110 results about "Broadband pulse" patented technology

Methods and apparatus that transmit ultra-wideband pulses through twisted-pair wire media are provided. One method includes transmitting an ultra-wideband pulse through the twisted-pair wire media at dissimilar time periods. Another method includes transmitting an ultra-wideband pulse through the twisted-pair wire media at dissimilar radio frequencies. Yet another method includes transmitting an ultra-wideband pulse through the twisted-pair wire media at dissimilar time periods and at dissimilar radio frequencies. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

An orthogonal wavelet division multiplexing (OWDM) communication system including a synthesis section and a channel interface. The synthesis section includes a filter pair bank with multiple inputs and an output that provides an OWDM signal. Each input receives a corresponding symbol of a supersymbol, where the symbols are from a selected modulation scheme. The synthesis section generates the OWDM signal as a combination of weighted OWDM pulses, where each weighted OWDM pulse represents of a symbol of the supersymbol. An OWDM Spread Spectrum (OWSS) communication system that uses broad-time and broadband pulses generated from a family of OWDM pulses together with a set of orthogonal PN code vectors. The OWSS pulses are mutually orthogonal and allow multi-user operation. Each user is assigned an OWSS pulse corresponding to a particular PN code. OWSS enables high rate operation for wireless channels with the use of an equalizer with FE and DFE sections.

A baseband signal converter device for an impulse radio receiver combines multiple converter circuits and an RF amplifier in a single integrated circuit package. Each converter circuit includes an integrator circuit that integrates a portion of each RF pulse during a sampling period triggered by a timing pulse generator. The integrator capacitor is isolated by a pair of Schottky diodes connected to a pair of load resistors. A current equalizer circuit equalizes the current flowing through the load resistors when the integrator is not sampling. Current steering logic transfers load current between the diodes and a constant bias circuit depending on whether a sampling pulse is present.

An ultrasonic beamformer may include an input signal line for each ultrasonic transducer element configured to carry a broadband pulse from the ultrasonic element. The ultrasonic beamformer may include a number of signal shifters that is substantially less than the number of transducer elements. Each signal shifter may be configured to shift a broadband pulse in a way that is different from the way the other signal shifters are configured to shift a broadband pulse. For each of the input signal lines, a multiplexer may be configured to electrically connect the broadband pulse received on the input signal line to a selected one of the signal shifters. A multiplexer controller may be configured to generate the control signal for each of the multiplexers in a fashion that causes the ultrasonic beamformer to substantially compensate for the differences in the distances. A comparable configuration may be used for transmission.

This invention discloses an electrochemical electronic tongue based on broadband pulse voltammetry, composed of the electrode array, broadband pulse scanners and data analysis software. The electrode array is electrochemical electrode group that is made up with the reference electrode, auxiliary electrodes and multi - the work - a multi-channel electrode. The data analysis software is installed on the computer; electrode array will be placed analyte solution system. The broadband pulse scanner output pulse of a number of different scanning frequency signal, and then the signal is imposed on the analyte solution through parameter electrode of electrode array and working electrode. The circuit response signals produced by the solution return to broadband pulse scanner through secondary electrode. The invention can detect overall features of material and the differences between the material characteristics effectively, and has analytical speed, wide frequency range, access informative features.

The invention discloses a compressive sense ultrasound imaging method through GPU (graphics processing unit) and solves the problem that the imaging reconstruction is performed slowly by the compressive sense theory. The method includes 1, according to a set resolution, discretizing the detection region and performing broadband pulse scanning on the region, acquiring echo vectors and observation matrix, and establishing an ultrasound imaging mathematical model; 2, partitioning and copying the echo vectors and observation matrix to a GPU video memory; 3, calculating an iteration step in the GPU; 4, substituting the iteration step into a fast iterative shrinkage threshold algorithm to figure out a reconstructed observation scene scattering intensity; 5, copying the scattering intensity to a main memory and arraying two-dimensional matrix, and obtaining a reconstructed ultrasound image. Compared with a traditional fast iterative shrinkage threshold algorithm, the method has the advantages that the reconstructing time is reduced by the millisecond level from the minute level, the real-time performance of ultrasound imaging is improved greatly, and the method can be applied to the field of real-time ultrasound processing.

A sensing system includes plurality of sensors along the lengths of input and output optical fibers. Each sensor receives broadband pulses from the input fiber, dynamically senses a plurality of physical parameters in a one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of predefined wavelength bands, and forms signal pulses from the broadband pulses by transmitting only a single wavelength within each wavelength band. Each single wavelength has a dynamically-varying peak wavelength value indicative of the corresponding sensed physical parameter. The signal pulses from the output optical fiber are directed into one or more interferometers, which produce a phase deviation corresponding to each dynamically-varying peak wavelength value.

A method estimates a time of arrival of a signal received in a wireless communication system. An energy in a frame of a received signal is measured to determine a block in the frame, the block representing a coarse time of arrival of the received signal. Multiple time-delayed versions of a template signal are combined with the block of the received signal to select a particular template signal. The particular template signal identifies a particular chip representing a fine time of arrival of the received signal.

A broadband pulse width modulation circuit is provided which can achieve high speed responsibility while assuring an advantage of a pulse width modulation (PWM) circuit having a good power efficiency in order to satisfy a demand for reduction of power consumption and a demand for high speed responsibility in the field of optical communication. The broadband PWM circuit includes a PWM circuit for modulating and smoothing a pulse width in response to an input voltage signal to supply electric current to a load, a frequency band selection and amplification circuit for selectively amplifying only a specific frequency band of the input voltage signal, and a composition circuit for combining electric current from the pulse width modulation circuit and the electric current amplified by the frequency band selection and amplification circuit.

The invention discloses a chirped pulse velocity interferometer. In the chirped pulse velocity interferometer, broadband laser pulses output by a broadband pulse laser light source are changed into linear polarization linear chirped pulses after passing through a polarizer and a pulse stretcher; polarization light S and polarization light P which are perpendicular in polarization direction are produced after the linear chirped pulses pass through a polarization splitting prism, and then the polarization light S and the polarization light P are successively emitted into the surface of a tested sample; the beat-wave interferometry is conducted on reflected light at a certain included angle, and produced beat-wave interferometric fringes are recorded through an imaging type spectrometer. A certain delay time difference exists before the polarization light S and the polarization light P are emitted into the surface of the sample, and synchronous transmission is achieved through optical path compensation after the polarization light S and the polarization light P are reflected by the surface of the sample. The oscillation penetrating direction of the polarizer is perpendicular to that of an analyzer. By means of the chirped pulse velocity interferometer, the time distinguishing of sub-picosecond scale can be achieved, the imaging type spectrometer serves as the corresponding recording system, an expensive streak camera recording system is avoided, and therefore the cost of a test system is effectively controlled.

The number of sensors that can be used by an SSA system including a single source can be increased by using a multi wavelength source to send different wavelength pulses to each of a plurality of different sensor array ladders, particularly Sagnac sensor array (SSA) ladders. More particularly, each broadband pulse from a broadband source is wavelength divided into a plurality of narrower pulses with each narrower pulse being used in a separate sensor array ladder.

The invention discloses a time domain lens compression system based method for generating ultra-wideband pulse of arbitrary waveform. The method comprises the following steps: generating a wideband time domain pulse signal in a frequency domain by using an arbitrary waveform generator (AWG); respectively generating a positive amplitude part and a negative amplitude part of the wideband time domain pulse signal by using two output ports of the AWG; respectively modulating the positive amplitude part and the negative amplitude part into an optical pulse signal; compressing the two optical pulsesignals by using a time domain lens system; and detecting one compressed optical pulse signal with the other optical pulse signal by a differential photoelectric detector after one compressed opticalpulse signal is subjected to optical delay so as to acquire the ultra-wideband pulse signal. By using the time domain lens compression system, the method can flexibly and conveniently generate a narrow pulse signal with an arbitrary waveform, can effectively overcome the encountered difficulty in generating narrow pulse in the frequency domain, contributes to confusion with the optical fiber communication technology, and plays an important role in communication systems, radar systems, the sensor technology and other scientific fields as an implementation scheme of an optical AWG.

The invention discloses a pulse super-broadband receiver which comprises a controllable gain amplifier and a triggering receiver in mutual connection, wherein the controllable gain amplifier amplifies a received RF signal and outputs the RF signal to the triggering receiver, and the triggering receiver judges whether the energy of the amplified RF signal excesses the preset value, if the energy of the amplified RF signal excesses the preset value, asynchronous triggering is carried out to obtain high electric level, or else, low electric level is obtained. The pulse super-broadband receiver uses a simple digital logic circuit for receiving the super-broadband pulse, avoids the limitations of high power consumption, complex circuits, difficult integration, and the like of the traditional synchronous sampling receiving method in receiving super-broadband signals, has the advantages of simple circuits, easy integration and low power consumption, and is particularly suitable for the super-broadband pulse communication. The invention can correctly receive the signal and greatly reduce the power consumption and the complexity of the receiving circuit, and is helpful for chip realization.

The invention relates to the field of underwater acoustics and more particularly to the field of signal processing in a low frequency (LF) active sonar system. The present invention makes it possible to decrease the false alarm rate while retaining the classification of the objects. The subject of the invention is a method of processing signals received corresponding to a signal emitted comprising by recurrence two pulses, a first Doppler tolerant broadband pulse of HFM type in particular and a second Doppler intolerant broadband pulse of BPSK type in particular, comprising: a step of detecting objects performed on the part of the signal received corresponding to the first pulses and providing an alarm for each object detected, and a step of classifying the objects detected performed on the part of the signal received corresponding to the second pulses for the alarms satisfying at least one predetermined criterion.

The invention discloses a radio frequency radiation type simulation broadband pulse radar imaging equivalent simulation method. The radio frequency radiation type simulation broadband pulse radar imaging equivalent simulation method comprises steps that 1, a target echo signal is acquired; 2, a compressed sensing measuring matrix is constructed; 3, an intermittent transmitting-receiving echo segmented sparse observation model is established; 4, a target high resolution range profile is reconstructed. The radio frequency radiation type simulation broadband pulse radar imaging equivalent simulation method is advantageous in that 1, a transmitting-receiving signal shielding problem of a pulse radar in a microwave darkroom in a transmitting-receiving common antenna system is solved; 2, the construction of the target echo segmented sparse observation measuring matrix is realized; 3, the intermittent transmitting-receiving echo segmented sparse observation model is established; 4, the accurate reconstruction of the peak value position and the amplitude of the target high resolution range profile is realized.

The invention provides an SPR measuring method and a measuring system thereof. According to the measuring method, first, a linear-polarized coherent broadband pulsed light beam is incident onto a surface of a sample under detection of a SPR sensing device to cause reflection; next, a time-domain monotonous chirp is performed on the incident coherent broadband pulsed light and/or the SPR reflected light; finally, the time-domain monotonically chirped SPR reflected light beam is detected, and information of the SPR effect is obtained according to the detected signal. According to the invention, the spectrum detection method used in conventional slow wavelength interrogation is converted into the high-speed real-time detection of time-domain pulse shape signals. Thus, the procedure of the SPR reaction may be monitored closely, and dynamical curves with very high time resolution may be obtained, in that case, fast biochemical reaction procedures may be monitored. As each part of the measuring system may remain fixed during the measurement, a compact, miniature and portable system may be realized. The interrogation part of the sensing system is easy-to-realize, of low cost and compatible with various SPR devices and components.

The invention relates to a broadband pulse electric field test probe comprising a metal shielding box, an electronic circuit board which is fixed in the metal shielding box, an antenna mounting base which is welded on the electronic circuit board, and a unipolar cylindrical antenna which is fixed in the antenna mounting base via threads and stretches out of the metal shielding box. The unipolar cylindrical antenna and the metal shielding box are maintained to be electrically insulated. The electronic circuit board is provided with a voltage follower and an electro-optical conversion circuit which are electrically connected in turn. The electro-optical conversion circuit comprises a semiconductor laser device and a driving circuit thereof. The unipolar cylindrical antenna is connected with the input end of the voltage follower. The tail fiber of the semiconductor laser device is connected with an external optical fiber link via an optical fiber adapter flange which is fixed on the metal shielding box. The objective of the invention is to provide the broadband pulse electric field test probe based on optical fiber transmission, and the broadband pulse electric field test probe is broadband, wide-range and high in anti-interference capacity.

A system is provided for substantially continuously monitoring an electromagnetic intensity of short bursts of electromagnetic waves (E-waves) having frequencies within a broad frequency range. The system includes at least one antenna capable of detecting one or more bursts of E-waves and converting the bursts into radio frequency (RF) signals having an energy level correlated to the intensities of the E-waves. The system additionally includes at least one broadband equalizer that normalizes the energy levels of RF signals across the broad range of frequencies and at least one amplifier that amplifies the energy levels of the RF signals output by the broadband equalizer. The system further includes at least one RF peak power sensor for measuring the energy levels of the RF signals output from the amplifier and determining the peak power level of at least one peak RF signal that has the highest energy level. Further yet, the system includes at least one power meter that converts the peak power level of the peak RF signal to power units and a computer based device that utilizes the power units output by the peak power measurement subsystem to determine the strength of the E-wave correlated with the peak RF signal.

A double-layer plate Lamb wave non-contact wave speed extraction method relates to an ultrasonic measurement method of Rayleigh wave speed and belongs to the technical field of nondestructive testing. Along with progressive development of material science, various functional materials emerge continuously, such as ultrathin glass plates and thin-layer ceramic materials. A testing method adopting traditional destructive mechanical properties cannot meet requirements of novel materials. In nondestructive testing for measuring sound wave speed mainly, a V (z) curve formed by interference of leakyLamb waves and direct reflection waves, namely longitudinal waves, comprises a large amount of information about material properties, such as thickness, density, Young modulus and shear modulus. The double-layer plate Lamb wave non-contact wave speed extraction method is based on a defocusing measurement system, utilizes broadband pulses as an excitation source, receives ultrasonic waves containing various frequency components and obtains the V (z) curve of a material and an oscillation period of the V (z) curve through an improved two-dimensional Fourier transform technique, thereby achieving continuous extraction of broadband of Lamb wave speed. The double-layer plate Lamb wave non-contact wave speed extraction method has the advantages of 1 being capable of performing rapid and accurate wave speed extraction on Lamb waves of different materials; 2 being capable of extracting multi-modality wave speed; and 3 being capable of extracting wave speed in broadband range and replacing a single-frequency pointwise mode.