公开(公告)号：US20240192311A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18531186

申请日：2023-12-06

申请人： IMEC VZW ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

发明人： Adham SAKHNINI ,  Andre BOURDOUX

IPC分类号： G01S7/02 ,  G01S7/00 ,  H04W16/14

CPC分类号： G01S7/0235 ,  G01S7/006 ,  H04W16/14

摘要： A system is provided for joint communication and radar sensing. The system includes at least one communication transmitter unit configured to transmit at least one communication pilot signal, at least one radar transmitter unit configured to transmit at least one radar pilot signal, a control unit configured to schedule the transmission of the at least one communication transmitter unit and/or the at least one radar transmitter unit using a time delay, and at least one receiver unit configured to receive the at least one radar pilot signal with the time delay with respect to the at least one communication pilot signal. A method of using the system for joint communication and radar sensing is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20240189593A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18511762

申请日：2023-11-16

申请人： Stichting IMEC Nederland

发明人： Meiyi ZHOU ,  Haoming XIN ,  Roland VAN WEGBERG

IPC分类号： A61N1/36

CPC分类号： A61N1/36034 ,  A61N1/36025 ,  A61N1/0456

摘要： A stimulator circuit comprises: a stimulation signal generating unit configured to generate a stimulation signal and provide the stimulation signal to an output wherein the stimulation signal is an alternating current, AC, signal having a sinusoidal-like waveform; and a compensation unit configured to generate a compensation current signal, wherein the compensation unit comprises a common mode voltage monitoring element configured to monitor a common mode voltage based on the stimulation signal, and a charge balancing element configured to generate the compensation current signal based on the common mode voltage; wherein the compensation unit is configured to provide the compensation current signal to the output for compensating an unbalanced charge of the stimulation signal and forming a compensated stimulation signal at the output.

公开(公告)号：US20240188847A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18287501

申请日：2022-04-14

申请人： IMEC VZW

发明人： Bert VERBRUGGEN ,  Filip PAEPS ,  Boris UYTTERHAEGEN ,  Tobe WAUTERS

IPC分类号： A61B5/097

CPC分类号： A61B5/097

摘要： The disclosure relates to a sample collector for collecting airborne particles exhaled by a human being, comprising: a sampling compartment for receiving a flow of air; a particle capturing substrate for capturing the airborne particles in the flow; an analysis compartment; and a substrate clamping device comprising an optical window and a support member; wherein the sample collector is reconfigurable between a sampling configuration in the sampling compartment for passage of the flow through the particle capturing substrate and an analysis configuration, wherein in the particle capturing substrate is arranged in the analysis compartment, the optical window is aligned with an aperture for allowing optical access to the particle capturing substrate is allowed; and



wherein, during reconfiguration from the sampling configuration to the analysis configuration, the substrate clamping device and the particle capturing substrate are moved together to the analysis compartment while the substrate clamping device is brought to the closed state.

公开(公告)号：US12004943B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-11

申请号：US17128097

申请日：2020-12-19

申请人： IMEC VZW

发明人： Andres Felipe Vasquez Quintero

IPC分类号： A61F2/14 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G02C7/04 ,  G02F1/133 ,  G02F1/137 ,  G16H10/60 ,  G16H40/40 ,  G16H40/67

CPC分类号： A61F2/14 ,  G01J1/4204 ,  G02C7/04 ,  G02F1/13318 ,  G02F1/137 ,  G16H10/60 ,  G16H40/40 ,  G16H40/67 ,  A61F2250/001

摘要： In some embodiments, a method for controlling an artificial iris may include receiving a measurement of light intensity detected by a sensor on or adjacent to the artificial iris. The method may include accessing a user-specific profile based on user calibration for determining one or more user-specific thresholds of light intensity of the user-specific profile. The one or more user-specific thresholds are associated with light intensities for triggering a change of light transmittance through the artificial iris. The method may include comparing the received measurement of light intensity to the one or more thresholds in the user-specific profile. The method may include determining, based on the comparing, whether to turn on or turn off one or more concentric rings of liquid crystals of the artificial iris for controlling an amount of light transmitted through the artificial iris.

公开(公告)号：US20240178833A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18521237

申请日：2023-11-28

申请人： Stichting IMEC Nederland

发明人： Stefano STANZIONE

IPC分类号： H03K17/22 ,  A61N1/378 ,  H03K19/20

CPC分类号： H03K17/223 ,  A61N1/3787 ,  H03K19/20 ,  H02J50/00

摘要： A power-on reset, POR, circuitry comprises: a comparator configured to output a POR trigger signal in dependence of a relation between a supply voltage and a target voltage level, wherein the comparator comprises a first output part configured to receive a balanced input; a trust unit comprising a second output part forming a replica of the first output part and configured to receive an unbalanced input, wherein the comparator and the trust unit are arranged in a common integrated circuit and wherein the trust unit is configured to output a trust signal indicating whether the POR trigger signal is trustable; and a decision unit configured to output a POR signal in dependence of the POR trigger signal and the trust signal.

公开(公告)号：US20240136225A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-25

申请号：US18486370

申请日：2023-10-12

申请人： IMEC VZW

发明人： Boon Teik Chan ,  Hans Mertens ,  Zsolt Tokei ,  Naoto Horiguchi

IPC分类号： H01L21/768 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H01L29/40

CPC分类号： H01L21/76879 ,  H01L21/76802 ,  H01L23/5286 ,  H01L29/401

摘要： A method provided for interconnecting a buried wiring line and a source/drain body. The method includes: forming a fin structure on a substrate, the fin structure comprising at least one channel layer; forming a buried wiring line in a trench extending alongside the fin structure, wherein the buried wiring line is capped by a first insulating layer structure; forming a source/drain body on the at least one channel layer by epitaxy; forming a via hole in the first insulating layer structure to expose an upper surface of the buried wiring line; forming a metal via in the via hole; forming a second insulating layer structure over the first insulating layer structure, wherein a contact opening is defined in the second insulating layer structure to expose the source/drain body and an upper via portion of the metal via; and forming a source/drain contact in the contact opening, on the upper via portion and the source/drain body, thereby inter-connecting the buried wiring line and the source/drain body.

公开(公告)号：US11953612B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US17338971

申请日：2021-06-04

申请人： Stichting IMEC Nederland

发明人： Lichen Yao ,  Pepijn Boer ,  Jac Romme

IPC分类号： G01S13/84 ,  G01S5/02 ,  H04B17/318

CPC分类号： G01S5/0246 ,  G01S5/02525 ,  G01S5/0268 ,  H04B17/318

摘要： A method of ranging between a first and a second radio signal transceiver comprises calculating a preliminary estimate of a value proportional to a one-way frequency domain channel response, for a frequency of a plurality of frequencies and for each of a first antenna combination and a second antenna combination of a plurality of antenna combinations; calculating a comparison value for the preliminary estimate, for the frequency and for each of the first antenna combination and the second antenna combination; determining, for the frequency and the first antenna combination, a corrected estimate of the value proportional to the one-way frequency domain channel response based on the preliminary estimate and the comparison value, for the first antenna combination and the second antenna combination; and performing a ranging calculation between the first and the second radio signal transceiver based on a plurality of such corrected estimates.

公开(公告)号：US11946849B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-02

申请号：US16957005

申请日：2018-12-24

申请人： IMEC VZW ,  Vrije Universiteit Brussel

发明人： Bruno Cornelis ,  David Blinder ,  Peter Schelkens ,  Bart Jansen

IPC分类号： G01N15/1434 ,  G01N15/01 ,  G01N15/10 ,  G01N15/14 ,  G01N15/1433 ,  G01N15/149 ,  G03H1/00 ,  G03H1/04

CPC分类号： G01N15/1434 ,  G01N15/1433 ,  G01N15/147 ,  G03H1/0005 ,  G03H1/0443 ,  G01N2015/016 ,  G01N2015/1006 ,  G01N2015/1454 ,  G01N15/149 ,  G03H2001/005 ,  G03H2001/0447 ,  G03H2001/045 ,  G03H2001/0452

摘要： A differentiation system for differentiating cells includes an input device configured to receive holographic image data of a microscopic particle in suspension, holographic image data processing logic for converting the holographic image data to the frequency domain by performing a Fourier transform of the holographic image data, and a recognizer configured to determine characterization features of the holographic image data of the microscopic particle in the frequency domain for characterization of the microscopic particle, the characterization features comprising rotationally invariant features.

公开(公告)号：US11927586B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US17252145

申请日：2019-07-01

申请人： UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN ,  IMEC VZW

发明人： Jan De Beenhouwer ,  Jan Sijbers

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  G01N23/046 ,  G01N33/36 ,  G06T7/00

CPC分类号： G01N33/367 ,  G01N23/046 ,  G06T7/0004 ,  G01N2223/401 ,  G01N2223/405 ,  G01N2223/419 ,  G06T2207/30124

摘要： A method and system for inspection of an item, and a use thereof, are presented. The method comprises acquiring a plurality of projection images of an item at a plurality of projection angles for performing a tomographic reconstruction of the item. A plurality of objects are detected in the tomographic reconstruction and each object has a generic shape described by a parametric three-dimensional numerical model. Said detection comprises determining initial estimates of position and/or orientation of each object and at least one geometrical parameter of the three-dimensional model for each object. The initial estimates are iteratively refining by using a projection-matching approach, in which forward projection images are simulated for the objects according to operating parameters of the radiation imaging device and a difference metric between acquired projection images and simulated forward projection images is reduced at each iteration step.

公开(公告)号：US20240073040A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US18505546

申请日：2023-11-09

申请人： Dirk Koch ,  Technische Universität Darmstadt ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ,  imec vzw

发明人： Dirk Koch ,  Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi ,  Jo Vliegen ,  Shaza Zeitouni ,  Nele Mentens

IPC分类号： H04L9/32 ,  G06F21/51 ,  G06F21/76

CPC分类号： H04L9/3278 ,  G06F21/51 ,  G06F21/76 ,  G06F2221/034

摘要： A host computer with a FPGA is communicatively coupled to a configuration computer via a communication network. The host computer receives target configuration data from the configuration computer in encrypted form. A scanner module that is associated with the host computer decrypts the target configuration data and scans it for malicious code. The module writes the target configuration data to the fabric area of the FPGA and thereby configures the FPGA accordingly, to enable execution of a target array application. The scanner module is associated with the host computer by being implemented as trusted execution environment, or as an on-array-processor.