摘要:
An electric furnace adapted to be heated with a gaseous plasma, and including within the furnace a quantity of low work function material which promotes the establishment and sustenance of the gaseous plasma, said quantity being on the order of about one milligram per square centimeter of furnace area.
摘要:
Impulse noise effects on pulse-counting discriminators used for converting a frequency-modulated signal into a varying voltage are minimized by a feedback loop that controls the operation of a monostable multivibrator. In pulse-counting discriminators, voltage spikes are produced at a rate related to the frequency of a modulated signal. These spikes trigger the multivibrator that produces an output pulse of predetermined duration for each voltage spike. Output pulses from the multivibrator control the operation of a clamping circuit which, in turn, controls the operation of a ramp generator. A level detector compares the output of the ramp generator to a reference voltage signal and generates a voltage spike when the instantaneous value of the ramp generator output equals the reference signal. This voltage spike also connected to the multivibrator and triggers it to synthesize an output pulse. Operation of the clamping circuit, ramp generator and level detector in conjunction with the multivibrator synthesize an output pulse when one should appear. If the voltage spikes that trigger the multivibrator occur at a frequency in excess of an upper established limit, a second level detector compares the ramp generator output to a second reference signal. This second level detector generates a control signal to inhibit trigger pulses to the monostable multivibrator.
摘要:
Display devices utilize thermotropic materials for recording and displaying information. The display devices incorporate a thermochromic film disposed between a pair of electrically conductive plates, one of which is transparent. Reflectivity of the film is altered by selectively changing the temperature of discrete portions of the film, and hysteresis in the thermochromic material is relied on to retain the information stored in the film for as long as it is needed. The electrically conductive plates may be used as one means to selectively heat the film so as to enhance a thermally generated image. Also disclosed are methods for changing information recorded in such displays.
摘要:
Disclosed is a wide bandwidth recording medium including a thermochromic material which changes reflectance with temperature. Information is recorded on the recording medium by selectively varying temperatures of discrete portions of the thermochromic material with a modulated energy beam such as a laser beam or electron beam. Techniques are described which permit extremely high resolution of data bits to be obtained in the recording medium even though the recording process is a thermal one. Apparatus is also disclosed for erasably and permanently recording information on thermochromic films.
摘要:
An acoustic transducer having the general form of a condenser microphone in which the natural resonant frequency of an edgesupported diaphragm is increased by connecting the diaphragm and backplate at places removed from the edge of the diaphragm with a liquid which is relatively immovable in response to high frequency impulses. The liquid is not resilient, but is dissipative of energy transferred thereto from the diaphragm at frequencies as low as only a few Hertz; at higher frequencies, it is functionally equivalent to a rigid connection.
摘要:
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for recording and reproducing optical information in thermochromic materials; exemplary materials are the ternary halides, ternary chalcogenides, and certain transition metal oxides. Methods and apparatus are also disclosed for recording holographic images with infrared radiation and reconstructing infrared holograms in the visible portion of the spectrum.
摘要:
A light beam scanning system for deflecting a beam of light in mutually perpendicular planes having a first electro-optic device for deflecting the beam in one plane and a second electro-optic device in series with the first for deflecting the beam emergent from the first device in the same or a second plane. An optical device having a planar rectangular body of an electro-optic substance provided with aligned pairs of electrodes on opposite sides thereof which divide the body into serial prism portions through which a beam of light directed on one end of the body passes successively to cause shifting of the angle of the beam as it emerges through the other end of the body.
摘要:
Disclosed is a Gunn-effect device which is sensitive to light, comprising a semiconductor such as a crystal of N-type gallium arsenide having high-resistance, alloyed contacts of, for example, indium and gold, characterized by the capability of being switched on and off by regulating the bias voltage across the crystal and the incident light on narrow portions of the crystal. In particular, incident light on the domain-forming and domain-terminating portions of the crystal is adjusted as to selectively foster or inhibit oscillation of the crystal.
摘要:
A METHOD OF MAKING A MONOLITHIC CARBON MATERIAL HAVING A METALLIC ACTIVATOR OR THE LIKE UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE FINISHED MATERIAL, INCLUDING THE STEPS OF PREPARING A DRY MIXTURE OF POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE AND THE DESIRED METALLIC ACTIVATOR (OR A PRECURSOR THEREFOR), AND THEN PRYOLYZING THE MIXTURE. THE CARBON MATERIAL MAY BE USED AS A BATTERY ELECTRODE, FUEL CELL ELECTRODE, ETC., AND THE METALLIC ACTIVATOR IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP INCLUDING TUNGSTEN, SILVER, GOLD COPPER, TANTALUM, NICKEL, ETC. AN OPTIONAL STEP IN THE PROCESS INVOLVES GRINDING A MIXTURE OF PARTICLES OF POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE AND A DESIRED METAL WITH PIECES OF SOLID CARBON DIOXIDE OF THAT THE POLYVINYLDENE CHLORIDE WILL BE REUCE IN SIZE AND NOT JUST DEFORMED DURING GRINDING.
摘要:
A noise generator capable of producing random, wide-frequency band noise and in which at least one jet of air is directed against a surface of a body such that the air jet is broken up into intense turbulence and such that noise is produced. In a preferred embodiment, the body is immovably located within the throat of an acoustic horn, and air jets directed against the body produce noise which is efficiently coupled, by the horn, with the atmosphere ambient to the horn mouth.