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This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/591,928, filed Nov. 2, 2006, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/056,571, filed Feb. 11, 2005 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,379,227), which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/966,843, filed Sep. 28, 2001 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,867,896), which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/056,975, filed Apr. 8, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,674,562).
The disclosures of all of the above-referenced prior applications, publications, and patents are considered part of the disclosure of this application, and are incorporated by reference herein. Moreover, the following patents and applications are also incorporated herein by reference: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/238,750, filed May 5, 1994 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,835,255); U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/554,630, filed Nov. 6, 1995 (now abandoned); and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/769,947, filed Dec. 19, 1996 (now abandoned).
This invention relates to interferometric modulation.
Interference modulators (IMods) are a broad class of devices that modulate incident light by the manipulation of admittance via the modification of the device's interferometric characteristics. Applications for such devices include displays, optical processing, and optical information storage.
The parent application describes two kinds of structures whose impedance, the reciprocal of admittance, can be actively modified so that they can modulate light. One scheme is a deformable cavity whose optical properties can be altered by electrostatic deformation of one of the cavity walls. The composition and thickness of these walls, which consist of layers of dielectric, semiconductor, or metallic films, allows for a variety of modulator designs exhibiting different optical responses to applied voltages.
One such design includes a filter described as a hybrid filter which has a narrow bandpass filter and an induced absorber. When the wall associated with the hybrid filter is brought into contact with a reflector, incident light of a certain range is absorbed. This occurs because the induced absorber matches the impedance of the reflector to that of the incident medium for the range of frequencies passed by the narrow-band filter.
In general, in one aspect, the invention features an interferometric modulator comprising a cavity defined by two walls. At least two arms connect the two walls to permit motion of the walls relative to each other. The two arms are configured and attached to a first one of the walls in a manner that enables mechanical stress in the first wall to be relieved by motion of the first wall essentially within the plane of the first wall.
Implementations of the invention may include one or more of the following features. The motion of the first wall may be rotational. Each of the arms has two ends, one of the ends attached to the first wall and a second end that is attached at a point that is fixed relative to a second one of the walls. The point of attachment of the second end is offset, with reference to an axis that is perpendicular to the first wall, from the end that is attached to the second wall. The first wall has two essentially straight edges and one end of each of the arms is attached at the middle of one of the edges or at the end of one of the edges. A third arm and a fourth arm also each connects the two walls. The arms define a pinwheel configuration. The lengths, thicknesses and positions of connection to the first wall of the arms may be configured to achieve a desired spring constant.
In general, in another aspect, the invention features an array of interferometric modulators. Each of the interferometric modulators has a cavity defined by two walls and at least two arms connecting the two walls to permit motion of the walls relative to each other. The walls and arms of different ones of the modulators are configured to achieve different spring constants associated with motion of the walls relative to each other.
In general, in another aspect, the invention features a method of fabricating an interferometric modulator, in which two walls of a cavity are formed, connected by at least two arms. After the forming, a first one of the walls is permitted to move in the plane of the first wall relative to the arms to relieve mechanical stress in the first wall.
In general, in another aspect, the invention features an interferometric modulator comprising three walls that are generally parallel to one another. The walls are supported for movement of at least one of the walls relative to the other two. Control circuitry drives at least one of the walls to discrete positions representing three discrete states of operation of the modulator.
Implementations of the invention may include one or more of the following features. In one of the three discrete states, there is a gap between the first and a second of the two walls and a gap between the second and a third of the two walls. In a second of the three discrete states, there is a gap between the first and the second of the two walls and no gap between the second and the third of the two walls. In the third of the three discrete states, there is no gap between the first and the second of the two walls and no gap between the second and the third of the two walls. Each membrane includes a combination of dielectric, metallic, or semiconducting films.
In general, in another aspect, an interference modulator includes a cavity defined by two walls that are movable relative to one another to and from a contact position in which the two walls are essentially adjacent to one another. Spacers are mounted to form part of one of the walls to reduce the surface area over which the two walls touch in the contact position.
Implementations of the invention may include one or more of the following features. The spacers comprise electrodes and conductors feed current to the electrodes.
In general, in another aspect, the invention features an interference modulator comprising a cavity defined by two walls that are separated by a fluid-filled gap. The walls are movable relative to each other to change the volume of the gap. An aperture (e.g., a round hole in the center) in one of the walls is configured to control the damping effect of fluid moving into or out of the gap as the volume of the gap changes. In implementations of the invention, the aperture comprises a round hole in the center of the wall.
In general, in another aspect, the invention features an interference modulator comprising at least two walls that are movable relative to each other to define a cavity between them. The relative positions of the walls define two modes, one in which the modulator reflects incident light and appears white and another in which the modulator absorbs incident light and appears black. In implementations, one of the walls may include a sandwich of a dielectric between metals, and the other of the walls may comprise a dielectric.
In general, in another aspect, the invention features an interferometric modulator comprising a cavity defined by two walls with at least two arms connecting the two walls to permit motion of the walls relative to each other. The response time of the modulator is controlled to a predetermined value by a combination of at least two of: the lengths of the arms, the thickness of one of the walls, the thickness of the arms, the presence and dimensions of damping holes, and the ambient gas pressure in the vicinity of the modulator.
In general, in another aspect, the invention features an interferometric modulator comprising a cavity defined by two walls, at least two arms connecting the two walls to permit motion of the walls relative to each. The modulator includes a charge deposition mitigating device includes at least one of actuation rails or the application of alternating polarity drive voltages.
In general, in another aspect, the invention features an interferometric modulator comprising a cavity defined by two walls held by a support comprising two materials such that the electrical or mechanical properties of the mechanical support differ at different locations in a cross-section of the mechanical support.
Implementations of the invention may include one or more of the following features. The support may include a laminate of two or more discrete materials or a gradient of two or more materials. The two materials exhibit respectively different and complementary electrical, mechanical, or optical properties.
In general, in another aspect, the invention features, a method for use in fabricating a microelectromechanical structure, comprising using a gas phase etchant to remove a deposited sacrificial layer. In implementations of the invention, the MEMS may include an interference modulator in which a wall of the modulator is formed on the substrate and the gas phase etchant may remove the sacrificial layer from between the wall and the substrate. The gas phase etchant may include one of the following: XeF2, BrF3, ClF3, BrF5, or IF5.
In general, in another aspect, the invention features a method of making arrays of MEMS (e.g., interference modulators) on a production line. Electronic features are formed on a surface of a glass or plastic substrate that is at least as large as 14″.times.16″, and electromechanical structures are micromachined on the substrate. In implementations of the invention, the steps of forming the electronic features overlap (or do not overlap) with steps of micromachining the structures.
Other advantages and features will become apparent from the following description and from the claims.
The optical impedance, the reciprocal of admittance, of an IMod can be actively modified so that it can modulate light.
One way of doing this (some aspects of which are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/238,750 filed May 5, 1994, and incorporated by reference) is by a deformable cavity whose optical properties can be altered by deformation, electrostatically or otherwise, of one or both of the cavity walls. The composition and thickness of these walls, which comprise layers of dielectric, semiconductor, or metallic films, allow for a variety of modulator designs exhibiting different optical responses to applied voltages. This scheme can be considered a form of microelectromechanical structure/system (MEMS).
Another way of actively modifying the impedance of an IMod (some aspects of which are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/554,630, filed Nov. 6, 1995, and incorporated by reference) relies on an induced absorber to regulate the optical response. Such an IMod may operate in reflective mode and can be fabricated simply and on a variety of substrates.
Both the deformable and induced absorber schemes typically work in a binary mode, residing in one of two states, or an analog or tunable mode, residing in one of a continuous range of states. The difference between these two modes is based primarily on the mechanical design of the IMod structure.
Some applications could use a multi-state IMod that can reside in more than two states based on its mechanics and structure. A multi-state IMod can offer several advantages from both an optical performance and digital driving perspective.
Structural components in MEMS may exhibit residual film stress, the tendency of a deposited film, say of aluminum, to either shrink and crack (tensile stress) or push outward and buckle (compressive stress). A variety of factors contribute to the nature and magnitude of this stress. They include parameters of the deposition process as well as the temperature of the substrate during the deposition.
Control of this stress determines, in part, the forces required to actuate the structures as well as the final shapes of the structures. For example, a self-supporting membrane with very high residual stress may require prohibitively high driving voltages to actuate. The same membrane also may twist or warp due to these forces.
Actuation voltage, electromechanical behavior, and final shape are important characteristics of IMods. Some device applications exploit the electromechanical properties. Large area displays, for example, can take advantage of the inherent hysteresis of these structures in order to provide "memory" at the pixel location. However this requires that the IMods in a given array behave in a nearly identical fashion. Since their behavior is determined by the mechanical properties of the materials, among them residual stress, the films must be deposited with great consistency over the area of the display. This is not always readily attainable.
This twist is illustrated for a tensile case in
The other consequence of this relief is that stress no longer contributes, or contributes much less, to the electromechanical behavior of the device. Device characteristics such as voltage and resonant frequency are thus determined primarily by factors such as modulus of elasticity and film thickness. Both of these characteristics are more easily controlled during deposition.
Referring again to
Referring again to
One method of optimizing damping is to provide a damping hole through the body of the membrane. The hole serves to provide a supplementary path for the air during the motion of the membrane. The force required to displace and replace the air is thus lessened, and the effect of damping reduced. Thus choosing the size of the hole during manufacture provides a mechanism for manipulating the amount of damping the IMod experiences, and therefore its response time. Stiction bumps, 108, can also assist in minimizing damping. They do so by maintaining a finite distance between the membrane and substrate so that there is a path for airflow, between the membrane and the substrate, when the membrane is fully actuated.
Another method for optimizing damping relies on control of the ambient gas pressure. Any IMod device, as described in previous patent applications, will be packaged in a container that provides a hermetic seal, using an inert gas. This prevents the introduction of both particulate contaminants as well as water vapor, both of which can degrade the performance of the IMod over time. The pressure of this gas has a direct bearing on the amount of damping that the packaged devices will experience. Thus, the damping, and response time, may also be optimized by determining the ambient gas pressure within the packaging during manufacture.
A key metric of performance in a reflective flat panel display is its brightness. Most of these displays achieve color spatially, that is each pixel is divided into three sub-pixels corresponding to the colors red, blue, and green. White is achieved by maximizing the brightness of all three sub-pixels. Unfortunately, since each sub-pixel utilizes only about ⅓ of the light incident upon it, the overall brightness of the white state can be low.
This can be resolved by utilizing a sub-pixel structure that is capable of directly achieving a white state, in addition to a particular color. In this fashion, the overall brightness of the display can be increased because a sub-pixel in a white state utilizes a significantly higher fraction of the light incident upon it. The IMod design described in patent application Ser. No. 08/554,630 is capable of reflecting either a particular color or exhibiting a "black" or absorbing state. This design can be modified to include alternative states.
The three possible mechanical states, and associated dimensions, are illustrated in
Like all IMods, this design exhibits electromechanical hysteresis, though it is more complicated than an IMod with only two states. There is a minimum voltage which, when applied, is sufficient to keep one or both membranes in a driven or actuated state despite the mechanical forces which seek to return them to their relaxed positions.
Another issue that can be encountered in movable membrane structures is that of charge deposition, a phenomenon illustrated in
This condition can be resolved by applying alternating voltages to the structure. That is, for every intended actuation, change the polarity of the voltage that is applied such that the deposited charge is canceled out or actually exploited.
Electrical shorts are another concern for these devices. Referring again to
Another issue that complicates the fabrication of a display based on IMods is the manufacturing of a full-color display. Since different colors in an IMod are achieved by the undriven spacing of the IMod, an array with three different colors will have subarrays of IMods with three different gap sizes. Consequently, there will be three different electromechanical responses for the driving electronics to contend with. The damping holes are one technique for compensating for the variation in electromechanical response from color to color.
Another technique is to vary the thickness of either the membrane, in the double clamped IMod, or the tether thickness in the tether supported IMod. The latter technique is illustrated in
In the tether supported IMod, the spring constant could be determined by lengths of the tether arms. A longer tether results in a lower spring constant and a shorter tether produces a higher constant. This could be accomplished, in the same amount of total device space, by varying the position along the edge of the movable membrane to which the tether is attached. Thus, a tether connected to the center of the membrane edge would have a lower (a higher) than one connected to the nearer (the farther) end, respectively.
The concept of decoupling the optical properties of the movable membrane from the structural properties was discussed in the previous patent application. The fundamental idea is to fabricate a structure with separate elements designed and optimized to provide the required mechanical and structural characteristics and, independently, the required optical properties.
The general fabrication process described in the previous patent applications relies on the concept of surface micromachining, where a sacrificial layer is deposited, a structure is formed on top of it, and the sacrificial layer is etched away. One etch chemistry of particular interest utilizes a gas-phase etchant to remove the sacrificial layer. Candidates include gases known as XeF2, BrF3, ClF3, BrF5, and IF5. These gases have the advantageous property of etching materials such as silicon and tungsten spontaneously, and without the need for a plasma to activate the etch process. Because it is a gas phase etch, as opposed to a wet etch, the sacrificial etch step is much less complicated and provides additional flexibility in the kinds of structural materials which may be used. Furthermore it facilitates the fabrication of more elaborate devices with complex internal structures.
Display applications, in general, require the ability to fabricate on relatively large substrates. While many finished display devices can be smaller than 1 square inch, most direct view displays start at several square inches and can be as large as several hundred square inches or larger. Additionally, these displays utilize glass or plastic substrates that are not found in traditional semiconductor manufacturing plants. MEMS, which are primarily both silicon based and fabricated on silicon substrates, have been historically fabricated in semiconductor type facilities. However the need to fabricate large arrays of MEM devices on large substrates, a need which is exemplified by an IMod based display, cannot be served using traditional semiconductor manufacturing practices or facilities.
Alternatively, there exists a large and growing base of facilities that could also be applied to the manufacture of large arrays of IMods and other MEMS. This manufacturing base comprises facilities and factories that are currently used to manufacture Active Matrix LCDs. The book "Liquid Crystal Flat Panel Displays", by William C. O'Mara, is incorporated herein by reference. These facilities are appropriate because the bulk of the fabrication process is related to the active matrix component, i.e. the thin film transistor (TFT) array that drives the LCD.
While there exist a variety of TFT fabrication processes, they all share several components which make them amenable to the fabrication of large area surface micromachined MEMS. First, the substrate of choice is glass or plastic, which is readily available in large sized formats. In addition, key materials deposited include silicon, tungsten, molybdenum, and tantalum, all of which are suitable sacrificial materials for gas phase etchants, as well as tantalum pentoxide, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, and aluminum, which are suitable optical, insulating, structural, optical, and conducting materials. In general, all photolithography, process tooling, and testing are oriented towards large arrays and large area devices. Finally, the process for fabricating the TFTs can be utilized to fabricate electronics in conjunction with the MEM devices in order to provide driver circuitry and intelligent logic functions. Thus in conjunction with the gas phase etch, Active Matrix LCD fabs and their associated processes provide a readily usable manufacturing vehicle for IMod based displays in particular, and large area (at least as large of 14″×16″) MEM devices in general.
Two general approaches for fabricating TFTs and IMods or other MEM devices can be described as decoupled and overlapping. In the former the requisite TFT based circuitry is fabricated first, and then the IMods are fabricated subsequently. A more efficient approach is to fabricate the TFT array and the IMod array in a way that allows the sharing or overlapping of steps in each process. A representative TFT process sequence is shown in the following:
1. Deposit gate metal (molybdenum or tantalum for example).
2. Pattern gate metal.
3. Deposit insulator and amorphous silicon.
4. Pattern insulator and silicon.
5. Deposit display electrode (aluminum for example).
6. Pattern display electrode.
7. Deposit source/drain/signal line metal (aluminum).
8. Pattern source/drain/signal line.
9. Pattern silicon.
10. Deposit passivation film.
A representative IMod process sequence is shown in the following:
1. Deposit dielectric/primary mirror (molybdenum or tantalum for primary mirror).
2. Pattern primary mirror.
3. Deposit insulator and amorphous silicon.
4. Pattern insulator and silicon.
5. Deposit secondary mirror (aluminum)
6. Pattern secondary mirror.
7. Etch sacrificial material (silicon).
Comparison of these two process sequences reveals that steps 1-6 are functional equivalents on a fundamental level and, obviously, located at the same place in their respective sequences. This similarity benefits both the decoupled and overlapping processes in several ways. First, similarity in materials minimizes the total number of dedicated deposition tools required, as well as the number of etchant chemistries. Second, identical location of equivalent steps streamlines the overall process flow. Finally, for an overlapping process, some of the steps can be shared. The consequence of this is an overall reduction in the total number of process steps required to fabricate both the IMod array and the TFT circuitry, reducing both complexity and cost. In general the process and facilities for manufacturing the active matrix component of the AMLCD would appear to be ideally suited for IMod fabrication.
Any thin film, medium, or substrate (which can be considered a thick film) can be defined in terms of a characteristic optical admittance. By considering only the reflectance, the operation of a thin film can be studied by treating it as an admittance transformer. That is, a think film or combination of thin films (the transformer) can alter the characteristic admittance of another thin film or substrate (the transformed film) upon which it is deposited. In this fashion a normally reflective film or substrate may have it's characteristic admittance altered (i.e., transformed) in such a way that its reflectivity is enhanced and/or degraded by the deposition of, or contact with, a transformer. In general there is always reflection at the interface between any combination of films, mediums, or substrates. The closer the admittance of the two, the lower the reflectance at the interface, to the point where the reflectance is zero when the admittances are matched.
Referring to
The ability to alter the thickness T of spacer 802 allows the optical characteristics of the entire structure to be modified. Referring to
Proper selection of materials thus allows for the fabrication of pixels which can switch from reflecting any color (or combination of colors) to absorbing (e.g., blue to black), or from reflecting any color combination to any other color (e.g., white to red). Referring to
Referring to
Optical compensation mechanism 1608 serves two functions in this display. The first is that of mitigating or eliminating the shift in reflected color with respect to the angle of incidence. This is a characteristic of all interference films and can be compensated for by using films with specifically tailored refractive indices or holographic properties, as well as films containing micro-optics; other ways may also be possible. The second function is to supply a supplemental frontlighting source. In this way, additional light can be added to the front of the display when ambient lighting conditions have significantly diminished thus allowing the display to perform in conditions ranging from intense brightness to total darkness. Such a frontlight could be fabricated using patterned organic emitters or edge lighting source coupled to a micro-optic array within the optical compensation film; other ways may also be possible.
The general process for fabrication of the devices is set forth in the parent patent application. Additional details of two alternative ways to fabricate spacers with different sizes are as follows; other ways may also be possible.
Both alternative processes involve the iterative deposition and patterning of a sacrificial spacer material which, in the final step of the larger process is, etched away to form an air-gap.
Referring to
Referring to
For example, the spacer material need not ultimately be etched away but may remain instead a part of the finished device. In this fashion, and using the previously described patterning techniques, arbitrary patterns may be fabricated instead of arrays of simple pixels. Full color static graphical images may thus be rendered in a method which is analogous to a conventional printing process. In conventional printing, an image is broken up into color separations which are basically monochrome graphical subsets of the image, which correspond to the different colors represented, i.e., a red separation, a blue separation, a green separation, and a black separation. The full-color image is produced by printing each separation using a different colored ink on the same area.
Alternatively, in a process which we will call "Iridescent Printing", the different separations are composed of layers of thin films which correspond to the IMod design described here and those in the referenced patent. Patterning or printing a combination of colors or separations on the same area, allows for brilliant full-color images to be produced.
Referring to
Alternatively, a simpler process can be obtained if only the induced absorber design is used. In this process, the entire substrate is first coated with the induced absorber stack. Subsequent steps are then used to pattern the spacer material only, using the aforementioned techniques. After the desired spacers, i.e., colors are defined, a final deposition of a reflector is performed.
The brightness of different colors can be altered by varying the amount of black interspersed with the particular color, i.e., spatial dithering. The images also exhibit the pleasing shift of color with respect to viewing angle known as iridescence.
In another example, a reflective flat panel display may also be fabricated using a single kind of pixel instead of three. Multiple colors, in this case, are obtained through fabricating the pixels in the form of continuously tunable or analog interferometric modulators as described in the parent patent application. In this fashion, any individual pixel may, by the application of the appropriate voltage, be tuned to reflect any specific color. This would require that the array be fabricated on a substrate along with electronic circuitry, or directly on the surface of an integrated circuit, in order to provide a charge storage mechanism. This approach, though it requires a more complicated driving scheme relying on analog voltages, provides superior resolution. It would also find application in a projection system.
Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.
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|Chicken coop proves beaver proof- people proof too
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Two men, who, according to reports, were attempting to steal chickens in Crossnore, ran into an unusual dilemma.According to Avery County Sheriff Kevin Frye
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|"Help" From Brother Drawing Scrutiny
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Attention that started with the Watauga Board of Elections controversy over agendas and documents prepared before the first meeting of the new board last month has now gotten more scrutiny of the relationship of the board of elections chairman and the role possibly played by his brother
—the attorney for the Watauga Board of Commissioners. The Winston-Salem Journal reported over the weekend that "digital thumbprints" discovered by the paper on resolutions approved in party line votes by the Watauga County Board of Elections show that the 'author' of those resolutions "is not the county elections director or board members, but came from Stacy Clyde Eggers IV," with the computer on which the documents were written said to belong to the law firm of Eggers, Eggers, Eggers & Eggers, according to the Journal. Stacy Eggers IV, known as "Four," is the brother of Luke Eggers, the elections board chairman who came under fire even before his election to the chairmanship was official. News reports indicated that Stacy Eggers IV had been the local Republican Party's first choice for the opening on the Board of Elections, but Josh Howard, the Republican chairman of the N.C. State Board of Elections, told the paper, "I don't think he can do both jobs because the county attorney often has to advise the county board of elections." The Journal article goes on to say that Four Eggers revealed to them in an interview that he played a key role in crafting "what critics view as an effort to thwart students at Appalachian State University from voting, to muzzle public comments at elections board meetings by requiring that they be submitted in writing, and to neuter the ability of Jane Hodges, the elections director, to offer advice at public meetings." The Paper went on to say that "actions taken by the board's two GOP members, Luke Eggers and Bill Aceto, in the board's public meetings are largely prepackaged by Four Eggers," and that Four Eggers' behind-the-scenes role "makes a sham of what should be an open and transparent democratic process at board meetings." Stella Anderson, a Democrat and the former chairwoman of the elections board told the paper, "He can't act as his brother or his friend or his adviser without simultaneously acknowledging that he's always acting as county attorney." While the Journal article contains lots of details of the digital fingerprints on the documents created for the first meeting of the new Board of Elections, Democratic board member Kathleen Campbell spoke prominently about the apparent improper meeting that led to the documents and to the agenda, neither made available to her prior to the meeting.
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Hmmmm...taking emergency transmitters out of aircraft that seem to be catching on fire a lot...penny wise?
According the the AAIB report there are approximately 6,000 similar beacons in use across the world. These are not just limited to the 787.
Investigators have yet to reach firm conclusions over the source of the fire. But the area of greatest heat damage, in the rear fuselage crown, "coincides" with the ELT's internal mounting location and associated wiring, says the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
Although the 787 was plugged into a ground power source, with umbilical cables, the stand's power had been switched off - a status visually confirmed by an engineer in the cockpit before he vacated the jet.
"There are no other aircraft systems in this vicinity [of the ELT] which, with the aircraft unpowered, contain stored energy capable of initiating a fire in the area of heat damage," says the inquiry.
Firefighters summoned to the 787 sprayed the aircraft with water and foam, and unplugged the umbilical cables as a precaution. They entered through a forward left-hand passenger door, encountering thick smoke, and saw signs of fire above rear ceiling panels in the cabin.
Attempts to tackle it with a handheld halon extinguisher were unsuccessful, so a ceiling panel was moved and the fire was put out with water hoses.
"Had this event occurred in flight it could pose a significant safety concern and raise challenges for the cabin crew in tackling the resulting fire," says the AAIB.
Honeywell's Rescu406AFN transmitter, which contains lithium-manganese dioxide batteries, has become the focus of the probe.
The company has manufactured around 6,000 units of the same design but the AAIB points out that the incident appears "extremely rare", with the 787 fire the "only significant thermal event" involving the 406MHz device.
Examination of the ELT indicates a degree of "disruption" to the battery cells, but it adds: "It is not clear, however, whether the combustion in the area of the ELT was initiated by a release of energy within the batteries or by an external mechanism such as an electrical short.
"In the case of an electrical short, the same batteries could provide the energy for an ignition and suffer damage in the subsequent fire."
The 787 sustained extensive heat damage in the upper part of its rear fuselage and significant thermal effects on the insulation and composite aircraft structure.
do they reccommend zlso that the 787s only catch fire on the ground, at the gate, where they can easially be located?
Let's see... the fire is blamed on the ELT unit supplied by a third party. Yet the recommendation is to allow over 5900 of these ELT units to continue in service on other types of airplanes but to "make inert" only those installed on 787's. That makes perfect sense ! :0
Fires on the 787 are becoming as big a problem as cargo door fails did on the DC10, fortunately without the loss of life. The DC10 went on to become a highly reliable plane, and I'm sure the 787 will as well, Boeing just needs to do some serious damage control. This is coming from an Airbus fan, but the 787 is a beautiful bird.
thank god it's not lithium batteries, this plane is great, il'll be a big succes, long life to Boeing,
Can someone explain the logic of the removal for just the 787?
The same ELT with the same battery are used in many other aircraft, why are they just removing it from the 787. If the unit is unsafe in the 787 it is unsafe for all aircraft.
Fires on plastic aircraft is not a comforting thought. I think that they need to find out what exactly happened and why before taking a piece of safety equipment out of service. Especially on aircraft that fly long distances over water.
They do not know if it was the ELT itself or possibly wiring near the ELT that started the fire, the FAA is going to be issuing an AD soon to inspect the ELT battery and any wiring around the ELT. Also, for fyi, ELT's are not required to be on any commercial aircraft.
Man...the 787 & Boeing is in an unfortunate tailpin! Personally I believe in the "Dreamliner"! She will be the in the forefront of aviation once the "hiccups" go away. She will prevail!
Investigators acknowledged that the Honeywell ELT model is fitted in a wide range of planes and previously had experienced no similar issues.
And why the first one has to be on Dreamliner it's to much coincidence?????????
Rather than disable, why nit install an "on and off" switch ... During take off and flight, it's on .. after landing it's off
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is the standard for locally advanced breast cancer and for large operable breast cancer. A pathological complete response rate of 15-20% after neoadjuvant chemotherapy is reported in most series. Breast cancer patients who achieve a pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy have been reported to have an excellent outcome. The optimal local treatment for these patients is not well defined. Despite their favorable prognosis, 10-20% of patients with a pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy will experience a recurrentce of breast cancer. The study investigates the value of radiation therapy in a large cohort of breast cancer patients who achieve pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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Increased breast health awareness has led to earlier stage distribution among breast cancer patients in the United States. However, locally advanced tumors remain a major source of morbidity and mortality. Early attempts to control this high-risk pattern of disease with surgery and radiation alone had disappointingly high rates of treatment failure in locoregional and metastatic sites. Multimodality strategies represent a major step forward in the management of these difficult cancers. Studies have shown that after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery, comprehensive radiation benefits both local control and survival for patient with clinical stage III breast cancer. Radiation should be considered for these patients regardless of their response to initial chemotherapy. Ongoing investigations of locally advanced breast cancer include a trial trying to define the optimal extent of locoregional irradiation in patients who experienced a strong response to neoadjuvant treatment.


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With the Clippers up 94-92, Dallas has one last shot with :08.1 remaining:
- The inbound goes to Jason Terry, guarded by Brevin Knight, then into Dirk Nowitzki between the elbow and the arc on the right side; he's guarded by Tim Thomas. Jerry Stackhouse is set up on the weak side perimeter. Chris Kaman is taking care of Brandon Bass down on the left block, and Cat Mobley is blanketing Eddie Jones along the baseline.
So it goes into Nowitzki, who is being played straight up by Thomas - who has done a stellar job defensively one-on-one against him. Dirk rocks, dribbles right, but isn't finding any daylight. For some inexplicable reason, Thornton has drifted from the weak side way, way, way off Stackhouse; Knight has left Terry, as well, to bother Nowitzki with a double-team. So Nowitzki passes it back out to Terry on the perimeter at :02.0. Thornton closes on him, but now there isn't anyone within ten feet of Stackhouse. Terry dishes it over to Stackhouse, who hits the wide open 3PA.
When you're leading by two and the other team has the ball for one last possession, under no circumstances should you ever send a double-team from the wing. Ever. If you feel that it's imperative to double Dirk Nowitzki from 15 feet, then you send a defender from the post. That way, worst case scenario, Dirk finds Brandon Bass on the block, Bass converts, and it's tied. But here, both perimeter defenders - Thornton and Knight - decide to move off their perimeter assignments.
The Clippers, after playing far and away their best game of the season, stick the fork in the toaster repeatedly down the stretch. Most notably, there's the preceding series, when the Clippers have the ball with a two point lead and :27.5 left:
- The goal here is to milk the clock. Barring an open shot inside of three feet, there's absolutely no reason the Clips force a FGA before about :05.0. Dallas isn't fouling. Knight holds out beyond the arc until about :15.5, when he gets a very high screen from Kaman. Knight takes the space and dribbles to the top of the key, where he's met by Nowitzki, who lost Kaman on the switch. Knight puts up a ball-fake, but knows better. He dishes it off to Thomas on the left wing with about :12.5. Thomas, guarded by Bass, dribbles left, then elevates for a contested 13-footer.
Brick. Nowitzki collects the rebound and calls time out with :08.1.
Devin Harris doesn't do much tonight, but watching him in the first quarter, I can't help feeling a pang of jealousy. The Clips had to choose between Harris and Shaun Livingston in the 2004 NBA Draft. I think it's fair to say that they landed a bust, while Harris - picked one spot later - has proven himself to be a bona fide NBA player. Though four inches shorter than Shaun, Harris has great vision of the court and the length to cover bigger guards - which he often has to do in Dallas' backcourt. Harris might be the best on-ball defender at the point, and he rarely misses a rotation. And he's a smart penetrator: He knows exactly what his incursion into the paint is going to yield for his teammates. When the defense shifts to respond, Harris knows what's available on the court.


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Describes research findings demonstrating that the immune system participates in the shaping of brain circuits during a child's development, a finding that may shed light on the origins of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Presents highlights of a meeting of scientists and clinicians to review research results from the field of social neuroscience, the study of how neurobiology and the social environment interact.
Reports on research showing that newborns whose mothers abused methamphetamine during pregnancy showed lower rates of fetal growth as compared with unexposed newborns.
Highlights the NIDA International Program which works to strengthen international research networks, creating opportunities for global research collaboration, training, and scientific exchange.
Reviews the changing lifespan of heroin abusers as compared with that of the general U.S. population based on 1962-1997 data.
Alerts readers to the new renamed journal, Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, formerly titled Science and Practice Perspectives.
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Carleton College recognizes that using tobacco products is harmful to the health of tobacco users and that exposure to second-hand smoke poses a health risk to non-smokers. The College complies with all applicable state and federal regulations pertaining to smoking.
The College acknowledges that smoking is a personal choice and that some students, faculty and staff choose to smoke.
The College is committed to providing educational programs to assist its students and employees in making healthy lifestyle choices.
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Smoking and the use of e-cigarettes is prohibited in all indoor public spaces, including but not limited to: all classrooms, lounges, bathrooms, vending areas, hallways, indoor athletic facilities, dining halls and social spaces such as Sayles-Hill "Great Space" and The Cave. Smoking and the use of e-cigarettes is also prohibited in private offices. There are designated smoking areas outdoors.
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Smoking and use of e-cigarettes is prohibited in all residential facilities including student rooms, restrooms, lounges, hallways, and stairwells.
All entrances, exits, ground floor windows, and areas around air intake vents of campus buildings are to be smoke free. To prevent the problem of building entryways from becoming smoke-filled, those who smoke must be at least 50 feet from the entrance. This policy is concurrent with Minnesota law.
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Students who violate any aspect of the smoking policy will receive a disciplinary sanction which may include removal from residential living or suspension from the college and a fine up to $200.
Minimum fines may include:
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- Second violation: $50 fine/per person and residential life probation
- Third violation: $200 fine/per person and possible removal from residential living
Any student found in violation of the Alcohol and Other Drugs Policy (e.g., marijuana) may also be found in violation of the smoking policy.
Smoking Policy adopted February 1996.
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Kate Middleton is not only the soon-to-be wife of Prince William; she's the soon-to-be wife of an entire country. In fact, she will probably be the "Queen of Hearts"of many of the British citizens, but we have to remember that it was Prince William who first said:
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|Crimestoppers Offers Reward in Tire, Wheel Theft
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Watauga County Crimestoppers is looking for information in the theft of wheels and tires from vehicles at Mack Brown Inc. from last week.
On August 29, 2012, eight tires and wheels were taken from vehicles parked in the lot at Mack Brown, Inc. Video shows a white dually pickup truck, possible a Ford or Dodge, leaving the area with the property in the bed of the truck.
Anyone with information on this crime or any other crime is asked to call Crimestoppers at 828-268-6959 or the Watauga County Sheriff's Office at 828-264-3761. All information will be kept confidential.
Crimestoppers pays rewards for information, which leads to arrests; recovery of stolen property; seizure of drugs and the location of wanted persons.
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In its second print run (re-titled as Pioneers of Rugby League), this now iconic book has been acclaimed by historians and supporters of both rugby codes.
In a revealing and entertaining way it retraces how rugby became so popular and successful in Australia by 1907, that the game itself came to be fought over in a dramatic and bitter battle between League and Union.
The book explores every significant moment in rugby league's founding era in Australia.
Read in detail how the rebel movement began, the birth of its clubs and the signing of its first star players, its early fight for survival, what the game was like to play and watch, when the Kangaroos played the Wallabies, why Balmain forfeited to the Rabbitohs, and how rugby league battled through from near collapse and financial ruin to become the favourite winter sport after just three seasons.
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UA women's soccer coach steps down
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The University of Arizona has announced that women's head soccer coach Lisa Oyen is resigning.
University officials say Oyen is stepping down to pursue other opportunities, but they did not elaborate.
Oyen said in a statement that it was a difficult decision to make and she thanked the university for the opportunity to lead the women's team for the past three years.
Oyen took over the program as interim coach during the 2009 season.
The Cats finished the season 6-11-3 overall and 2-7-2 in Pac-12 play. Jazmin Ponce earned a first-team All-Pac-12 selection and Kristin Strother earned a first-team academic all-conference honor.
Oyen was an accomplished collegiate player at Montana. She also coached professionally and in the Arizona Olympic Development Program during her tenure at Arizona.
The university plans to conduct a national search for her replacement.


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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
Monday was a bad day for me, in many ways. A lot of things in my personal life seemed to go to hell on Sunday and on top of that we had the largest regular section newspaper anyone can remember to deal with.
Still, the day should have gone better and I should have been better than I was putting together the opinion page that morning.
First I substituted a page and forgot to change the folio the little words on the top of the page that tell you it is the Sun Advocate, what the page number is and the date of the paper.
Tuesday was not Oct. 27, 2009. That was the first goof.
Then I did something I need to apologize to Carbon School District Patsy Bueno for. I put in her column concerning math in the district and spelled the word "mathematics" mathamatics. Citizens of Carbon County, your leading educator in the district can spell correctly, but the newspaper publisher can't. Please don't give her a bad time about my mistake.
Then I used a story about a battle that has often been forgotten during World War II. I called it the forgotton battle, instead of the forgotten battle.
Finally, as I was importing the political cartoons I found that the one for the top of the page had not come in properly. So I re imported, not realizing that a frame block on the bottom of the page that surrounds the reader's poll had been highlighted and the original import went into it.
I printed the page after that but I didn't get it off the printer, someone else did. I just didn't see the page again to catch any of this, and it also either missed proofing or got through it without anyone realizing the problems.
We all have bad days, but Monday was one of my worst. Many eyes see our pages before the go out, but that doesn't mean mistakes are always caught. Besides, I was the originator and it was my responsibility to make sure it went to the printer properly. I didn't do that and so it's all my fault.
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There's been a renewed focus recently on heroin deaths in Maine and other states, against the ever-present backdrop of opiate addiction. Last year the number of heroin deaths in Maine spiked four-fold from the year before, to 28. And state officials expect the figure to rise again this year. One of the recent victims of heroin's powerful undertow is Brendan Keating. Susan Sharon has his story.
In her psychiatric office in Brunswick, Dr. Lynn Ouellette keeps a candle burning in memory of her 22-year-old son, Brendan.
"He was a very exuberant, kind of fun-loving kid. Big in the world," she says. "From very early on he was kind of the spirited, joker, clown in the family. He was gifted with doing things with his hands. He used to take apart a lot of things. Took off the door. Took apart all the motors in the house. He used to take apart all the fans, so I'd find skeletons of fans and I had to put a stop to it when I picked up my electric mixer one day and it had no motor in it. But he was actually making other things with the motors."
But while he was good with his hands and also very athletic, Brendan struggled academically. In junior high he was diagnosed with a learning disability and attention deficit disorder, which Ouellette says was difficult for him because his twin brother is a gifted student. Brendan also struggled with, and was treated for, depression.
High school was hard. But Brendan pressed ahead, taking vocational courses and eventually enrolling in masonry school after graduation. All the while, though, Brendan was using drugs. Ouellette says it started in high school.
"You know, I never really knew quite what it was, but I knew at one point that he was using marijuana and he may have been dealing," she says, "And at that point, I actually turned him into the police, though he never knew that, because I was trying to kind of stop the course of something bad happening."
Brendan enrolled in the first of several drug treatment programs. But a few years ago, his drug use worsened. He enrolled in a methadone maintenance program in Portland to address an addiction to opiates. Ouellette says that helped him for a while. Then he relapsed.
"He was doing things that addicts often do: He was stealing money from us and those kinds of things, and he had a couple of car accidents and it got really got scary and he looked really desperate," she says. "And I was very worried about him. He sometimes would talk about suicide. And I was scared about him hurting himself, scared about him hurting someone else. And at one point I just sat down with him and said, 'You can either go to treatment or I'm going to turn you into the police. And here's the possible treatments and you can choose.' And he did choose."
Brendan chose a six-week-long, in-patient drug treatment facilitiy in Arizona. That was followed by a 90-day residential treatment in California. Ouellette says for awhile, Brendan seemed OK. He even started going to the gym and seeing a psychiatrist. And then, once again, he relapsed.
"Around Thanksgiving time when my other children were home he had an episode where he looked really sedated one day, and my daughter and I both confronted him," she says. "And he just bascially said, 'Look I didn't get enough sleep. I'm OK. And you know, you guys are crazy.'"
But it was only a short time later, on Dec. 13, that Ouellette's worst fears came true. Her husband, also a physician, went down to the basement and found Brendan unresponsive and breathing strangely. He'd accidentally overdosed on a combination of heroin and sleeping pills. Just shy of his 23rd birthday, Brendan later died at the hospital.
"You know, there is so much stigma about this. And there's so much judgment," Ouellette says. "But people need to know that addicts are from families. They're real people. They're people who are struggling courageously with something that's a disease, and families are struggling with them. And I would have done anything to save my son's life. And that's true for so many other people. And they're not throw-away lives."
Ouellette says she and her husband still ask themselves: What if they'd found Brendan sooner? What if they'd had the overdose antidote Narcan in the house? Maine lawmakers are considering a bill that would make Narcan more widely available to first responders and to family members of addicts, something the U.S. drug czar is also promoting nationwide as a way to curb opiate-related deaths.
But the LePage administration is concerned about adding costs to the state's Medicaid program, and about interfering with emergency medicine protocols. In response, the bill's sponsor is offering an amendment that makes funding for Narcan kits the responsibility of Maine cities and towns, possibly through grants.
With a price tag of less than $50 a kit, Lynn Ouellette is convinced it's a small price to pay to save someone's life.


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LAKEWOOD -- Christina Auck may be number 8 in her football playbook, butshe's getting number one attention on her team.
She's an 11-year-old girl that loves the gridiron.
"I kind of just wanted to play it. I don't know what kind of brought me to play it," she said.
Auck is in her second year of tackle football with the Lakewood Purple Rangers. This year, as a sixth grader, she's team captain, has a winning record and a few touchdowns to her name.
Sure, she's got a ponytail, but she's proven that doesn't make her an easy target.
"Nobody thinks of her as a girl. She is just one of the guys. She loves being part of it," said her coach Joe Barto. "I love coaching her and the experience I've had."
"It's fun, but it's just normal," said Christina of being the only girl on her team and the ones she competes against.
"She's a beast. She loves playing football," said Barto.
"Her performance gets better every week."
Her dad, Matthew Auck, says Christina played flag football for several years, then decided she wanted the real deal.
"She always gives it one hundred and ten percent, she knows she's got to be better, stronger and faster than the boys, she earns their respect and gets out there and plays hard every single down," he said.
It's evencoined her anickname - Icebox Number 8 - from a character inthe hit flick Little Giants.
"They know I'm tougher than them. They knew I could push them around and it's just cool," she said.
Christinais already thinking forward to big games down the road. And as a fullback and defensive end, she's breaking new gender barriers without even trying.
"I think I'm actually the first girl to play those and be enjoying them," she said.
"I have a feeling I'll still be watching her play at the high school level," said Barto.
Her family says Christina is busy off the field as well. She's a straight A student whoalso enjoys fencing and playing basketball.


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A Place to Call Home
Photo courtesy of David Bacon Last year at Slow Food Nation, some of the most deeply affecting moments came during the panel on farmworker justice, "A New, Fair Food System." Moderated by Eric Schlosser, the session brought together members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, […]Read More →
When in Rome…
It's not very often that we post about Italy here on the Slow Food Portland blog. While we love our Italian founders (and we're quite partial to Italian cooking), we feel that American eating deserves just as much attention. We might be young here, but […]Read More →
Food Safety for the Little Guys
If you follow along with updates from COMFOOD or any similar food policy listservs, you've probably been understandably shocked to find an email in your inbox screaming: "OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING!" The panicky claims have been so widespread as to earn them an entry on the […]Read More →


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Aggressive Flu Strain Arrives Early And Spreads Rapidly Through U.S.
Dr. Anne Furey Schultz examines Alice Corcoran, who was experiencing... NyhetsfotoChicago,Huvudbild,Hälsovård och medicin,Illinois,Influensavirus,Läkare,Maryland - Delstat,Sjukdom,Symptom,USA,Undersöka,Vertikal,VårdklinikPhotographer Scott OlsonCollection: Getty Images News 2013 Getty ImagesCHICAGO, IL - JANUARY 10: Dr. Anne Furey Schultz examines Alice Corcoran, who was experiencing flu-like symptoms, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on January 10, 2013 in Chicago City. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flu is widespread in 41 states. The CDC has reported 22,048 flu cases from Sept. 30 through December 31, 2012 compared with only 849 for the same period last year. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)