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A hybrid satellite communications system provides communications, particularly Internet access, to computer users. The hybrid satellite communications system includes a satellite system and a terrestrial communications system. The satellite system includes two transceivers. The first transceiver receives and transmits a first set of signals received from the terrestrial communications system to a plurality of user units. In reverse fashion, the satellite systems second transceiver receives a second set of signals in a second frequency band from the user units and transmits those signals back to the terrestrial communications system. The first set of signals (downlink signals) are of much higher frequency than the second set of signals (uplink signals). Preferably, the first set of signals are relayed by a Direct Broadcast System (DBS) satellite in a frequency band between 12.2 GHz and 12.9 GHz, while the second set of signals are relayed by a Mobile Satellite System (MSS) satellite operating between 1.0 GHz and 3.0 Ghz, or relayed by a terrestrial node operating between 0.8 and 2.0 Ghz. The differences in frequency between the first set of signals and second set of signals is considered optimal for the transmission and receipt of communications between a computer user with the Internet. Moreover, the present invention is capable of using the present communications infrastructures dedicated to the satellite transmission of television via DBS satellites, satellite cellular communications via MSS satellites, and radio communications via terrestrial cellular systems.

A haptic device is provided having a substrate with a touch surface and one or more actuators for vibrating the substrate in a multiplicity of higher resonant modes, each of which has a high enough frequency to be inaudible and high enough amplitude to create a friction reduction effect at a plurality of vibrating regions on the substrate touch surface.

A system and method are provided for monitoring cardiac wall motion. A cardiac lead is provided with a motion sensor that is responsive to an excitation signal. The motion sensor signal induced by the excitation signal varies in time due to motion caused by myocardial wall motion. The time-varying motion sensor signal is obtained by sensing circuitry and provided to a processor for use in computing a wall motion parameter useful in assessing ventricular function. The processor provides wall motion parameter output for display or storage. Pacing parameters may be optimized according to wall motion parameter measurements obtained during iterative procedures using the lead-mounted motion sensor.

The present invention provides all organic fully-packaged miniature bandpass filters, baluns, diplexers, multiplexers, couplers and a combination of the above manufactured using liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) and other multilayer polymer based substrates. These devices are manufactured using one or more LCP layers having integrated passive components formed thereon to provide the density and performance necessary for multi-band wireless devices. In the designs involving multiple LCP layers, the LCP layers arc separated by prepeg layers. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, coplanar waveguide, hybrid stripline/coplanar waveguide and/or microstrip topologies are utilized to form the integrated passive components, and the devices can be mass produced on large area panels at least 18 inches by 12 inches with line widths smaller than 10 um.

A method and an apparatus for the treatment of cardiac hypertrophic heart failure, hypertropic cardiomyopathy, atrial or ventricular brady-arrhythmias (slow heart rate), atrial flutter-fibrillation and similar cardiac ailments, as well as peripheral vascular disease and hypertension, using a weak pulsed magnetic field or a very weak magnetic field. A transducer that emits weak electromagnetic radiation is placed on the patient's chest or legs and, as a result the very weak electromagnetic field can cause activation, reactivation, inhibition or remodeling of electrophysiological change in cardiac tissue in an irradiated heart or vessels. This treatment method has wide application for use in patients with various heart and vascular ailments.

A computer storage management system for managing a first plurality of data storage units, the system including: (a) an asynchronous parity computation manager which, responsive to a write operation in which an incoming data portion is to be written into an individual storage unit from among the storage units, deposits the incoming value in the individual storage unit an stores a copy of the data element in a pre-parity storage area, and wherein asynchronously with depositing the incoming value in the individual storage unit, the asynchronous parity computation manager is operative to compute parity data corresponding to the incoming data portion and to other data portions which are associated with the incoming data portion and to store the parity data; and (b) a post-loss data recovery manager operative to recover lost data including determining whether at least one parity value associated with at least one data portion within said lost data is not current and, for at least one non-current parity, using information stored in the pre-parity storage area to generate, after said lost data has been lost, a current parity to replace said non-current parity and using said current parity to recover said lost data.

Devices employing electroactive polymer actuators are disclosed. Acrylic dielectric material based actuators are optionally provided in which architectures are presented that allow for improved power output as compared with other known acrylic dielectric material based transducers. Such technology may be applied in motor-driven applications, lightweight flight applications and lighting applications among others.

A high-speed, area-efficient level shifter includes transistors having a variety of oxide thicknesses. The level shifter has a protection circuit stage, and a current mirror stage that allows the level shifter to perform over a wide voltage range at a high frequency. The level shifter maintains rise time, fall time, and duty cycle over a wide range of input and output voltage levels.

A video input processor is provided to process different input video format, including RGB, RGB Bayer, YUV 4:2:2 interlaced and progressive video data. The video input processor also uses an advanced algorithm to efficiently convert video data in RGB color space to YUV color space. The video input processor further enables multi-functions such as video image scaling, video image filtering before the video data are output for further video compression.

One of the objects of this invention is to realize an antenna having low reflection loss over an extremely wideband. The antenna of the present invention is provided with a dielectric substrate, a plurality of antenna conductors formed on one surface of the dielectric substrate that are pseudo self-complementary on the surface, and a plurality of feed conductors symmetrical with respect to symmetrical surfaces of the antenna conductors, wherein a gap for a wavelength of {fraction (1/10)} or less that of the wavelength of a usage frequency in a vacuum is provided at a center of rotational symmetry between the plurality of antenna conductors.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing mid-frame blanking. A first portion of a frame is driven to a display and then a first mid-frame blanking interval is generated. Following this first mid-frame blanking interval, a second portion of the frame is driven to the display, followed by a second mid-frame blanking interval, followed by a third portion of the frame, and so on. Any number of mid-frame blanking intervals may be introduced in a given frame. During each mid-frame blanking interval, touch sensing is performed to detect touch events on the screen for in-cell touch type displays. For displays with touch sensors electrically separated from the display common voltage layer, special sense scan steps are performed during mid-frame blanking intervals. By performing touch sensing or special sense scan steps during a frame rather than only at the end of a frame, the performance of touch sensing is improved.

Apparatus and methods detect missing clock edges. An improved phase frequency detector (PFD) can be used in, for example, a phase locked loop (PLL) or a delay locked loop (DLL). Conventional PFDs can miss clock edges. Disclosed is a missing clock edge detection circuit that reliably detects these missing clock edges to correctly activate switches of a charge pump of the PLL or DLL. Embodiments exhibit relatively little of the characteristic polarity reversal of conventional PLL or DLL circuits, which then enables embodiments to operate faster and acquire phase lock quicker than conventional circuits. Such techniques are useful in clock synthesis, clock recovery, and the like. The invention can further include an optional circuit that detects when the missing clock edge detection circuit may have inaccurately determined (false positive) that a clock edge had been missed, to override the corrective action by the missing clock edge detection circuit.

Described are split body electric guitars and electric basses. The guitar body consists of two body plates, a front body plate and a back body plate, the opposing inside surfaces of which are in proximity but not in contact except where joined at a solid core. The body may be shaped to provide internal acoustic chambers, which may be adapted for mounting of electronics. Optionally, an output jack is mounted internally to one of the body plates.

Systems and methods of testing integrated circuits are disclosed. The systems include a test module configured to operate between an automated testing equipment and an integrated circuit to be tested. The testing interface is configured to test the integrated circuit at a higher clock frequency than the automated testing equipment is configured to operate. In order to do so, the testing interface includes components configured for generating addresses and test data to be provided to the integrated circuit. A variety of test data patterns can be produced and the test data can be address dependent.

An exhaust gas purification system includes a honeycomb structural member and a center electrode. The honeycomb structural member is disposed in an exhaust emission flow path from an engine. The center electrode extends along an axis of the honeycomb structural member from an upstream side thereof. A voltage of a polarity opposite from the polarity of the honeycomb structural member is applied to the center electrode. Sub-electrodes are further provided for controlling an electric field between the center electrode and the honeycomb structural member.

The invention discloses a vehicle-mounted positioning system and an automatic driving vehicle. One specific implementation manner of the system comprises a sensor assembly, an automobile computer and man-machine interaction equipment, wherein the sensor assembly is used for acquiring external environment information, position information and attitude information of the automatic driving vehicle; the automobile computer is used for receiving the external environment information, the position information and the attitude information from the sensor assembly, determining absolute positioning information of the automatic driving vehicle at the current moment based on the external environment information, the position information and a high-precision map, carrying out motion compensation based on the external environment information and the attitude information to obtain relative positioning information of the automatic driving vehicle at the current moment, and fusing the absolute positioning information and the relative positioning information to obtain self-positioning information of the automatic driving vehicle at the current moment; the man-machine interaction equipment is used for representing the self-positioning information. By adopting the implementation manner, the precision of the self-positioning information is improved and the accuracy of the self-positioning information, which is output when communication of the system is temporarily stopped or hindered, is improved.

Optical network units (ONUs) for high bandwidth connectivity, and related components and methods are disclosed. A fiber optical network ends at an ONU, which may communicate with a subscriber unit wirelessly at an extremely high frequency avoiding the need to bury cable on the property of the subscriber. In one embodiment, an optical network unit (ONU) is provided. The ONU comprises a fiber interface configured to communicate with a fiber network. The ONU further comprises an optical/electrical converter configured to receive optical downlink signals at a first frequency from the fiber network through the fiber interface and convert the optical downlink signals to electrical downlink signals. The ONU further comprises electrical circuitry configured to frequency convert electrical downlink signals to extremely high frequency (EHF) downlink signals at an EHF, and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit the EHF downlink signals to a proximate subscriber unit through an antenna.

A wide bore, high field superconducting magnet. The superconducting magnet has a plurality of superconducting coils impregnated with epoxy and nested within each other. An innermost one of the nested coils has a bore therethrough that defines a bore width of the magnet. The bore width is greater than approximately 100 millimeters. The nested coils are electrically connected in series and cooled to an operating temperature less than approximately 4 degrees K. The magnet also has external reinforcements on the coils that are applied prior to impregnating the coils with epoxy. An active protection circuit protects the coils in response to a quench in the magnet. The protection circuit includes heater elements positioned in thermal contact with the coils prior to impregnating the coils with epoxy. The magnet further has lead supports for supporting the lead wires with epoxy that extend from the coils.

A plurality of heavy mass irregularities attached to an inner wall of the drill collar attenuate waves traveling through the collar. The plurality of heavy mass irregularities are spaced and sized for the maximum attenuation of acoustic pulses in a predetermined frequency range. The mass irregularities may be rings secured to the inner surface of the collar by neck pieces, extending outwardly from the outer circumference of the ring. The mass irregularities may be made of steel or tungsten and are between six and ten in number. The spacing of the irregularities may lie between twelve and fourteen centimeters. A center pipe may be included to isolate the irregularities from the fluid flow associated with the drilling operation. The pipe may be of a soft material such as rubber to reduce transfer of acoustic noise along the drill string. The irregularities may be in an oil based fluid with the pipe fitting closely in the center of the rings. In another embodiment of the invention, each of the mass irregularities is attached to the drill collar over substantially the entire length of the mass irregularity, enabling the attenuation of high frequencies. In yet another embodiment of the invention, the attenuator comprises a substantially cylindrical body with a plurality of recesses on the inside and/or outside of the cylindrica body, with the length of the recesses selected to provide attenuation within a specified band. In another embodiment of the invention, the attenuator comprises a plurality of sections each having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, each section acting like a waveguide with an associated passband and reject-band.

The present invention is a pulse detonation combustion system, having a plurality of detonation initiation devices coupled to a main combustion chamber, where each of the detonation initiation devices is operating out-of-phase with each other. Each of the detonation initiation devices assists in the initiation of a detonation in the main combustion chamber, out-of-phase from each other such that the operational frequency of the pulse detonation combustion system is related to the number of detonation initiation devices multiplied by the operational frequency of a single detonation initiation device.

Provided is a bipolar high frequency treatment device including a catheter tube insertable into a body through a treatment device passage of an endoscope; a first forceps blade and a second forceps blade at the top end of the catheter tube, which first forceps blade and second forceps blade can be opened and closed by operating from outside the body; a support member for supporting the first forceps blade and the second forceps blade so that the blades are able to open and close; and a voltage supplier for supplying a high frequency voltage to the first forceps blade and the second forceps blade, wherein the first forceps blade and the second forceps blade are electrically insulated with an insulating element.

A plurality of heavy mass irregularities attached to an inner wall of the drill collar attenuate waves traveling through the collar. The plurality of heavy mass irregularities are spaced and sized for the maximum attenuation of acoustic pulses in a predetermined frequency range. The mass irregularities may be rings firmly coupled to the outer surface of the collar. Alternatively, the mass irregularities may be rings firmly coupled to the outer collar surface by neck pieces, extending inwardly from the inner circumference of the ring. The mass irregularities may be made of steel or tungsten. In another preferred embodiment, the mass irregularities are asymmetrically coupled to an outer collar wall for providing preferential directional attenuation.

The invention discloses a far-distance human-body-hiding hazardous article detector based on the radar target polarization characteristic. The detector comprises a display control end, a signal processing and control module, a linear frequency modulation source module, a transceiving frequency doubling link module, a clock distributing module, a medium-frequency amplification filtering module and a signal acquisition module. The linear frequency modulation source module provides linear frequency modulation signals to the transceiving frequency doubling link module. The transceiving frequency doubling link module conducts frequency doubling and amplifying on the linear frequency modulation signals provided by the linear frequency modulation source module so that the frequency of the linear frequency modulation signals can reach the designated frequency band and the linear frequency modulation signals can irradiate a detected object, reflection echoes of the detected object are received, processed and then transmitted to the medium-frequency amplification filtering module and finally return to the display control end. The display control end counts the distribution of strength values of two perpendicular routes of echoes of the detected objects according to the received multi-acquisition data, so whether the detected object carries a hazardous article or not can be effectively detected, far-distance detection can be achieved, security check can be conducted on high-density people in open places, and the detected object does not need to cooperate actively.

A composite having a stack of a repeating pattern of layers of: a layer of a nonconductive magnetic material, a first layer of a dielectric material; a layer of a semiconducting material; and a second layer of the dielectric material. The composite has a magnetic resonance frequency and a magnetic anti-resonance frequency and a plasma frequency at higher frequencies than the magnetic resonance frequency.

The present invention provides a relative positioning device and a carrier wave integer ambiguity calculation method thereof. A base station is configured to receive satellite navigation original observation data and transmit the satellite navigation original observation data to a mobile station in real time; and the mobile station is configured to receive the satellite navigation original observation data, the gross error process of the satellite navigation original observation data is performed to complete the cycle slip detection and restoration of a carrier wave phase, and a double difference observation equation is established through the carrier wave phase double difference process so that the calculation of the integer ambiguity is realized and the relative positioning information is outputted. Through increasing of search and calculation speeds, high-precision relative positioning is rapidly realized, and the timeliness and the availability of a system are ensured.

As an electrode area of a plasma CVD apparatus is enlarged, influence of the surface standing wave remarkably appears, and there is a problem in that in-plane uniformity of quality and a thickness of a thin film formed over a glass substrate is degraded. Two or more high-frequency electric powers with different frequencies are supplied to an electrode for producing glow discharge plasma in a reaction chamber. With glow discharge plasma produced by supplying the high-frequency electric powers with different frequencies, a semiconductor thin film or an insulating thin film is formed. High-frequency electric powers with different frequencies (different wavelengths), which are superimposed on each other, are applied to an electrode in a plasma CVD apparatus, so that increase in plasma density and uniformity for preventing effect of surface standing wave of plasma are attained.

A semiconductor memory device includes a serial to parallel converter configured to generate parallel data at a parallel data rate in response to first serial data at first serial data rate in a first mode and configured to generate the parallel data at the parallel data rate in response to a second serial data at second serial data rate in a second mode, wherein the second serial data rate is less than the first serial data rate, and a data write circuit configured to provide the parallel data to a memory cell array.

A microprocessor implemented method for processing a load instruction is disclosed. The method comprises computing a virtual address corresponding to the load instruction. Next, it comprises performing a lookup of a set associative translation lookaside buffer (TLB) and a set associative data cache memory in parallel using early calculated lower address bits of the virtual address. Subsequently, it comprises retrieving a set of entries from the TLB corresponding to a first group of lower address bits transmitted to the TLB, wherein the set of entries comprise a plurality of virtual addresses and corresponding physical addresses. Further, it comprises finding a matching entry for the virtual address in the set of entries using upper bits of the virtual address, wherein the matching entry comprises a physical address corresponding to the virtual address. Finally, it comprises finding a matching entry in the data cache memory using the physical address.

A method and system for managing one or more thermal policies of a portable computing device (PCD) includes monitoring temperature of the portable computing device with internal thermal sensors and external thermal sensors. If a change in temperature has been detected by at least one thermal sensor, then a thermal policy manager may increase a frequency in which temperature readings are detected by the thermal sensors. The thermal policy manager may also determine if a current temperature of the portable computing device as detected by one or more of the thermal sensors falls within one or more predetermined thermal states. Each thermal state may be assigned a unique set of thermal mitigation techniques. Each set of thermal mitigation techniques may be different from one another. The sets of thermal mitigation techniques may differ according to quantity of techniques and impacts on performance of the PCD.

In an ultrasonic transducer array in which plural kinds of ultrasonic transducers having different areas of ultrasonic transmission/reception surfaces are arranged, electric impedances among the ultrasonic transducers are made substantially equal. The ultrasonic transducer array, in which at least two kinds of ultrasonic transducers having different areas of ultrasonic transmission/reception surfaces from one another and having substantially equal total thicknesses to one another are arranged, includes: a first ultrasonic transducer; and a second ultrasonic transducer having a larger number of layers than that of the first ultrasonic transducer and a smaller area of an ultrasonic transmission/reception surface than that of the first ultrasonic transducer.