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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide improved systems, devices and methods for generating microwave-induced plasma (MIP) for various applications.SOLUTION: A plasma source 100 for generating microwave-induced plasma includes a plasma torch 108 integrated with a microwave energy source 104. The torch 108 establishes a gas flow path from one side of the plasma source 100 to the other side. The torch 108 may be integrated with the microwave energy source 104 such that a plasma-forming gas flowing through the torch 108 is subjected to microwave radiation, which serves to initiate and/or sustain plasma in the torch 108. The plasma is ejected from the torch 108.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To predict pump failures and lifetime.SOLUTION: The method for testing the pump includes determining a Mechanical Power Index (MPI) for a pump (104, 202) by operating the pump (104, 202) at operating speed for a minimum operating interval. When the pump (104, 202) is stopped under normal operation by an application (100), the pump speed is continuously monitored. The time when the pump speed decreases to an initial speed close to the operating speed is read as an initial time. When the pump speed decreases to a final pump speed close to the critical speed, the end time is read and the elapsed time is determined as Δt=(end time)-(initial time). The MPI is calculated by subtracting the final pump speed from the initial pump speed and being divided by Δt.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary vacuum pump.SOLUTION: A rotary vacuum pump 30 comprises a first set I of pumping stage that has a rotor disc having a first diameter D1 and a second set II of pumping stage that has a rotor disc having a different second diameter D2, and further comprises an intermediate pumping stage 1 particularly configured to be suitable for a change of the diameters of the pump rotor discs. According to the present invention, the intermediate pumping stage comprises a rotor disc 5 that has an outer part in the radial direction which is tapered in the axial direction from its inner diameter toward its outer diameter, and a corresponding status stage 3 that includes a spacer ring 7 which is tapered in the axial direction from its circumference toward its center.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spiral pumping stage for a vacuum pump.SOLUTION: The spiral pumping stage for a vacuum pump is particularly intended to be arranged at an additional side inlet 48 of a vacuum pump 40 and make it possible to obtain an improved pumping speed at said additional side inlet. According to the invention, the spiral pumping stage comprises both centripetal 11 and centrifugal 21 pumping channels, so that the gas is pumped from the periphery to the center of the pumping stage throughout a first group of pumping channels and it is pumped from the center to the periphery of the pumping stage throughout a second group of pumping channels. Thanks to this inventive arrangement, both the gas coming from a previous pumping stage or a main pump inlet 42 arranged upstream the pumping stage according to the invention and the gas coming from the additional side inlet 48 can be effectively pumped by the pumping stage according to the invention.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a volt-ampere characteristic generator that includes a voltage source and a current source and changes them to output with the current source when an output of the voltage source is unstable and with the voltage source when an output of the current source is unstable.SOLUTION: A volt-ampere characteristic generator includes: a voltage source; a current source; a selector which selects and outputs one of outputs of the voltage source and current source; a sense part which is connected to the output of the selector to output the output of the selector and also senses and feed-backs the voltage and current of the output; and a controller which receives the voltage and current sensed by the sense part and sets next output to the voltage source and current source, the controller determining an operation mode from which of the voltage source and current source a next output from the selector should be in addition to the setting of the next output.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an impedance measurement method having fixed measurement sensitivity in the whole region of an impedance capable of covering a wide measurement range.SOLUTION: A measured elements DUT is connected in series or in parallel to a signal line, and a measurement signal is transmitted from a signal source 2, and an input signal a1 to the measured element DUT and a reflection signal b1 reflected from the measured element DUT and a passage signal b2 passing through the measured element DUT are measured, and S parameters S11 and S21 are calculated on the basis of the measured value of each of the input signal a1, the reflection signal b1 and the passage signal b2, and impedance Zx of the measured element DUT is calculated on the basis of a formula: Zx=2Z0S11/S21(Z0 is characteristic impedance).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device analyzer for analyzing a power device.SOLUTION: A device analyzer includes: a collector power supply configured to generate a plurality of power supply signal pulses having selected voltage or a current level, and power signal pulse width in high current capacity; and a power supply switch connected to a collector power supply source terminal on which the plurality of power supply signal pulses is applied, when a test object ("DUT") is connected so as to form a current path between the collector power supply source terminal and a collector power supply common terminal. The power supply switch is configured to transmit the plurality of power supply signal pulses as a plurality of narrowed sweep signal pulses having the high current capacity of a collector power supply current, or to operate by adjusting a current in the current path to be a selected constant current level.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel agent for synthesis and purification of novel oligomers.SOLUTION: This invention relates to a reagent for oligonucleotide synthesis or purification. The reagent is a compound expressed by formula: X-C-L-H, wherein X is a phosphoramidite group, an H-phosphonate group, an acetal group, or an isocyanate; C is a direct bond or a cleavable adaptor represented by -C-C-; L is a hydrocarbyl chain; and H is a terminal alkyne or an activated cyclooctyne. The reagent can be used in the synthesis and purification of oligonucleotides.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a micro-machined frit and a flow distributor device for liquid chromatography in performance.SOLUTION: A micro-machined frit for use in a chromatography column is provided which has a substrate with a thickness, and holes extending through the thickness and providing fluid communication through the substrate. A micro-machined flow distributor for use in a chromatography column is provided which has a substrate, holes extending through the substrate, and channels in fluid communication with the holes. A chromatography column is provided which has a tube, an extraction medium contained therein, and a micro-machined frit positioned proximately to an end of the tube.