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We review the status of the searches for the Higgs boson in the context of the Standard Model and the Minimal SuperSymmetric Standard Model by the CDF and DO experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron proton-antiproton collider, using up to $2.4 \rm{fb}^{-1}$ of Run II data. Since no evidence of signal above the expected background is observed in any of the various final states examined, limits at 95% confidence level are presented.
The CDF-II experiment is a multipurpose detector designed to study a wide range of processes observed in the high energy proton-antiproton collisions produced by the Fermilab Tevatron. With event rates greater than 1MHz, the CDF-II trigger system is crucial for selecting interesting events for subsequent analysis. This document provides an overview of the Track Extrapolation System (XTRP), a component of the CDF-II trigger system. The XTRP is a fully digital system that is utilized in the track-based selection of high momentum lepton and heavy flavor signatures. The design of the XTRP system includes five different custom boards utilizing discrete and FPGA technology residing in a single VME crate. We describe the design, construction, commissioning and operation of this system.