polymer with an ink vehicle, wherein the at least one phosphate ester surfactant does not precipitate with the at least one cationic polymer.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein combining at least one phosphate ester surfactant and at least one cationic polymer with an ink vehicle comprises combining at least one anionic phosphate ester surfactant with the at least one cationic polymer.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein combining at least one phosphate ester surfactant and at least one cationic polymer with an ink vehicle comprises combining at least one phosphate ester surfactant selected from the group consisting of a nonylphenol ethoxylate phosphate ester, a salt of a nonylphenol ethoxylate phosphate ester, an aliphatic phosphate ester, a phosphated nonylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol, and a salt of ethyl-hexanol ethoxylated phosphate ester and the at least one cationic polymer.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein combining at least one phosphate ester surfactant and at least one cationic polymer with an ink vehicle comprises combining at least one phosphate ester surfactant having greater than or equal to approximately 2 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of the at least one phosphate ester surfactant and the at least one cationic polymer.
19. A fixer fluid having reduced kogation, comprising:
at least one amphoteric phosphate ester surfactant and at least one cationic polymer, wherein the fixer fluid is formulated such that the at least one amphoteric phosphate ester surfactant does not precipitate with the at least one cationic polymer.
20. The inkjet ink of claim 19, wherein the at least one amphoteric phosphate ester surfactant comprises an organo phosphate surfactant.
21. The fixer fluid of claim 19, wherein the at least one amphoteric phosphate ester surfactant is present from approximately 0.01% by weight (\u201cwt %\u201d) to approximately 10 wt % of a total weight of the fixer fluid.
22. The fixer fluid of claim 19, wherein the at least one cationic polymer is present from approximately 0.2 wt % to approximately 10 wt % of a total weight of the fixer fluid.
23. The fixer fluid of claim 19, wherein the at least one cationic polymer comprises at least one of a polyethylene imine compound, polyallylamine, a quaternized polyamine, a polymer of hexamethylene guanide, a polymer of hexamethylene biguanide, or mixtures thereof.
24. The fixer fluid of claim 19, wherein the at least one cationic polymer comprises at least one polyguanidine compound.

1. A feeder for feeding objects to be conveyed, comprising:
an arm having a base end and a distal end and swingable about the base end;
a pair of support shafts rotatably provided on both sides of the distal end of the arm;
a pair of rotary feeding members for feeding the objects to be conveyed piled in a holder while abutting on the objects to be conveyed, the pair of rotary feeding members configured to be fitted on outer surfaces of the pair of support shafts, respectively; and
a regulating unit for regulating orientations of the pair of rotary feeding members uniformly with respect to a direction in which the pair of rotary feeding members rotate,
wherein the regulating unit is provided in interfaces between the support shafts and the rotary feeding members such that an inner surface of each of the rotary feeding members as viewed from an axial direction of the rotary feeding member is asymmetrical with respect to any line that is perpendicular to an axis of the rotary feeding member.
2. The feeder according to claim 1 wherein the regulating unit includes:
a plurality of engagement grooves formed on either one of the outer surface of each of the support shafts and an inner surface of each of the rotary feeding members; and
a plurality of protrusions formed on the other of the outer surface and the inner surface and fitted in the corresponding engagement grooves, wherein
the engagement grooves and the protrusions are located at positions which are asymmetrical around a rotation axis of each of the support shafts.
3. The feeder according to claim 2, wherein the number of the engagement grooves and the number of the protrusions are at least three, central angles defined by the positions of two adjacent protrusions with respect to the rotation axis of each of the support shafts are different from each other, and central angles defined by the positions of two adjacent engagement grooves with respect to the rotation axis are different from each other.
4. The feeder according to claim 2, wherein
the number of the engagement grooves and the number of the protrusions are two, and
the protrusions are formed so that their amounts of protrusion in a radial direction and their widths in a circumferential direction are different from each other, and the engagement grooves are formed so that their depths in the radial direction and their widths in the circumferential direction are different from each other.
5. The feeder according to claim 2, wherein
on the outer surface of each of the support shafts, the plurality of engagement grooves are formed to extend parallel to the rotation axis of each of the support shafts, at positions which are asymmetrical around the rotation axis, and
on the inner surface of each of the rotary feeding members fitted on the outer surface of a corresponding one of the support shafts, the plurality of protrusions are formed as protruded ribs at positions which are asymmetrical around the rotation axis, each of the protruded ribs being fitted in a corresponding one of the engagement grooves.
6. The feeder according to claim 5, wherein
the number of the engagement grooves and the number of the protruded ribs are at least three, central angles defined by the positions of two adjacent protruded ribs with respect to the rotation axis of each of the support shafts are different from each other, and central angles defined by the positions of two adjacent engagement grooves with respect to the rotation axis are different from each other.
7. The feeder according to claim 5, wherein
the number of the engagement grooves and the number of the protruded ribs are two, and
the protruded ribs are formed so that their amounts of protrusion in a radial direction and their widths in a circumferential direction are different from each other, and the engagement grooves are formed so that their depths in the radial direction and their widths in the circumferential direction are different from each other.
8. The feeder according to claim 2, wherein
on the inner surface of each of the rotary feeding members fitted on the outer surface of a corresponding one of the support shafts, the plurality of engagement grooves are formed to extend parallel to the rotation axis of each of the support shafts, at positions which are asymmetrical around the rotation axis, and
on the outer surface of each of the support shafts, the plurality of protrusions are formed as protruded ribs at positions which are asymmetrical around the rotation axis, each of the protruded ribs being fitted in a corresponding one of the engagement grooves.
9. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein the regulating unit includes:
a plurality of engagement grooves and a plurality of protrusions formed in the interface between each of the support shafts and a corresponding one of the rotary feeding members, at least one of the engagement grooves being formed on the outer surface of each of the support shafts while at least one of the protrusions being formed on an inner surface of each of the rotary feeding members, and the rest of the engagement grooves being formed on the inner surface of each of the rotary feeding members while the rest of the protrusions being formed on the outer surface of each of the support shafts, wherein
the plurality of protrusions are fitted in the corresponding engagement grooves, and the engagement grooves and the protrusions are located at positions which are asymmetrical around a rotation axis of each of the support shafts.
10. The feeder according to claim 9, wherein
on the outer surface of each of the support shafts, the at least one of engagement grooves are formed to extend parallel to the rotation axis of each of the support shafts, and the rest of the protrusions are formed as protruded ribs,
on the inner surface of each of the rotary feeding members fitted on the outer surface of a corresponding one of the support shafts, the rest of the engagement grooves are formed to extend parallel to the rotation axis of each of the support shafts, and the at least one of the protrusions are formed as protruded ribs, and
the engagement grooves and the protruded ribs are located at positions which are asymmetrical around the rotation axis, each of the protruded ribs being fitted in a corresponding one of the engagement grooves.
11. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein on an outer surface of each of the rotary feeding members, a knurled friction producing portion is provided.
12. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein each of the rotary feeding members comprises:
a friction producing portion provided on an outer surface of the rotary feeding member, wherein the friction producing portion is formed by grinding the outer surface in a predetermined circumferential direction.
13. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein the rotary feeding members are each made of a rubber or a soft synthetic resin.
14. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein
the pair of rotary feeding members rotate in the same direction when feeding the objects to be conveyed, each of the pair of rotary feeding members has a first circumferential direction and a second circumferential direction opposite to the first circumferential direction, and
the regulating unit regulates the rotary feeding members to be oriented on the outer surfaces of the respective support shafts such that the first circumferential direction of each of the rotary feeding members coincides with the rotating direction of the rotary feeding members.
15. The feeder according to claim 14, wherein each of the pair of rotary feeding members has a higher coefficient of friction in the first circumferential direction than in the second circumferential direction.
16. The feeder according to claim 1, wherein the regulating unit is provided in the interfaces between the support shafts and the rotary feeding members such that an outer surface of each of the support shafts as viewed from an axial direction of the support shaft is asymmetrical with respect to any line which is perpendicular to an axis of the support shaft.
17. An image recording device comprising:
a body case;
a paper feed cassette disposed so as to be movable backward and forward in the body case, and holding objects to be conveyed in a condition of being piled substantially horizontally;
and a feeder provided in the body case for feeding the objects to be conveyed piled in the paper feed cassette, the feeder comprising:
an arm having a base end and a distal end and swingable about the base end;
a pair of support shafts rotatably provided on both sides of the distal end of the arm;
a pair of rotary feeding members for feeding the objects to be conveyed piled in a holder while abutting on the objects to be conveyed, the pair of rotary feeding members configured to be fitted on outer surfaces of the pair of support shafts, respectively; and
a regulating unit for regulating orientations of the pair of rotary feeding members uniformly with respect to a direction in which the pair of rotary feeding members rotate,
wherein the regulating unit is provided in interfaces between the support shafts and the rotary feeding members such that an inner surface of each of the rotary feeding members as viewed from an axial direction of the rotary feeding member is asymmetrical with respect to any line that is perpendicular to an axis of the rotary feeding member.

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. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a photographing portion that photographs an cop cot to be adjusted in the image forming apparatus and obtains first photographed information with a plurality of pieces of related information with reference to image forming being related to the first photographed information; and
a control portion that is configured to search second photographed information indicating an ideal condition for each object to be adjusted, related information of the second photographed information agreeing with the related information of the first photographed information obtained by the photographing portion, from a database in which the second photographed information is stored with a plurality of pieces of ranked related information with reference to the image forming being related to the second photographed information,
wherein the control portion preferentially searches the higher ranked related information among the plurality of pieces of the ranked related information that is related to the second photographed information at a moment of searching the second photographed information.
2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 wherein when the related information includes a numerical value, the control portion searches the second photographed information with the numerical value having a predetermined scope thereof.
3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a display portion which displays on a screen a first image based on the first photographed information photographed by the photographing portion and a second image based on the second photographed information searched from the database by the control portion.
4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the control portion controls the display portion to display on the screen thereof an adjustment image for adjusting an object to be adjusted corresponding to the first image.
5. An image forming method comprising the steps of:
a first step of photographing an object to be adjusted in an image forming apparatus and obtaining first photographed information with a plurality of pieces of related information with reference to image forming being related to the first photographed information; and
a second step of searching second photographed information indicating an ideal condition for each object to be adjusted, related information of the second photographed information agreeing with the related information of the first photographed information obtained by the photographing portion, from a database in which the second photographed information is stored with a plurality of pieces of ranked related information with reference to the image forming being related to the second photographed information,
wherein the higher ranked related information is preferentially searched among the plurality of pieces of the ranked related information that is related to the second photographed information at a moment of searching the second photographed information in the second step.