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|November 2, 2017
|RHP Joe Blanton elected free agency.
|October 13, 2017
|Washington Nationals activated RHP Joe Blanton.
|October 6, 2017
|Washington Nationals reassigned RHP Joe Blanton to the minor leagues.
|June 11, 2017
|Washington Nationals activated RHP Joe Blanton from the 10-day disabled list.
|June 8, 2017
|Washington Nationals sent RHP Joe Blanton on a rehab assignment to Harrisburg Senators.
|May 17, 2017
|Washington Nationals placed RHP Joe Blanton on the 10-day disabled list. Right shoulder inflammation.
|March 2, 2017
|Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Joe Blanton.
|November 3, 2016
|RHP Joe Blanton elected free agency.
|August 12, 2016
|Los Angeles Dodgers activated RHP Joe Blanton from the bereavement list.
|August 8, 2016
|Los Angeles Dodgers placed RHP Joe Blanton on the bereavement list.
|January 19, 2016
|Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Joe Blanton.
|November 2, 2015
|RHP Joe Blanton elected free agency.
|July 30, 2015
|Pittsburgh Pirates activated RHP Joe Blanton.
|July 29, 2015
|Kansas City Royals traded RHP Joe Blanton to Pittsburgh Pirates for cash.
|July 28, 2015
|Kansas City Royals designated RHP Joe Blanton for assignment.
|May 16, 2015
|Kansas City Royals selected the contract of RHP Joe Blanton from Omaha Storm Chasers.
|February 13, 2015
|Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Joe Blanton to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|February 13, 2015
|RHP Joe Blanton assigned to Omaha Storm Chasers.
|April 15, 2014
|Sacramento River Cats released RHP Joe Blanton.
|March 31, 2014
|Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Joe Blanton to a minor league contract.
|March 31, 2014
|RHP Joe Blanton assigned to Sacramento River Cats.
|March 26, 2014
|Los Angeles Angels released RHP Joe Blanton.
|December 12, 2012
|Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Joe Blanton.
|November 3, 2012
|RHP Joe Blanton elected free agency.
|August 3, 2012
|Philadelphia Phillies traded RHP Joe Blanton to Los Angeles Dodgers for cash.
|September 5, 2011
|Joe Blanton roster status changed by Philadelphia Phillies.
|September 2, 2011
|sent RHP Joe Blanton on a rehab assignment to Lakewood BlueClaws.
|August 17, 2011
|Philadelphia Phillies transferred RHP Joe Blanton from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.
|May 23, 2011
|Philadelphia Phillies placed RHP Joe Blanton on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 16, 2011. right elbow inflammation
|May 9, 2011
|Philadelphia Phillies activated RHP Joe Blanton from the 15-day disabled list.
|April 29, 2011
|Philadelphia Phillies placed RHP Joe Blanton on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 24, 2011. Impingement in his right elbow.
|May 3, 2010
|Philadelphia Phillies activated RHP Joe Blanton from the 15-day disabled list.
|April 23, 2010
|Lakewood BlueClaws sent RHP Joe Blanton on a rehab assignment to Reading Phillies.
|April 20, 2010
|Joe Blanton assigned to Lakewood BlueClaws.
|April 3, 2010
|Philadelphia Phillies placed RHP Joe Blanton on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 26, 2010. Left oblique strain.
Joseph Matthew Blanton...A 1999 graduate of Franklin Simpson High School in Franklin, KY…Attended the University of Kentucky, where he led the Southeastern Conference in strikeouts (133) in 2002, which was also eighth-most among all Division I pitchers that season.2016
Posted a strong 2016 campaign in which he went 7-2 with a 2.48 ERA in a career-high 75 appearances for the Los Angeles Dodgers...He struck out 80 batters in 80.0 IP, the second consecutive season in which he posted 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings...Reached career marks and ranked among National League relievers in ERA (10th, 2.48), opponent batting average (10th, .194) and WHIP (13th, 1.01)...He pitched more than one inning of relief 16 times, recording a 2.28 ERA (7 ER/27.2 IP) in those outings, and threw at least two innings on seven occasions (1.29 ERA)...Was equally strong against right-handed batters (.198 average, 37-for-187) and left-handed batters (.186 average, 18-for-97)... In close and late situations, held hitters to a .168 average (23-for-137)...Started the season strong, posting a 0.87 ERA (1 ER/10.1 IP) in 10 April appearances...Offered scoreless relief in 10 of his final 11 outings (10.1 IP) from Sept. 3-Oct. 2...Earned his first Postseason victory out of the bullpen in Game 4 of the NLDS…Was his first Postseason win since Game 4 of the 2008 World Series.2015
Combined to go 7-2 with two saves and a 2.84 ERA in 36 games (four starts) with the Royals and Pirates…established career-best marks in ERA, winning percentage (.778) and WHIP (1.12). ... Was acquired by the Pirates on July 29 and went 5-0 with a 1.57 ERA (6 ER/34.1 IP) in 21 appearances down the stretch, ranking among the National League's best relievers (min. 15.0 IP) in wins (1st), innings (34.1, 2nd), strikeouts (39, T-3rd) and ERA (9th) during that span. ... Overall, he limited opposing hitters to a .240 batting average, including a .203 mark against right-handers. ... Posted a 1.12 WHIP and a 4.94 strikeout-to-walk ratio (79 SO/16 BB). ... Earned his first save on July 19 with the Royals at Chicago-AL, striking out two in a scoreless inning. ... Opened the season with the Royals' Triple-A Omaha, where he went 3-2 with a 3.89 ERA in seven games (six starts) before having his contract selected on May 16.2014
Appeared in five Spring Training games (four starts) with the Angels before being released on March 28…was signed by the Athletics to a minor league contract on March 31. ... Made two starts with Oakland's Triple-A Sacramento, going 1-0 with a 5.23 ERA, before being released on April 132013
Completed first season with the Angels with a 2-14 record and a 6.04 ERA (132.2 IP - 89 ER) in 28 games (20 starts)...The 14 losses and 6.04 ERA are both career highs...Became sixth pitcher in Angels history to finish a season with an ERA above 6.00 (min. 100 IP)... Made first 20 appearances of season as a starting pitcher before being moved to the bullpen…In his 20 starts, had a 2-13 record and 5.66 ERA (116 IP - 73 ER)…Led the American League in losses (13), hits (157), earned runs (73) and home runs (24) allowed at time of move to the bullpen... Became third pitcher in Angels history to start a season with an 0-7 record...Club lost each of his first eight starts... Recorded 1,000th career strikeout on May 8th at Houston fanning Jimmy Paredes in the 6th inning... In eight relief appearances, posted an 0-1 record with an 8.64 ERA (16.2 IP - 16 ER)…First three outings were scoreless (6 IP) but surrendered 16 ER in last five appearances (10.2 IP)…First relief appearance came on July 27th at Oakland and marked his first time pitching in relief since April 7, 2012 for Phillies... Did not appear in any of team's final 25 contests…Last appearance of the season came on Sept. 3rd vs. Tampa Bay, marking the longest drought of career without pitching.2012 Went 10-13 with 4.71 ERA in 31 combined games (30 starts) with Phillies and Dodgers...Marked seventh time in eight full MLB seasons he pitched at least 175 innings and fifth time notching at least 10 wins...Established a career high with 166 combined strikeouts...Acquired by Dodgers on Aug. 3 in exchange for player to be named later (Minor League RHP Ryan O'Sullivan)...Ranked second in National League in strikeout-to-walk ratio with 4.88 mark (166 SO/34 BB) and also ranked third in NL by averaging 1.60 walks per nine innings (34 BB/191.0 IP)...Went a combined 8-1 with a 2.37 ERA (22 ER/83.2 IP) in 11 starts when pitching seven or more innings...Had two complete games, tossing a three-hit shutout on May 3 at Atlanta and allowing just one run in nine innings on June 14 at Minnesota. 2011 Appeared in just 11 games due to injury, the lowest total for a full season in his career. ... Was placed on the 15-day DL with a medial impingement in his right elbow, 4/29 (retro to 4/24)-5/8. ... Was on the 15-day DL and 60-day DL, 5/16-9/4 (right elbow inflammation); rehabbed with Lakewood (A). ... Went 1-2, 5.17 ERA (22 ER, 38.1 IP) in 8 starts; 0-0, 3.00 ERA (1 ER, 3.0 IP) in 3 relief appearances. ... Allowed just 10 ER combined over his final 6 starts (3.21 ERA). ... Finished season in the bullpen; made 2 spot starts as a member of the bullpen (1 ER, 4.0 IP). 2010 Began the season on the 15-day DL (strained left oblique); made 3 minor league rehab starts (0-1, 4.50 ERA)...Was activated on 5/3 and started that night vs STL (6.2 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, BB, 4 SO)...Allowed at least 3 ER in his first 15 starts of the season...Pitched 6.0 or more innings in 22 of his 28 starts (78.6%)...Had the 4th-best winning % (.857, 6-1) in the NL after the All-Star break...Went 6-0, 3.24 ERA (29 ER, 80.2 IP) over his final 13 starts of the season; allowed 2 ER or less in 9 of those 13 starts...Issued 1 walk or less in 16 of his 28 starts and 2 walks or less in 22 of 28...Threw a season-high 7.2 innings in back-to-back starts: 6/24 vs CLE and 6/29 at CIN...Struck out 8 batters in back-to-back starts, 9/13 at FLA and 9/19 vs WSH, marking the first time in his career that he struck out at least 8 batters in consecutive starts...The Phillies went 10-1 (.909) in his final 11 starts...His final regular season appearance came in relief, 10/3 at ATL (1.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, IBB)...Made 1 postseason start in Game 4 of the NLCS, 10/20 at SF (ND, 4.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 3 SO) 2009 Had a career-best .600 winning % (12-8)...Led the team in innings (195.1) and tied for the team lead in wins (12)...Pitched at least 7.0 innings in 14 of his 31 starts; 21 of his 31 starts were quality starts (67.7%)...Went 9-4, 2.78 ERA (43 ER, 139.1 IP) over a 21-start span, 5/26-9/22...Set a career high with 11 SO, 5/26 vs FLA...Went 3-0, 1.21 ERA (4 ER, 29.2 IP) in 4 July starts...Allowed 3 ER or less in 13 straight starts, 6/24-9/5 (5-3)...Had a season-best 14.0-inning scoreless streak, 9/10-27...Went 7-2, 2.40 ERA in his final 12 home starts, pitching at least 7.0 innings in 8 of them; began the season 0-2, 8.87 ERA through his first 4 home starts...Started Game 4 of the World Series and got a no-decision (6.0 IP, 4 ER) 2008 Went a combined 9-12, 4.69 ERA in 33 starts for OAK and the Phillies...Posted a 3.60 ERA (66 ER, 165.0 IP) in 27 of his 32 starts and a 10.19 ERA (37 ER, 32.2 IP) in the other five...Pitched at least 6.0 innings in 22 of his 33 starts...Fell 2.1 innings shy of what would have been his third 200-inning season...Was OAK's Opening Day starter, 3/25 at the Tokyo Dome (5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 3 SO)...Pitched at least 5.2 IP in each of his first 15 starts ...Traded to the Phillies on 7/17...Earned his 1st win as a Phillie in his 3rd start with the team, 8/2 at STL (7.0 IP, 4 H, ER)...Snapped a career-long streak of six no-decisions with a win on 9/8 vs FLA...Phillies went 9-4 in his 13 starts...Opponents did not steal a base off him through his first 26 starts of the season (159.0 IP)...Singled in his 1st at-bat as a Phillie on 7/22 at NYM; collected his 1st career RBI, 9/8 vs FLA (sacrifice fly)...Started and earned the win in the Phillies' NLDS Game 4 clincher over MIL, 10/5 at Miller Park...Got the win and homered in Game 4 of the World Series, 10/26 vs TB...Became the first Phillies pitcher to ever hit a HR in a World Series game; only other to homer in a playoff game was Hall of Famer Steve Carlton in the 1978 NLCS, 10/6 at LAD...Did not issue more than 3 walks in any game and had 10 straight starts where he walked one batter or none, 6/13-7/30...Had the lowest ERA in June (1.58) in the AL (2nd-lowest in majors)...Pitched a CG, 4/25 vs SEA, but lost 2-0 in 1 hr, 47 min; OAK's quickest game since 8/12/79 at MIN (1 hr, 43 min)...Pitched a 3-hit SHO, 6/2 vs MIN in 1 hr, 49 min, becoming the first OAK pitcher to pitch 2 games under 1:50 since 1975 (Ken Holtzman). 2007 Was 14-10 with a 3.95 ERA in 34 starts...tied for the American League lead in games started, ranked second in innings pitched (230.0), tied for third in complete games (3) and tied for fifth in shutouts (1)...led the A's pitching staff in innings pitched, complete games and shutouts and tied for the team lead in games started...had career highs in starts, complete games, innings pitched and strikeouts (140) and his 10 losses were the fewest of his three full seasons...issued just 40 walks in 230.0 innings, an average of 1.57 walks per nine innings...that mark was fourth lowest in the AL and third lowest in Oakland history...his .301 opponents on-base percentage was 10th lowest in the AL...with 140 strikeouts, he had a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.50, which was seventh best in the AL and second highest in Oakland history to Dan Haren's 3.91 from 2006...yielded 16 home runs for an average of 0.63 per nine innings, which was fourth lowest in the AL...allowed 240 hits, which was the most in the AL...also tied fourth in most earned runs allowed (101), was sixth in pitches thrown (3483) and tied for ninth in runs (106)...allowed a .269 opponents batting average, which broke down to .248 (117 for 471) by right-handed hitters and .291 (123 for 422) against left-handers...allowed 14 of his 16 home runs to right-handers...10 of his home runs were solo shots...opponents were 4 for 7 (.571) with a grand slam with the bases loaded.
Allowed a .271 opponents batting average the first time through the lineup, .220 the second time through and .312 after that...was 7-5 with a 2.69 ERA and .227 opponents batting average in 15 starts in Oakland compared to 7-5 with a 5.11 ERA and .304 opponents batting average in 19 starts on the road...had the lowest home ERA in the AL and the fourth highest road ERA...is now 22- 15 with a 3.55 ERA (126 er in 319.0 ip) in 48 career appearances in Oakland and 20-19 with a 4.66 ERA (163 er in 314.2 ip) in 54 games on the road...was 11-6 with a 3.07 ERA in 22 starts on four days rest and 3-4 with a 5.68 ERA in his other 12 starts...his ERA on four days rest was fifth lowest in the AL...is 29-19 with a 3.39 ERA (149 er in 395.1 ip) in 61 career starts on four days rest and 13-15 with a 5.31 ERA (134 er in 227.1 ip) in his other 37 starts...was 8-5 with a 3.28 ERA and .239 opponents batting average in 19 starts before the All-Star Break and 6-5 with a 4.89 ERA and .309 opponents batting average in 15 starts after the break...was ninth in the AL in ERA at the break...received run support of three runs or fewer in 20 of his 34 starts and had the ninth lowest run support in the AL with a mark of 4.70...was 9-1 when receiving four or more runs of support and is now 32- 2 (.941) in his career with run support of four runs or more...in his career, he averages run support of 1.82 in his losses (41 r in 203.0 ip), 4.29 in his no decisions (62 r in 130.0 ip) and 7.05 in his wins (227 r in 289.2 ip)...was 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA in three interleague starts and is now 6-3 with a 2.99 ERA (26 er in 78.1 ip) in 12 career starts against the National League...went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts at the plate and is now 1 for 9 (.111) with four strikeouts and three sacrifice hits in his career...was 3-0 with a 3.08 ERA in four starts against Los Angeles after entering the season with an 0-6 record and a 3.77 ERA in his career against the Angels...the A's were 17- 17 in his starting assignments and are 53-45 (.541) in his career...tossed seven or more innings in 19 of his 34 starts, allowed two runs or fewer 15 times and walked two batters or fewer 30 times...had nine starts without a walk, 14 with just one and never walked more than three...walked one batter or fewer in 10 consecutive starts from June 13 to July 30, which tied for the second longest such streak in Oakland history...went 19 consecutive starts with two walks or fewer from June 13 to September 15, equaling the third longest such streak in Oakland history...was 4-3 with a 4.28 ERA in 11 starts at the end of May and then went 3-1 with a 1.58 ERA in six starts in June...led the AL and ranked second in the Majors in June ERA...is now 10-4 with a 2.39 ERA (32 er in 120.1 ip) in 17 career starts in June...the wins and ERA are his best for any month of the season...then went 1-4 with a 5.49 ERA in July...that included a four-game losing streak from July 8 to 30 (6.75 ERA)...then went 6-2 with a 4.26 ERA in 11 starts over the final two months of the season.
Tossed a complete game six-hitter on April 25 against Seattle but lost 2-0 in a 1 hour and 47 minute game...it was the A's quickest game since August 12, 1979 at Minnesota (1 hour and 43 minutes)...it was his first of three complete games in 2007 but it was his third career complete game loss...is now 3-3 despite a 1.04 ERA (6 er in 52.0 ip) in six career complete games...the A's have been shut out in two of his complete games and scored one run twice...tossed a 1-0, three-hit shutout against Minnesota on June 2 in 1 hour and 49 minutes...it was the low-hit complete game of his career and his second game under 1 hour and 50 minutes...is the first A's pitcher to have two games under 1:50 in one season since Ken Holtzman in 1975...it was the 26th complete game 1-0 shutout in Oakland history but just the second since 1991...was involved in two other 1-0 games in 2007, both in June...was the losing pitcher in the A's 1-0 loss to Boston on June 7 and had a no decision in a 1-0 loss at New York (NL) on June 23...the last A's pitcher to be involved in three 1-0 games in a season was Mike Norris in 1980...has been the starting pitcher in three of the A's four 1-0 losses over the last three years...allowed an Oakland record tying six doubles in a 7-3 win at Houston on June 13...tossed a career high 122 pitches in a complete game four-hitter on July 3 in a 3-1 win over Toronto...allowed at least 10 hits in four straight starts from July 8 to 25, the longest such streak by an A's pitcher since Rick Langford did it from August 11-28, 1982...began that streak by allowing a career high 12 hits in the A's 7-3 loss to Seattle on July 8...yielded a career high tying nine runs in 4.0 innings on August 10 at Detroit but ended up with a no decision in the A's 16-10 win...was the winning pitcher in his 100th career appearance, a 7-3 A's win over Texas on September 15 in Oakland...that extended his winning streak to three games, one of three three-game winning streaks he compiled in 2007.2006 He tied for the team lead and tied for eighth in the American League in wins. He had 12 wins after May 31, which was good for a fourth-place tie with Barry Zito in the AL. After tying an Oakland rookie record with 12 wins in 2005, he posted the fifth-best win total by an Oakland pitcher in his second season (Vida Blue, 24 in 1971; Mark Mulder, 21 in 2001; Zito, 17 in 2001; Hudson, 20 in 2000). His ERA was more than a run higher than his 3.53 ERA from 2005. Blanton allowed opponents to hit .309, which was third highest in the AL. Threw his first shutout on May 31 against the Royals. He allowed 241 hits, which was the fifth most in the AL and the most for an A's pitcher since Dave Stewart in 1991 (245). He yielded 17 homers over 194 1/3 innings, the seventh-lowest percentage in the AL. 2005 The 24-year old right-hander spent the entire season in the A's starting rotation and was 12-12 with a 3.53 ERA in 33 starts...set an Oakland rookie record for games started, breaking the previous mark of 32 by Matt Keough in 1978, and tied the record for wins set by Chris Codiroli in 1983...is the sixth Oakland rookie to win 10 games, the third to toss 200 or more innings (201.1) and the fifth to strike out 100 or more (116)...his losses were the most by an A's rookie since Codiroli also lost 12 in 1983...his ERA was the best among Major League rookies with 100 or more innings pitched and he was the only rookie with two complete games...finished second among American League rookies in games started and innings pitched, tied for second in wins and was fourth in strikeouts...led the A's and ranked 10th among all AL pitchers in ERA...his .236 opponents batting average was fourth lowest in the AL...also tied for third in the AL in balks (2), tied for eighth in games started and tied for 10th in complete games...his 3.55 ERA was the lowest by an A's pitcher who did not finish the season with a winning record since 1978 when Keough went 8-15 with a 3.24 ERA and Rick Langford went 7-13 with a 3.43 ERA...had run support of 3.93 which ranked sixth lowest in the AL...it was the lowest figure by an A's pitcher since Lary Sorensen had a mark of 3.78 in 1984...received run support of two runs or less in 19 of his 33 starts and he was the starting pitcher in six of the 12 games in which the A's were shutout...the A's scored a total of six runs while he was pitching in his 12 losses (71.1 ip, 0.76 per nine innings), 20 runs in his nine no decisions (49.0 ip, 3.67 per nine innings) and 62 runs in his 12 wins (81.0 ip, 6.89 per nine innings)...was 12-1 in 19 starts when the A's scored more than one run while he was pitching and he received zero run support in eight of his losses... was one of the best pitchers in the AL after the first two months of the season...was 0-5 with a 6.66 ERA and .292 opponents batting average in 10 starts at the end of May but then went 12-7 with a 2.53 ERA (43 er in 152.2 ip) and .216 (121 for 559) opponents batting average in 23 starts from June 1 until the end of the season...his ERA was second best in the AL over that span (Santana, MIN 2.48)...was 11-6 with a 2.81 ERA (45 er in 144.1 ip) in 23 starts when pitching on four days rest and 1-6 with a 5.37 ERA (34 in 57.0 ip) in his other 10 starts...had a 3.52 ERA at night which was ninth lowest in the AL...his .236 opponents batting average broke down to .228 (92 for 404) with eight home runs against left-handed hitters and .246 (86 for 350) with 15 home runs against right-handers...allowed a .208 (41 for 197) opponents batting average with 10 walks (.246 on-base percentage) when leading off an inning...the on-base percentage was second lowest in the AL and the batting average was third lowest...opponents hit .223 (33 for 148) with runners in scoring position which was sixth lowest in the AL...that mark included a .194 (14 for 72) average with RISP and two outs...was 5-7 with a 4.44 ERA (49 er in 99.1 ip) in 17 starts at the All-Star Break and then went 7-5 with a 2.65 ERA (30 er in 102.0 ip) in 16 starts after the break...had the fourth lowest ERA in the AL after the break...opponents hit .252 (66 for 262) the first time through the line-up and .228 (112 for 492) after that...went 3-1 with a 2.43 ERA (9 er in 33.1 ip) in five interleague starts...went 1 for 3 (.333) at the plate and recorded his first Major League hit on June 9 at Washington with a third inning single off Livan Hernandez...the A's were 18-15 (.545) in his starting assignments...tossed seven or more innings in 12 of his 33 starts but was just 6-5 despite a 1.61 ERA (16 er in 89.2 ip) in those starts...allowed two runs or fewer 19 times and walked two batters or fewer 21 times... tossed his first career complete game in his fourth career start on April 24 but was the losing pitcher in the A's 1-0 loss at Los Angeles...became the first A's pitcher since Ariel Prieto in 1995 to record his first career complete game before his first win...his other complete game was also a loss at Los Angeles, a 2-1 decision on August 31 when he struck out a career high 10...did not strike out a batter over three consecutive starts from May 14 to 25 which was the longest such streak by an A's pitcher since Moose Haas also went three straight starts from May 10-22, 1987...tossed fewer than five innings in four consecutive starts from May 14 to 30, the first A's pitcher to do that without missing his turn in the rotation since Ron Darling did it in his first four starts of 1995...retired just one batter in the A's 14-6 loss at Tampa Bay on May 25, marking the shortest non-injury outing by an A's starter since Blake Stein faced eight batters without recording an out on August 31, 1998 at Cleveland...finished the month of May with a 13.25 ERA and .378 opponents batting average in five starts...based on a minimum of 18.0 innings, that was the highest one-month ERA in Oakland history, topping Curt Young's 10.31 in April, 1985, and the fourth highest in the Majors since 1969...started the season by going 0-5 over his first 10 starts to become the first A's pitcher to begin his career with 10 or more consecutive starts without recording a win since Brad Rigby went 0-5 over the first 11 starts of his career from June 28-August 29, 1997...the five-game losing streak was a career high...recorded his first Major League win on June 4 in a 5-2 A's win over Toronto...after a loss on June 9 at Washington, he put together a career best four-game winning streak from June 14 to 29...finished June with a 5-1 record, a 2.06 ERA and a .174 opponents batting average in six starts...was named AL Rookie of the Month as he tied with teammate Dan Haren for the AL lead in wins and finished third in ERA...was also named Rookie of the Month in August when he went 3-1 with a 1.17 ERA and .207 opponents batting average in seven starts...led the AL in ERA in August and posted the fourth best one month ERA in Oakland history based on a minimum of 40 innings pitched...his seven starts were the most by an A's pitcher in one month since August of 1992 when Kelly Downs also made seven starts...did not allow a run in consecutive starts on August 21 against Kansas City and August 26 at Baltimore as part of a career best 18.0 inning scoreless streak from August 16 to 31...allowed two runs or fewer and tossed six or more innings in nine consecutive starts from July 26 to September 5...that was the longest such streak by any ML rookie in the live-ball era (1920 to date) according to the Elias Sports Bureau...it also tied the Oakland record for consecutive starts with two runs or less in one season...shares the mark with Jim Nash (April 30 to June 13, 1968) and Mike Moore (June 26 to August 21, 1991)...Dave Stewart had 10 straight starts allowing two runs or less from September 18, 1989 to May 9, 1990...Blanton was 3-3 despite a 1.37 ERA and .209 opponents batting average over the nine starts...then went 4-1 with a 3.62 ERA over his final five starts. 2004 Spent the entire regular season and postseason at Triple-A Sacramento before he was selected by Oakland on September 18 after the River Cats won the Pacific Coast League Championship...had no decisions, a 5.63 ERA and a .214 opponents batting average in three relief appearances with Oakland...made his Major League debut in just his third professional season on September 21 at Texas and retired the side in order in the eighth inning...also pitched in relief of Mark Mulder on September 26 at Anaheim (3.1 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 1 er, 3 so) and October 1 against Anaheim (3.2 ip, 4 h, 4 r, 4 er, 2 bb, 2 so, 1 hr)...was one of four A's first round picks in the 2002 draft and became the second A's player from that draft to reach the majors, joining Nick Swisher...had pitched in just 27 games at Single-A and seven games at Double-A before making his Triple-A debut in 2004...was 11-8 with a 4.19 ERA in 28 appearances, 26 starts, with Sacramento...ranked second in the PCL in innings pitched (176.1) and strikeouts (143) and tied for fourth in wins...ranked fourth in the A's farm system in strikeouts...led Sacramento in innings pitched and strikeouts and tied for the team lead in wins...had success early on as he was 3-1 with a 2.22 ERA over his first seven starting assignments...then went 4-6 with a 5.84 ERA in 15 games, 13 starts, from May 15 to July 30...finished the year by going 4-1 with a 2.66 ERA over his final six regular season starts...allowed just 13 home runs for an average of 0.66 per nine innings...walked just 34 for a ratio of 4.21 strikeouts to every walk...allowed a .284 opponents batting average which broke down to .294 (87 for 296) against left-handers and .277 (112 for 404) against righthanders... had better numbers on the road as he was 4-4 with a 5.34 ERA and .313 opponents batting average in 14 games at Sacramento's Raley Field and 7-4 with a 3.05 ERA and .255 opponents batting average in 14 appearances on the road...tossed seven or more innings in 13 of his 28 appearances and allowed three runs or fewer 13 times...did not walk a batter in seven of his assignments and walked just one 12 times...the River Cats were 2-5 in his no decisions and 13-13 in his starting assignments...did not allow a home run over his first seven starts (44.2 ip) before allowing one in consecutive starts on May 15 at Iowa and May 21 against Nashville...allowed two home runs over his first 14 starts (89.0 ip) and 11 over his final 14 appearances (87.1 ip)...struck out a season high 11 in a season high 8.0 innings in a win on June 12 at Salt Lake...tossed his only complete game of the season on August 11 at Colorado Springs but he was the losing pitcher in Sacramento's 3-1 loss (9 h, 1 bb, 6 so)...struck out 10 in his final start on September 1 at Tacoma, his second game of 10 or more strikeouts...then went 1-0 with a 3.14 ERA in two postseason starts...picked up the win in Game 2 of the PCL semi-finals against Portland on September 9 (7.1 ip, 7 h, 3 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 9 so)...had a no decision in Game 2 of the finals on September 15 against Iowa in a game in which the River Cats scored three in the bottom of the ninth to win 5-4 (7.0 ip, 10 h, 4 r, 4 er, 1 bb, 3 so). 2003 Ranked second in all of minor league baseball with a combined 174 strikeouts with Single-A Kane County and Double- A Midland in his second professional season...finished second to John Maine of the Baltimore Orioles organization (185)...combined for an 11-8 record and a 2.29 ERA in 28 games, 26 starts, at his two minor league stops...held the opposition to a .210 batting average which tied for ninth lowest in minor league baseball and also ranked 14th in ERA...led the A's farm system in ERA and strikeouts and tied for fifth in wins...had just 26 walks for a strikeout to walk ratio of 6.69 to 1...allowed seven home runs in 168.2 innings or 0.37 per nine innings...his opponents batting average broke down to .179 (59 for 329) against righthanders and .245 (72 for 294) against left-handers...opponents hit .211 with runners in scoring position...tossed six or more innings in 19 of his 26 starts, did not allow a run 10 times and walked two batters or fewer 23 times...began the season at Kane County and was 8-7 with a 2.57 ERA in 21 starts...led the Midwest League in strikeouts (144), ranked second in walks per nine innings (1.29), tied for third in shutouts (2) and seventh in ERA...led the Cougars in strikeouts and ranked second in wins and innings (133.0)...was 2-6 with a 3.42 ERA over his first nine starts and 6-1 with a 2.02 ERA over his final 12 starts...was named Midwest League Pitcher of the Week three times at Kane County: April 28 to May 4, June 30 to July 6 and July 21 to 27...tossed a one-hit shutout in the second game of a doubleheader on May 2 against Peoria in a 5-0 win...pitched in the Midwest League All-Star Game on June 17 and retired the side in order in his only inning (1.0 ip, 2 so)...had a five-game winning streak from May 29 to July 10 and capped the streak by not allowing a run in his final three starts, June 30 to July 10 (22.0 ip)...struck out a career high 14 in his final start with Kane County on July 22 against Daytona, equaling the third best strikeout total in the minors in 2003...was promoted to Midland on July 27 and was 3-1 with a 1.26 ERA in seven games, five starts, with the Rockhounds...allowed a .174 opponents batting average...overall, went 9-2 with a 1.78 ERA over his final 19 minor league appearances...his final two outings of the regular season came in relief, including August 24 against Arkansas, when he recorded his first professional save...moved up to Sacramento on September 1 and made one postseason appearance for the River Cats in relief (1.0 ip, 2 so). 2002 Was the A's second of four first round draft picks and signed on July 20...was 1-2 with a 4.43 ERA in six games, three starts, at Short-Season Single-A Vancouver and Single-A Modesto...allowed a .244 opponents batting average...allowed just one home run and struck out 21 in 20.1 innings...began his professional career at Vancouver and was 1-1 with a 3.14 ERA in four games, two starts...tossed a total of 6.1 innings in his first three games, one start, before tossing seven shutout innings (1 h, 5 so) on August 20 against Boise to record his first professional win...earned Northwest League Pitcher of the Week honors the week of August 19-25...was promoted to Modesto on August 23 and went 0-1 with a 7.50 ERA in two games, one start...made one postseason start with Modesto and took the loss (4.0 ip, 3 h, 2 r, 2 er, 2 bb, 6 so).


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Roger Brown's Diamond Notes: Pinkerton pitching runs deep (and talented)By ROGER BROWN
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 24. 2014 11:45PM
You know your team has a deep pitching staff when the No. 3 starter has committed to pitch in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
That's the case at Pinkerton Academy of Derry, where sophomore John Polichetti has verbally accepted a scholarship offer from Boston College.
Polichetti collected his first varsity victory when he pitched three scoreless innings of relief in a 7-6 triumph over Alvirne of Hudson earlier this season, and followed up that performance by tossing a complete game in a 4-2 loss to rival Londonderry on Saturday.
"It (the offer) came through his AAU program," Pinkerton coach Steve Campo explained. "(BC) saw him over the summer and they project him out to be a very effective pitcher by the time he's done high school.
"He's a tall (6-foot-2), lanky, righty who has good control of his fastball. The best thing about him is he has good control of his second and third pitches. At a young age it's pretty rare to have control of that second and third pitch. And he has the ability to gas up every now and then. He gets up in the low 80s already.
"The other impressive thing is the maturity he has as a sophomore, and it showed in the Londonderry game," said Campo. "The intensity that day made it like a playoff game in the second week of the season."
Polichetti, who is scheduled to start against Exeter today, is part of a Pinkerton staff that includes Connor Donahue and Chris Gerossie. Donahue will play at Worcester Academy next season, and Gerossie is headed to St. Joseph's College in Standish, Maine.
Polichetti starts in left field when he's not on the mound, and is batting .333 (4 for 12) this season.
"He's a very talented shortstop too," Campo said. "Out of necessity, and because he pitches, we moved him to the outfield.
Polichetti didn't see any varsity action last season. Instead he was the No. 1 starter on Pinkerton's junior varsity team.
"I was worried if I brought him up he wouldn't get enough time to develop," Campo said. "I was more worried about him developing than throwing him in the fire."
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HANNAH PAITCHEL, a shortstop on the Pelham softball team, signed a National Letter of Intent on Tuesday to play softball at St. Anselm College next season.
Paitchel has been playing varsity softball since her freshman season. Through the first 52 games of her high school career, she was batting .441 (78 for 177) with a .505 on-base percentage and a .571 slugging percentage. She's in her second season as a team captain and is a three-time team MVP.
"Hannah has had a direct impact on our softball program since the first day of her freshman season, and she has been the cornerstone for our team offensively and defensively ever since," Pelham coach Todd Lozeau said. "She has shown tremendous character, leadership and work ethic through every day of her four years at Pelham High School. I have every bit of confidence that she will continue her athletic and academic career with success and outstanding determination."
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THE Oyster River of Durham softball team earned its first victory since the 2007 season when it beat Kennett of Conway 9-1 last Friday. Caitlyn Miller pitched a complete game and held Kennett to three hits. She struck out 11, and Kennett's only run was unearned. Oyster River's Sara Messler hit a solo home run in the win, which halted the program's 99-game losing streak.
The Bobcats followed up that victory by beating Trinity of Manchester 5-3 Tuesday.
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TOM UNDERWOOD collected career victory No. 500 as Plymouth Regional's baseball coach when Plymouth defeated Sanborn of Kingston 10-1 Monday. Underwood is in his 42nd season as Plymouth's coach.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan's ruling party on Monday welcomed its sweeping gains in a Tokyo assembly election that was closely watched as an indicator of how the country's major parties will fare in parliamentary polls next month.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party became the largest single bloc after winning nearly half of the 127-seat Tokyo metropolitan assembly, according to final vote count by the Tokyo metropolitan government.
The ruling party, led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, won 59 seats, up from 39 seats going into Sunday's election. Its coalition partner, a Buddhist-backed conservative group, maintained 23 seats, enough for the two parties together to have a comfortable majority.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a member of the ruling party, told a news conference that the results "couldn't be better" with all ruling block candidates elected. "It was a blessing from the Tokyo voters to the Abe government."
Abe, who has focused on strengthening Japan's economy and defense policies, has a high national approval rating. Since taking office in December, his wider agenda has included revising Japan's pacifist constitution to allow a stronger military and push for education to defend Japan's wartime actions.
The major parties campaigned heavily in the run-up to the election, the biggest before the nation goes to the polls on July 21 to elect members of Parliament's upper house.
Also being watched was the new Japan Restoration Party, led by Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Japan's second-largest metropolis, Osaka.
Though Hashimoto was hoping to build his party into a nationwide political power, he has been criticized for his recent remarks that sex slavery by Japan's Imperial Army before and during World War II was a "necessary" wartime evil, and for suggesting that the U.S. military patronize adult entertainment establishments in Japan to help reduce sex crimes committed by American troops.
His party won only two seats, down from its current three, in the Tokyo assembly. The result puts heavier pressure on the party to do well in the parliamentary elections since Hashimoto has already indicated he would resign as party chief if it performs badly.
Associated Press Writer Mari Yamaguchi contributed to the report.


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|Portable security system using communicating cards
|Data altering means for multi-memory electronic identification tag
|Smart card access control system
|Personal locator transmitter
|Weaver et al.
|Single chip transponder device
|System for detecting a transfer of an article
|Yamakawa et al.
|Process for manufacturing electronic modules for microcircuit cards
|Monitoring system for vehicles
|White et al.
|Electronic security card and system for authenticating card ownership
|TAB board and non-contact IC card which uses the same.
|Radio frequency baggage tags.
|September, 1990
|October, 1993
a. an insulating, flexible substrate;
b. an antenna that is an integral part of the substrate and that has terminals;
c. a circuit chip having a modulator circuit, a logic circuit, a memory circuit, and chip connectors and being on the substrate in adjacent proximity to the antenna;
d. one or more connecting lines between the antenna terminals and the chip connectors, the connecting lines being coplanar with the antenna and antenna terminals.
This invention relates to a radio frequency circuit and memory in a thin flexible package. More specifically, the invention relates to a thin flexible radio frequency circuit used as a radio frequency tag.
Radio Frequency Identification (RF ID) is just one of many identification technologies for identifying objects. The heart of the RF ID system lies in an information carrying tag. The tag functions in response to a coded RF signal received from a base station. Typically, the tag reflects the incident RF carrier back to the base station. Information is transferred as the reflected signal is modulated by the tag according to its programmed information protocol.
The tag consists of a semiconductor chip having RF circuits, logic, and memory. The tag also has an antenna, often a collection of discrete components, capacitors and diodes, for example, a battery in the case of active tags, a substrate for mounting the components, interconnections between components, and a means of physical enclosure. One variety of tag, passive tags, has no battery. They derive their energy from the RF signal used to interrogate the tag. In general, RF ID tags are manufactured by mounting the individual elements to a circuit card. This is done by using either short wire bond connections or soldered connections between the board and the circuit elements: chip, capacitors, diodes, antenna. The circuit card may be of epoxy-fiberglass composition or ceramic. The antennas are generally loops of wire soldered to the circuit card or consist of metal etched or plated on a circuit card. The whole assembly may be enclosed in a plastic box or molded into a three dimensional plastic package.
While the application of RF ID technology is not as widespread as other ID technologies, bar code for example, RF ID is on its way to becoming a pervasive technology in some areas, notably vehicle identification.
Growth in RF ID has been inhibited by the high cost of tags, the bulkiness of most of the tags, and problems of tag sensitivity and range. A typical tag costs in the $5 to $10 range.
Companies have focused on niche applications. Some prior art is used to identify railway boxcars. These tags tend to be quite large and are made of discrete components on circuit boards mounted in solid, non-flexible casings. RF tags are now used in the automatic toll industry, e.g. on thruway and bridge tolls. RF tags are being tested for uses as contactless fare cards for buses. Employee identification badges and security badges have been produced. Animal identification tags are also commercially available as are RF ID systems for tracking components in manufacturing processes.
Tags exist that have the-length and width of a standard credit card. However, these cards typically are over 2.5 mm thick and have a non-flexible casing. Tags also exist that have a credit card size length and width but with bumps where circuit is placed that causes them to be too thick to fit in card reader machinery
While some electronic article surveillance (EAS), e.g. antitheft devices, are thin (0.3 mm) they typically contain limited amounts, (i.e., only one bit) of information. Some of these devices can be turned off once but cannot be reactivated.
FIG. 1A shows one prior art structure of a radio frequency tag 105. The tag 105 has a chip 110 mounted on a substrate 115. The chip 110 has contacts 120 that are connected to circuitry on the substrate 115 by wire bonds 125. An encapsulation material 130 covers the chip for environmental protection. The thickness of this tag 105 is determined by the combined thicknesses of the chip components. Typically, substrates in these tags are at least 10 mils, 0.25 mm, in thickness, the chip 110 along with the high loop 122 of the bond vary from 20 to 40 mils, 0.5 to 1 mm, in thickness and the encapsulation 130 is about 10 mils, 0.25 mm in thickness. As a result, tags 105 of this structure vary from a minimum of 40 to 60 mils, 1 to 1.5 mm, in thickness. This structure is too thick for many potential tag applications.
FIG. 1B shows another prior art structure 150 showing a chip 110 with the chip contacts 120 connected to circuitry contacts 155 with conducting adhesive 160. The substrate 165 of this structure 150 is typically made as a FR4/printed circuit (thickness 40 to 60 mils, 1 to 1.5 mm) or flexible substrate (10 mils,0.25 mm). The chip 110 and adhesive 160 add another 20 to 40 mils, 0.5 to 1 mm, to the thickness and the encapsulation 130 adds still another 10 to 20, 0.25 to 0.5 mm mils in structure 150 thickness. This structure therefore can vary in thickness from 80 to 130 mils, 2 to 3.5 mm, making it thicker than the structure in FIG. 1A.
Other thick structures are known in the art. These include quad flat pak (QFP) and/or small outline pak (SOP) as components. Structures made with these components are at least 1 mm thick and usually 2 to 3 mm thick.
Prior art teaches that there is a long felt need to manufacture thin RF ID tags on flexible substrates. However, while the goal of a thin flexible tag is desired, the prior art has failed to reach the goal. One prior art reference discloses a tag that is 1.5 to 2.0 mm thick. This tag thickness limits the applications of this tag. For example, it is far thicker than the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard credit card thickness of 0.76 mm and therefore could not be used in a credit card to be inserted into a credit card reader.
The prior art has failed to produce a thin tag because: care is not been taken to make each of the elements thin; elements are stacked one upon the next; and the antenna and connecting conductors require more than one plane of electrical wiring, ie. the designs use cross-overs for completing interconnections. As elements are stacked and layers are added the package grows thicker and flexibility is lost.
Another prior art reference discloses a package with a total thickness of 0.8 mm. This is still greater than the ISO standard credit card thickness of 0.76 mm. Furthermore, while thin elements are disclosed, no care is taken to use flexible materials throughout. The components are mounted on a hard circuit card and encapsulated in plastic. (Hard means can not be torn easily by hand.) The result a is rigid package. The prior art has not shown the use of thin flexible laminate covering materials for the packages. The results are that the packages are thick, and inflexible.
An object of this invention is an improved thin radio frequency tagging apparatus.
An object of the invention is a flexible radio frequency tag apparatus with a thin flexible protective lamination.
An object of the invention is a flexible radio frequency tag apparatus that may fit within the thickness limit of an ISO standard credit card, a passport cover, a postage stamp, an anti-theft device, or an admission ticket.
The present invention is a novel radio frequency (RF) tag that comprises a semiconductor circuit that has logic, memory, and radio frequency circuits. The semiconductor is mounted on a substrate and is capable of receiving a RF signal through an antenna that is electrically connected to the semiconductor through connections on the semiconductor. The present invention is a novel structure of a radio frequency tag design that is thin and flexible. The tag has the antenna and all interconnections placed on a single plane of wiring without crossovers. The elements of the package are placed adjacent to one another, i.e., they are not stacked. Elements of the package, the substrate, antenna, and laminated covers, are flexible. The elements are all thin such that the total package thickness including covers does not exceed that of an ISO standard credit card. The resulting tag package, comprised of thin, flexible components arranged and connected in a novel way, is also thin and flexible. Accordingly, this enables a novel range of applications that include: RF ID tagging of credit cards, passports, admission tickets, and postage stamps.
FIG. 1, comprising FIGS. 1A and 1B, is a drawing showing the cross section view of two typical embodiments in the prior art.
FIG. 2 is drawing showing a cross section of one preferred embodiment of the present thin RF ID tag.
FIG. 3 is drawing showing a cross section of one preferred embodiment of the present thin RF ID tag with an aperture in the substrate.
FIG. 4 is a top view of the thin tag showing a dipole antenna.
FIG. 5 is a top view of a thin tag having more than one folded dipole antennas.
FIG. 6 is a top view of a thin tag having a battery included in the circuit.
FIG. 7 comprises FIGS. 7A-7E which are cross sections of prior art chip bonds to substrates by means of thermocompression bonding (FIG. 7A), ultrasonic bonding (FIG. 7B), C4 solder bonding (FIG. 7C), conducting adhesive bonding (FIG. 7D), and spot welding (FIG. 7E).
FIG. 8 shows a thin tag used as a postage stamp.
FIG. 8A shows a thin tag enclosed in a parcel membrane or in the wall of an envelope.
FIG. 9 shows a thin tag placed in the cover of a passport using a resonant loop antenna.
FIG. 10 shows a thin tag used on an admission ticket.
FIG. 11 shows a thin tag used as an antitheft device.
FIG. 12 shows a thin tag placed inside a credit card.
FIG. 13 shows a thin tag placed inside a license.
FIG. 2 shows a side view of a novel RF ID tag 200. The chip 210 is located on a flexible substrate 220. The chip 210 with bumps 225 on contacts 222 is bonded to an antenna 230 contained on the substrate 220. The package is sealed by thin flexible laminations 270 consisting of a hot-melt adhesive 250 such as EVA on the inside and an outer coating 260 of a tough polymeric material on the outside.
The antenna is manufactured as an integral part of the substrate. It will consist of thin, typically 25 to 35 micron thick copper lines which have either been etched onto a copper/organic laminate or plated on the organic surface. The thinness of the copper maintains the flexibility of the substrate. Typical materials used are polyester or polyimide for the organic and electroplated or rolled annealed copper. The copper may be gold or tin plated to facilitate bonding. The chip is connected to the antenna lines by means of bumps on the chip, either plated gold bumps for thermocompression bonding or C4 solder bumps for solder bonding are preferred. The bumps 225 then become the connecting lines. Since they are only on the order of 25 microns or so they will not degrade electrical performance by introducing unwanted inductance into the circuit. The novel design has a single metal layer with no vias (between-plane connectors through a dielectric layer) in the flexible continuous film. By using only one level of metal to produce the antenna and interconnections, the package is kept thin. Further novelty of the invention includes arranging the components (chip and antenna and possibly a battery) in adjacent proximity to one another. This means that the components are close (i.e., not stacked). In a more preferred embodiment the closeness is insured because the chip 210 is bonded directly to the antenna 230 without the use of crossovers in the circuit. This is accomplished by using either a dipole, loop or folded dipole antenna that is resonant rather than using a multiloop antenna which requires cross-overs for connection. Thus all of the wiring is placed in a single plane. Keeping the antenna adjacent to the chip, avoiding cross-overs and stacking, also contributes to keeping the package thin.
To maintain the thinness of the package, the chill is made to be 225 to 375 microns thick by thinning. In general, semiconductors are manufactured on thick wafers, up to 1 mm thick. Thinning may be done by polishing or backgrinding of the wafer after manufacture. All elements and bonds are very thin. The elements are preferably: the chip (and battery if used) are 10 to 12 mils (250 to 300 microns) thick or thinner; the bonding structures are 2 mils (50 um) or less; laminating materials 2 to 4 mils (50 to 125 um) per side; to produce total thickness preferably of about 20 mils (500 um) or less but in any case less than 30 mils (750 um). Bonding mechanisms do not add to thickness of the tag as would techniques like wirebonding.
Although not required in one preferred embodiment, a unique flexible covering material 270 may be laminated upon one or both sides of the package. In another preferred embodiment, the material consists of two layers (250, 260). A soft copolymer such as ethyl-vinyl-acetate is located on the inside 250 surface of the cover. Tough polyester is located on the outside 260 surface. This combination provides environmental protection while maintaining the flexibility of the package. Typical thicknesses of the covers range from 50 to 125 microns. Alternately, a single layer of laminate such as polyethylene, polyester, mylar or polyimide may be used for covering.
FIG. 3 shows a side view of a unique RF ID tag 300. The chip 310 with contacts 322 and bumps 325 is bonded to antenna 330 thru window 315 in substrate 320. In a more preferred embodiment, encapsulant 340 is used to protect the chip 310, the bonds 325 on contacts 322, connected to antenna 330 located in window 315 between substrate 320 from environmental exposure. In a still more preferred embodiment, the package is sealed by thin flexible laminations 370 consisting of hot melt adhesive 350 such as EVA, phenolic butyral, or silicone adhesive on the inside and an outer coating 360 of a tough polymeric material (such as polyester, mylar, polyimide, and polyethylene) on the outside. In an alternative preferred embodiment, layer 370 comprises a single layer of organic material.
In order to further reduce the thickness of the package, the substrate is manufactured with a window allowing the insertion of the chip into the window. Thus, the thickness of the substrate is not added to the thickness of the chip. The window is produced in organic materials, polyimide or polyester by either etching or punching. In addition, the window may be used to allow the coating of the chip with a thin layer of encapsulation material. Hysol epoxy 4510 is one such material. The encapsulant does not add substantially to the total package thickness, adding perhaps 50 microns, but does provide additional environmental protection for the chip. Opaque materials in the encapsulant protect light sensitive circuits on the chip. In this embodiment, the antenna and the center of the chip can be coplanar.
FIG. 4 shows a top view of the thin RF ID tag 400. The chip 410 is located within a window 450 placed in a flexible substrate 420. The chip 410 has contacts 425 which are connected to a antenna 430 contained on the substrate.
FIG. 5 shows a top view of the thin RF ID tag 500. The chip 510 placed in the window 550 has contacts 525 which are connected to more than one folded dipole antenna 530 and 531 contained on the substrate.
FIG. 6 shows a top view of the thin tag 600. The semiconductor chip 610 is connected to a folded dipole antenna 630 by means of contacts 625. The antenna is contained in the substrate 620 as described above. A thin battery 660 is connected to the chip 610 by leads 661 and 662 bonded at contacts 625.
The battery has short connecting lines 661 and 662 providing electrical continuity between the battery and the chip. The battery is placed adjacent to the chip, not stacked upon the chip. The battery thickness of about 0.25 mm keeps the battery flexible. The antenna is designed such that it is also adjacent to the battery. There is no overlap. The wiring is kept in one plane and all of the elements (chip, battery, antenna) are coplanar; there is no stacking. As a result, the package is thin and flexible.
The bonding method for attaching batteries to prior art radio frequency tags include some of the techniques described below, i.e., soldering, conducting adhesive; and wire bonding. In addition, spot welding may be used. In spot welding, shown below in FIG. 7E, the battery connection pads are pressed to contacts on the substrate while a low-voltage high-current pulse bonds the two metals together.
In one preferred embodiment, the metallurgies on the battery, chip, and substrate are such that the battery attaching mechanism is consistent with the method and mechanism of the chip attachment. For example, use of tin plating on the substrate to enable chip bonding may preclude use of conductive adhesive to attach the battery but might allow use of gold plating to enable attaching of both.
A more preferred embodiment used to make a thin flexible rugged package uses robust chip attach techniques such as thermocompression (TC) bonding used in TAB (tape automated bonding) technology. Using TC bonding for the chip and spot welding for the battery is a novel combination of bonding techniques that enables attachment of the battery to a flexible substrate 620. In one preferred embodiment, the substrate is a TAB polyimide or polyester.
FIG. 7 shows different types of bonding available in the prior art to attach chips to circuitry that are on the substrate when producing an RF tag. These include thermocompression bonding, ultrasonic single point bonding, soldering, and conductive adhesive.
In FIG. 7A, using thermocompression bonding, suitable metal surfaces are brought into contact with pressure 750 and heat 740 applied by thermode 720 to form a metal-to-metal bond 760 usually gold bumps 730 on chip 710 to gold-plated leads 706 on substrate 705 which rests on lower thermode 780. Many leads are bonded at once (gang bonding). This is used extensively for reel-to-reel TAB (tape automated bonding).
FIG. 7B shows ultrasonic singlepoint bonding a variation on thermocompression bonding for TAB where some ultrasonic energy is substituted for some pressure. One bond is done at a time. This bonding type also requires gold-to-gold metallurgy. Bonding tip 751 applies pressure 731 and ultrasonic energy 741 while pressing lead 721 to bump 725 on chip 711 resting on lower support 705.
FIG. 7C shows soldering or C4 solderbonding where small lead/tin solder bumps 746 are used as the connecting medium between chip 716 and pads 726 on substrate 736. The reflow is carried out while the substrate is carried on platform 756 through oven 786. This usually requires the application of solder flux for reflow of the solder at elevated temperature.
FIG. 7D shows conducting adhesive bonding where a metal-filled adhesive 744 is applied to form the connecting medium between chip pads 740 on chip 714 and the substrate pads 724 on the substrate 734. Heat 774 and pressure 784 are applied by pressing between thermodes 764 and 754.
FIG. 7E shows spot welding where welding tips 755 and 765 separated by gap 775 are pressed to conductor 745 held in contact with conductor 735 placed on insulating substrate 725. Current 785 heats the welding tips 755 and 765 to make the bond.
FIG. 8 shows an RF postage stamp 800 containing a thin RF tag 810 which consists of antenna 815, battery 820, and chip 830 affixed to envelope or package 840. This tag 810 can be any of the embodiments described above. In this application, the cover (typically 270 of FIG. 2 and 370 of FIG. 3) for the tag is the paper of the stamp. Adhesives, such as acrylics, are used to sandwich the tag between thin paper. These adhesives would correspond to the layer 250 in FIG. 2 and 350 in FIG. 3. The top surface (of one side 270, 370) can be printed with the appropriate graphics while the bottom surface has a pressure sensitive adhesive (of the other side 270, 370 in the case of a tag laminated on two sides), also acrylic, to bond the stamp to a package or letter envelope. The RF tag would contain information about mailing used to track a letter or parcel on which the stamp is placed. Alternatively, the RF tag 850 could be enclosed in the parcel membrane or in the wall of the envelop 840. In another, embodiment the RF tag could be placed within the parcel or envelop.
FIG. 9 shows the thin RF tag 920 embedded in the cover 910 of passport 930 to form an RF passport 900. Here the tag is sandwiched between the paper covers of the passport. The tag can have an environmental laminate(s) (270, 370) as described above or alternatively, the passport cover can be used as the tag laminate(s) (270, 370). The tag contains in its memory information on the identity of the passport owner, visas, dates of entry, restrictions, or any other desirable information. The information may be in encrypted form for added security. The encryption "key" would be a software code that is held and used solely by the agency issuing the passport. The deencryption key may be made public so that anyone (with a public deencryption key) can read information in the memory of the tag but only the agency having the encryption key can write information to the tag.
FIG. 10 shows admission ticket 1010 containing RF tag 1020. The tag is again enclosed between paper covers or other laminates. The ticket may be a simple admission ticket or entitlement such as an airline ticket or a food stamp. However, the tagged ticket may also serve as a tracking device.
FIG. 11 shows a CD 1140 enclosed in box 1120 with an RF ID antitheft tag 1130 affixed to the box 1120. The tag serves as both a barcode replacement, inventory device, point of sale device, and as an antitheft device. Information on product variety, price, date of manufacture and sale may be carried by the tag. Additional bits of information in the memory of the circuit may be changed at the time of sale to indicated that the item may be taken from the store.
FIG. 12 shows ISO standard credit card 1210 containing an RF tag 1220. The credit card may serve as an ATM card, frequent flyer card, library card, phone card, employee ID, medical ID card, gasoline credit card or any credit or debit card. The covers (laminates 270, 370) of the tag could be the covers of the credit card, preferably PVC laminations. The core of the credit card, 0.5 mm thick, has a window placed in it at the time of manufacture. The 0.5 mm thick tag package is placed in the window and then sealed into the card. The resulting credit card, including the tag, will not only have the length and width that meet the ISO standard, but the thickness as well.
In another embodiment of the present invention, shown in FIG. 13, the RF tag 1320 is place within a vehicular drivers license 1310 in the same manner as described above. This allows information on the RF tag to be used for personal identification, driving record, organ donor information, restrictions, proof of identity and age, etc. The information can be encrypted for security purposes.


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University of Vermont
2011-12 Online Catalogue
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After the dry, parched landscape left behind by too many days of no rain, Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is well on its way to once again serving as a haven for migrating waterfowl and other wildlife.
A visit to the refuge around mid-February, well before the recent snows, revealed that the Big and Little Salt Marshes had begun filling in. Standing atop the Observation Tower this past Monday evening, I was amazed at how the Little Salt Marsh had rebounded. It now hosts numerous species of ducks and other waterfowl. Despite a brisk northerly wind, I had to stand a gaze across the marsh for several minutes, enjoying the many evidences of re-birth.
If you enjoy witnessing sheer volume of birds, the next few weeks will be a good time to visit the refuge. As always, sunset and sunrise are the best times to plan your arrival.
A March 3 waterfowl survey revealed almost 30,000 ducks currently at the refuge, with northern pintail being the most prolific at approximately 20,000. About 4,500 geese inhabited the waters of Quivira this past Sunday, with Snow and Ross' Goose topping the total at 2,000. Sandhill Cranes were also well represented in the survey, with approximately 15,000 counted. Also, three Bald Eagles have been seen at the refuge, with a good possibility that one pair is nesting.
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|2012-03-16, 15:45
|Link #241
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 26
I realize you're not saying this exactly, but the insinuation is there.
|2012-03-16, 15:50
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Staring into your soul.
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: At the darkness beyond time.
i really dont have anything against nichijou, it just wasnt the kind of humor i like, but k-on... i actually watched the whole first season as boring as it was because of the good reputation kyoani had over their past productions, but the plost was girls creating a club just for the hell of it and driving a talented young girl into mediocrity, and personally that was a waste of good animation, wich i gotta say from the few wpisodes of S2 i watched, was excellent.
|2012-03-16, 15:54
|Link #244
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
Well, if could be a mystery as to why they are purple.
They've improved on the eye reflections. They used that a few times on Nagato Yuki in the first season of Haruhi. Seem like they have even more depth now...even without 3D.
(Can you imagine a KyoAni film in 3D?)
Still. The title of the novel seems ominous. (Hyou-ka: You can't escape)
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|2012-03-16, 16:00
|Link #245
Not an expert on things
Join Date: Jun 2007
For me, though, the insinuation is more than there. My opinion is that their base is exclusive to the people who like the majority of their products. I don't see how liking one or two of their older franchises would place you in their "base", much like how I don't see how liking, say, Rinne no Lagrange would place someone in the Production IG "base" or how liking Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo would place someone in the Sunrise "base".
Edit: Actually, if you want to continue this conversation, do you want to take it to PMs? I don't really intend to have this discussion for a while, but this discussion definitely isn't about Hyouka.
|2012-03-16, 17:15
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I just don't think it did a good job of really advertising anything besides how well kyoani can draw stuff, but then water is also wet. In any case, it didn't scream "ZOmgz watch me". But then again, I don't remember any of their trailers were any good. Maybe Disappearance, but that still didn't go "Holy crap I must watch!" I think those 30 second long Clannad commercials were more convincing. :3
|2012-03-16, 18:32
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Another new source of income would be their literature division. They would make money from the sales of their novels, especially after one will be animated. Given that the KyoAni Shop! doesn't report to Oricon, we cannot tell how many each novel sells.
They're in a unique position relative to the majority of anime studios in funding sources. I've not researched in depth, but I'm confident that they (and maybe Gainax for Eva) are the only one(s) to have their own merchandise.
Edit: to get on track, I'm eager to see what type of merchandise they release for Hyouka. I hope the posters look nice.
|2012-03-16, 19:09
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I'm sure the preview would've been more engaging had the Narrator been understandable though. Still don't exactly know anymore about the setting or the characters after that preview which I'm sure was suppose to give you some idea
|2012-03-16, 22:03
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|2012-03-16, 22:21
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I can't say what the other critics are saying about this, but my criticism is soley based on the PV given to us. It was dead boring... as simple as that. And it wasn't the most amazing, speechless animation (though it was well animated) either let alone the character designs and background art which were either unimpressive or "standard". The PV just did a bad job of selling whatever the show is supposed to be about. You know it's bad when a lot of the positive comments seem to be in regarding "dem purple eyes".
To give an illustrated comparison, here's two PVs from two studios which I think frankly do a better job than Kyoani does when it comes to promoting material:
Guilty Crown PV
Hanasaku Iroha PV
I donno... when I saw these two PVs back in the day I was like "DO WANT TO WATCH", unlike this Hyouka one which was just ZZZZZZ to me. And honestly, even just "animation" wise (frames - yes I know what animation is), the Hyouka one isn't even better. In terms of background art and character designs, hands down Hyouka loses. Atmosphere and what it's trying to sell? Hands down Hyouka loses.
Of course, in the end Guilty Crown has flopped and Hanasaku Iroha had its fair share of filler eps, but that's not my point. My point is that the Hyouka PV is not impressive at all. Whether the show is good or not will depend on when it actually airs. We'll probably get one or two more PV's after this one, and people will judge when that time comes. On the other hand I do think "past history of a studio" is not completely irrelevant to what people thinks on what a show will be like since Kyoani has done very little outside of a "slice of life/moe" demography (which they are [in]famous for), not to mention Kyoani does very little shows in the first place.
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|2012-03-16, 22:39
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|2012-03-16, 22:41
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|2012-03-16, 23:26
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Staring into your soul.
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i think some of us arent worried about the pv, since those sometimes dont show anything and a lot of cases mislead, for instance i wouldnt have checked madoka magica if it was from the PV, the thing is apparently the ones who know the source material of this said it was boring, and yeah it was award winner, but so was k-on.
|2012-03-17, 00:28
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Outside the Asylum
I was wondering how 4 pages of thread could develop in less than 24 hours, but I just realized how much of an idiot I am. I forgot this is a KyoAni show! Of course after a PV release (or any tiny bit of new info really), the normal folks would express their natural excitement or criticism, and the usual gang of KyoAni critics would come and 1) lament sorrowfully how disappointed they are, 2) proceed to predict a boring/shitty show, and 3) emphasize for the 1284th time how KyoAni is so totally not a good studio. The cycle would be complete when KyoAni-critic-critics (like me ) join in and start calling out on the critics, leading the thread to spiral into a haze of strawman-picking and off-topic crap. Only in a KyoAni-related thread!
And before the obligatory "but... but... we have the right to criticize!!!", yeah you do, just keep the generic whining about how KyoAni is a shit studio or K-On sux or pity for the studio's "untapped potential" to yourself for more than 10 seconds.
In case a mod comes in and deletes my post for OT, let me say first for the trailer: great animation. It doesn't reveal much, especially since I can't understand moonrunes or moonspeak, but it does make me curious how the mystery stuff may possibly be handled.
>Citing a PV from a lively teen slice of life series
>Criticizing "atmosphere and what it's trying to sell" when the first episode hasn't even aired yet
Come now, if you think it's boring, you don't need to make irrelevent justifications for it (intentionally or unintentionally). It's boring for you. Got it.
|2012-03-17, 00:45
|Link #257
Monarch of Rughzenhaide
And my main reason for linking "high-profile" PVs from different studios/works is to rebut the argument that Kyoani is somehow untouched in the animation department, not just because it seemed boring (which it was for me).
Never said Hyouka sucks. It just doesn't look amazingly impressive even from a visual point of view.
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|2012-03-17, 00:50
|Link #258
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
I means anime tends to get a pass even if the PV and 1st episode is dead boring. Madoka for example got the impression of yay, cute magical girls struggle to save the world from evil alien. Watched for Aoki Ume's drawing at first. Then soon enough my head exploded with all of the theme behind those cute arts. I means at some points i seriously lose my heads over all events happened
ok that's enough puns
|2012-03-17, 00:57
|Link #259
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
What I got was the the PV introduced us to the main characters and show us the primary state of the male lead. Lazy. Indifferent. Bored in general. The lazy, bored narration seems to contrast the seeming energetic motions of the female main character, and the characteristics of the other two characters. Eru always seems to have some sort of energy in her motions from what I see. The male lead does seem like his voice. He seems bored and indifferent to what is going on.
Since I can't read it, nor understand what was said, I cannot delve deeper into any of these ideas.
Though I can say he didn't sound like Tomoya at all in the PV.
|2012-03-17, 01:23
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Outside the Asylum
No, spare the effort of responding to my reasoning and prolonging an irrelevent discussion that can basically be summed up as "we look at different things in a PV."
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But if that example wasn't enough to sate your appetite for the absurdly ironic, let me present you with The National Liberty Federation out of Florida. The NLF is sort of a caricature of what all your really liberal friends think when you say the phrase Tea Party to them. Now, they're probably no less insane than the fringe groups on the opposite end of the political spectrum, but they are of note for posting this image on their Facebook page as a warning that all us good 'Mericans must be vigilant against the threat of the "Foreign Hordes."
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- Conflicting of Outlook with the installed plug ins
- Corruption in the Office files
- Problem with the Outlook profile
- Damaged files associated with Outlook application
After studying the above symptoms and causes, you will better understand that the problem may occur in any version of Outlook. So, you need to go through some common solutions that may work with each version of Outlook.
Here are some solutions stated that will help you a lot to fix Outlook web app not responding problem;
- Troubleshoot the oversized mailbox
- Go to the new group and tap on folder.
- Click on new folder.
- Type a name for the folder in the name box.
- Click on the location of the new folder where you want to list it.
- This new folder will be subfolder for the selected folder that you are checking.
- Click on ok.
- Create a new user profile
- Go to start and select control panel.
- Click on User Account and then click on Mail.
- Click on show profile.
- Select the profile here that you want to delete and then click on remove.
- Click on Add
- Type a name for the new profile.
- Give the user name, SMTP address and password.
- Click on Next.
- You will now receive the following request.
Allow this website to configure <username @ domain> server configuration?
In this screen, select the Do not ask me about this new box, and click Allow.
Beside the above manual method, you can apply some common manual procedures to fix the issue of Outlook web app not responding problem. Here is the method below;
- First of all close the Outlook.
- Find the folder C: / Program Files / Microsoft Office / Office14 if you are using Outlook 2010.
- Go to C: / Program Files / Microsoft Office / OFFICE15 for Outlook 2013/2016.
- Double-click on the Scanpst.exe.
- Click on the Browse to select the data file in Outlook.
- Select scanning options.
- Click on the Start when you're done.
- Now you can start the repair process, if you see errors.
All the above manual procedures will help you to troubleshoot Outlook web app not responding problem properly. However, in some cases the manual methods require deep technical skill to apply for error troubleshooting. Hence it is very important to download and install MacKeeper Tool for automatic fixing of the issue.
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text:
Bike of cancer survivor, PMC rider stolen
Angus McQuilken rode in 4 PMCs
Bike of cancer survivor, PMC rider stolen
Angus McQuilken rode in 4 PMCs
WELLESLEY, Mass. —
Just weeks before the PMC, a local rider and cancer survivor is asking the person who stole his bike to return it -- no questions asked.
Angus McQuilken of Wellesley said he walked out to his car Saturday morning to get his bike off the back and it was gone.
He said the bike was a gift from his wife after he survived cancer surgery five years ago.
McQuilken rode that bike in four PMC rides and plans to ride again this year.
McQuilken has bought a replacement bike, but he hopes whoever stole his bike will return it.
He's personally raised more than $31,000 for cancer research.


text: I'm trying to check my friend's computer to see exactly what programs he has on it and what all his configurations are. I actually have to do this to a few of his computers. Is there a way other than going into Add/Remove software and sorting through the control panel to find out all this information. Is there any software that automatically does this?