1530 results about "Signal amplifier" patented technology

A fully implantable nerve stimulation system includes an event-triggered, closed-loop control unit that detects physiological events from nerve signals and delivers stimulation pulses to a nerve to produce a desired physiological response. The stimulation system includes a low-noise, low-power nerve signal amplifier, accelerometers that detect position and a battery powered processor that selectively powers components in the system to detect physiological events and deliver stimulation pulses with a minimum of battery power.

The invention provides pressure sensors for use in wet environments. A pressure sensor package according to the invention has a housing having a pair of cavities separated by a wall member. Sequentially contained within one cavity is a conductive elastomeric seal pad, a pressure sensor and an elastomeric media seal. A pressure cap is attached to the housing such that the pressure cap and the housing together form a hermetic seal. The pressure cap has a port for admitting a gas under pressure into the first cavity. A signal amplifier is positioned within the second cavity and a cover encloses the signal amplifier within the second cavity. An electrical connector through the wall member forms an electrical connection between the pressure sensor and the signal amplifier. A lead frame extends through the housing and forms electrical connections with the pressure sensor and the signal amplifier.

A primary side controlled power converter having a voltage sensing means coupled to a transformer of the power converter and configured to provide a voltage feedback waveform representative of an output of the transformer is provided. A primary switching circuit operates to control energy storage of a primary side of the transformer. The primary switching circuit is operable during an on time and inoperable during an off time. The on and off time is switched at a system frequency. A feedback amplifier generates an error signal indicative of a difference between the voltage feedback waveform and a reference voltage. A sample and hold circuit samples the error signal at a periodic frequency during the off time. An error signal amplifier is configured to provide the sampled value to the primary switching circuit wherein the primary switching circuit controls the transformer and thereby regulates an output of the power converter.

A pre-amplifier (column region unit) of a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel-signal controller. The pixel-signal controller, for each vertical signal line, detects the level of each pixel signal independently by a pixel-signal detector on the output side of a pixel-signal amplifier, and sets a gain independently to the pixel-signal amplifier according to the level of the signal. At a subsequent stage of the solid-state imaging device, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter and a signal extending unit are provided. The A/D converter digitizes a pixel signal, and the digitized pixel signal is corrected by a gain set to the pixel-signal amplifier with reference to a classification signal from the pixel-signal detector, so that the dynamic range of signals of one screen is extended.

A method for providing digital adaptive predistortion in a subscriber station is provided that includes applying predistortion, based on a set of predistortion characteristics, to a transmit signal to generate a predistorted signal. An amplifier input signal is generated based on the predistorted signal. The amplifier input signal is amplified to generate an amplified signal. The amplified signal is sampled to generate a sampled signal. The sampled signal is processed through a receive channel of the subscriber station to generate a processed signal. A determination is made regarding whether to adjust the set of predistortion characteristics based on the processed signal.

A method and system to expand digital transmission capacity in a "tree and branch" coax distribution system employing distributed TV signal amplifiers. Specifically, a number of separate bands are used in a main feeder cable that are frequency shifted and applied to a number of local coax distribution networks. In the preferred embodiment each of the local coax distribution networks use the same pair of upstream and downstream frequencies. Using identical pairs of upstream and downstream frequencies allows the use of a single standardized non-tuning end-user data interface (client modem), that can be connected to any of the local coax distribution networks. This abstract is provided as a tool for those searching for patents, and not as a limitation on the scope of the claims.

A continuous-time domain Decision Feedback Equalizer (DFE) for use in a serial communication channel comprises in one embodiment a summer, a decision circuit, a capture flip-flop (FF) and an N-th order active filter. The DFE and its active filter operate in continuous time to give improved performance over a discrete-time DFE. In one embodiment involving a first-order active filter, the capture FF is outside the continuous-time negative feedback loop of the DFE and involves a differential signal amplifier. In another embodiment, the capture flip-flop is inside the DFE loop, and in a third embodiment the decision circuit comprises a comparator.

A system and method for wirelessly communicating using beamswitching is provided. A communications system includes a high-power signal cable coupled to a signal amplifier, a radio frequency circuit coupled to the high-power signal cable, and a control unit coupled to the radio frequency circuit. The high-power signal cable conveys a transmission signal produced by the signal amplifier. The radio frequency circuit includes a plurality of antennas, a passive network having a plurality of output ports and a plurality of input ports, each output port coupled to an antenna of the plurality of antennas, and a plurality of switches coupled to the high-power signal cable, each switch coupled to an input port in the plurality of input ports. The control unit produces the control signal based on a specified coupling of the high-power signal cable to the passive network.

The invention provides a compensating method of the switching frequency of a amplifier which comprises the following steps: two output end polarities is compared in the state in which the amplifier has no signal outputting; the inputting end current of the amplifier is adjusted according to the electrode; repeated circle is carried out until achieving the requirement of stopping the cycle. The invention also provides a compensating device of the DC offset voltage of the amplifier which comprises a comparator, a register, a decoding module and a current compensation module. The invention has the advantages of simple structure, low cost, small power-consumption. Meanwhile, the invention is used both for a signal amplifier and an amplifier system, which can limit the imbalance voltage to be in small scope.

The present invention is a method and system for continuously monitoring cardiac output. In a preferred embodiment, the method and system of the present invention comprises a pneumotachograph, differential pressure transducer, and a signal amplifier/conditioner interconnected to a programmed digital computer. A patient, preferably, inserts the pneumotachograph in his mouth or, alternatively, the pneumotachograph is connected to a patient's tracheal cannula. As the patient exhales and inhales the differential pressure transducer measures the drop in pressure as air flows through the pneumotachograph thereby producing a weak electrical signal non-linearly proportional to flow. Next, the weak signal is directed through the amplifier/signal conditioner which increases the amplitude and removes some of the noise contained in the transducer output. A digital computer is then utilized to convert the analog time varying electrical signal into a stream of digital data, store it on disk, display it in real time and processes the signal using an experimentally determined correlation factor and mathematical equations relating the fluctuations in air flow with stroke volume to obtain the cardiac output.

A monolithic integrated circuit (IC), and method of manufacturing same, that includes all RF front end or transceiver elements for a portable communication device, including a power amplifier (PA), a matching, coupling and filtering network, and an antenna switch to couple the conditioned PA signal to an antenna. An output signal sensor senses at least a voltage amplitude of the signal switched by the antenna switch, and signals a PA control circuit to limit PA output power in response to excessive values of sensed output. Preferred fabrication techniques include stacking multiple FETs to form switching devices. An iClass PA architecture is described that dissipatively terminates unwanted harmonics of the PA output signal. A preferred embodiment of the RF transceiver IC includes two distinct PA circuits, two distinct receive signal amplifier circuits, and a four-way antenna switch to selectably couple a single antenna connection to any one of the four circuits.

Disclosed are a sensor node having a self localization function and a self localization method of the sensor node. The sensor node calculates a location thereof by receiving location information measured at each of two mobile nodes at different times and using four location information of the received location information. Additional cost and power consumption required for installing additional equipment such as an anchor node, a ultrasonic transceiver and a signal amplifier are reduced.

System for pulse-width-modulated class D audio amplifiers. In one preferred embodiment an adder is described to generate a difference signal responsive to an input signal and a feedback signal, a pulse-width-modulator coupled to the adder to compare the difference signal to a reference signal and produce a pulse-width-modulated signal based on the comparing, a filter coupled to an output of the pulse-width-modulator, and a loop filter having a first input coupled to the output of the filter and a second input coupled to the input of the filter, the loop filter to generate a feedback signal by applying transfer functions to signals at its inputs. The loop transfer function of the amplifier is minimum aliasing error transfer function. The minimum aliasing error properties provide low distortion and taking the feedback from the output of the filter reduces high frequency output impedance.

An operational status detection system for a railroad warning device having a warning light, comprising: a photodiode configured to generate a signal corresponding to a light output of the warning light of the railroad warning device; an amplifier for increasing a signal strength of the signal and providing an output corresponding to the signal; a filter for receiving the output, the filter being configured to only allow portions of the output corresponding to the light output of the warning light to be presented as an output signal of the warning light; and a microcontroller receptive to the output signal and for comparing the output signal to a threshold value, the threshold value corresponding to an acceptable light output of the warning light.

A parallel type single-wire addressable light device includes a microprocessor, at least one lighting module and at least one signal amplifier. The microprocessor includes an address transmission line and a data transmission line. The plurality of lighting modules is composed of a control driver and at least one lamp set, and the control driver is connected in parallel to the microprocessor through the address transmission line and the data transmission line. The signal amplifier is electrically connected between the microprocessor and the control driver. The address transmission line of the microprocessor transmits an address define signal to set the address of each lighting module, and then the data transmission line outputs data to control any one or any two or more lighting modules for controlling a change of light.

A noise dosimeter with capability to rapidly predict noise exposure over an extended time period based on a measurement of short duration. Either an acoustic or an electrical earphone adapter provides a convenient means to connect the noise dosimeter to an external sound source. A direct input jack operable to receive at least one audio signal provides a signal to an RMS detector, which provides a DC signal to a two-stage amplifier circuit. The outputs of the amplifiers are provided to a processor having multiple A/D channels. The processor calculates accumulated noise doses and drives a display, which in one embodiment includes a panel of light-emitting diodes. In one embodiment, the dosimeter includes functionality for control of external devices such as sound boards.

The invention discloses a flexible integrated ultrasonic transducer, which is integrated by an organic thin-film transistor and a piezoelectric sensor. The flexible integrated ultrasonic transducer consists of a substrate, a moisture-proof isolation layer, a source drain electrode, a semiconductor thin-film layer, a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode layer, an electrical signal coupling layer, a piezoelectric film layer, an electrode layer and an ultrasonic coupling layer in turn. In order to conveniently prepare a two-dimensional flexible ultrasonic transducer array, a layer of silicon dioxide thin film is deposited on a PET substrate and is used for isolating moisture. The piezoelectric material serving a PVDF thin film of an ultrasonic transducer has the advantages of good piezoelectric performance, low acoustic impedance, and good acoustic impedance matching with water and organisms. Therefore, the sensitivity is improved and the frequency band is widened. High flexibility ofthe PVDF thin film provides good technical basis for integrating the piezoelectric sensor. By adopting the organic thin-film transistor as a built-in signal amplifier, the gain and signal-to-noise ratio are increased, and the anti-jamming capability is improved.

An oil metal abrasive particles online monitoring system comprises sensors, a microprocessor and a circuit; each sensor is a solenoid type inductive transducer, and an oil circuit can pass through the solenoid of the inductive transducer; an excitation AC signal-generator is connected with two excitation coils respectively in two totally same sensors, and two induction coils of the two sensors are connected with a signal amplifier; and the signal amplifier, a RMS-DC converter, an AD converter, the microprocessor and a display are in a sequential connection, and the microprocessor is also connected with a keyboard and an alarm. The monitoring system is reasonable in structure, high in sensitivity of monitoring weak signals outputted by the inductive transducer, good in linearity, good in anti-interference capability, stable and reliable in operation, convenient to operate, good in real-time performance, high in measuring precision, and accurate and reliable in monitoring result. The monitoring system can be used in military and civil fields, be used to monitor and diagnose oil pollutant degree and faults of machinery equipment such as various airplanes, ships, automobiles and the like, and the occurrence of various engine accidents is avoided.

The invention discloses a physical simulation method of coal-bed gas well hydraulic fractures. According to the method, a real three-shaft fracture simulating test frame is arranged, a fracture test piece with a wellbore hole simulator is placed in the real three-shaft fracture simulating test frame, and sound transmitting probes tightly adhere to the eight corners of the fracture test piece respectively through plastic cement and are connected with sound transmitting receivers through acoustic emission signal amplifiers; a hydraulic pressure stabilizer is connected to the exterior of the real three-shaft fracture simulating test frame; the top of the wellbore hole simulator is connected with an oil and water separator through a fracturing liquid pipeline, guar glue hydraulic fracturing liquid is added to the upper portion of the oil and water separator, and oil is added to the lower portion of the oil and water separator; a control panel is connected to the bottom of the oil and water separator. With the physical simulation method of coal-bed gas well hydraulic fractures, generation and development of fractures in the test piece can be detected in real time in the hydraulic fracturing physical simulation process in a laboratory, the three-dimensional characteristic analysis of the fractures is paid attention to, the method is not confined to observation on the extension of the fractures on the surface of the fracture test piece, and the extension process of the fractures can be better reflected.

The present invention relates to biomedicine engineering and bionics, and is especially one new type of implanted artificial cochlea and its making process. The implanted artificial cochlea consists of one implanted piezoelectric or fiber type microphone, one signal amplifier, one phonetic processor and one decoding stimulator. It has optimized MSPR mixed coding mode and multiple stimulating modes. Experiment shows that the implanted artificial cochlea has high sensitivity and good frequency characteristic, and is suitable for sufferer, especially children sufferer, of deafness.

The invention relates to a sound source positioning device, applying sound waves to position through the match of a plurality of directions, which is a three-dimensional space sound resource object positioning device. The sound resource positioning device is composed of a hearing transducer, a sound resource signal microprocessor and an upper computer system, wherein the hearing transducer is a microphone array of a four-dimension regular tetrahedron structure; four microphones are respectively positioned on the four top points of the regular tetrahedron structure; the sound resource signal microprocessor is composed of a sound signal amplifier module, an analysis latch module and a communication transmission module; the upper computer system is composed of a positioning calculation method and peripheral equipment; and the hardware parts of each part and each module are all connected with each other through wires. The sound resource positioning device realizes accurate positioning to sound resources at any position in a three-dimensional space, is constructed into an all-around hearing scene, has the advantages of simple structure and higher precision, and has an anti-noise ability.

A fin-shaped antenna apparatus for vehicle ratio application is electrically connected to a wireless receiver circuit and receives a radio signal. The fin-shaped antenna apparatus includes a fin-shaped cover, an AM antenna, a signal amplifier circuit board, an FM resonance circuit on the signal amplifier circuit board and a metal base. The AM antenna is separated with the FM resonance circuit. The FM resonance circuit comprises a plurality of inductors to form a resonance circuit and is connected to a metal base for enhancing the signal reception thereof. Therefore the signal quality for vehicle ratio application is enhanced.

A deep rock mass rock blasting forecasting and early warning method based on blast vibration monitoring comprises the following steps: setting a blast vibration sensor, collecting a signal and converting the signal into an electric signal for recording, amplifying the electric signal through a signal amplifier, forwarding the electric signal to a far-end signal analyzing and processing system through a wireless electric signal transponder, transmitting the received signal to a vibration signal identification and filter system of a computer, carrying out spectral analysis, recognition and separation on the vibration waveform, extracting characteristic parameters of a separated wave signal, and forecasting or evaluating disasters. The deep rock mass rock blasting forecasting and early warning method based on blast vibration monitoring has the advantages that the deep rock mass rock blasting is forecast and warned early through signal analysis via vibration monitoring equipment, easiness, convenience and practicability are achieved, great manpower and material resource input is not required, site construction is not disturbed, flexibility and convenience are achieved, and the deep rock mass rock blasting forecasting and early warning method is high in adaptability to different projects.

The invention discloses a measuring method for network nodes of an underwater wireless sensor and a device. The method comprises the steps of: carrying out the interconversion of an electric signal and an ultrasonic signal by utilizing an ultrasonic transducer so as to complete underwater ultrasonic communication; calculating the relative distance between the nodes and the device by utilizing the transmission delay between node communication as well as the propagation velocity of ultrasound underwater; and collecting the underwater environmental data information from the position of the nodes by utilizing a sensor specially used in underwater detection. The device comprises a microcontroller, an FSK modulating and power amplifying module and a transducer which are connected in series; a hydrophone, a weak signal amplifier, an FSK demodulating chip and a microcontroller which are connected in series; a power management module is used for supplying power for a circuit and managing a power supply; and an external spreading interface module is used for connecting with a corresponding interface sensor and peripherals. The invention realizes the underwater sound communication function with low cost and low power consumption and the distance measuring function between the network nodes of the underwater wireless sensor.

A frequency selective leveling loop that performs phase and amplitude control of multiple signals within a phased array structure is disclosed. The leveling loop sensor componants are embedded into the array structure. The frequency selective leveling loop can be used with multiple signal amplifiers, and a conventional phase array jamming system can be used to radiate multiple signals simultaneously. The conversion of phase information to baseband eliminates the need for phase matched cables. The frequency selective leveling that is enabled is tolerant of multiple signals and provides the individual signal phase and amplitude feedback by utilizing analytic sampling.

The invention discloses an on-line monitoring device for tool wear of a shield tunneling machine based on a resistance row type. inside the tool of the machine. The part where the resistor row contacts the cutter is filled with epoxy resin to ensure the insulation between the resistor row and the cutter. There is a rubber pad at the contact part between the resistance row base and the cutter, and the rubber pad also has a sealing effect, and the resistance row base is fixed with the cutter as a whole with a lock nut. There are three signal amplifiers on the cutterhead, three transmitting antennas are installed on the back of the cutterhead corresponding to the signal amplifiers, receiving antennas are installed on the inner wall of the soil pressure chamber opposite to the transmitting antennas, and signal receiving antennas are installed in the main cabin of the shield tunneling machine. device. The invention can predict the wear state of the excavating tool on-line, effectively reducing or avoiding the occurrence of huge economic losses, personal casualties and other dangerous accidents caused by tool accident shutdown.

The invention relates to a system for measuring a physical variable using a plurality of measuring sensors (20). Said system is characterized in that an inverting measuring signal amplifier (17; 17.1, 17.2) is connected downstream of every measuring sensor (20), one output of a sensor (20) each being connected to an inverting input of the measuring signal amplifier (17; 17.1, 17.2) connected downstream of the measuring sensor (20).

The invention relates to a bolt fastening state monitoring device and a use method thereof. The device disclosed by the invention comprises a circular column elastic gasket, wherein the lower part of the elastic gasket is radially provided with a trough which penetrates through a circular column; the lower part of the elastic gasket form two arc-shaped landing legs; the top of the mouth of the trough is provided with a pressure strain gauge; two sides of the upper part of the elastic gasket are provided with two sections of arc-shaped notches in parallel with the trough; the upper part of theelastic gasket forms two arc-shaped bosses which form an angle of 90 degrees with the arc-shaped landing legs; the pressure strain gauge is connected with a signal amplifier by virtue of a lead; the signal amplifier is connected with a data acquisition device by virtue of a data line; the data acquisition device is connected with the original computer monitoring equipment by virtue of a data line; and the computer monitoring equipment compares a data signal value collected at fixed period with a preset alarming threshold value so as to judge whether an alarming measure is adopted. The bolt fastening state monitoring device has the advantages of being low cost, safe to operate and almost free from manual participation, and can be widely applied to the production and scientific research fields of hydropower stations and the like which comprise pressure containers and need to fasten bolts.

The invention discloses a tension control device of fiber sizing equipment of a winding machine and a control method thereof. The control device comprises a servo motor, a motor driver, a glue dipping roller, a tension sensor, a tension signal amplifier, a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), a spring guide roller, a frictioning plate and a roller wheel. The control method comprises the following steps of: firstly, initializing, pre-tightening fiber and starting the device; secondly, measuring the tension value of the fiber by the tensor sensor, and transmitting the tension value to the PLC; thirdly, transmitting a control signal to the motor driver by the PLC; fourthly, controlling the tension of the fiber and the preset value of the tension to be in an error range by the motor driver through the rotating speed of the glue dipping roller controlled by the servo motor; and fifthly, transmitting the fiber to the winding machine through the frictioning plate. The invention has high tension control precision and can monitor the tension in real time. Compared with spring measuring equipment, the tension control device of the fiber sizing equipment of the winding machine greatly improves the measuring precision and the response speed and is convenient to operate.

A transmitter (32) generates a time-varying stabilized bias signal (82) from which sub-RF distortion signals (26, 29) have been cancelled. The distortion signals (26, 29) are byproducts of imperfect amplification and of biasing networks. An envelope amplifier (84) includes a high bandwidth differential input, linear, bias signal amplifier (120) and a low bandwidth switching amplifier (122) coupled together to achieve both a high bandwidth and high efficiency. A control loop (154) feeds a portion of the voltage V(t) from a conduction node (146) of the RF power amplifier (36) to one of the differential inputs of the linear bias signal amplifier (120), while a bias control signal (92) drives the other differential input. The portion of voltage V(t) fed to bias signal amplifier (120) is a low power portion from which the RF portion has been removed. A bias signal (128) may be predistorted to cancel distortion signals (26, 29).