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An optical device consists of one or more optical waveguides and mechanical light switches 30. When a light switch 30 is turned on, it extracts light beam 62a from a waveguide core 20 and redirect the light beam 62b into free space, it redirects an incoming light beam 80 from free space and injects the light beam 80a into the waveguide core 20, or it performs both functions at the same time, depending on specific applications. On and off states of a light switch 30 are achieved by pulling the light switch 30 into a close vicinity of the waveguide core 20 and by pushing the light switch 30 away from the waveguide core 20, respectively. An interactive fiat-panel display can be built based on this invention. A plurality of parallel channel waveguides forms a display panel. An array of light beams 62a, injected from an array light source 60, propagates along waveguide cores 20 until reaches a location where a light switch 30 is turned on. At this location, the light switch 30 redirects the light beams towards a viewer. An image is produced when the light switches 30 are turned on sequentially while the light-intensity distribution on the array light source 60 is synchronically updated. The panel display is capable of responding to an input optical signal by detecting an incoming light beam 80 from a light pen 100. An array of photodetectors 81 is used to identify the location of the incoming light beam 80 on the display panel and a computer is used to execute a corresponding action accordingly.

The embodiment of the invention provides a voice input method and device. The method comprises the following steps: judging whether a specified operation event is monitored or not in a non-voice input mode; if yes, switching to a voice input mode, wherein the specified operation event includes a long-pressing event of a specified key; carrying out voice input processing in the voice input mode. The voice input method and device provided by the embodiment of the invention have the benefits that multiple purposes are realized through reusing an existing key, the operations that a user clicks an voice input key/inlet and the like are eliminated, the simplicity and the convenience of user operation are improved, the switching time in the voice input mode is reduced, and the input cost is reduced.

A method/apparatus for multiplexing plural ion beams to a mass spectrometer. At least two ion sources are provided with means of transporting the ions from the ion sources to separate two-dimensional ion traps. Each ion trap is used for storage and transmission of the ions and operates between the ion sources and the mass analyzer. Each ion trap has a set of equally spaced, parallel multipole rods, as well as entrance and exit sections into which and from which ions enter and exit the trap, respectively. For each ion trap, the entrance section is placed in a region where background gas pressure is at viscous flow. The pressure at the exit section drops to molecular flow pressure regimes without a break in the structure of the ion trap. Each trap alternately stores and transmits ions by way of a fast voltage switch applied to the ion trap exit lens.

The invention discloses an electronic control dimming medium which comprises two substrate layers. A mixed layer is arranged between two substrate layers and is made by mixing smectic phase liquid crystal and additives. A conductive electrode layer is arranged at the sides of two substrate layers towards the mixed layer, and the conductive electrode layer is connected with a circuit drive control apparatus. Two substrate layers can be made of glass, or two substrate layers can be made of plastic, or one substrate layer is made of the glass, and the other substrate layer is made of the plastic. When an electric signal which is applied to the conductive electrode layer is controlled, smectic phase liquid crystal molecules can be characterized by different arrangement states, and the arrangement states are the same in the electroless case, so as to ensure that the medium can be switched between a vaporific shielding state and a full transparent state and even can be switched among various gradual progress states of different gray scales. The electronic control dimming medium can be widely applied to the fields of building decoration and fitment, privacy control area, automobile electronics, electronic bulletin board, etc.

The object of providing a non-volatile semiconductor memory that stands out by good scalability and a high retention time as well as ensures low switching voltages at low switching times and achieves a great number of switching cycles at good temperature stability is solved by the present invention with a semiconductor memory whose memory cells comprise at least one silicon matrix material layer with open or disturbed nanocrystalline or amorphous network structures and structural voids which has a resistively switching property between two stable states, utilizing the ion drift in the silicon matrix material layer. The memory concept suggested in the present invention thus offers an alternative to the flash and DRAM memory concepts since it is not based on the storing of charges, but on the difference of the electric resistance between two stable states that are caused by the mobility of ions in the amorphous silicon matrix material with an externally applied electric field.

A memory cell made of two electrodes with a controllably conductive media between the two electrodes is disclosed. The controllably conductive media contains an active low conductive layer and passive layer. The controllably conductive media changes its impedance when an external stimuli such as an applied electric field is imposed thereon. Methods of making the memory devices/cells, methods of using the memory devices/cells, and devices such as computers containing the memory devices/cells are also disclosed.

The invention discloses a dual-card dual-standby terminal and a data communication method. The dual-card dual-standby terminal comprises a first SIM card, a second SIM card, a first protocol stack, a second protocol stack, a data service module and a TCP/IP protocol stack. The TCP/IP protocol stack comprises a first virtual WAN transmission interface and a second virtual WAN transmission interface. The first SIM card resides in a PS domain and a CS domain of a network through the first protocol stack. The second SIM card resides in a PS domain and a CS domain of a network through the second protocol stack. The first virtual WAN transmission interface and the second virtual WAN transmission interface are used for transmitting data of the first protocol stack and the second protocol stack respectively. The data service module is used for selecting the network where the first SIM card or the second SIM card belongs to establish a PS data service link so as to carry out data transmission. The terminal and the method have the following advantages that the SIM card can resides in a CS voice service and a PS data service simultaneously; transmission interruption and other problems generated because one network is abnormal can be avoided; a resource utilization rate is increased and a user experience is improved.

A memory circuit for use in a data processing circuit is described, in which memory cells have at least two states, each state being determined by both a first voltage level corresponding to a first supply line and a second voltage level corresponding to a second supply line. The memory circuit comprises a readable state in which information stored in a memory cell is readable and an unreadable state in which information stored in said memory cell is reliably retained but unreadable. Changing the first voltage level but keeping the second voltage level substantially constant effects a transition between the readable state and the unreadable state. In use, the static power consumption of the memory cell in the unreadable state is less than static power consumption of the memory cell in the readable state.

A radar level gauge (RLG), intended for measuring with a close-range low-power radar a distance to a content surface in a container relatively to a measuring position, which is located above the surface and fixed in relation to a lower boundary of said container. The RLG comprises a transmitter for transmitting an electromagnetic transmitter pulse, a signal medium interface connectable to means for directing said transmitter pulse towards said surface and for receiving a reception pulse reflected back from said surface, and a receiver for receiving said reception pulse. A switch connects said signal medium interface to said transmitter while said transmitter pulse is transmitted, and said signal medium interface to said receiver while said reflected pulse is received, the switch having a switching time short enough to enable short distance detection. According to this design, signal losses can be reduced significantly compared to prior solutions.

The invention discloses a protection switching method in an Ethernet passive optical network, which comprises the following steps of: synchronizing in real time configuration data between an active port and a standby port of an optical line terminal (OLT); and performing dynamic bandwidth allocation on logical link identifiers (LLID) in the active and standby ports, performing normal dynamic bandwidth allocation on online LLIDs and performing the dynamic bandwidth allocation on offline LLIDs according to a set period by using the OLT. The invention simultaneously discloses a protection switching device in the Ethernet passive optical network, which comprises a synchronization unit used for realizing the real-time synchronization of the configuration data between the active and standby ports of the OLT, and a dynamic bandwidth allocation unit used for performing the dynamic bandwidth allocation on the LLIDs in the active and standby ports, performing the normal dynamic bandwidth allocation on the online LLIDs and performing the dynamic bandwidth allocation on the offline LLIDs according to the set period. The method and the device have the advantages of maximally reducing influenceto data transmission in the EPON and improving the quality of communication services of the EPON.

The present invention relates to a MEMS, being developed for e.g. a mobile communication application, such as switch, tunable capacitor, tunable filter, phase shifter, multiplexer, voltage controlled oscillator, and tunable matching network. The volume change of phase-change layer is used for a bi-stable actuation of the MEMS device. The MEMS device comprises at least a bendable cantilever, a phase change layer, and electrodes. A process to implement this device and a method for using is given.

The invention discloses a frication stir welding flexibility tool for a subway vehicle side wall. The frication stir welding flexibility tool comprises a pair of I-shaped beam bases, four square steel bases symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the I-shaped beam bases respectively, multiple locating and clamping mechanisms installed on the square steel bases in a sliding manner, multiple beams installed on the I-shaped beam bases in a sliding manner and a turnover mechanism. Every two adjacent beams are connected with a pair of rotary welding joint supporting strips and a pair of fixed welding joint supporting strips in a sliding manner. The tool is suitable for frication stir welding of the subway vehicle side wall; common features of existing and following projects are fully considered, the universality of the tool is improved; high cost for a newly-made tool is saved; the preparation cycle of tools for new projects is greatly shortened; the space and the position occupied by the tool are saved; the project production tool switching time spent in the multi-project combined production process is shortened; the accuracy and uniformity of the tool are guaranteed; and the capacity is improved. The tool is good in reliability, simple in structure, high in efficiency and suitable for practical application.

A homogeneously illuminating ophthalmic instrument includes an illumination device having a source of illumination, a homogenizing unit and a projection device, at least one organic or inorganic source of radiation with spectrally selective emission being used as a source of illumination. The illumination generated in this way enables correspondingly adapted visual and/or digital observation, recording or display of the examined regions of the eye by a visualizing unit.

When detecting failure of master control board, standby master control board informs each interface board into 'operation for rearranging master/standby state' first. Then a series of operation is carried out including: each module prohibits CPU to process data packets delivered; cleaning up list items in second layer protocol, in third layer protocol and in interface; standby board is becomes new master control board; service board registers to the new master control board; after registering, starting to clean up hardware settings, and the new master control board creates interfaces, down loads stored operating configuration file; allowing data packet to be sent to CPU, enabling configuration management so as to finish rearrangement. Moreover, fault recovery is carried out for original master control board. The recovered board being started up becomes standby board. The method makes exchange system possesses shortest time for rearranging master/standby state, and longest running time.

The present invention provides a multi-layer organic memory device that can operate as a non-volatile memory device having a plurality of stacked and/or parallel memory structures constructed therein. A multi-cell and multi-layer organic memory component can be formed with two or more electrodes having a selectively conductive media between the electrodes forming individual cells, while utilizing a partitioning component to enable stacking of additional memory cells on top of or in association with previously formed cells. Memory stacks can be formed by adding additional layers—respective layers separated by additional partitioning components, wherein multiple stacks can be formed in parallel to provide a high-density memory device.

The invention discloses a fast antenna testing device and method based on hardware triggering. The device and method solves the problems of coordinated control of components such as a test turntable, a measurement instrument and a switch unit, and fast testing in a multi-probe antenna test in the prior art. The fast antenna testing device based on the hardware triggering comprises a main control computer, a vector network analyzer, a turntable controller, a triggering controller, a switch matrix, a receiving probe matrix, the test turntable and an antenna to be tested. By means of the fast antenna testing device and method based on the hardware triggering, communication delay is little, switching time of a switch is short, switching frequency is small, and total test time is short.

The field of the invention is that of microsystems of the electrostatically actuated microswitch type that are used in electronics to carry out switching functions, especially in the microwave field for mobile telephony and radars. The object of the invention is to improve the performance of the switch by reducing the response time of the device and by increasing the radiofrequency or microwave power supported, while still maintaining low switching voltages. This improved performance is obtained by using thick membranes and by placing a material of high relative permittivity between said membrane and the associated electrode. The switch is obtained by a novel production process, the membrane being produced on an independent substrate and then joined to the base substrate of the switch. Examples of processes for producing devices according to the invention with the materials that can be used, the possible geometries and the various production steps are given.