摘要:
An antenna system may include a reconfigurable array antenna system including a plurality of elements each capable of radiating and receiving electromagnetic energy. The antenna system may also include an electronically reconfigurable power management and control system to selectively power each of the plurality of elements to generate a desired beam pattern.
摘要:
An antenna system may include a reconfigurable array antenna system including a plurality of elements each capable of radiating and receiving electromagnetic energy. The antenna system may also include an electronically reconfigurable power management and control system to selectively power each of the plurality of elements to generate a desired beam pattern.
摘要:
A particular portable radio frequency identification (RFID) reader includes an active antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements to receive RFID signals from RFID devices. The antenna elements include control circuitry to control a beam pattern generated by the active antenna array. The portable RFID reader further includes sum circuitry and difference circuitry. The sum circuitry is operable to determine a sum signal by summing the RFID signals received by at least two of the plurality of antenna elements. The difference circuitry is operable to determine a difference signal between the RFID signals received by at least two of the plurality of antenna elements. The portable RFID reader also includes a controller to electronically steer the beam pattern and to determine a direction from the RFID reader to a particular RFID device.
摘要:
A particular portable radio frequency identification (RFID) reader includes an active antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements to receive RFID signals from RFID devices. The antenna elements include control circuitry to control a beam pattern generated by the active antenna array. The portable RFID reader further includes sum circuitry and difference circuitry. The sum circuitry is operable to determine a sum signal by summing the RFID signals received by at least two of the plurality of antenna elements. The difference circuitry is operable to determine a difference signal between the RFID signals received by at least two of the plurality of antenna elements. The portable RFID reader also includes a controller to electronically steer the beam pattern and to determine a direction from the RFID reader to a particular RFID device.
摘要:
An antenna steering system is provided that includes a plurality of gyro sensors fixedly located in close proximity to an antenna, for example a phased array antenna. The gyro sensors measure angular rotation of the antenna about an X-axis of the antenna, about a Y-axis of the antenna and about a Z-axis of the antenna. The gyro sensors communicate the angular rotation measurement data to a beam steering phase controller (BSPhC). The BSPhC utilizes the angular rotation measurements to determine a predicted amount of movement, i.e. a change in geolocation and/or orientation, of the antenna within a specified time period. Based on the predicted amount of antenna movement, the BSPhC adjusts a beam pointing angle of the antenna, i.e. steers the antenna, to compensate for the predicted amount of movement.
摘要:
A redundant power distribution system (74) that has multiple distribution lines (168) and (174) includes multiple regulators (122). Multiple isolation transformers (124) are coupled to the regulators (122) and have isolation boundaries (261). An R(M/N) device circuit (152) is coupled to the isolation transformers (124). The regulators (122) and the isolation transformers (124) have a non-feedback looped configuration (259) across the isolation boundaries (261).
摘要:
A redundant power distribution system (74) that has multiple distribution lines (168) and (174) includes multiple regulators (122). Multiple isolation transformers (124) are coupled to the regulators (122) and have isolation boundaries (261). A redundant regulator device circuit (152) is coupled to the isolation transformers (124) to regulate the multiple distribution lines where M (integer) out of N (integer) distribution lines are required so that the system continues to operate properly. The regulators (122) and the isolation transformers (124) have a non-feedback looped configuration (259) across the isolation boundaries (261).
摘要:
Near-hermetic performance has been reported for power semiconductor devices having a silicon carbide layer deposited on the surface at the semiconductor wafer level. The P-COB device also includes a conformal coating on the silicon carbide layer, which extends the expected lifetime of the P-COB device longer than those devices without protective coatings.
摘要:
A power distribution circuit is provided that isolates both power source and load faults. In one embodiment, the power distribution circuit includes two power MOSFETs connected with the channels of the power MOSFETs in series and having their gates electrically connected together. The body diode of one power MOSFET is aligned with the opposite polarity with respect to polarity of the body diode of the second power MOSFET. The power MOSFETs are adapted to be coupled between a first power source and a load. The power distribution circuit also includes a first sensor that detects when the power MOSFETs conduct too much current and switches the power MOSFETs off by discharging the gate voltage of both power MOSFETs during such overcurrent conditions. Accordingly, when both power MOSFETs are switched off, the opposing polarity of the body diodes in the power MOSFETs ensures that one of the body diodes will be reversed biased in case of a short circuit failure in either the load or the power source. Incorporating N such power circuits in a power distribution module for distributing power from N power sources to a single load provides a fault tolerant power distribution module that can tolerate up to N-1 power source faults.
摘要:
A fault tolerant clock system that includes voting of power-on and other reset signals to ensure tight synchronization. A fault tolerant clock system (10) includes four channels, providing tolerance to a catastrophic failure in one of the channels and a second fault in another channel. Each clock channel comprises a crystal oscillator (12), an RC circuit (14), and a gain circuit (16) that are connected in a feedback loop with a first voter module (18). The first voter module produces a voted time base output signal corresponding to a majority vote of the timing signals provided by each of the four clock channels. This voted time base signal is fed back to the crystal oscillator through the RC circuit. The RC circuit enhances the frequency pulling capability of the crystal oscillator, enabling its timing signal to be phase shifted over a relatively wide range so that it can be kept in phase and frequency synchronization with the timing signals from crystal oscillators in the other clock channels without need for critically trimming components. A second voter module (34) determines a majority vote of reset signals from each of the clock channels, and the voted reset signal is applied to an enable circuit (24) to reset the fault tolerant clock system. A power-on reset circuit (28) controls the duration of reset signal in each channel following a reset caused by application of power to the clock channel or due to manual or other resets, thereby providing sufficient time to enable the power supply and crystal oscillator to stabilize before the time base output signal of the clock channels is again enabled. The enable signal is processed through an optional deglitching circuit 22, which masks out possible glitches on the reset line. Preferably, the fault tolerant clock system is produced on an ASIC to achieve redundancy at the chip level.