Abstract:
An electro-optic system, the electro-optic system that may include an input port that is configured to receive a bandpass signal that conveys information; wherein the bandpass signal is a radio frequency (RF) signal; an optical carrier source that is configured to generate an optical carrier signal having an optical carrier frequency; at least one electrical bias circuit that is configured to generate at least one electrical bias signal; an electro-optic modulation circuit that is linear at the optical field; a manipulator that is configured to (a) receive the at least one electrical bias signal and the bandpass signal, (b) generate, based on the at least one electrical bias signal and the bandpass signal, at least one modulating signal; wherein the electro-optic modulation circuit is configured to modulate the optical carrier by the at least one modulating signal to provide an output optical signal that comprises at least one optical pilot tone and at least one optical sideband that conveys the information.
Abstract:
There is provided a gas sensing device for sensing a certain gas that is associated with a certain spectral band, the gas sensing device may include a passive gas sensor that is configured to generate passive gas sensor detection signals that are responsive to the certain spectral band; a passive dummy sensor that is configured to generate passive dummy sensor detection signals that are indifferent to the certain spectral band; and at least one circuit that is configured to detect a presence or absence of the certain gas within a certain volume that is located within the fields of view of the passive gas sensor and the passive dummy sensor based on a comparison between the passive gas sensor detection signals and the passive dummy sensor detection signals.
Abstract:
A pressure sensing device that includes a pressure sensing element that is of microscopic scale and has a pressure level dependent thermal parameter; a signal source that is configured to supply an input electrical signal to the pressure sensing element; and a monitor that is configured to (a) measure electrical output signals generated by the pressure sensing element as a result of the supply of the input electrical signal and (b) estimate a pressure level applied on the pressure sensing element based on the electrical output signals.
Abstract:
A multistate register, comprising: a flip-flop that comprises a first latch, a second latch and an intermediate gate coupled between the first and second latches; multiple memristive devices; and an interface coupled between the multiple memristive devices and the flip-flop; wherein the multistate register is arranged to operate in a memristive device write mode, in a memristive device read mode and in a flip-flop mode; wherein when operating in the memristive device read mode, the interface is arranged to write to a first selected memristive device of the multiple memristive devices a first logic value stored in the first latch; wherein when operating in the memristive device write mode, the interface is arranged to write to the second latch a second logic value stored in a second selected memristive device of the multiple memristive devices; and wherein when operating on a flip-flop mode logic the interface is prevented from transferring values between the flip flop and the memristive devices.
Abstract:
A method and a sensing device are provided. The sensing device may include a readout circuit, a bulk, a holding element and a heterojunction bipolar transistor; wherein heterojunction bipolar transistor is configured to generate detection signals responsive to a temperature of at least a portion of the heterojunction bipolar transistor; wherein the holding element is configured to support the heterojunction bipolar transistor; wherein the heterojunction bipolar transistor is thermally isolated from the bulk; wherein the readout circuit is electrically coupled to the heterojunction bipolar transistor; and wherein the readout circuit is configured to receive the detection signals and to process the detection signals to provide information about electromagnetic radiation that affected the temperature of the at least portion of the heterojunction bipolar transistor.
Abstract:
An ignition and combustion control method for controlling ignition and combustion within an HCCI engine includes varying a fuel composition of a reformed fuel product for fueling the HCCI engine in response to changing loads or speeds of the HCCI engine. The fuel composition is varied by varying a water/fuel ratio of a mixture of water and fuel that is introduced into a fuel reformer to produce the reformed fuel product, and by controlling a temperature of a reaction within the fuel reformer. The HCCI engine is fueled with the fuel product.
Abstract:
A method for image processing in video conferencing, for correcting the gaze of an interlocutor (9) in an image or a sequence of images captured by at least one real camera (1), comprises the steps of • the at least one real camera (1) acquiring an original image of the interlocutor (9); • synthesizing a corrected view of the interlocutor's (9) face as seen by a virtual camera (3), the virtual camera (3) being located on the interlocutor's (9) line of sight and oriented towards the interlocutor (9); • transferring the corrected view of the interlocutor's (9) face from the synthesized view into the original image (10), thereby generating a final image (12); • at least one of displaying the final image (12) and transmitting the final image (12).
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of treatment a cardiovascular disease in a patient comprising administering an effective amount of a statin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with an effective amount of a transition metal complex of a corrole, an optically active isomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Further embodiments refer to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a statin and a corrole.