摘要:
Described herein is the use of ultrasound pulses at different frequencies to track the dispersion properties of intracranial tissues which may have been altered due to traumatic or other neurological brain injury. Dispersive ultrasound does not provide imaging, but it can provide data of significant diagnostic value by using decision support systems that can be trained as a medical diagnostic system for traumatic brain injuries applications to detect specific patterns of dispersion that are associated with specific intracranial injuries.
摘要:
Lithium ion batteries having an anode comprising at least one graphene layer in electrical communication with titania to form a nanocomposite material, a cathode comprising a lithium olivine structure, and an electrolyte. The graphene layer has a carbon to oxygen ratio of between 15 to 1 and 500 to 1 and a surface area of between 400 and 2630 m2/g. The nanocomposite material has a specific capacity at least twice that of a titania material without graphene material at a charge/discharge rate greater than about 10 C. The olivine structure of the cathode of the lithium ion battery of the present invention is LiMPO4 where M is selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Co, Ni and combinations thereof.
摘要:
A circuit comprising a gate driver including first and second switching stages for driving respective sync and control switches, at least one of which is a normally ON depletion mode device, and another circuit connected to the first and second switching stages and including first and second circuits. The first circuit is coupled to the first switching stage and to the sync switch, the first switching stage having a first state wherein the sync switch is on, and a second state wherein a first bias voltage is switched to the gate of the sync switch to turn it off. The second circuit has a first state wherein the control switch is on when the sync switch is off, and a second state wherein the control switch is switched off when the sync switch is on by switching a second bias voltage to the gate of the control switch.
摘要:
Some exemplary embodiments of a III-nitride switching device with an emulated diode have been disclosed. One exemplary embodiment comprises a GaN switching device fabricated on a substrate comprising a high threshold GaN transistor coupled across a low threshold GaN transistor, wherein a gate and a source of the low threshold GaN transistor are shorted with an interconnect metal to function as a parallel diode in a reverse mode. The high threshold GaN transistor is configured to provide noise immunity for the GaN switching device when in a forward mode. The high threshold GaN transistor and the low threshold GaN transistor are typically fabricated on the same substrate, and with significantly different thresholds. As a result, the superior switching characteristics of III-nitride devices may be leveraged while retaining the functionality and the monolithic structure of the inherent body diode in traditional silicon FETs.
摘要:
A buck converter circuit is disclosed in which one or both of the control switch and the synchronous switch are III-nitride-based depletion mode. An enhancement mode switch is connected with one or both of the III-nitride based switches and operated to prevent conduction of current by the III-nitride based switch until all biases are established for proper operation.
摘要:
A power control system and method including a plurality of point-of-load regulators (POL) providing corresponding regulated output voltages; a manager for communicating control signals and operational parameters with said point-of load regulators; a digital bus to carry control signals therebetween; and an analog bus to carry operational parameters therebetween. Analog sensing circuits and a mutliplexer on the POL communicate operational parameters to and from the manager via the analog bus and are controlled via the digital bus. The operational parameters include output voltage, output current, over voltage, temperature, amplifier or comparator offset, and amplifier gain. The analog sensing circuits are calibrated by trim registers on the POL under digital control by the manager.
摘要:
An improved active voltage positioning (AVP) implementation for a power supply for a microprocessor or the like includes an AVP circuit which is separated from the power supply error amplifier by a buffer amplifier having a parallel RC feedback circuit to controllably adjust the transient response. An AVP signal derived from an output load current sensing element provides an input to the buffer amplifier. A second input is provided by power supply reference voltage. A output of the buffer amplifier is connected as an input to the error amplifier to provide the AVP window. This permits separate adjustment of the transient behavior of the error loop and the AVP loop.
摘要:
The present invention provides novel railway wheel configurations with integrated brake drum dedicated to vehicle frictional braking, along with manufacturing method of the novel wheel and modification schemes for existing railway vehicle components. The novel wheel configurations with integrated brake drum enables increased thermal tolerances to brake shoe thermal input, enhanced resistances to varies thermal damages and reduced hot axial deflection.
摘要:
An electronic structure includes an electronic device coupled to a substrate by conductive bumps and ball limiting metallurgy (BLM). Underfill material having filler particles is disposed in a space between the electronic device and the substrate. A weight percentage of the filler particles is at least about 60%. A particle size of at least 90 wt % of the filler particles is less than about 2 μm and/or the filler particles are coated by an organic coupling agent. Once the underfill material is fully cured, its coefficient of thermal expansion is no more than 30 PPM/° C., and its glass transition temperature is at least 100° C., and its adhesion to a passivation layer of the electronic device, to the substrate and to the electronic device at its edges is such that the electronic structure passes standardized reliability tests without delamination of the ball limiting metallurgy.