All The Claims

1. A method of supplying power to an electronic device of a type having a power consumption in which predictable current peaks occur, said device further being connectable to a battery,
characterized in that the method comprises the steps of:
supplying power from an external power supply to the device,
providing a signal from the device indicating that a current peak is about to occur, and
connecting the battery to the device under control of said signal so that power is supplied from the battery to the device during said current peak.
2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises the steps of:
providing a signal from the device indicating that said current peak is concluded, and
disconnecting the battery from the device under control of said signal indicating the conclusion of the current peak, so that power is again supplied from the external power supply to the device.
3. A method of charging a battery connected to an electronic device of a type having a power consumption in which predictable current peaks occur, said method comprising the steps of:
charging the battery from a charger,
simultaneously supplying power from the charger to the device,
measuring the charge level of the battery during the charging process,
detecting when the charge level of the battery assumes a predetermined charge level, and
disconnecting the battery from the charger and the device when said predetermined charge level is detected,
characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of:
providing a signal from the device indicating that a current peak is about to occur, and
connecting the battery to the device under control of said signal so that power is supplied from the battery to the device during said current peak.
4. A method according to claim 3, characterized in that it further comprises the steps of:
providing a signal from the device indicating that said current peak is concluded, and
disconnecting the battery from the device under control of said signal indicating the conclusion of the current peak, so that power is again supplied from the external power supply to the device.
5. A method according to claim 3, characterized in that it further comprises the steps of:
measuring the voltage level of the battery,
detecting when the voltage level of the battery has fallen to a predetermined voltage level, and
recharging the battery from the charger until the charge level of the battery again assumes the predetermined charge level.
6. A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the electronic device is a mobile telephone, and that said current peak is caused by the telephone performing a location update procedure.
7. A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the battery is a Lithium ion battery.
8. An electronic device connectable to a battery and an external power supply, said device being of a type having a power consumption in which predictable current peaks occur,
characterized in that
the device is arranged to provide a signal indicating that a current peak is about to occur, and
the device comprises means (5) for connecting the device to the battery under control of said signal so that power can be supplied from the battery to the device during said current peak.
9. An electronic device according to claim 8, characterized in that
the device is further arranged to provide a signal indicating that said current peak is concluded, and
said means for connecting the device to the battery are further arranged to disconnect the battery from the device under control of said signal indicating the conclusion of the current peak, so that after the current peak power can be supplied from the external power supply to the device.
10. An electronic device according to claim 8, characterized in that it comprises control means arranged to
measure the voltage level of the battery,
detect when the voltage level of the battery has fallen to a predetermined voltage level, and
charge the battery from the external power supply until the charge level of the battery assumes a predetermined charge level.
11. An electronic device according to claim 8, characterized in that said means for connecting the device to the battery comprise a Field Effect Transistor.
12. An electronic device according to claim 8, characterized in that the electronic device is a mobile telephone.
13. An electronic device according to claim 12, characterized in that the mobile telephone is arranged to perform a location update procedure.
14. An apparatus for charging a battery connected to an electronic device of a type having a power consumption in which predictable current peaks occur,
characterized in that
the apparatus is arranged to receive a signal from the electronic device indicating that a current peak is about to occur, and
the apparatus comprises means for connecting the device to the battery under control of said signal so that power can be supplied from the battery to the device during said current peak.
15. An apparatus according to claim 14, characterized in that
the apparatus is further arranged to receive a signal from the electronic device indicating that said current peak is concluded, and
said means for connecting the device to the battery are further arranged to disconnect the battery from the device under control of said signal indicating the conclusion of the current peak, so that after the current peak power can be supplied from the apparatus to the device.
16. An apparatus according to claim 14, characterized in that it comprises control means arranged to
measure the voltage level of the battery,
detect when the voltage level of the battery has fallen to a predetermined voltage level, and
charge the battery until the charge level of the battery assumes a predetermined charge level.
17. An apparatus according to claim 14, characterized in that said means for connecting the device to the battery comprise a Field Effect Transistor.
18. A battery pack comprising a battery connectable to an external power supply and to an electronic device of a type having a power consumption in which predictable current peaks occur,
characterized in that
the battery pack is arranged to receive a signal from the electronic device indicating that a current peak is about to occur, and
the battery pack comprises means for connecting the device to the battery under control of said signal so that power can be supplied from the battery to the device during said current peak.
19. A battery pack according to claim 18, characterized in that
the battery pack is further arranged to receive a signal from the electronic device indicating that said current peak is concluded, and
said means for connecting the device to the battery are further arranged to disconnect the battery from the device under control of said signal indicating the conclusion of the current peak, so that after the current peak power can be supplied from the external power supply to the device.
20. A battery pack according to claim 18, characterized in that it comprises control means arranged to
measure the voltage level of the battery,
detect when the voltage level of the battery has fallen to a predetermined voltage level, and
charge the battery from the external power supply until the charge level of the battery assumes a predetermined charge level.
21. A battery pack according to claim 18, characterized in that said means for connecting the device to the battery comprise a Field Effect Transistor.
22. A battery pack according to claim 18, characterized in that the battery is a Lithium ion battery.

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 for controlling sample introduction in microcolumn separation techniques, in especially in capillary electrophoresis (CE), wherein an electrolyte buffer and a more or less concentrated sample are transported through a system of capillary channels, and wherein said sample consisting of components having different electrophoretic mobilities is injected as a sample plug into a sampling device, which comprises at least a channel for the electrolyte buffer and a supply and drain channel for said sample, said electrolyte channel and said supply and drain channels for said sample intersecting each other, and said supply and drain channels each being inclined to said electrolyte channel and discharging into it at respective supply and drain ports, wherein a distance between said supply port and said drain port geometrically defining a sample volume, characterized in that the injection of said sample plug into said electrolyte channel is accomplished electrokinetically by applying an electric field across said supply and drain channels for a time period which is at least long enough, that a slowest of said sample components having the lowest electrophoretic mobility is contained within said geometrically defined volume.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said time period corresponds at least to the time defined by the equation tmind(iE), wherein d stands for the distance between said supply and drain ports, i is the total electro-kinetic mobility of said slowest component, and E stands for the electric field strength across said source and drain channels.
3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said electrolyte buffer and said sample are transported electrokinetically, and further wherein immediately after said injection of said sample plug said electrolyte buffer is allowed to advance into said supply channel and into said drain channel at said respective supply and drain ports for a time period, which amounts to at least a migration time of a slowest component within said sample plug from the supply port to a detector, thus pushing back said sample into said respective supply and drain channels and substantially preventing said sample from uncontrollably diffusing into said electrolyte buffer which is transported past said supply and drain ports.
4. A method according to claim 3, wherein within said time period said sample in said supply and drain channels is subjected to an electric potential, which is different from an electric potential at a reservoir for said electrolyte buffer, thus establishing a potential difference such, that said electrolyte buffer is allowed to advance into said supply channel and into said drain channel.
5. A method according to claim 4, wherein said potential difference is chosen such, that a resultant electric field strength amounts to at least about 0.1 Vcm.
6. A method according to claim 3, wherein said electrolyte buffer is allowed to advance into said supply and drain channels by reducing a resistance to flow within said supply and drain channels.
7. A method according to claim 6, wherein said resistance to flow is reduced by either reducing the lengths of said supply and drain channels or by increasing their respective widths.
8. A method according to claim 7, wherein said resistance to flow of said supply and drain channels is reduced by providing said supply and drain channels each with a width that is at least about two times greater than a width of said supply and drain ports.
9. A method according to claim 8, wherein said supply and drain ports of said respective supply and drain channels have a longitudinal extension which corresponds at least to about said widths of said supply and drain ports, and that said widths are kept about constant along the extension of said supply and drain ports.
10. A method according to claim 9, wherein said widths of said supply and drain ports are chosen such, that they about correspond to a width of said channel piece.
11. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said system of capillary channels including said supply and drain channels with their respective ports are etched or micromachined or otherwise established in a planar substrate made of glass, or semiconductor materials, or a suitable polymer, or the like.
12. A sampling device comprising a channel for an electrolyte buffer and a supply channel and a drain channel for a sample, which each discharges into said electrolyte channel at a respective supply and a drain port, which ports are located with respect to each other such, that a sample volume is geometrically defined, said supply and drain channels each being inclined to a longitudinal extension of said channel piece, and means for electrokinetically injecting a sample into said sample volume, characterized in that said source channel and said drain channel, each have a resistance to flow with respect to said electrolyte buffer, which is about 5% lower than the respective resistance to flow of said electrolyte channel.
13. A sampling device according to claim 12, wherein said supply and said drain channel each has a width that is at least about two times greater than a width of said supply and drain ports.
14. A sampling device according to claim 13, wherein said supply and drain ports of said respective supply and drain channels have a longitudinal extension which corresponds at least to about said widths of said supply and drain ports, and that said widths are about constant along the extension of said supply and drain ports.
15. A sampling device according to claim 14, wherein said widths of said supply and drain ports about correspond to a width of said channel piece.
16. A sampling device according to claim 15, wherein said channels have a depth of from about 0.1 m to about 100 m.
17. A sampling device according to claim 12, wherein said supply port and said drain port are spaced apart from each other a distance which amounts to from about 0 m to about 3 cm, preferably to about 3 mm.
18. A sampling device according to claim 12, wherein said supply channel and said drain channel, respectively, each are inclined with respect to said longitudinal extension of said channel piece an angle that amounts to from about 5 degrees to about 175, preferably to about 90 degrees and further wherein said supply channel and said drain channel extend about parallel to each other.

1. An apparatus comprising a low EUV reflectivity (LEUVR) mask, wherein the LEUVR mask includes:
a low thermal expansion material (LTEM) layer;
a reflective multilayer (ML) over the LTEM layer, the reflective ML having less than 2% EUV reflectivity; and
a patterned absorption layer over the reflective ML.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reflective ML includes forty pairs of films and each pair of films includes a first film having about 1.5 nm molybdenum (Mo) and a second film having about 2 nm silicon (Si).
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reflective ML includes forty pairs of films and each pair of films includes a first film having about 4.5 nm molybdenum (Mo) and a second film having about 6 nm silicon (Si).
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reflective ML includes about 280 nm molybdenum silicon (MoSi).
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the LEUVR mask further includes a capping layer between the reflective ML and the patterned absorption layer.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the capping layer includes about 2.5 nm ruthenium (Ru).
7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask having a EUV reflectivity greater than 60%, wherein the EUV mask and the LEUVR mask have at least one common pattern.
8. An apparatus, comprising:
an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask having a first EUV reflectivity; and
a low EUV reflectivity (LEUVR) mask having a second EUV reflectivity,
wherein the first EUV reflectivity is greater than the second EUV reflectivity, and
wherein the EUV mask and the LEUVR mask have at least one common pattern.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the second EUV reflectivity is less than 2%.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first EUV reflectivity is greater than 60%.
11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the LEUVR mask comprises:
a low thermal expansion material (LTEM) layer;
a reflective multilayer (ML) over the LTEM layer, the reflective ML having less than 2% EUV reflectivity; and
a patterned absorption layer over the reflective ML.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the reflective ML includes forty pairs of films and each pair of films includes a first film having about 1.5 nm molybdenum (Mo) and a second film having about 2 nm silicon (Si).
13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the reflective ML includes forty pairs of films and each pair of films includes a first film having about 4.5 nm molybdenum (Mo) and a second film having about 6 nm silicon (Si).
14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the reflective ML includes about 280 nm molybdenum silicon (MoSi).
15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the LEUVR mask further comprises:
a capping layer between the reflective ML and the patterned absorption layer.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the capping layer includes about 2.5 nm ruthenium (Ru).
17. An apparatus, comprising:
an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask; and
a low EUV reflectivity (LEUVR) mask,
wherein the EUV mask includes:
a first low thermal expansion material (LTEM) layer;
a first reflective multilayer (ML) over the first LTEM layer, the first reflective ML having a first EUV reflectivity; and
a first patterned absorption layer over the first reflective ML;

wherein the LEUVR mask includes:
a second low thermal expansion material (LTEM) layer;
a second reflective multilayer (ML) over the second LTEM layer, the second reflective ML having a second EUV reflectivity; and
a second patterned absorption layer over the second reflective ML;

wherein the first EUV reflectivity is greater than the second EUV reflectivity; and
wherein the first and second patterned absorption layers have at least one common pattern.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first EUV reflectivity is greater than 60% and the second EUV reflectivity is less than 2%.
19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the second reflective ML includes forty pairs of films and each pair of films includes a first film having molybdenum (Mo) and a second film having silicon (Si).
20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the second reflective ML includes molybdenum silicon (MoSi).

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 system for classifying keywords across multiple campaigns, the system comprising:
a bid management system for managing purchase of at least one keyword in a plurality of campaigns;
a web analytics tool for collecting traffic statistics for the keyword; and
a classification manager adapted for communication with the web analytics tool and the bid management system, the classification manager adapted to receive input from a user including a classification including at least one classified keyword and a classification name, the classification manager retrieving and presenting web site visitation statistics related to the classified keyword.
2. (canceled)
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the classification manager includes a classification user interface module for presenting the classification as a hierarchical display with the classification name at a level, and the classified keyword at a sub-level.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the classification user interface module is adapted to receive input from a user and manage keywords based on the input from the user.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein:
the bid management system for managing purchase of a plurality of keywords in a plurality of campaigns on a plurality of search engines; and
the classification manager presents the classification including a plurality of classified keywords and a classification name, and the classification manager presents the classification as a hierarchical display with the classification name at a level, and the classified keyword at a sub-level.
6. (canceled)
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the classification manager includes a repository for storing a classification and at least one classified keyword associated with the classification.
8. (canceled)
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the classification manager includes classification creation module for creating the classification including the classification name, the at least one classified keyword, and a metric associated with the classified keyword.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the metric for the classified keyword includes one from the group of cost-per-click (CPC), impressions, clicks, click-through rate (CTR), page hits, and cost.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the classification manager includes a keyword measurement module for measuring metrics for classified keywords, the keyword measurement module adapted for communication with the web analytics tool.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the classification manager presents a plurality of classifications, each classification having a classification name and a plurality of classified keywords.
13. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of classifications includes a sub-classification.
14. A method for classifying keywords across multiple campaigns, the method comprising:
receiving from a user information including a classification name and at least one keyword;
creating a classification including the information;
determining the keyword in the information;
determining a web traffic metric for the keyword; and
presenting the classification to the user including the keyword in a relationship to the classification and the metric for the keyword.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising storing the information in a repository.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the information in stored in a data structure including a classification name, a classification keyword, a classification metric, and other classification information.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein the metric is one from the group of cost-per-click (CPC), impressions, clicks, click-through rate (CTR), page hits and cost.
18. The method of claim 14, wherein presenting the classification includes displaying the classification name in a hierarchical relationship to keywords for the classification.
19. (canceled)
20. The method of claim 14, wherein presenting the classification includes generating and displaying a metric for the classification.
21. The method of claim 14, wherein presenting the classification presents the classification and the keywords of the classification in a graphical user interface.
22. The method of claim 14, further comprising managing at least one classified keyword using the graphical user interface.
23. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored therein and that are executable by a processor, the instructions comprising instructions to:
receiving from a user information including a classification name and at least one keyword;
creating a classification including the information;
determining the keyword in the information;
determining a web traffic metric for the keyword; and
presenting the classification to the user including the keyword in a relationship to the classification and the metric for the keyword.
24. (canceled)
25. The computer-readable medium of claim 18 wherein the presenting the classification includes displaying the classification name in a hierarchical relationship to keywords for the classification.
26. (canceled)
27. (canceled)