摘要:
A microwave circuit comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) on which is fabricated a circuit including passive components such as filters (40) formed by printed conductive patterns. In order to enhance the performance of the circuit, selected components such as filters are made with a greater precision on substrate material (41), such as alumina, having a higher dielectric constant than that of the printed circuit board material. The finished component is mounted on the printed circuit board and the conductive pattern is connected by wire bonds (48, 50) to microstrip tracks (51) of the printed circuit board.
摘要:
A method for the densification of an annular body having a porous structure and comprising layers of fabric, which includes locating a susceptor element within the porous body, the amount of the susceptor element occupying less than 5% of the volume of the porous body, the susceptor element being in the form of a layer comprising one of a foil and a fiber and having plural holes therein through which adjacent layers of fabric of the porous body contact each other, said susceptor element being made of a material which is more susceptible to heating by electromagnetic radiation than the material of the porous body, and exposing the porous body to hydrocarbon gas and simultaneously applying an electromagnetic field to the porous body, the susceptor element within the porous body at least in part causing heating of the porous body to a temperature at which the gas infiltrating the porous body deposits carbon within the porous body.
摘要:
A soil gauge for measuring the relative amount of soiling of a carpet. The soil gauge is made from a transparent material having several viewing areas. The viewing areas are covered with a multiplicity of opaque marks in varying degrees of concentration. An unsoiled sample of carpet is placed next to the carpet to be tested and the soil gauge is placed between the unsoiled sample and the user's line of vision. When the appearance of the unsoiled carpet, as viewed through the gauge, is as close in appearance as possible to the soiled carpet, the position along the gauge through which this similar appearance is achieved is noted, and this position is a measurement of the relative soiling of the carpet.
摘要:
Systems and methods which determine the position of an instrument internal to an object using an opto-mechanical sensor are shown. Embodiments utilize an opto-mechanical sensor system in which a mechanical instrument interface provides instrument movement information to a corresponding optical sensor system to determine instrument movement. Determinations of instrument movement preferably provide information regarding movement direction and speed. Such information, when used in combination with other information such as starting position or starting position offset, insertion angle or angle of attack, and/or insertion plane, is utilized by embodiments of the invention to determine the position of an instrument or portion thereof. Embodiments are adapted to accommodate different instrument configurations. Position information may be utilized in combination with an ultrasound image to display a visual representation of the instrument, or portion thereof, within a object being imaged.
摘要:
A method and structure to optimize computational efficiency in a low-power environment. A design structure is embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process. The design structure includes a component to determine an optimal point for maximizing computational efficiency in a low-power environment, and a component to selectively control operation of at least one processing unit of a plurality of processing units in accordance with the determined optimal point. The design structure further includes at least one of a component for controlling a frequency of a clock signal transmitted to the at least one processing unit in accordance with the determined optimal point, and a component for determining a present power available.
摘要:
An improved method of separating a macromolecule by isoelectric focusing comprising subjecting the macromolecule to electrophoresis in an isoelectric-focusing medium including a substantially thiol-free reducing agent, preferably a trivalent phosphorous compound and more preferably tributyl phosphine, the improvement being the solubility and focusing of the macromolecule is enhanced compared to isoelectric focusing of the same macromolecule in a similar isoelectric-focusing medium containing a thiol-reducing agent.
摘要:
A field programmable gate array (FPGA) device including a non-non-programming-based default power-on electronic configuration. The non-non-programming-based default power-on electronic configuration defines a default state to initial a first logic function. Upon power-up, the FPGA device would be enabled to enter the default state without having first to be configured via a conventional programming mode, thus saving precious processing time during power-up. Several embodiments are disclosed, such as a mask via circuit, an asynchronized set/reset circuit, an unbalanced latch circuit and a flush and scan circuit. A related method is also disclosed to reduce the memory size dedicated to the first logic function to facilitate further programming after power-up. In addition to time saving and further programming, the FPGA device can also allow partial or incremental programming to expand the full functionality to match customer's different needs.
摘要:
A system, method and program product for determining a relative amount of usage of a data retaining device are disclosed. A charge storing device is coupled to a data retaining device in a manner that a use of the data retaining device triggers a charging of the charge storing device. In a period that the data retaining device idles, charges in the charge storing device decay due to natural means. As such, a potential of the charge storing device may be used to indicate an amount of usage of the data retaining device. A comparison of the potentials of two charge storing devices coupled one-to-one to two data retaining devices may be used as a basis to determine a relative amount of usage of each of the two data retaining devices comparing to the other.
摘要:
Methods for detecting microorganisms in a sample by binding detectable particles and fluorescent labelled ligands reactive to the microorganisms. The present invention also includes the use of multiple fluorochromes for the detection of microorganisms and is adaptable for use in flow cytometry.