Abstract:
According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for calibrating a fiber optic gyroscope is provided. A method is provided for calibrating a fiber optic gyroscope. First and second portions of light from a first light source are propagated through a fiber optic line in respective first and second directions. A first voltage that causes a predetermined phase shift between the first and second portions of the light from the first light source is calculated. First and second portions of light from a second light source are propagated through the fiber optic line in the respective first and second directions. A second voltage that causes the predetermined phase shift between the first and second portions of the light from the second light is calculated. A difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is then calculated.
Abstract:
A phase jump amplitude and timing controller is used in a fiber optic gyroscope for suppressing color noise. The phase jump amplitude and timing controller inserts a phase/voltage jump into the feedback signal of the loop closure electronics of the fiber optic gyroscope. This phase/voltage jump breaks the repeated pattern of the drive signal. The IOC time-dependent characteristics are totally eliminated by the randomized feedback signal because no repeated signal is applied to the IOC. The randomized amplitude is preferably within the full ±π phase such that the optical errors average to zero. A fixed frequency higher than the interested spectral region can shift the color noise to higher frequency. A randomized frequency can spread the color noise over full spectrum, and totally eliminate the RDS. In other words, the color noise caused by the nonlinearity of the driving circuit and IOC spreads out over a wide range of spectrum such that no distinct frequency peaks are apparent in the spectral domain.
Abstract:
Producing seamless tiled images from multiple displays includes measuring a luminance profile of each of the displays, computing a desired luminance profile for each of the displays, and determining a spatial gradient profile of each of the displays based on the measured luminance profile and the computed desired luminance profile. The determined spatial gradient profile is applied to a spatial filter to be inserted into each of the displays to produce the seamless tiled display image.
Abstract:
A wireless data distributor, a network system and a method for receiving A/V streaming data and Internet website data are provided. The method includes steps of receiving A/V streaming signals from a A/V streaming data source; transforming the A/V streaming signals into first wireless network packets; receiving second wireless network packets from the Internet via a network router; and selecting and sending the first or second wireless network packets to a client-end device preferentially according to priority ranks of the first and second wireless network packets.
Abstract:
A disposable syringe after one time usage includes an outer tube having an inner teeth set formed on the inner wall of the outer tube and an inner tube having an outer teeth set formed on the outer wall of the inner tube and a safety guide. The inner teeth set of the outer tube meshes with the outer teeth set of the inner tube. The single direction design of the teeth sets allows the outer tube to be pulled away from the inner tube, but not to be pushed back. The pulling force of the outer tube will pull the safety guide to form a damaged groove and the outer tube is adapted to enclose a needle so that the needle is not exposed outwardly, which prevents the needle from poking people accidentally. The syringe is unable to be reused.
Abstract:
A trans-impedance amplifier with gain control for a fiber optic rotation rate sensor. A variable gain amplifier having gain control based on keeping the amplifier output above a certain level. The gain control approach allows the amplifier bandwidth to remain constant. A gain control circuit includes a control device connected to ground and the amplifier feedback network. The input to the gain control circuit may be the amplifier output that has been filtered, or the input could be from an external circuit or microcontroller.
Abstract:
A protection circuit of an LCD panel. The LCD panel includes a display cell coupled between a data electrode, a gate electrode and a common electrode. A switch includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal is coupled to the data electrode, the gate electrode or both. The switch is turned on when a voltage level of the first terminal or the second terminal exceeds a threshold voltage. An ESD protection circuit includes a capacitive load and a resistive load, coupled between the second terminal and the common electrode.
Abstract:
A clock system for a fiber optic gyroscope is provided that includes a highly-tunable clock for the bias modulation and a separate asynchronous high-speed clock for the photodetector sampling. By separating the two clocks rather than using two derivatives of the same clock, the clock system and method can provide both the tunability objective of the bias modulation clock and the high-speed objective of the sampling clock, while using readily available, lower performance, radiation-hardened electronics parts.
Abstract:
A semiconductor process wafer having substantially co-planar active areas and a laser marked area in an adjacent inactive area and method for forming the same to eliminate a step height and improve a subsequent patterning process over the active areas wherein an inactive area trench is formed overlying the laser marked area in parallel with formation of STI trenches in the active area whereby the active areas and the inactive area are formed substantially co-planar without a step height.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device having a sealing material close to display area while maintaining a uniform liquid crystal cell gap is disclosed. The liquid crystal display comprises two transparent electrode substrates having a trench near the display area to stop the sealing material overflowing to display pixels. Thus, the effective display area of a liquid crystal display device is increased by dispensing a sealing material to a trench area at a predetermined position surrounding the display area. A spacer used in the sealing material is larger in size than that used in the display area to compensate the depth of the trench. After the liquid crystal is injected into the space surrounded by the substrates and a sealing material, a uniform liquid crystal cell gap over the entire display area is obtained. The liquid crystal display device thus obtained results in a closer distance between the sealing material and display area without any unevenness in color over the entire display area, and lends itself very useful as unit display device or as one of the panels in a tiled liquid crystal display device.