摘要:
A system for optimizing bandwidth of a video-on-demand system is provided. According to one aspect of the system, upon receiving a request from a first subscriber for a program, the system delivers the program to the first subscriber via a first communication channel. Upon receiving a request from a second subscriber for the same program, the system delivers only a beginning portion of the program to the second subscriber via a second communication channel and at the same time records a remaining portion of the program from the first communication channel. At the appropriate time, the recorded remaining portion of the program are shown to the second subscriber.
摘要:
The invention relates to a process of preparing regioregular polymers, in particular head-to-tail (HT) poly-(3-substituted) thiophenes with high regioregularity, to novel polymers prepared by this process, and to the use of the novel polymers as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors (FETs), electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices, to FETs and other semiconducting components or materials comprising the novel polymers.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for generating sinusoidal signals in quadrature. A numerically controlled oscillator includes a phase accumulator configured to generate a periodic multi-bit signal at a given frequency; a first memory configured to store an octant of a sinusoidal waveform; a second memory configured to store a complementary octant of the sinusoidal waveform; and a control circuit, responsive to at least a portion of the phase accumulator signal and coupled to the first and second memories, the control circuit configured to access the first and second memories in parallel and construct respective sine and cosine waves at the given frequency.
摘要:
A Ku-band integrated pre-distortion type linearizer bridge circuit for use in linearizing the performance of a traveling wave tube amplifier. The linearizer bridge circuit comprises linearizer bridge that embodies a phase shifter and a fixed delay in a linear arm, and a Schottky diode distortion generator and a PIN diode attenuator in a nonlinear arm. The output of the linearizer bridge is coupled through an output amplifier and an output attenuator. The RF output signal from the linearizer bridge circuit is coupled to the traveling wave tube amplifier. A control circuit is coupled to the phase shifter, the nonlinear Schottky diode distortion generator circuit, and the PIN diode attenuator, and receives on and off input command signals, and outputs a bilevel telemetry signal that is used as a mode indicator for ground command control. The control circuit is used to adjust settings of the Schottky diode distortion generator, the phase shifter, the PIN diode attenuator, and adjust the gain and attenuation settings of the output amplifier and output attenuator. All circuits of the linearizer bridge circuit are integrated onto a single alumina substrate.
摘要:
A plurality of monitoring devices are arranged at different heights and steps, and infrared reflective assemblies of the monitoring device are set at different heights to collect infrared spectral data of chemical constituents of the air mass that are being diffused in airspace of different heights. The pollution factors contained in the air mass and the pollution level of each factor are learned by using IR spectrum for qualitative and quantitative analysis on the pollution factor, therefore realizing continuous monitoring in a certain area. Artificial duty is not required while 24-hour continuous intelligent monitoring can be achieved. Besides, meteorological data are collected in combination with the meteorological data collected by the meteorological information acquisition module at different heights and calculation is made based on the air diffusion model of various pollution factors to finally determine the position of air pollution source.
摘要:
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are presented for switching between channels of encoded media data involving receiving encoded media data including reference frames and dependent frames for a plurality of channels, wherein each dependent frame refers to at least one reference frame. Frames associated with a first channel from the plurality of channels are decoded to generate a decoded signal for the first channel. While decoding frames associated with the first channel, data corresponding to at least one reference frame associated with a second channel from the plurality of channels are stored. In response to a control signal for switching from the first to the second channel, at least one dependent frame associated with the second channel is decoded by utilizing the stored data corresponding to the at least one reference frame associated with the second channel, to generate a decoded signal for the second channel.
摘要:
A system for processing a wideband RF signal including at least an in-band signal and an out-of-band interference, comprising: an antenna; a low-noise amplifier (LNA), wherein gain of the LNA is variable and is controlled by a first gain-setting signal; a local oscillator for generating an oscillation signal at a first frequency that is spaced apart from the in-band signal carrier frequency by an intermediate frequency; a mixer for moving the in-band signal carrier frequency by the intermediate frequency and providing a variable conversion gain, which is controlled by a second gain-setting signal, to the in-band signal; a channel selection filter (CSF) for producing a desired-user signal; and an automatic gain control (AGC) unit for generating the first and second gain-setting signals derived from a desired LNA gain value, a desired mixer conversion gain value, strength of the in-band signal, and power of the out-of-band interference.
摘要:
A circuit is provided for suppression of second-order intermodulation in a double-balanced mixer circuit. The circuit includes a duplicate transconductor element for duplicating AC current in a transconductor pair of the double-balanced mixer circuit. A fundamental cancellation element cancels a fundamental component of an AC current of the duplicate transconductor element, while preserving a second-order intermodulation component. A phase inversion element feeds an output current of the fundamental cancellation element to the transconductor pair of the double-balanced mixer circuit, to substantially remove the second-order intermodulation component from a differential output of the double-balanced mixer circuit.
摘要:
An advanced transistor with punch through suppression includes a gate with length Lg, a well doped to have a first concentration of a dopant, and a screening region positioned under the gate and having a second concentration of dopant. The second concentration of dopant may be greater than 5×1018 dopant atoms per cm3. At least one punch through suppression region is disposed under the gate between the screening region and the well. The punch through suppression region has a third concentration of a dopant intermediate between the first concentration and the second concentration of dopant. A bias voltage may be applied to the well region to adjust a threshold voltage of the transistor.
摘要:
A device and method for canceling or attenuating harmonics noise without distorting the incoming signal. An exemplary device includes the use of an estimation loop to generate an artificial signal to eliminate or attenuate the influence of harmonics. The estimation loop includes a mixer adapted to produce a mixed signal by processing or combining the incoming signal and the artificial signal. The estimation loop includes an error detector, a low-pass filter, a parameter estimator, and a numerically controlled oscillator. The parameter estimator produces information relating to the phase, frequency, and amplitude of an incoming harmonics spur and will be used by the numerically controlled oscillator to generate the artificial signal. If the mixed signal contains relatively low levels of harmonics residuals, the mixed signal is produced at the output in lieu of the incoming signal.