Abstract:
A device chamber (12) is evacuated by pumping via an evacuation tube (35) to produce a vacuum space in communication with a chemically-active getter (30) which is provided in the tube (35) to getter gases from the evacuated chamber (12). In accordance with the invention, the getter (30) in the form of one or more movable bodies of the getter material is activated by heating in the evacuation tube (35) at a safe location (36) distant from the chamber (12). It is then moved towards the chamber (12) and is retained in the sealed evacuation-tube outlet (31) of the device. A vacuum-permeable screen (12) in the evacuation-tube outlet (31) inhibits passage of the getter material (30) into the chamber (12) where it might, for example, otherwise damage or obscure an infrared detector element. This permits the inclusion of the getter (30) in an inexpensive manner which does not require the use of a getter unit with a support element and/or vacuum-sealed electrical connections, and is compatible with space limitations and standard device envelope requirements for infrared detectors. Furthermore, the getter (30) is activated by heating at a location which avoids damage to the device, and after moving towards the chamber (12) the evacuation tube (35) is shortened to provide a short (or even non-protruding) outlet (31) from the chamber (12).
Abstract:
An integrated semiconductor circuit, in which the D.C. part of the wiring containing only D.C. information lies on a part of the insulating layer located on the surface which is considerably thinner than the parts of the insulating layer under wiring parts not forming part of the D.C. wiring. Preferably, for this purpose a substrate contact diffusion connected to a reference potential is provided under the D.C. wiring parts. As a result, H.F. interference signals on the D.C. wiring are reduced so that noise and distortion are considerably reduced.
Abstract:
In an oscillator (1) comprising a parallel resonant circuit (4), which for fine-tuning the oscillator includes a variable capacitance which is variable in dependence upon a fine-tuning control signal and is constituted by the capacitance occurring in the collector circuit of a transistor. This transistor is a separate transistor (12) whose collector is capacitively coupled to the parallel resonant circuit and which is arranged in common base configuration for alternating current, while its operating point is chosen to be in its saturation range, the fine-tuning control signal being applied to the base-emitter path of this transistor and the transistor base-collector junction, which is in its pass region, being driven further into conduction by this signal within its control range on the one hand, and being driven from its pass region into its cut-off region on the other hand.
Abstract:
In a dry-shaving apparatus comprising a cutter (10) which is resiliently urged against an arcuate shear foil (5) and which is reciprocatingly drivable by a swing lever (17) which is pivotable about an axis (23) and which is offset relative to its plane of reciprocation (37), which cutter is connected to a drive member (24) so as to be pivotable about an axis (33) transverse to the plane of reciprocation (30) of the driving end (18) of the swing lever (17), which drive member is arranged on the driving end (18) of the swing lever (17) so as to be axially movable relative to said end and so as to be pivotable relative thereto, the axis (33) about which the cutter (10) is pivotably connected to the drive member (24) extends parallel to the axis (23) about which the offset swing lever (17) is pivotable.
Abstract:
A device for temporarily overcooling a detector (1) cooled permanently in a space by means of a first cooler (5).According to the invention, a second cooler (6) is temporarily made operative to produce the required overcooling without causing heat exchange with the outside. For this purpose, the thermal energy dissipated by the cooler (6) is absorbed by the passage from solid to liquid of a material changing in phase (7) (water or tetradecane) arranged between the first and second coolers.
Abstract:
A reversible short circuit device in the form of a metal loop. The metal loop has a first base side which forms a first contact. Extending from the base side are second and third generally parallel sides. The second side includes a contact portion for engagement with an external object to provide an electrical connection therewith. The second and their sides are connected by a frangible fourth connection side. One of the second and third sides is subject to a recoiling force, which, when the connection side is interrupted or broken displaces the contact portion of the second side so as to reverse the short circuit. The short circuit device has particular application to photoelectric tubes to provide a means for interconnection of the tube components during manufacture, which may subsequently be reliably disconnected.
Abstract:
A passive fiber optic component, in which two or more fibers are each bared at one end by removal of the outer coating of the fiber. The bare portions of the fibers are etched to produce cylindrical end portion which adjoins a conical portion. Subsequently, the fibers are arranged with their etched portions in a capillary tube which is sealed at one end. The tube is then evacuated and is fused with the etched portions of the fibers to form a solid rod with a rotationally symmetric distribution of the end portions of the fibers. The fibers are etched to such a diameter that after fusion of the fibers with the tube, the fused fiber ends have a circular cross-section substantially equal to the cross-section of a single fiber core. An end face is formed on the rod by cleaving or by grinding, and by polishing to obtain a fused fiber head. The fiber head forms a fiber optic component itself, or forms a basic element for a great number of fiber optic components such as splitters and couplers.
Abstract:
A high-frequency circuit includes a field-effect transistor having a gate electrode for receiving a high-frequency input signal, a source electrode and a drain electrode. Substantial improvements in both maximum gain and high-frequency performance are achieved by providing an input or output terminal at one end of each electrode, and terminating at least one of the electrodes with an appropriate impedance at its second end.
Abstract:
An optoelectronic integrated semiconductor device including a separator of the polarizations TE and TM, this separator comprising two parallel and monomode optical guides G.sub.1 and G.sub.2, one of which receives at the input a luminous signal, and comprising means for carrying out the separation of this signal and its two components TE and TM, one of which TE is transported to the output through one of the guides and the other component TM is transported to the output through the other guide, characterized in that:the guides are formed by at least a heterostructure S/C.sub.1 and by two parallel erected guiding ribbons R at the surface,and the means for carrying out the separation of the components TE and TM consist of a matallic layer extending between the guiding ribbons at the surface of the structure over a length D, whose value is connected with the coupling length of the component TE by the relationD=L.sub.c (TE), the parameters of the physical quantities of the device being chosen so that the relationL.sub.c (TE)=2L.sub.c (TM), is satisfied
Abstract:
Phase detector having a first input for an angle-modulated input carrier to be detected, and a second input for a reference carrier having a phase shift which is dependent on the angle modulation with respect to the input carrier, the input and reference carriers being at least multiplied in the phase detector, and a frequency demodulator including such a phase detector. In order to inhibit signal distortion and notably second-order interference products in the demodulation of an angle-modulated input carrier, the phase detector according to the invention is adapted to derive an in-phase carrier A and a phase quadrature carrier B from the input carrier and to derive an in-phase carrier C and a phase quadrature carrier D from the reference carrier which has a phase which, at an average, is equal or opposite to that of the input carrier, while the phase detector is further adapted to supply from its output a signal which substantially corresponds to AC-BD.