Abstract:
Picture information intended for being displayed on a picture screen contains not only the main information such as film pictures, but also overlay information such as graphic information or subtitles. The overlay information is transmitted separately from the main information and is encoded in packets of digital symbols in which a page of overlay information is represented by a group of packets. All the packets include identification information sufficient for a receiver to identify whether all packets of a group have. This makes it possible to ascertain whether a page of overlay information has been received completely, which allows incomplete pages or combinations of parts of pages from being displayed on the picture screen. This is advantageous in the case of interruptions of picture signal reception, such as a disturbed TV signal, or when a video disc or tape is used in trick modes such as Fast Forward.
Abstract:
A radiation measurement system includes a dipole antenna (4,18) for radiating an EM field in response to an electrical signal generated by an opto-electrical converter (12). The opto-electrical converter (12) is provided with an optical signal representing the EM field to be emitted. Optical signals avoid disturbance of the EM field by a coaxial cable required to feed the antenna. In order to obtain an ideal dipole antenna with well known radiation properties, an inner conductor (16) is used to couple the signal from the opto-electrical converter (12) to both halves (4,18) of a hollow dipole antenna. FIG. 1
Abstract:
Apparatus for optically scanning an information plane of a disc-shaped optical record carrier having an underlying surface extending parallel to the information plane. A radiation source supplies a scanning beam, and an optical scanning unit has a lens system which focuses the scanning beam to a scanning spot on the information plane. The lens system has an optical axis, a first lens unit with a first lens having an entrance side (11) and an exit side (13), and a second lens unit with a second lens situated opposite the exit side of the first lens. The scanning unit also includes a drive motor for displacing the first lens along the optical axis and a rotation element for adjusting the position of the second lens with respect to the underlying surface of the record carrier. To inhibit spherical and/or comatic and astigmatism aberrations during scanning, the rotation element is rotatably driven and forms part of the second lens unit. It is journaled in a stationary element (17), and has a disc-shaped surface provided with a pattern of grooves therein. This results in increased air pressure in the gap between the underlying surface of the record carrier and the rotation element during scanning, thereby maintaining a correct gap spacing.
Abstract:
An optical beam shaper (10) for converting a radiation beam (5, 6, 7, 8) having an elliptical cross-section into a beam (9) having a more circular cross-section is described. This element (10) has a cylindrical entrance surface (12) and a toroidal exit surface (14) and can be arranged close to a diode laser (1) so that the risk of wavefront deviations due to defocusing is reduced. The element has a high coupling efficiency. The beam shaper is also provided with a grating for forming a sub-beam from the radiation beam.
Abstract:
A portable electronic device has a housing, a printed circuit board within the housing, and an antenna. The printed circuit board has two parts, a first part to be electrically coupled to the antenna, and a second part with electronic circuitry that, before assembly of the portable electronic device, is mechanically coupled to the first part via a weak spot. The first and second parts are electrically connected to each other. Upon assembly of the portable electronic device, the first and second parts are mechanically separated from each other while still being electrically connected to each other. The first part is then fastened to a housing part of the portable electronic device, and the antenna is electrically connected to the fastened first part.
Abstract:
Multiple format addressing is implemented in a microcontroller that has both ROM and RAM memory facility, processing facility, and bus facility for interconnecting the memory and processing facilities, through using a low address field for local addressing, and at least one facultative high address field for extended addressing. In particular, the high address field is provided in a first addressing format as a segment address, and in a second addressing format as containing a RAM/ROM selection bit. More in particular, the high address field can be provided in a third addressing format as containing a RAM/ROM selection bit and a segment address in respective mutually exclusive fields.
Abstract:
A description is given of a system for menu-driven instruction input, comprisinga control unit,a display unit which is controlled by the control unit and which serves to display, by means of symbols, at least one instruction-selection list (menu), which includes a number of instructions and/or sub-selection lists (submenus), each submenu including instructions and/or further submenus, and a submenu or an instruction to be carried out or to perform a further selection being selectable from the menu or submenu by a user, andan operating unit connected to the control unit, whereby actuation of said operating unit by the user causes menus, submenus or instructions to be selected and/or executed.To enable a simple and ergonomically favorable operation, the operating unit comprises two selection keys and an execution key. By means of said selection keys, menus, submenus or instructions can be selected, and the execution key enables a selected instruction to be executed or a selected menu or submenu to be determined, or the selection operation to be ended. The type of function of the execution key is determined by the time that it is operated.
Abstract:
A digital to anologue converter comprises a plurality of current sources (T.sub.o -T.sub.n) and corresponding selection switches (D.sub.o -D.sub.n) which connect the current sources to an output (3). In order to enable a constant capacitance to be presented at the output (3) regardless of the input digital code a plurality of dummy current sources (T.sub.o -T.sub.n) which take the same form as the current sources (To-T.sub.n) are provided. The dummy current sources have associated selection switches ( D.sub.o -D.sub.n) which are operated by the logical inverse of the code applied to the current sources (T.sub.o -T.sub.n).
Abstract translation:数字到厌恶变换器包括将电流源连接到输出(3)的多个电流源(To-Tn)和相应的选择开关(Do-Dn)。 为了能够在输出(3)上呈现恒定电容,无论输入数字代码如何,多个虚拟电流源(+ E,ovs T + EE o- + E,ovs T + EE n) 提供与当前来源(To-Tn)相同的形式。 虚拟电流源具有由应用于当前源(To-Tn)的代码的逻辑反相操作的相关选择开关(+ E,ov D + EE o- + E,ov D + EE n)。
Abstract:
A microwave component is described with a microwave guiding arrangement for conducting electromagnetic waves and with a gyromagnetic material which is arranged in operational connection with the electromagnetic waves and which can be energized by a magnetic field of adjustable field strength in that the gyromagnetic material, at least one magnet for generating the magnetic field, and a geometrically changeable magnetic tuning element are arranged in a magnetic circuit, said tuning element having a changeable magnetic permeance for the purpose of tuning the magnetic field strength. It is achieved in this microwave component that the tuning element is so designed that its operability is safeguarded also for different ways of incorporation of the microwave component in that the magnetic tuning element comprises a magnetically permeable strip which is arranged with sliding possibility, and the geometric shape of a spatial region forming part of the magnetic circuit and having a magnetic permeance value lower than that of the strip is changed by the displacement of this strip.
Abstract:
A new architecture for such a type of synthesizer is proposed not having the drawbacks of such known synthesizers and having the same phase noise properties as ordinary integer divide by N synthesizers. The novel architecture has a main PLL with a first integer frequency divider in its feedback loop and further an auxiliary PLL having a second integer frequency divider in its feedback loop.