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Aim straight, aim fast, clear the screen and prepare for the next. Complete as many screens as you can in a single run and challenge your friends.
Forget everything you've played this year, you won't be able to put PUK down. Clear a space on your home screen.
⊙ Fast Paced, Endless Puzzler
⊙ 1000 Unique Levels
⊙ Incredibly Addictive
PUK is a mobile phone game with support for most Android phones and tablets.
"Simplicity at its finest." ~ Gamezebo
"A perfect example of a casual game that takes a straightforward concept and does it really well." ~ 148Apps
"PUK offers a focused and taut experience" ~ PocketGamer
"PUK wins with its simplicity and fast-paced addictive gameplay" ~ iFanzine
"Laser Dog has created a near-perfect casual mobile game" ~ IVG
"An extremely simple, addictive, and fun arcade game" ~ Appslooking
What's New
Scribblenauts Remix
Help Maxwell acquire the Starite by creating any object, bringing it to life and using it to solve each challenge.
Let your imagination run wild in this groundbreaking puzzle game. Summon to life a 'colossal, winged car' or a 'shy, frost-breathing, robotic hippopotamus'! If you can think it, you can create it.
It's the perfect game for the casual player looking for fun and extensive replay with unlimited solutions and different outcomes. Or, the Scribblenauts fan wanting the complete Maxwell experience.
Whether you're 8 or 80, the only limit is your imagination!
And, the critics love it!
> "Editors' Choice Award" – IGN.com
> "A work of utter genius." – Touch Arcade
> "A brilliant game." – Wired.com
> "4/4 Stars. A highly recommended puzzle game for all ages." – USA Today
50 levels to play! Includes 40 of the most popular levels from Scribblenauts and Super Scribblenauts and 10 original levels exclusive to Remix.
Purchase a World Pass and receive all current and future world expansions - 40 extra levels and counting! If you previously purchased a world expansion, you're automatically upgraded to a World Pass and all future worlds will now automatically appear in your game for free.
Re-live Scribblenauts by playing as a different character from in the game. Try out the feature with the free God avatar!
Enter the Playground to create objects to your heart's content, playing and interacting in a true sandbox!
Use the "shake to undo" function to remove created objects simply by shaking your Android device.
Create what you want and see what happens!
Hang out with Maxwell!
> VISIT Maxwell:: www.scribblenautsremix.com
> LIKE Maxwell:: www.facebook.com/ScribblenautsVideoGame
> FOLLOW Maxwell: http://twitter.com/ScribbleMaxwell
Speed Anatomy (No ads)
"This game is a blast! If you are at all fascinated with the way the human body works, Speed Anatomy is a must!" -http://iphoneapplicationlist.com
See what reviewers had to say about other games in this series:
"Speed Bones MD is a lot of fun and a cheap way to learn a bit about the 200 bones or more that make up your very own skeleton"-www.knowyourmobile.com
"For just 99 cents, much less than a Medical Degree, Speed Bones is a fantastic game that contains dozens of images and helps you learn as you play."-kickbuttapplications.blogspot.com
Play Speed Anatomy then impress your doctor with your cunning intellect on your next visit!
-Contains close to 300 labeled parts from all the main regions of the body.
-Earn points for precision and speed.
-A magnifying glass appears when holding your finger on an image allowing you to achieve more precision and higher scores.
This games is fun for everyone plus it makes life easy for those tackling anatomy for high school, university or even medical school. Practice mode allows you to learn specific regions without doing all the previous levels.
Contains 28 levels including an overview of bones, muscles, arteries, veins, respiratory system and digestive system also more detailed levels covering bones, lungs, pharynx, larynx, nasal cavity,oral cavity, dentition, liver, pancreas, brain, auditory system and visual system.
Also try Speed Bones MD, Speed Muscles MD and Speed Angiology MD for more in depth levels of bones, muscles and the circulatory system!
I'm open to suggestions so don't hesitate to send me an e-mail if you find something is missing.
Includes English, French, German/Latin, Italian, Japanese, Spanish translations!
Message from your humble developer: My apps, downloaded from the Android Market, are DRM free! Please consider throwing a few bucks in the tip jar by buying legitimate copies of the pay versions. Thank you!
Sleepwalker's Journey
Meet drowsy Moonboy. Blown out of bed by a big lunar sneeze, he sleepwalks through dreams. Moonboy needs your help to reach his bed. Guide him safely through various traps, clear obstructions from his path, and shift his surroundings to create a safe passage to the cozy bed. Solve environment puzzles in a fantasy world, find multiple pathways through the game, and collect stars and crescents to experience the beauty of Sleepwalker's Journey fairytale atmosphere.
You are Moonboy's only guardian, and your imagination is the key that shapes the dream, as you lead the boy to his beloved bed. You are the dream creator.
Sleepwalker's Journey highlights:
- Now updated with a pack of 6 new levels!
- Over 45 dreams to explore (and more coming with updates)
- Environment puzzles where you shape the dream: move obstacles, use elevators, interact with objects and more to clear Moonboy's way
- Visuals optimized for the most powerful Android Devices
- Quality design from award-winning developer
The Lost City
Grandma was right.
Nobody really believed her. Not even you, her favorite grandchild.
But she was right. And more so than you could ever imagine.
The city before you, deep in the mist shrouded forest, can't be found on any map. It shouldn't even exist. Though it's been asleep for a long time, you feel a mysterious power begin to awaken from the ruins around you.
Legend has it the civilization that built this place could somehow control the seasons. But nobody listens to legends.
Nobody except Grandma.
And she was right.
You look again at the artifact she gave you. Close to this lost city, it almost seems alive in your hand.
The city does exist. It's real.
Could the secret magic, powerful enough to change the seasons, be real too?
• Inspired by classic point and click adventure games!
• Beautiful graphics that draw you into this mesmerizing adventure!
• Lots of items to collect and puzzles to solve!
• Original soundtrack and sound effects!
• A journal that keeps track of all the symbols and clues that you encounter.
• A dynamic map that shows all of the areas you have explored, as well as your current location.
• A complete hint guide and walkthrough built right into the game.
• The Lost City has been translated into several languages - with more coming soon!
Hitman GO
5/5 Slide to Play: "…this is one to check out."
4/5 Joystiq: "Hitman GO is an impressive debut for Square Enix Montreal."
4/5 Pocket Gamer - SILVER AWARD: "Hitman GO is a clever and refreshingly original puzzle game"
4/5 Polygon: "Hitman GO is a great minimalist take on the series' big ideas"
5/5 Pocket-lint: "Hitman GO is a clever and intelligent way of bringing a much-loved franchise to a mobile platform"
Hitman GO is a turn-based puzzle game with beautifully rendered diorama-style set pieces. You will strategically navigate fixed spaces on a grid to avoid enemies and take out your target or infiltrate well-guarded locations. You really have to think about each move and all the Hitman tools of the trade you would expect are included; disguises, distractions, sniper rifles and even 47's iconic Silverballers.
With Hitman GO, you'll experience:
• Challenging puzzles that put your assassination skills to the test
• Beautiful scale model-style visuals
• Environments with secret passageways and off-limit areas
• Agent 47's tools of the trade: Distractions, disguises, hiding spots, sniper rifles and even the iconic Silverballers
• Different enemy types with unique and deadly behaviours
• Different ways of completing each level, silently or forcefully
Apensar: Adivina la palabra
Adivina el elemento común de las 4 imágenes para completar las palabras y superar todos los niveles.
Mientras avanzas acumularás monedas para completar el acertijo y adivinar las palabras que te permitirán pasar de nivel más rápidamente.
Algunos comentarios de los fans:
Yahoo España: "Apensar se posiciona en el top 10 de los juego más descargados."
Alexander Garabote: "me gusta porque de verdad es un reto y no aburre al jugador."
Matilde Lopera: "Me parece magnifico que existan este tipo de juegos, que te ponen a pensar, y agilizar la mente."
AndroidMarialribarne: "Otra aplicación adictiva ya está en mi celular. Se las recomiendo, se llama "Apensar". Ejercicio mental."
Venezuelaideal.com: "¡Hecho por Venezolanos! Apensar: acertijo de palabras. Excelente juego de iOS y Android."
• ¡ESPECTACULAR diseño. Más divertido e intuitivo!
• ¡NUEVOS paquetes premium de monedas para adivinar más rápido las palabras!
• ¡Acceso RÁPIDO a las ayudas desde la misma pantalla del juego!
• ¡COMPARTE tus logros en redes sociales y recibe recompensas!
• Pon en práctica tu vocabulario y conoce nuevas palabras.
• Más de 2.000 niveles para adivinar.
• Compite con tus amigos y sé el primero en la tabla de líderes.
• Si te quedas estancado en alguna de las palabras ¡pide ayuda a través de las redes sociales!
Ponte a pensar y descubre las palabras que te permitirán superar todos los niveles. ¿Aceptas el reto?
• ¡Nuevos idiomas!
Únete a la comunidad OFICIAL de Apensar en redes sociales, donde encontrarás consejos, pistas y más información y ser el mejor jugador de Apensar.
Twitter https://twitter.com/apensarapp
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/apensarapp
Instagram https://instagram.com/apensarapp
¡No olvides visitar nuestro site! www.todosapensar.com
¡ATENCIÓN! Apensar es completamente gratis, sin embargo, también se podrán comprar algunos ítems dentro de la aplicación para superar los niveles. Deshabilite las compras desde su móvil si no quiere usar esta funcionalidad.
Cualquier duda o sugerencia, escríbenos a email@example.com
Al tener acceso a los juegos o jugar con ellos en cualquier plataforma, usted da su consentimiento a nuestros términos y condiciones y a nuestra política de privacidad.
+ 200 levels
+ Intuitive gameplay
+ Hint system
+ HD graphics
Move blocks, reflect the laser, hit all targets!
Matches Puzzle Game
Solve puzzles by moving, adding and removing matches until you find the right solution.
You like matches puzzles games ?
1000 Matches puzzles in 10 Episodes in different shapes, sizes, equations and designs.
English, German, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Croatian, Slovenian, Greek, Ukrainian, Serbian,Korean, Japanese
- Beautiful graphics with 7 inch and 10 inch tablet support and high definition hd
- Support for slower and low resolution phones
- With Google Play Services
↗ cloud save - to sync game progress across all your devices and future devices.
↗ leaderboards - to compare your result with others
↗ achievements - for more fun
- Sound, Vibration and Music specially created for the puzzles matches game
If you have problems with level 12 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1413726595558329
Google Plus https://plus.google.com/105137875611214782707/posts
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/K-LAB/1413517848912537
Matches Puzzle, Matchstick Puzzles, Move the Matches
Game Mazes Baby Kids Free
The game contains two play modes to move ball and getting it to the goal:
- With your finger
- With the accelerometer
In addition there are three difficulty levels, so they can play children of all ages:
Buttons and Scissors
You cannot cut off a single button, so plan your strategy in advance! Buttons and Scissors is a fun way to improve your logical thinking and train your brain.
When you begin playing the game for the first time, there will be a tutorial level. You will be presented with a scrap of denim and a number of different colored buttons. Each current move will be displayed as a white arrow. Touch the first button and move your finger to the last button of the same color you wish to select in that line, and then release your finger. All selected buttons will then be cut off with a scissors, if selected correctly.
Main features:
- Realistic sewing buttons and scissors
- 5x5, 6x5, 6x6 and 7x7 levels
- Unlimited Undo
- HD graphics
- Tablets are fully supported
- Leaderboard
- Cloud Save
- Solutions for levels
Please support Buttons and Scissors and Like our page http://www.facebook.com/KyWorksGames
We would recommend to connect the game to Google's Cloud Save to automatically synchronize your game progress across multiple devices. Also, your game progress will be automatically restored if you uninstall and reinstall the game in the future. To connect the game to Cloud Save, just click the "Sign-in with Google" button in the game.
IMPORTANT: No real buttons were cut off in the making of this game!
Crystalux puzzle game
Crystalux is the puzzle where you can move hexagonal chips collecting patterns of colored crystals. If the crystals with the same color make a line (connect) they light up but it's not a game's goal. A level should become a form, a pattern, or a beautiful picture. If it is hard the game contains a lot of tips to cope even with the most complex patterns and make it more simple. Let's start!
But watch out!
First of all: after passing this puzzle game you ultimately train your brain and may get too smart for this planet!
Second: you will finally have fun at the office or on a date - just solving the puzzles.
Third: you might simple miss your station while connecting these hexagonal chips with crystals!
The game offers:
- 100+ secret patterns - and more coming up soon!
- The difficulty level provides optimal strength training for your brain.
- Solve the puzzle while relaxing to real zen chillout tunes!
- Let the crisp, clean lines of hexagons and the glow of the crystals soothe your eyes.
- Hints will help you advance, and your friends will never know!
NEW LEVELS is coming soon! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook and stay tuned for more news about our games.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/icecatstudio
Twitter: http://twitter.com/icecatstudio
jigsaw puzzle gallery
- The photo was taken can enjoy the jigsaw puzzle.
- Photos can be loaded and enjoy the jigsaw puzzle.
"Memory" - Memory game
A great game to exercise your memory !
- Match pairs of cards
- Different levels of difficulty
- The grid adjusts automatically to your device
- Colorful images of logos to be easily remembered
All Logos & brands shown or represented in this game are copyright and or trademark of their respective corporations. This trivia game is for fun and knowledge.
Please note company or event logos are protected by copyright and/or trademark registration .
A free memory game for kids and adults .
Brain trainer . Pairs game . Free matchup pro .
Brain & Puzzle game . memory kids apps, matching game
Main features:
✔ Easy, Medium and Hard puzzles
✔ Unlimited Undo/Redo
✔ HD graphics
✔ Localized for 6 languages
✔ Space atmosphere
A fun way to improve your logical thinking!
Each level has a different target color, indicated by the color of the top bar on the screen.
Rules are simple: You can move colored tiles between white empty cells in vertical or horizontal directions (one cell at a time), or you can paint a neighbor tile by dragging one tile into another.
Each tile has a limited amount of moves, shown by little white dots inside it.
When you paint one tile, you can generate a chain reaction that will begin to paint every attached tile from the same color.
The first six levels comes with an assistant that remind you the rules and tells you which tiles move where.
So, what are you waiting for? Start painting, and remember... colors are alive!
Word Search
★ Increase your vocabulary and have fun doing it with this addictive word search game.
1.- There are 8 items to choose from:
- Animals
- Countries of the World
- Historical figures
- Cities of the World
- American presidents
- Trademarks
- Languages
- Kids
2.- Has 7 levels of difficulty:
- Very Easy
- Easy
- Normal
- Advanced
- Hard
- Expert
- Crazy
3.- Support horizontal and vertical orientation.
4.- Available in many languages (22):
English , Arabic , Catalan , Czech , German , Greek , Spanish , French , Hindi , Hungarian , Indonesian , Italian , Japanese , Korean , Dutch , Polish , Portuguese , Russian , Thai , Tagalog , Turkish and Chinese.
5.- Has two game modes:
- List of words (words to find the slopes shown)
- Without help
Infinite play with dynamic grids
Find the hidden words to find and are marked with different colors.
Also, if you can not finish the game, do not worry, when you get back can choose to start a new game or continue the game as you left it.
Word Search Puzzle is a treat for all Crossword and Word Search Games lovers!!
Play Free Word Search Games.
Forget the pen and paper - You'll never run out of puzzles with WORD SEARCH PUZZLES!
WARNING: Playing this game may challenge your brain and improve your brain power
More from developer
Touch Arcade - 4.5 / 5
'You'll definitely want to check out ALONE...'
Pocket Gamer - 9 / 10
'A sharp arcade experience wrapped around a brilliant sci-fi aesthetic'
App Advice - 5 / 5
'This is definitely one that shouldn't be missed'
Ultra fast and intense gameplay
Split second twitch sensitive analogue control
Hours of action filled gameplay across three unlockable difficulty levels
Two awesome bonus modes
Spectacular sound track
Integrated Google Play Services friend scores
No In App Purchases
Based around a one night game jam, ALONE was lovingly created over a short 8 month period by Laser Dog's Rob Allison and Simon Renshaw. Curious players may discover the original game jam prototype for themselves as an easter egg, hidden away in the main game.
ALONE is a universal game app, compatible with most mid level or above Android phones and Tablets


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Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers and singer Jessica Lea Mayfield join forces to celebrate the music of Elliott Smith.
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Barbados Nation article.
Bridgetown, Barbados - The National Sports Council (NSC) will this year honour the late George Linton a big way.
Barbados Cricket Association article.
Bridgetown, Barbados - Kyle Corbin sustained his fine form over the last four months by slamming his second ever century in the Sagicor General Super Cup Championship.
WICB Media Release.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Ramnaresh Sarwan will play for the Trinidad & Tobago Red Force during the upcoming regional season, after he was selected in the second round of the Player Draft of the West Indies Cricket Board's Professional Cricket League.
WATCH LIVE: Professional Cricket League Player Draft
Barbados Advocate article.
Bridgetown, Barbados - The Barbados Under-17 Cricket Team was recently honoured with a reception for their success in West Indies Cricket Board Under-17 Competition in Tobago.
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Jeb Bush's big economic challenges — Kasich hits Wall Street
Jeb Bush's big economic challenges.
POLITICO comes to NYC — Porat to Google — Dubya to appear with Jeb
POLITICO comes to NYC.
Hoenig defends higher bank capital — Ted Cruz campaigns on fiscal fights
Hoenig defends higher bank capital.
O'Malley hits Clinton on Wall Street reform (sort of) — Globe urges Warren to run
O'Malley hits Clinton on Wall Street reform (sort of).
Why Jeb may not raise $100M — Regional banks challenged on Dodd-Frank changes — Currency markets go nuts
Why Jeb may not raise $100M.
Fed moves (slowly) toward the exits — Dollar dips — Shelby's big challenge — Budget battle hits 2016 trail
Fed moves (slowly) toward the exits.
Huge day for the Fed — Obama heads to Cleveland to bash GOP — Bibi wins big — Could Yellen spark a crash?
Huge day for the Fed.
$500 million for Jeb? — Super PAC clarification — House GOP budget preview — Asia rises on Fed hopes
$500 million for Jeb?
Bush team rejects $100M number — White House on 'offense' on the economy
White House on 'offense' on the economy.
Jeb world mindmeld — Hillary Clinton email fallout — Stress tests puzzle banks — Why Howard Stern always wins
Jeb world mindmeld.


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The 16 Best Thrones Made Out of Anything But Iron
Man Argues With Husky, Husky Pretty Much Wins
Best of Tinder: Week 3/22-3/28
The 10 Commandments of RPGs
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My wife and I stayed in casa #2 here for the month of January, 2012, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves here. Karin, the owner, greeted us warmly at our arrival and over the period of our stay, we felt like we had made a friend rather than just making the acquaintance of the owner. She was most helpful in giving us local information and in helping us with our individual needs. The place is clean, comfortable and most nights quite quiet. There are only 2 casas available to rent, the third being Karin's main house. We enjoyed many fine days relaxing here and enjoying the hammock and looking out over the gardens. To be honest, our peace and quiet was sometimes disturbed by outside influences, most notably from a half dozen local roosters who feel the need to crow off and on regularly (forget the notion of a rooster only crowing at dawn, these buggers crow 24 hours a day). Also there are rental units behind hers which in the high season can be rented out to large groups of Ticos who are there to party and have a good time, so expect loud voices and music on weekends maybe. Karin has no control over this and I dont fault her or her place. The place is clean and very uniquely designed, the host is as friendly and as helpful as can be, the prices are more than reasonable, and you are within 5 minutes of the beach. What more can you ask for?
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- Villas Boheme Chic, 3 new houses + 1 room, lie among lush vegetation to Rio Lagarto, the most green paradise of Samara Beach. Ideal place for meditation, birds and monkey watching.A few steps from the centre, beach, language school Intercultura and restaurants.You will feel the love and care with which the furniture and decoration have been chosen by an European interior designer.Each house has 2 levels and offers fully equipped kitchen, bathroom, queen beds with orthopedic mattresses, fans, TV and terrace. Possibility for 1 extra single bed. The room offers 1 double bed, bathroom and garden.Free Wireless Internet. Transport to/from Liberia airport available during high season. ... more less


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I'm currently working on a mobile optimized website that has a black background, and it is difficult to see how long a page is while scrolling since the default scrollbar is so dark.
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An overvoltage/overcurrent electrostatic discharge protection single circuit structure for Integrated Circuits protects on all paths and polarities between In/Out, Supply, and Ground pins. The structure is built on the chip substrate with an N well with three P Diffusions therein each containing N+ and P+ diffusions therein to form 6 transistors and 8 parasitic resistors to yield 5 thyristors. The structure provides very fast, symmetrical, full protection while using minimal chip area.
1. An all direction electrostatic discharge protection structure for an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit having 5 electrostatic discharge paths, including PS, NS, PD, ND, and a DS path having two polarities, the two polarities of the DS path being ground-to-Vdd and Vdd-to-ground, the protection structure comprising:
a single structure having a common substrate and being a circuit having one thyristor in each of the PS, NS, PD, ND, and DS paths, wherein the circuit has five thyristors corresponding in one to one relation to the PS, NS, PD, ND, and DS pats;
wherein each of the five thyristors is capable of being activated by an electrostatic discharge pulse to provide a low impedance path for overcurrent protection and for clamping of pin voltages for overvoltage protection in its corresponding PS, NS, PD, ND, and DS path, the thyristor corresponding to the DS path providing said low impedance path for overcurrent protection and for clamping of pin voltages for overvoltage protection in both of the two polarities of the DS path.
2. The all direction electrostatic discharge protection structure for an integrated circuit of
3. The all direction electrostatic discharge protection structure for an integrated circuit of
4. The all direction electrostatic discharge protection structure for an integrated circuit of
5. The all direction electrostatic discharge protection structure for an integrated circuit of
6. The all direction electrostatic discharge protection structure for an integrated circuit of
7. An all direction electrostatic discharge protection structure for an integrated circuit comprising:
a circuit comprising a single substrate for five thyristors, the five thyristors being individually activated by an electrostatic discharge pulse to provide a low impedance path for overcurrent protection and clamping of pin voltages for overvoltage protection, in each individual discharge path between I/O, GND, and Vdd pins and for each polarity of electrostatic discharge pulse,
wherein the protection structure has bilaterally symmetrical halves; and
wherein the symmetrical halves form first and second protection subcircuits.
8. The all direction electrostatic discharge protection structure for an integrated circuit of
9. The all direction electrostatic discharge protection structure for an integrated circuit of
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to protection for semiconductor integrated circuits from over-voltage and over-current conditions caused by electrostatic discharge (ESD). The present invention relates more specifically to a single structure ESD protection circuit using active devices integrated therein.
2. Description of Prior Art
ESD events, which are inevitable in integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing, assembly, and application, generate huge over-current and over-voltage pulses that can fatally damage electronic components. ESD failure emerges as the major reliability concern to the IC industry, accounting for up to thirty percent of field failures. Therefore, industrial standards generally require on-chip ESD protection circuits for all IC chips.
In general principle, an ESD protection circuit is off, or open in normal operation and is triggered on, or closed, during an ESD event to form a low impedance path to shunt the current surge and to clamp the pin voltage to a sufficient level, thereby protecting an IC part from being damaged. To form a complete ESD protection scheme, shown in FIG. 1, protection against ESD pulses of two opposite polarities, or pulse modes, i.e., positive and negative, along a path from each input/output (I/O) pin to both power supply, or VDD, and ground, or GND, as well as the path between VDD to GND are required to achieve all direction protection.
Various on-chip ESD protection designs are known. Traditional solutions generally offer low impedance discharging paths in one direction only while relying on a passive current path with much higher impedance for protection in the opposite direction. This means four circuits may be needed for each I/O pin and an additional circuit between supply and ground, if a high level of ESD protection is desired. This solution consumes significant chip area, e.g., up to thirty percent of the whole chip.
Other proposed solutions, such as U.S. Pat. No. 5,739,998 to Wada, may use various combinations of parasitic diodes and SCRs with transistor areas to provide protection for the various paths and pulse modes. Parasitic resistance and capacitance may negatively affect IC performance, as well as offer reduced protection performance because of higher impedance and slower reaction times which may not be adequate for very high speed chips such as RF IC's. In short, there is great need for a single structure circuit covering all ESD paths and pulse modes utilizing only active devices while utilizing minimal chip area.
In Proceedings of IEEE 7th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of IC's, pp. 151-155, 1999, an ESD protection scheme is disclosed offering improved performance in a compact area providing low impedance active discharge paths in both directions to shunt ESD pulses in two opposite polarities. It therefore requires only two circuits for each I/O pin and a separate ESD circuit for VDD to GND for full ESD protection as seen in FIG. 2. This scheme represents a further size reduction in silicon area consumption over previously known schemes.
An ESD protection structure according to the present invention forms a single circuit which has a N-well, or N-substrate, having three separate P diffusions (hereinafter �tubs�) with the first and third P-tubs having N+ and P+ diffusions for ohmic contact therein. A second P-tub interposed between the first and third tub has two N+ diffusions and one P+ diffusion therein. The I/O pin, or anode, is connected across each of the two N+ diffusions and the P+ diffusion of the second P-tub. The VDD, or supply, pin, cathode one, is connected across the N+ and P+ diffusions of the third tub. The ground pin, cathode two, is connected across the P+ and N+ diffusions of the first P-tub. The structure thereby forms six bipolar transistors and eight parasitic resistors and thereby forming a circuit of five thyristors for control of the ESD over-current/over-voltage conditions. The structure set forth herein preferably forms symmetrical upper and lower protection subcircuits. The upper and lower subcircuit have one PNP transistor and two NPN transistors and four resistors creating two thyristors in each protection subcircuit, or structure half, and one thyristor formed between the subcircuits. One protection subcircuit provides positive and negative pulse protection between the I/O pin and the VDD pin. The other protection subcircuit provides positive and negative pulse protection between the I/O pin and the ground pin. The shared thyristor provides both positive and negative pulse protection between the ground pin and the VDD pin. By being built on a single substrate and providing protection against both polarities of surge along all paths, the present invention provides maximum protection with minimal use of IC surface area. The present structure operates symmetrically and responds in the sub-nanosecond range, providing low holding voltage, low discharge impedance adjustable trigger voltage and high failure threshold voltages.
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of the traditional scheme for ESD protection.
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a known improved scheme for ESD protection.
FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of the single circuit substrate, all active device, all path, all pulse mode, present invention.
FIG. 4 is a detailed cross-section of the semiconductor structure of the present invention with connections and equivalent circuitry indications therein.
FIG. 5 shows the equivalent circuitry of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a plot of current/voltage behavior for operation of the present invention in various pulse paths and polarities by simulation.
The ESD protection structure 21 seen in cross-section in FIG. 4, has three terminals, namely I/O, VDD, and GND. The structure has eight layers: N1, P2, N3, P4, N5, N6, P7, N8. The intrinsic electronic circuitry structure is added for clarity to FIG. 4.
There are three P-type tubs: P2, P4 and P7; with each having a P+ contact 23, 25, 27, respectively, and at least one N+ contact N1 in P2; N5 and N6 in P4; and N8 in P7. The three P-type tubs P2, P4 and P7 are formed in the N-type well, or N Boundary Layer NBL, N3. Six bipolar transistors Q1-Q6 and eight parasitic resistors R1-R8 are formed as electrically connected entities and may be grouped into two functional protection subcircuits: upper, or right, unit one and lower, or left, unit two.
The upper protection subcircuit 22 consists of Q1-Q3 and R1-R4. Q1 is formed by P2N3P4. Q2 is formed by N1P2N3. Q3 is formed by N3P4N5. R1 is formed by the P+ diffusion 23 in the P2 tub and its boundary with P2. R2 is formed by half of the boundary of the P+ diffusion 25 in the P4 tub. R4 is formed at the P4N3 boundary. R3 is formed at the P2N3 boundary.
The lower protection subcircuit 29 comprises Q4-Q6 and R5-R8. Q4 is formed by P4N3P7. Q5 is formed by N6P4N3. Q6 is formed by N3P7N8. R5 is formed by the second half of the parasitic resistor of the P4/P+ 23 junction. R6 is formed by the boundary of the P+ diffusion 27 in the P7 tub. R7 is formed by the boundary of P-tub P4 with N-well N3. R8 is formed by the boundary of P-tub P7 with N-well N3.
Q3 and Q5 share the base P4 and collector N3 layers. R2 and R5 split the resistor layer of P4. Each tub P2, P4, P7 has formed across its P+ and N+ diffusions a terminal for a connection to the lead frame pins of VDD 31, I/O 33, and GND (ground) 35, respectively, by known means.
The ESD protection structure 21 is in the �off� state in normal operation so that it does not interfere with the IC chip function. Referring to FIG. 5, the operation principle is first described for case 1 where a negative ESD pulse occurs at the I/O pin 33 with respect to the supply voltage at the VDD pin 31 and the upper subcircuit 22 serves as the protection subcircuit. With this positive ESD surge appearing from terminal VDD 31 to I/O 33, i.e., negatively from I/O to VDD, the base-collector junction (N3P4) of Q1 is reverse biased to its breakdown where excess electron-hole pairs are generated. It will be noted that changing the P and N compositions at the junctions labeled �breakdown� in FIG. 4 enables the manufacturer to adjust the trigger voltages of the device. The holes will be collected by the negative terminal I/O 33 via the P+ contact of P4. Since both the P+ layer P4 and N+ layer N5 are connected to the I/O terminal 33, the base-emitter junction voltage (P4N5) of Q3 increases and turns on Q3 This effectively triggers off the corresponding thyristor, P2N3P4N5, and drives it into deep snapback region with low holding voltage Vh less than or equal to two volts. A first active discharge path 37 with negligible impedance is thereby formed to shunt the huge current surge and clamp the I/O pad voltage at a sufficiently low level to protect the core IC from being damaged by the negative I/O-to-VDD ESD pulse. After the ESD pulse is over, the thyristor is quickly discharged and turned off when the current decreases to below its holding current level.
The same mechanism applies to the other four polarity and path cases. In case 2 where a positive I/O-to-VDD ESD pulse occurs at I/O pin, the thyristor P4N3P2N1 of the upper subcircuit works to form a second active discharge path 39. In case 3 where a positive I/O-to-GND ESD pulse occurs at I/O pin, the thyristor P4N3P7N8 of the lower subcircuit works to form a third active discharge path 41. In case 4 where a negative I/O-to-GND ESD pulse occurs at I/O pin, the thyristor P7N3P4N6 of the upper subcircuit works to form a fourth active discharge path 43. In case 5 where a positive or negative VDD-to-GND ESD pulse occurs, the thyristor P2N3P7N8 works in the same way to form a fifth active discharge path 45.
In summary, as seen in FIG. 3, only one single device is needed for each I/O pin to protect it against ESD pulses in all four directions as well as to protect ESD surges between VDD and GND, thereby providing the desired all-direction ESD protections for IC chips.
The design of the present embodiment was guided by an unique mixed-mode ESD simulation-design approach that involves both Electra-thermal coupling and device-circuit coupling in simulation, a critical feature in ESD CAD design. Transient ESD simulation was used to simulate the real-world ESD pulsing situation accurately. This transient ESD simulation approach may be the only way to simulate the ultra-fast ESD events and provides such critical information as ESD response time.
Referencing FIG. 6 there is shown the terminal I-V characteristics of the new ESD structure from both steady-state and transient simulations. The complete simulation work includes all the five ESD pulsing modes as described previously, i.e., I/O-to-VDD (PD & ND), I/O-to-GND (PS & NS), and VDD-to-GND (DS). The primary I-V curve 47 in FIG. 6 is from the steady-state I/O-to-VDD (A�K1) simulation for both PD and ND modes. The desired symmetric operation was observed that ensures active discharging paths in both directions. The deep snap-back I-V characteristic indicates very low impedance (R<1Ω) in the current shunting channels and excellent voltage-clamping capability (Vh≦2V).
The same symmetric operations for I/O-to-GND (A�K2) and VDD-to-GND (K1�K2) were observed with example I-V curves for K2-to-A and K1-to-K2 stressing shown in the insets 49 and 51, respectively. Transient simulation results shows the similar properties with example I-V curves for I/O-to-VDD (A�K1) ESD pulsing (PD & ND) shown in the insets 53 and 55 respectively for HBM 2 KV stress.
The transient ESD pulsing simulation indicates that the ESD structure passes a 16 KV HBM test for a 200 μm wide structure, which represents a very high ESDV-to-Si ratio. The simulated ESD response time is at sub-nano-second level (t1�0.16 nS), indicating that it can satisfy the tough IEC European model and the CDM (charged device model) ESD standards. This transient response time can not currently be examined by any existing testers and the transient simulation approach may be the only way to investigate transient response time.
The relative higher triggering voltage (Vt1) obtained from transient simulation compared to steady-state simulation may be attributed to the charge accumulation time in transient events. Typical simulation data are summarized in Table I, which are well in line with the measurements as discussed below.
Upon study and simulation of the present invention the artisan will realize that the main benefits of this invention include: all-direction full ESD protection, high protection level, small size, low cost and full integration with IC technology.
While in the foregoing specification this invention has been described in relation to certain preferred embodiments thereof, and many details have been set forth for purpose of illustration, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the invention is susceptible to additional embodiments and that certain of the details described herein can be varied considerably without departing from the basic principles of the invention.
The disclosed embodiment is intended to be illustrative and not limiting to the present invention which is to be limited only with regard to the appended claims.
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NEW YORK—New York hoteliers, Sean MacPherson, Ira Drukier and Richard Born, are making their Lower East Side debut with The Ludlow, a new 184-room hotel that includes 20 suites in nine configurations.
According to the company, The Ludlow, set to open in June, will be elegant and comfortable, but with artful rough edges and personal quirks, conjuring the area's vivid history, from the "Gangs of New York" era to Jewish immigration to the wild art and music of the '80s. In addition, The Ludlow will aim to connect to today's Lower East Side.
The Ludlow's restaurant, Dirty French, will be the first French restaurant from Major Food Group, whose eateries include Torrisi, Parm, Carbone and ZZ's Clam Bar. Dirty French will feature rebooted Gallic classics. Major Food Group partners Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi and Jeff Zalaznick will oversee the restaurant.
Housed in a formerly derelict building that had been abandoned by its original developers after the financial crash, The Ludlow features a solid brick façade and factory casement windows. In the lobby, steel-and-glass doors will open to oak-paneled walls and marble mosaic floors. A distressed-limestone fireplace will dominate the lobby lounge, according to the company. On the ground floor, windows and glass walls will offer clear views from the Ludlow St. entrance straight through to the bluestone-paved back courtyard.
Guestrooms will feature furniture and artisan touches hand-picked by MacPherson. Hardwood floors and handmade silk rugs will complement artisan-crafted Moroccan pendant lamps and Indo-Portuguese style beds. Other elements will include "Tree-trunk" nightstands in petrified wood from Brooklyn-based Organic Modernism, a marble-topped bistro table, Bellini sheets from Italy and new, exclusive bath products from Red Flower. Locally sourced minibar offerings from some of New York's favorite hometown purveyors will include healthful options.
Full bathrooms with rainshower heads will be standard, but many rooms also will offer soaking tubs. All bathrooms will have black-and-white tilework and brass fixtures.
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During his 2010 campaign, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., called his Tea Party-backed Republican challenger, Sharron Angle, "a foreign worker's best friend."
In a recent news conference, President Obama gave his support to the anti-China campaign, declaring that China "has been very aggressive in gaming the trading system to its advantage," adding that "we can and should take action against countries that are keeping their currencies undervalued ... (and) that, above all, means China."
Republican 2012 presidential candidates have also jumped on the anti-China bandwagon.
Mitt Romney wrote: "If I am fortunate enough to be elected president, I will work to fundamentally alter our economic relationship with China. ... I will begin on Day One by designating China as the currency manipulator it is."
Former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., was even more challenging, saying, "I want to go to war with China."
Let's look at the magnitude of our trade with China. An excellent place to start is a recent publication (8/8/2011) by Galina Hale and Bart Hobijn, two economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, titled "The U.S. Content of 'Made in China.'"
One of the several questions they ask is: What is the fraction of U.S. consumer spending for goods made in China? Their data sources are the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Hale and Hobijn find that the vast majority of goods and services sold in the United States are produced here.
In 2010, total imports were about 16 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, and of that, 2.5% came from China.
A total of 88.5% of U.S. consumer spending is on items made in the United States, the bulk of which are domestically produced services — such as medical care, housing, transportation, etc. — which make up about two-thirds of spending.
Chinese goods account for 2.7% of U.S. personal consumption expenditures, about one-quarter of the 11.5% foreign share.
Chinese imported goods consist mainly of furniture and household equipment; other durables; and clothing and shoes.
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It's crunch time for President Barack Obama. President Lyndon Johnson once said: "Being President is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but stand there and take it."
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NHTSA should hold off on a DSRC mandate until spectrum questions are resolved.
A collection of essays making the case for the progressive power of innovation and the digital economy in enabling societies to cope with new challenges.
Conventional economics provides an increasingly poor guide for economic policy and should be replaced by an evolutionary economics framework.
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In a chapter for the new book Practicing Sustainability, Rob Atkinson wrote about sustainability from an innovation economics perspective.
"Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage." This new book delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way and the United States is running the risk of losing.
Daniel Castro contributed a chapter titled "U.S. Federal Cybersecurity Policy" in the book "Cybersecurity: Public Sector Threats and Responses."
Rob Atkinson contributed a chapter titled chapter "Who's Who in Internet Politics" for the book "The Next Digital Decade: Essays on the Future of the Internet."
Supply-Side Follies: Why Conservative Economics Fails, Liberal Economics Falters, and Innovation Economics is the Answer
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Posted by: Joe Gallenstein on December 1, 2012 at 09:08am
The Northern Kentucky chapter of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth was honored as the 'Charity of the Month' at Lucky Duck Pub on November 28th. The charity of the month is a non-profit working in the area that the restaurant will donate 10 percent of all sales from the day to.
The chapter worked hard to spread the word about the event, and a dozen members came out to show their support both for the local business and their chapter. Members enjoyed conversations with each other, live music, games, and talking to other patrons about the work KFTC is doing in Northern Kentucky.
The event ended up raising $180, and the chapter recruited 5 new members! The chapter looks forward to being the charity of the month again sometime in the new year.
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Rust on Grille of Outside Condenser Unit (photos)
I live in Florida and my A/C unit is about 15 years old. It still works fine but the outside condenser unit has become a real eyesore. The grille over it is covered with rust. It originally had a plastic coating around/over all of the wires that apparently didn't last in the Florida sun. The plastic coating dried, cracked and peeled away leaving exposed metal underneath to rust. Can I remove the wire grille, brush it down with a wire brush to remove the remaining plastic coating bits and paint it with Rustoleum Cold Galvanizing Compound Spray? Is there a better solution? Even though this old girl looks as rusty as can be, all of the rust is on the grille. Thanks!
just curious. what brand outside condenser?
do you live in a coastal or inland environment?
I personally think you are wasting your time.
But if this eyesore is a concern, then check with an AC supply house about a new replacement fan cover grill. The rust may be holding the grill together.
The brand is Carrier.
I live exactly five miles inland from the beach. (You may consider that "coastal"!)
If this were hidden around the back of the house, I would agree about the time but in my neighborhood, all A/C units are on the side of the house and my neighbor's front door, which sits at an angle on their house, facing my house, faces right at this. The unit can also see it as you are driving down the street. Unfortunately, it is on the side from which most traffic approaches. So got to do something about it.
So I could purchase a new cover grill? That may be a better idea. You are right that the rust may be the last remaining threads of strength. I will have to shop. Would appreciate any online recommendations of supply houses.
the grill on the top of the unit holds the condenser fan motor so the rust is not the only thing holding it together. yoy can remove the grill and remove the fan motor and sand and paint the grill (be sure to turn the power off to the unit) Once you have the top grill removed the one for the sides is easily removed by taking out a couple screws and lifting the sheet metal top up. The only thing holding the side grill on is it is wedged between the top and bottom sheet metal. Reassembly of the side grill is usually a little difficult an extra pair of hands is usually necessary to get everything lined up correctly. If you want a new replacement grill it will have to be one made by carrier for that exact unit. Take the model number to the local carrier dealer and have them order you a new one.


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LCMH continues to experience an influx in patients having the flu and flu-like symptoms. Potential visitors who feel ill or are experiencing upper respiratory problems are asked to stay home. Only two visitors per patient are allowed at any one time. Children under the age of 18 are not permitted in patient areas. The Family Birth Center and Pediatric Units are restricting siblings from visiting, as these young patients are at greater risk of complications due to the flu.
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The Pallas's reed bunting (Emberiza pallasi) (also known as Pallas's bunting) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.
It breeds across northern and central Asia across to Mongolia. It is a migrant, which winters in south east Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, but has occurred as far west as Great Britain.
English comedian Bill Oddie identified the first bird in Britain.[citation needed]
It is common in tundra scrub by water, and also breeds in drier open areas such as open larch forest.
The Pallas's reed bunting is a small passerine bird, similar to a small reed bunting. It has a small seed-eater's bill. The male has a black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts, and a heavily streaked grey back (reed bunting has a browner back). The female is much duller, with a streaked brown head. It is less streaked below than female reed bunting.
The song of the cock is a repetitive sherp.
Its natural food consists of insects when feeding young, and otherwise seeds. The nest is in a bush. 2-5 eggs are laid, which show the hair-like markings characteristic of those of buntings.
This bird is named after the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Emberiza pallasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T Inc. on Wednesday posted lower net income for the latest quarter due to cheaper cellphone plans it introduced as a response to aggressive pricing from smaller competitor T-Mobile US.
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Apple to distribute another $2.5 billion to shareholders via Thursday dividendApple will pay shareholders its second dividend in 17 years tomorrow, distributing roughly $2.5 billion in $2.65 per share across the company's 935 million outstanding shares.
Flush with billions in cash it simply can't spend fast enough, Apple first announced plans for a dividend program in March, alongside a $10 billion share buyback program. Each quarter, the company stated it will pay its shareholders a $2.65 per share dividend. Shareholders of record will receive dividend payments tomorrow, November 15th.
Apple's chief executive Tim Cook noted that the company has "used some of our cash to make great investments in our business through increased research and development, acquisitions, new retail store openings, strategic prepayments and capital expenditures in our supply chain, and building out our infrastructure. Youll see more of all of these in the future.
Even with these investments," he added, "we can maintain a war chest for strategic opportunities and have plenty of cash to run our business. So we are going to initiate a dividend and share repurchase program."
Can't spend fast enough to make a dent
Over the next three years, Apple has stated that its buyback and dividend plans will distribute $45 billion from its cash pile, with quarterly dividends handing out $2.5 billion per quarter.
Apple is earning new cash faster than it is paying out in dividends however, so its $2.5 billion in quarterly dividend payments has not reduced Apple's cash hoard over the past two quarters.
In the company's June quarter, Apple announced the accumulation of an additional $7 billion in cash, while in its most recent earnings report, it announced having piled up another $4.2 billion, leaving it with $121.4 billion in cash at the end of its fiscal 2012 as reported in October.
Apple will continue paying new quarterly dividends about a month and a half after the end of each subsequent quarter. A dividend equivalent will also be paid to holders of Apple's restricted shares, although Cook declined to collect dividend payments for the 1.125 million shares of restricted stock he has been granted, which would otherwise be worth over $75 million.
The company's current dividend payment rate is quite modest when compared to its current and future cash position. At the same time, Apple's $2.5 billion in quarterly dividend payments makes it one of the highest dividend payers in the U.S.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new study of nursing homes in southern California found a drug-resistant and potentially deadly skin infection in 20 out of 22 facilities tested.
Researchers say the findings point to the need for more attention to the spread of drug-resistant infections, such as community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Community-associated strains initiate in the general outside world instead of a hospital or other health care setting.
The strain of MRSA in question can lead to bloodstream infections, abscesses and pneumonia, and those in nursing homes are especially susceptible.
"Community-type strains first arose among healthy community members without exposure to the health care system and have steadily infiltrated many hospitals," study author Courtney Murphy said in a news release from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
"We believe these at-risk facilities could benefit from further infection control interventions, such as enhanced environmental cleaning or skin decolonization," Murphy said. Until now, research into the spread of MRSA has focused on hospitals, not nursing homes, the news release added.
Because nursing homes encourage socializing, the measures needed to combat MRSA infection may differ from those used by hospitals.
In the study, published in the March issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, researchers from University of California, Irvine, tested residents of 22 Orange County nursing homes between 2008 and 2011. At each facility, they swabbed the noses of 100 residents and as many as 100 new admissions.
Of those with MRSA, one-quarter had the community-acquired strain. It was more common in nursing homes with a greater number of patients younger than 65. This may be because younger people are more active and more likely to be exposed to MRSA in places like gyms, m
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