One embodiment includes an electrometer system. The system includes a sensor cell comprising alkali metal atoms within, and an optical beam system configured to provide at least one optical beam through the sensor cell to provide a first Rydberg energy state of the alkali metal atoms, the at least one optical beam exiting the sensor cell as a detection beam. The system also includes a tuning laser configured to generate a tuning beam having a predetermined tuning frequency between the first Rydberg energy state and an intermediate energy state of the alkali metal atoms. The system further includes a detection system configured to monitor the detection beam to detect an external signal having a frequency that is approximately equal to an energy difference between the first Rydberg energy state and a second Rydberg energy state based on monitoring the detection beam.
G01R 15/24 - Adaptations fournissant une isolation en tension ou en courant, p.ex. adaptations pour les réseaux à haute tension ou à courant fort utilisant des dispositifs modulateurs de lumière
G01R 23/17 - Analyse de spectre; Analyse de Fourier avec des dispositifs optiques auxiliaires
G01R 29/08 - Mesure des caractéristiques du champ électromagnétique
One example includes a MOT system. The system includes first optical source configured to provide a plurality of first optical beams parallel to a central axis associated with the MOT system, and a first set of optics configured to focus the first optical beams to the central axis through a trapping region comprising a vapor of atoms. The system also includes a second optical source configured to provide a plurality of second optical beams parallel to the central axis associated with the MOT system, and a second set of optics configured to focus the second optical beams to the central axis through the trapping region. Each of the second optical beams can be coaxial with a respective one of the first optical beams, such that each of the first optical beams is counterpropagating with a respective one of the second optical beams.
An atomic clock system includes a waveguide cavity that is sealed and comprises a gas enclosed therein. The waveguide cavity has a length that is an integer multiple of approximately one half-wavelength of a resonant frequency of the gas between two states. An oscillator system generates an RF signal through the waveguide cavity. The RF signal has a signal frequency that is approximately equal to the resonant frequency of the gas. A detection system measures a characteristic of the RF signal through the waveguide cavity to detect a maximum transition between the two states of the gas and to provide a feedback signal to the oscillator system to lock the signal frequency of the RF signal to the resonant frequency of the gas based on detecting the maximum transition. The detection system provides a frequency reference output signal based on the signal frequency of the RF signal.
G04F 5/14 - Appareils pour la production d'intervalles de temps prédéterminés, utilisés comme étalons utilisant des horloges atomiques
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p.ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulation; Optique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p.ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
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PULSE-GENERATOR-BASED BIAS-LEVEL SENSORS FOR RECIPROCAL QUANTUM LOGIC
Pulse-generator-based reciprocal quantum logic (RQL) bias-level sensors are fabricated on an RQL integrated circuit (IC) to sample AC or DC bias values provided to operational RQL circuitry on the RQL IC. The bias-level sensors include pulse generators having strengthened or weakened bias taps (transformer couplings to RQL AC clock resonators or DC bias lines) as compared to bias taps of Josephson transmission lines in the operational RQL circuitry, or Josephson junctions (JJs) with larger or smaller critical currents as compared to JJs in the operational RQL circuitry. Pulse generators with weakened bias taps or larger JJs can have lower limits of their operational ranges placed near an optimal bias point at the centroid of the operating region of the operational RQL circuitry. The bias-level sensors can be staged by relative strength to indicate whether a provided bias value is an improvement when varied over a range.
H03K 19/195 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion utilisant des éléments spécifiés utilisant des dispositifs supraconducteurs
H03K 19/20 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion caractérisés par la fonction logique, p.ex. circuits ET, OU, NI, NON
H03K 19/17736 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion utilisant des éléments spécifiés utilisant des circuits logiques élémentaires comme composants disposés sous forme matricielle - Détails structurels des ressources de routage
H03K 3/38 - Générateurs caractérisés par le type de circuit ou par les moyens utilisés pour produire des impulsions par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs supraconducteurs
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ELECTROMETER SYSTEM WITH RYDBERG DECAY FLUORESCENCE DETECTION
One example includes an electrometer system. The system includes a sensor cell comprising an alkali metal vapor within. The system also includes an excitation beam system configured to provide at least one excitation optical beam through the sensor cell to excite the alkali metal atoms from a. ground state to a Rydberg energy state. The system also includes a stimulated emission beam system configured to provide a stimulated emission optical beam through the sensor cell to provide energy decay of the alkali metal atoms to a decay energy state that is less than the Rydberg energy state. The system further includes a detection system configured to monitor fluorescent detection light emitted from the alkali metal atoms as the alkali metal atoms decay from the decay state to the ground state to determine signal characteristics of an external signal based on an intensity of the fluorescent detection light.
G01N 21/63 - Systèmes dans lesquels le matériau analysé est excité de façon à ce qu'il émette de la lumière ou qu'il produise un changement de la longueur d'onde de la lumière incidente excité optiquement
A map control module receives a stream of map data characterizing a geographic region proximal to a vehicle and outputs a moving map, and the moving map is divisible into a matrix of cells. A map item control receives a stream of point of interest (POI) data characterizing a plurality of POIs within the boundary and categorizes each of the plurality of POIs to define a set of categories. The map item control determines a display location of a map item within the matrix of cells for each of the plurality of POIs and determines an importance for each POI within a same category. The map item control forms a set of clusters of map items. Each map item in a given cluster of map items has a same cell and a same category. The map item control selects a top-item for each cluster of map items.
G01C 21/36 - Dispositions d'entrée/sortie pour des calculateurs embarqués
G06F 3/04817 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] fondées sur des propriétés spécifiques de l’objet d’interaction affiché ou sur un environnement basé sur les métaphores, p.ex. interaction avec des éléments du bureau telles les fenêtres ou les icônes, ou avec l’aide d’un curseur changeant de comport utilisant des icônes
A robot intelligence engine receives highly immersive virtual environment (HIVE) data characterizing a set of robot tasks executed by a test robot in a HIVE, wherein the robot tasks of the set of robot tasks include a robot skill. The robot intelligence engine receives sensor data from a problem detecting robot deployed in an environment of operation that characterizes conditions corresponding to a detected problem and searches the set of robot tasks to identify a subset of the robot tasks that are potentially employable to remedy the detected problem. The robot intelligence engine simulates the subset of robot tasks to determine a likelihood of success for the subset of robot tasks. The simulation generates a set of unsupervised robot tasks that are potentially employable to remedy the detected problem. The robot intelligence engine selects one of the subset of robot tasks or one of the unsupervised robot tasks.
A method of forming a multi-chip system is disclosed. The method includes forming one or more bumps on respective conductive contact pads of a first electronic device, forming one or more mini-bumps on respective conductive contact pads of a second electronic device, and aligning respective one or more mini-bumps with respective one or more bumps. The method further includes performing a bump bonding process that exerts compression force on one or both the first electronic device and the second electronic device to compress the one or more mini-bumps into the one or more bumps to form one or more bump bond structures that bond the second electronic device to the first electronic device.
H01L 23/00 - DISPOSITIFS À SEMI-CONDUCTEURS NON COUVERTS PAR LA CLASSE - Détails de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou d'autres dispositifs à l'état solide
H01L 23/498 - Connexions électriques sur des substrats isolants
One example includes a quantum lidar system. The system includes a beam generator configured to generate a signal beam and an idler beam and a beam combiner configured to generate a combined optical beam comprising the signal beam and the idler beam. The system also includes a lidar transmitter configured to transmit the combined optical beam to a target and a lidar receiver configured to receive the combined optical beam and a reflected beam of the combined optical beam reflected from the target to generate lidar data associated with the target.
G01S 7/4911 - DÉTERMINATION DE LA DIRECTION PAR RADIO; RADIO-NAVIGATION; DÉTERMINATION DE LA DISTANCE OU DE LA VITESSE EN UTILISANT DES ONDES RADIO; LOCALISATION OU DÉTECTION DE LA PRÉSENCE EN UTILISANT LA RÉFLEXION OU LA RERADIATION D'ONDES RADIO; DISPOSITIONS ANALOGUES UTILISANT D'AUTRES ONDES - Détails des systèmes correspondant aux groupes , , de systèmes selon le groupe - Détails des systèmes non pulsés Émetteurs
G01S 7/481 - Caractéristiques de structure, p.ex. agencements d'éléments optiques
H01S 5/34 - Structure ou forme de la région active; Matériaux pour la région active comprenant des structures à puits quantiques ou à superréseaux, p.ex. lasers à puits quantique unique [SQW], lasers à plusieurs puits quantiques [MQW] ou lasers à hétérostructure de confinement séparée ayant un indice progressif [GRINSCH]
H01S 5/40 - Agencement de plusieurs lasers à semi-conducteurs, non prévu dans les groupes
One example includes a superconducting circuit. The circuit superconducting circuitry fabricated on a first surface of a circuit layer. The circuit layer includes a dielectric material. The circuit also includes a metal layer formed on a second surface of the circuit layer opposite the first surface and a through-substrate via (TSV) conductively coupled to the metal layer and extending through the circuit layer to the first surface. The circuit further includes a flux gasket conductively coupled to and extending from the TSV on the first surface proximal to the superconducting circuitry. The flux gasket can be configured to divert magnetic fields away from the superconducting circuitry.
H10N 69/00 - Dispositifs intégrés, ou ensembles de plusieurs dispositifs, comportant au moins un élément supraconducteur couvert par le groupe
H01L 23/522 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique à l'intérieur du dispositif pendant son fonctionnement, d'un composant à un autre comprenant des interconnexions externes formées d'une structure multicouche de couches conductrices et isolantes inséparables du corps semi-conducteur sur lequel elles ont été déposées
H01L 23/00 - DISPOSITIFS À SEMI-CONDUCTEURS NON COUVERTS PAR LA CLASSE - Détails de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou d'autres dispositifs à l'état solide
Reciprocal quantum logic (RQL) bias-level sensors are fabricated on an RQL integrated circuit (IC) to sample AC or DC bias values provided to operational RQL circuitry on the RQL IC. The bias-level sensors, or samplers, include Josephson transmission lines (JTLs) or logic gates having strengthened or weakened bias taps as compared to bias taps of JTLs or logic gates in the operational RQL circuitry. Sampler JTLs or logic gates with weakened bias taps to AC clock resonators can have lower limits of their operational ranges placed near an optimal bias point at the centroid of the operating region of the operational RQL circuitry. Staging relative strengths of the bias taps of the samplers in an ensemble of samplers allows for outputs of wrapper circuitry to be indicative of whether a provided bias value is an improvement or optimization of the bias value when varied over a range.
H03K 19/195 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion utilisant des éléments spécifiés utilisant des dispositifs supraconducteurs
G11C 11/44 - Mémoires numériques caractérisées par l'utilisation d'éléments d'emmagasinage électriques ou magnétiques particuliers; Eléments d'emmagasinage correspondants utilisant des éléments électriques utilisant des éléments supraconducteurs, p.ex. des cryotrons
G06N 10/00 - Informatique quantique, c. à d. traitement de l’information fondé sur des phénomènes de mécanique quantique
One example includes an atomic optical reference system. The system includes an optical system comprising a laser configured to generate an optical beam. The system also includes a vapor cell comprising alkali metal atoms that are stimulated in response to a modulated beam corresponding to an amplitude-modulated version of the optical beam. The system also includes a detection system configured to monitor at least one detection signal corresponding to light emitted from or absorbed by the vapor cell and to generate at least one feedback signal in response to the at least one detection signal. The system further includes a beam modulator configured to amplitude-modulate the optical beam to generate the modulated beam and to frequency shift the optical beam to generate an output beam having a stable frequency in response to the at least one feedback signal.
H03L 7/26 - Commande automatique de fréquence ou de phase; Synchronisation utilisant comme référence de fréquence les niveaux d'énergie de molécules, d'atomes ou de particules subatomiques
H01S 1/06 - Masers, c. à d. dispositifs utilisant l’émission stimulée de rayonnement électromagnétique dans la gamme des micro-ondes gazeux
H01S 5/06 - Dispositions pour commander les paramètres de sortie du laser, p.ex. en agissant sur le milieu actif
One example includes a vapor cell. The cell includes a transparent enclosure and alkali metal atoms enclosed within the transparent enclosure. The alkali metal atoms can be configured to be stimulated from a first energy state to a second energy state in response to an optical beam provided through the vapor cell and to emit fluorescent light in response to energy of the alkali metal atoms decaying from the second energy state to the first energy state. The cell further includes a reflective coating that is provided on an exterior surface of the transparent enclosure to surround the vapor cell to provide a reflective interior surface with respect to the transparent enclosure of the vapor cell to reflect the fluorescent light. The reflective coating can include a detection window configured to facilitate escape of the fluorescent light from the vapor cell for optical detection.
G01N 21/03 - Dispositions ou appareils pour faciliter la recherche optique - Détails de structure des cuvettes
G01N 21/31 - Couleur; Propriétés spectrales, c. à d. comparaison de l'effet du matériau sur la lumière pour plusieurs longueurs d'ondes ou plusieurs bandes de longueurs d'ondes différentes en recherchant l'effet relatif du matériau pour les longueurs d'ondes caractéristiques d'éléments ou de molécules spécifiques, p.ex. spectrométrie d'absorption atomique
A reconfigurable solar array has a plurality of photovoltaic cells and an interconnect circuit including a plurality of switches for interconnecting the photovoltaic cells. A thermostatic feedback control circuit in communication with a temperature sensor is configured to produce a temperature signal that is proportional to a temperature of the photovoltaic cells. The thermostatic feedback control circuit is configured to cause at least one of the switches to change state at a preset temperature that is independent of supply voltage. When the temperature is above the preset temperature, the photovoltaic cells are arranged in a plurality of strings connected in parallel. When the temperature is at or below the preset temperature, at least one photovoltaic cell in each string is disconnected from a respective string and reconnected in series to each other to form a new string connected in parallel to the other strings.
H01L 31/02 - Dispositifs à semi-conducteurs sensibles aux rayons infrarouges, à la lumière, au rayonnement électromagnétique d'ondes plus courtes, ou au rayonnement corpusculaire, et spécialement adaptés, soit comme convertisseurs de l'énergie dudit rayonnement e; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives; Leurs détails - Détails
H01L 31/0392 - Dispositifs à semi-conducteurs sensibles aux rayons infrarouges, à la lumière, au rayonnement électromagnétique d'ondes plus courtes, ou au rayonnement corpusculaire, et spécialement adaptés, soit comme convertisseurs de l'énergie dudit rayonnement e; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives; Leurs détails caractérisés par leurs corps semi-conducteurs caractérisés par leur structure cristalline ou par l'orientation particulière des plans cristallins comprenant des films minces déposés sur des substrats métalliques ou isolants
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OUTPUT IMPEDANCE AND LOAD INDEPENDENT LATCH-OFF TIMER FOR VOLTAGE-LIMIT MODE PROTECTION
One example includes a power supply system. The system includes a voltage-limit power regulator to generate an output voltage and an instantaneous overvoltage sensor configured to detect an overvoltage condition associated with the output voltage. The system further includes an overvoltage latch-off timer system configured to initiate a latch-off timer in response to detecting the overvoltage condition. The latch-off timer can be uninterrupted by an amplitude of the output voltage. The overvoltage latch-off timer system can further be configured to detect a persistent overvoltage fault in response to detecting the overvoltage condition after expiration of the latch-off timer. The overvoltage latch-off timer system can be configured to generate a fault signal to disable the voltage-limit power regulator in response to detecting the persistent overvoltage fault.
H02H 3/027 - Circuits de protection de sécurité pour déconnexion automatique due directement à un changement indésirable des conditions électriques normales de travail avec ou sans reconnexion - Détails avec déconnexion automatique après une durée prédéterminée
H02H 9/04 - Circuits de protection de sécurité pour limiter l'excès de courant ou de tension sans déconnexion sensibles à un excès de tension
H02M 1/36 - Moyens pour mettre en marche ou arrêter les convertisseurs
H02H 7/12 - Circuits de protection de sécurité spécialement adaptés pour des machines ou appareils électriques de types particuliers ou pour la protection sectionnelle de systèmes de câble ou ligne, et effectuant une commutation automatique dans le cas d'un chan pour redresseurs pour convertisseurs ou redresseurs statiques
One example includes an acoustic resonator filter bank system. The system includes a multiplex passive filter that is configured to provide a plurality of filtered versions of a radio frequency (RF) input signal. The system also includes a filter bank that comprises a plurality of filter blocks that are each configured to provide a plurality of pass-bands across a frequency spectrum. Each of the filter blocks includes an acoustic resonator. The system further includes a switch matrix that is configured to provide one of the filtered versions of the RF input signal to one of the filter blocks in the filter bank to provide an RF output signal having a frequency band corresponding to a respective one of the pass-bands.
One example includes an acoustic resonator filter system. The system includes a filter element arranged between a low-voltage rail and a filter-path node through which an RF input signal propagates to provide a filtered RF output signal. The filter element includes an acoustic resonator and a capacitive network arranged in parallel with the acoustic resonator.
One example includes an acoustic resonator filter system. The system includes a plurality of filter blocks. Each of the filter blocks can include a plurality of tunable filter elements. Each of the tunable filter elements can include an acoustic resonator. The system also includes a switching network that receives a radio frequency (RF) input signal and provides a filtered RF output signal. The switching network can be configured to selectively switch at least one of the filter blocks in a signal path of the RF input signal to provide the RF output signal.
H03H 9/70 - Réseaux à plusieurs accès pour connecter plusieurs sources ou charges, fonctionnant sur des fréquences ou dans des bandes de fréquence différentes, à une charge ou à une source commune
H03H 7/01 - Réseaux à deux accès sélecteurs de fréquence
One example includes an optical element. The optical element includes a first optical material structure comprising a first index of refraction across a frequency spectrum. The optical element also includes a second optical material structure configured to exhibit an index anomaly corresponding to a change in index of refraction from the first index of refraction to a second index of refraction across a portion of the frequency spectrum and a change from the second index of refraction to the first index of refraction along the frequency spectrum. The optical element further includes a diffractive interface corresponding to a non-planar material contact junction between the first optical material structure and the second optical material structure. The diffractive interface can be configured to manipulate in a predetermined manner an optical beam having an optical path through the diffractive interface and having a frequency in the portion of the frequency spectrum.
The present disclosure relates to an evaluation of system-of-systems (SoS) architectures for cyber vulnerabilities. In an example, architecture description data and component description data for an SoS can be received. Architecture definition file (ADF) data can be generated based on the architecture and component description data. A model of a target SoS architecture for the SoS can be generated based on the ADF data. The target SoS architecture for the SoS can be evaluated to identify potential cyber-attack vectors with respect to the target SoS architecture, and a probabilistic analysis of the potential cyber-attack vectors can be executed to compute a probability for each cyber-attack vector indicative of a likelihood that a respective cyber-attack results in a mission failure by the SoS based on the target SoS architecture. Display data can be generated for visualization on an output device that includes each identified potential cyberattack vector and associated computed probability.
In an example, a component analyzer can compute a respective part score for each part of the platform based on a part property table, and a respective connection score for each connection of the platform based on a connection property table. The component analyzer can provide the respective part and connection scores as score data to an architecture modeling engine to compute a probability model based on the score data and an architecture model. The probability model can include a part probability value and a connection probability value, and the architecture model can characterize a target architecture of the platform. A survivability analysis engine can evaluate the probability model and the architecture model to determine a likelihood that one or more potential cyber-attacks on the platform based on the target architecture are successful or unsuccessful in compromising at least one part of the platform.
G06F 21/57 - Certification ou préservation de plates-formes informatiques fiables, p.ex. démarrages ou arrêts sécurisés, suivis de version, contrôles de logiciel système, mises à jour sécurisées ou évaluation de vulnérabilité
A key updater for a first party operating on a network generates a mutually distilled key for communication between the first party and a second party. The key updater determines a set of verifying parties operating on the network needed to authenticate the mutually distilled key, wherein each verifying party of the set of verifying parties operates on the network. The key updater iteratively executes a key equivalency test for each verifying party in the set of verifying parties to determine a nonce sum until the key equivalency test has been executed for each of the verifying parties in the set of verifying parties or until it is determined that at least one node on the network has been compromised. The key updater generates a final key for communication between the first party and the second party based on the nonce sum and the mutually distilled key.
H04L 9/32 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégées; Protocoles réseaux de sécurité comprenant des moyens pour vérifier l'identité ou l'autorisation d'un utilisateur du système
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FLUX-TRAPPING MAGNETIC FILMS IN SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUITS
One example includes a superconducting circuit. The circuit includes superconducting circuitry fabricated in a circuit layer. The circuit layer includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The circuit also includes a flux moat comprising a dielectric material formed in the circuit layer. The flux moat can be configured to trap a magnetic flux as the superconducting circuit is cooled to below a superconducting critical temperature. The circuit further includes a magnetic film arranged proximal to the flux moat on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the circuit layer. The magnetic film can be configured to guide the magnetic flux to the flux moat as the superconducting circuit is cooled to below the superconducting critical temperature.
A superconductor junction includes a normal metal layer having a first side and a second side, an insulating layer overlying the second side of the normal metal layer, and a first superconductor layer formed of a first superconductor material that overlies a side of the insulating layer opposite the side that overlies the normal metal layer. The superconductor junction further includes a second superconductor layer formed of a second superconductor material with a first side overlying a side of the first superconductor material opposite the side that overlies the insulating layer. The second superconductor material has a higher diffusion coefficent than the first superconductor material and/or the second superconductor material has a lower recombination coefficent than the first superconductor metal layer. A normal metal layer quasiparticle trap is coupled to a second side of the second superconductor layer.
H10N 69/00 - Dispositifs intégrés, ou ensembles de plusieurs dispositifs, comportant au moins un élément supraconducteur couvert par le groupe
F25B 21/00 - Machines, installations ou systèmes utilisant des effets électriques ou magnétiques
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AUTOMATED METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SHEETS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, PATTERN PREPARATION AND FORMING SYSTEMS, AND SHEETS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL
Automated methods of forming composite structures (52) may include applying fibers (26) having various predetermined lengths to a removable backing material (50) to form a net shape or near net shape pattern for forming a composite structure having a varying transverse cross-section. Sheets of composite material may comprise strips (26) of composite material adhered to a backing material (50) in a net shape or near net shape pattern for forming a composite structure with a varying transverse cross-section. Further methods of manufacturing sheets of composite material may comprise applying fibers having various predetermined lengths to a removable backing material in a net shape or near net shape pattern for forming a composite structure having a varying transverse cross-section. Pattern preparation systems may include a material placement device (10) programmed and configured to apply fibers having various predetermined lengths to a removable backing material. Forming systems may include an indicia locating device.
Machine learning fingerprinting of wireless signals and related systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed. The systems and methods relate to storing fingerprint data indicating device fingerprint features detected for a plurality of identified transmitting devices in a database. The methods further relate to receiving, at a communication device, wireless communications from an unidentified transmitting device. Additionally, the systems and methods illustrate determining a device fingerprint responsive to a portion of each of the wireless communications using few-shot learning techniques and comparing the determined device fingerprint to the stored fingerprint data in the database
H04L 67/12 - Protocoles spécialement adaptés aux environnements propriétaires ou de mise en réseau pour un usage spécial, p.ex. les réseaux médicaux, les réseaux de capteurs, les réseaux dans les véhicules ou les réseaux de mesure à distance
Systems and methods are provided for coupling two qubits. A first persistent current qubit is fabricated with a first superconducting loop interrupted by a first Josephson junction isolated by a first inductor and a second inductor from a second Josephson junction. A second persistent current qubit is fabricated with a second superconducting loop interrupted by a third Josephson junction isolated by a third inductor and a fourth inductor from a fourth Josephson junction. Nodes defined by the Josephson junctions of the first qubit and their neighboring inductors are connected to corresponding nodes defined by the third Josephson junction and the third inductor via a first capacitor, with one pair of connections swapped such that the nodes are not connected to their respective corresponding nodes.
G06N 10/40 - Réalisations ou architectures physiques de processeurs ou de composants quantiques pour la manipulation de qubits, p.ex. couplage ou commande de qubit
B82Y 10/00 - Nanotechnologie pour le traitement, le stockage ou la transmission d’informations, p.ex. calcul quantique ou logique à un électron
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SELF-INSULATING HIGH BANDWIDTH EXTERNAL MEDIA STORAGE DEVICE
A data storage system including a docking station, and a dockable external data storage device operates in an underwater environment. The dockable external data storage device includes a housing, a memory disposed within the housing to store data, and a connector assembly mounted on the housing. The connector assembly includes at least one optical transmitter configured to transfer data from the memory to a corresponding optical receiver in the docking station. The connector assembly also includes a self-passivating electrical contact configured to transfer electrical power to the dockable external data storage device from a corresponding power contact in the docking station.
H01R 4/62 - Connexions entre des conducteurs constitués de matériaux différents; Connexions entre ou avec des conducteurs en aluminium avec ou sans âme en acier
H01R 33/965 - Supports protégés contre la poussière, les projections, les éclaboussures, l'eau ou les flammes
H01R 13/03 - Contacts caractérisés par le matériau, p.ex. matériaux de plaquage ou de revêtement
A method for assembling a two-dimensional fiber array launcher assembly. The method includes providing an alignment structure having a two-dimensional alignment plate with holes at one end and a two-dimensional beam shaper with micro-lenses at an opposite end. An endcap having a fiber attached thereto is systematically positioned in each hole, and is aligned with one of the micro-lenses with a high precision tolerance. The aligned endcap is then secured in the hole using a curable glue. This process is continued until all of the holes have aligned endcaps. If one of the endcaps is mis-aligned or becomes damaged, the glue can be heated and the endcap realigned or replaced.
A panel array and associated deployment system may include a first cable extending along a first row of panels and coupled to each panel of the first row of panels. The array and system may further include a second cable extending along a second row of panels and coupled to each panel of the second row of panels. The array and system may also include a first column of panels comprising a panel from the first row of panels and a panel from the second row of panels. The system may further include a spool positioned adjacent the first column of panels. The spool may be coupled to at least one of the first cable and the second cable and configured to apply tension to the first cable and/or the second cable
An antenna structure may include a solid antenna structure and a mesh antenna structure. The mesh antenna structure may be coupled to an outer edge of the solid antenna structure through two or more ribs. The two or more ribs may be configured to extend away from the solid antenna structure to expand the mesh antenna structure and increase a surface area of the antenna structure
A method of forming a structure (146) comprising a continuous fiber material comprises continuously feeding, through a continuous fiber nozzle assembly (222) of an additive manufacturing tool (100), a feed material (126) comprising a continuous fiber material and a thermoset resin material, heating or cooling the feed material to maintain a temperature of the feed material to a temperature sufficient to tackify the feed material and at least partially cure the feed material and initiate adhesion of the feed material on a build platform or a previously formed portion of a structure, and moving the continuous fiber nozzle assembly in three dimensions while depositing the feed material on the build platform or the previously formed portion of the structure to form the structure comprising the continuous fiber material extending in three dimensions. Related methods of forming a composite structure, and related tools for additively manufacturing a structure are disclosed.
B29C 64/106 - Procédés de fabrication additive n’utilisant que des matériaux liquides ou visqueux, p.ex. dépôt d’un cordon continu de matériau visqueux
B33Y 30/00 - Appareils pour la fabrication additive; Leurs parties constitutives ou accessoires à cet effet
B33Y 40/20 - Posttraitement, p.ex. durcissement, revêtement ou polissage
B33Y 70/10 - Composites de différents types de matériaux, p.ex. mélanges de céramiques et de polymères ou mélanges de métaux et de biomatériaux
B29C 70/38 - Empilage automatisé, p.ex. utilisant des robots, par application de filaments selon des modèles prédéterminés
C04B 35/00 - Produits céramiques mis en forme, caractérisés par leur composition; Compositions céramiques; Traitement de poudres de composés inorganiques préalablement à la fabrication de produits céramiques
One example includes an Ising machine system. The system includes a plurality of ring oscillators that are each configured to propagate an oscillation signal. Each of the ring oscillators can be cross-coupled with at least one other of the ring oscillators via a respective one of the oscillation signals to provide a respective phase coupling between the respective cross-coupled ring oscillators. The system also includes an Ising machine controller configured, to generate control signals corresponding to parameters of an Ising problem and including a plurality of delay selection signals. The Ising machine controller can provide at least one of the delay selection signals to each of the ring oscillators. The delay selection signal can be configured to set a variable propagation delay of the ring oscillator to control the relative phase coupling of each of the ring oscillators to each of the at least one other of the ring oscillators.
An aircraft skin coating assembly for an aircraft. The coating assembly includes a primer layer (34) deposited on the aircraft skin (32), an optical stop-etch layer (52) deposited on the primer layer (34) that is reflective at a predetermined wavelength, a coating stack- up (36) deposited on the optical etch-stop layer (52) that provides performance features for the aircraft, and a sealant layer (42) deposited on the stack-up (36). When a laser coating removal process employing a laser beam is used to remove the coating stack-up for replacement, the stop-etch layer reflects the laser beam to prevent it from penetrating and possibly damaging the aircraft skin.
An RF amplifier (100) utilizes first and second main amplifiers (105, 110) in a balanced amplifier configuration with first and second auxiliary amplifiers (115, 120) connected in parallel across the first and second main amplifiers (105, 110), respectively. The main and the auxiliary amplifiers are biased such that the third-order nonlinearity components in the combined output current are reduced. A common or independent bias control circuit controls the DC operating bias of the auxiliary amplifiers and establishes DC operating points on curves representing third-order nonlinear components within the drain current having a positive slope (opposite to the corresponding slope of the main amplifiers). This results in reduction of overall third-order nonlinear components in combined currents at the output. In another embodiment, a phase shift of an input to one auxiliary amplifier is used to provide a peak in minimization at a frequency associated with the phase shift.
H03F 1/32 - Modifications des amplificateurs pour réduire la distorsion non linéaire
H03F 1/42 - Modifications des amplificateurs pour augmenter la bande passante
H03F 3/193 - Amplificateurs à haute fréquence, p.ex. amplificateurs radiofréquence comportant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs comportant des dispositifs à effet de champ
H03F 3/21 - Amplificateurs de puissance, p.ex. amplificateurs de classe B, amplificateur de classe C comportant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs
H03F 3/60 - Amplificateurs dans lesquels les réseaux de couplage ont des constantes réparties, p.ex. comportant des résonateurs de guides d'ondes
36.
MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION OF SIGNALS AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA
Classification of signals using machine learning and related systems, methods and computer-readable media are disclosed. A signal classification system includes a sentence embedding model network, a convolutional generator network, and a classifier network. The sentence embedding model network is trained to convert a body of sentences correlated to different signal modulation schemes into a latent space. The convolutional generator network is configured to project samples of a measured signal into the latent space. The classifier network is configured to classify the measured signal from the latent space responsive to a projection of the samples of the measured signal into the latent space. A method includes training a sentence embedding model network to convert descriptive sentences to a latent space, the descriptive sentences correlated to different signal modulation schemes. The method also includes training a convolutional generator network to project samples of a measured signal into the latent space.
A continuous filament additive manufacturing machine for building a part by laying down a continuous mono-filament or composite filament material layer by layer on a tool or substrate. The machine includes a system operable to move in at least three degrees of freedom, and a placement module coupled to the system and being configured to deposit the continuous filament material. The placement module includes a guide for guiding the material to the part and an ultrasonic compaction device (160) for compacting the material as it is being deposited from the placement module. The compaction device includes an ultrasonic driver, an attachment member and a plurality of ultrasonic horns (166) independently coupled to the attachment member and being movable independent of each other. The plurality of ultrasonic horns are ultrasonically vibrated to melt or flow the material and cause the material to fuse and be compacted to the tool or substrate.
B29C 64/118 - Procédés de fabrication additive n’utilisant que des matériaux liquides ou visqueux, p.ex. dépôt d’un cordon continu de matériau visqueux utilisant un matériau filamentaire mis en fusion, p.ex. modélisation par dépôt de fil en fusion [FDM]
A continuous filament additive manufacturing machine (10) for building a part by laying down a continuous mono-filament or composite filament material layer by layer on a tool or substrate. The machine includes a system, such as a robot (12), operable to move in at least three degrees of freedom, and a placement module (60) coupled to the system and being configured to deposit the continuous filament material. The placement module includes a guide (64) for guiding the material to the part, a heat source (72) for pre-heating the material as it is being deposited from the placement module and a compaction device (76) for compacting the material as it is being deposited from the placement module. The compaction device includes an ultrasonic horn (84) that is ultrasonically vibrated to melt or flow the material and cause the material to fuse and be compacted to the tool or substrate.
B29C 70/38 - Empilage automatisé, p.ex. utilisant des robots, par application de filaments selon des modèles prédéterminés
B29C 64/118 - Procédés de fabrication additive n’utilisant que des matériaux liquides ou visqueux, p.ex. dépôt d’un cordon continu de matériau visqueux utilisant un matériau filamentaire mis en fusion, p.ex. modélisation par dépôt de fil en fusion [FDM]
A continuous filament additive manufacturing machine for building a part by laying down a continuous mono-filament or composite filament material layer by layer on a tool or substrate. The machine includes a system, such as a robot (12), operable to move in at least three degrees of freedom, and a placement module (60) coupled to the system and being configured to deposit the continuous filament material. The placement module (60) includes a guide (64) for guiding the material to the part, an ultrasonic compaction device (76) including an ultrasonic driver, an attachment frame and an ultrasonic disk horn coupled to the attachment frame. The ultrasonic driver is coupled to the disk horn (84) and ultrasonically vibrates the horn in a reciprocating manner to melt or flow the material and cause the material to fuse and be compacted to the tool or substrate.
B29C 64/118 - Procédés de fabrication additive n’utilisant que des matériaux liquides ou visqueux, p.ex. dépôt d’un cordon continu de matériau visqueux utilisant un matériau filamentaire mis en fusion, p.ex. modélisation par dépôt de fil en fusion [FDM]
B29C 64/295 - Fabrication additive, c. à d. fabrication d’objets en trois dimensions [3D] par dépôt additif, agglomération additive ou stratification additive, p.ex. par impression en 3D, stéréolithographie ou frittage laser sélectif - Détails ou accessoires à cet effet Éléments de chauffage
A continuous filament additive manufacturing machine (10) for building a part (66) by laying down a continuous mono-filament or composite filament material layer by layer on a tool (68) or substrate. The machine includes a system, such as a robot (12), operable to move in three degrees of freedom, and a placement module (100) coupled to the system and being configured to deposit the continuous filament material. The placement module (100) includes a guide (64) for guiding the material to the part and an ultrasonic compaction device (102) for compacting the material as it is being deposited from the placement module (100). The compaction device includes an ultrasonic horn (104) having at least one guide hole (106) through which the material passes before it is laid down and compacted. The ultrasonic horn (104) is ultrasonically vibrated to melt or flow the material and cause the material to fuse and be compacted to the tool or substrate.
B29C 64/118 - Procédés de fabrication additive n’utilisant que des matériaux liquides ou visqueux, p.ex. dépôt d’un cordon continu de matériau visqueux utilisant un matériau filamentaire mis en fusion, p.ex. modélisation par dépôt de fil en fusion [FDM]
B29C 64/295 - Fabrication additive, c. à d. fabrication d’objets en trois dimensions [3D] par dépôt additif, agglomération additive ou stratification additive, p.ex. par impression en 3D, stéréolithographie ou frittage laser sélectif - Détails ou accessoires à cet effet Éléments de chauffage
An inlet manifold is for use in a laser powder bed fusion system having a build platform for carrying a powder bed and a pump or blower for supplying a gas flow in a direction relative to a surface of the build platform. The inlet manifold is made of a gas flow guide structure having a gas flow inlet to receive the gas flow and being comprised of a plurality of stacked gas flow guides, each being defined by top and bottom guide plates oriented downwards at an angle A relative to the direction of the gas flow for guiding the gas flow downwards towards a gas flow outlet. At least some of the top and the bottom guide plates have upwardly curved ends at the gas flow outlet to redirect the gas flow to be substantially parallel to the surface of the build platform.
B22F 12/00 - Appareils ou dispositifs spécialement adaptés à la fabrication additive; Moyens auxiliaires pour la fabrication additive; Combinaisons d’appareils ou de dispositifs pour la fabrication additive avec d’autres appareils ou dispositifs de traitement ou de fabrication
In some examples, design parameter data for an object can be received based on user input. A set of design criteria for the object can be received based on the design parameter data. A search of a learned design virtual reality (VR) database can be implemented to identify a set of candidate designs for the object based on the set of design criteria. The learned design VR database can include a plurality of previously determined designs for the object. Each candidate design for the object can be simulated in a simulation environment based on a learned design simulation database and optimization criteria to identify at least one new design for the object. A ranked design list can be generated ranking each candidate design and the at least one new design for the object based on ranking criteria.
G06F 30/12 - CAO géométrique caractérisée par des moyens d’entrée spécialement adaptés à la CAO, p.ex. interfaces utilisateur graphiques [UIG] spécialement adaptées à la CAO
G06F 30/15 - Conception de véhicules, d’aéronefs ou d’embarcations
G06F 30/27 - Optimisation, vérification ou simulation de l’objet conçu utilisant l’apprentissage automatique, p.ex. l’intelligence artificielle, les réseaux neuronaux, les machines à support de vecteur [MSV] ou l’apprentissage d’un modèle
G06F 111/20 - CAO de configuration, p.ex. conception par assemblage ou positionnement de modules sélectionnés à partir de bibliothèques de modules préconçus
A containerized cross-domain solution (CDS) is disclosed herein. In some examples, a first network interface container can be executed on a server to run a first network interface application to receive a data packet that includes data generated by a first process executing at a first security domain. A filter container can be executed on the server to run a data filter to evaluate a data content of the data to determine whether the data content violates a set of data rules. A second network interface container can be executed on the server to run a second network interface application. The data packet can be provided to the second network interface application in response to determining that the data content does not violates the set of data rules. The second network interface application can provide the data packet to a second security domain for a second process executing therein.
An apparatus for reducing thermal blooming in an optical subsystem of a high energy laser (HEL) comprises a fluid pump that receives a first fluid containing diatomic oxygen at a first concentration and a combustion chamber that combusts the first fluid to develop a second fluid containing diatomic oxygen at a second concentration, wherein the second concentration is less than the first concentration, and wherein the second fluid is supplied to the optical subsystem of the HEL. A method of operating an HEL having an optical subsystem is also disclosed.
H01S 3/00 - Lasers, c. à d. dispositifs utilisant l'émission stimulée de rayonnement électromagnétique dans la gamme de l’infrarouge, du visible ou de l’ultraviolet
F41H 13/00 - Moyens d'attaque ou de défense non prévus ailleurs
45.
ENVIRONMENTAL VERIFICATION FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO DATA
A system for controlling access to data based on environmental verification can include a physical environment authenticator that receives data characterizing environmental parameters of a node in an environment from a set of environmental sensors. The physical environment authenticator can compare correlated environmental parameters with each other and/or a threshold value. At least a subset of the correlated environmental parameters are based on the data from the set of environmental sensors and grants access to a data if the correlated environmental parameters indicate that the node is operating in an authorized environment and prevents access to the data if the correlated environmental parameters indicates that the node is not operating in an authorized environment.
An electrical connector system includes a first connector comprising first contacts and a plurality of contact guides associated with the respective first contacts. The system also includes a second connector comprising second contacts configured to slide between a respective one of the contact guides and a respective one of the first contacts in response to joining the first and second connectors as a mated pair. Each respective contact guide provides contact pressure to a first surface of the respective one of the second contacts to provide a biasing force of the second contact onto the first contact to electrically couple a second surface of the respective one of the second contacts opposite the first side to an adjoining surface of the respective one of the first contacts to conduct a signal between the respective one of each of the first and second contacts.
H01R 13/629 - Moyens additionnels pour faciliter l'engagement ou la séparation des pièces de couplage, p.ex. moyens pour aligner ou guider, leviers, pression de gaz
H01R 13/639 - Moyens additionnels pour maintenir ou verrouiller les pièces de couplage entre elles après l'engagement
H01R 24/38 - Dispositifs de couplage en deux pièces, ou l'une des pièces qui coopèrent dans ces dispositifs, caractérisés par leur structure générale ayant des contacts disposés concentriquement ou coaxialement
47.
METHODS OF FORMING A MANDREL FOR FORMING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, METHODS OF FORMING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, AND RELATED TOOLS
A tool for forming a composite structure may include two or more segments (102,104) formed from a polymer material. The tool may further include a crush insert (106) disposed between the two or more segments. The tool may also include a support shaft coupled between the two or more segments. A method of forming a mandrel may include forming segments of the mandrel through an additive manufacturing process. The method may further include assembling the segments relative to one another. The method may also include positioning a crush insert between each of the segments. A method of fabricating a composite structure is also disclosed.
B33Y 80/00 - Produits obtenus par fabrication additive
B29C 33/48 - Moules ou noyaux; Leurs détails ou accessoires comportant des moyens ou conçus spécialement pour faciliter le démoulage d'objets, p.ex. des objets à contre-dépouille avec des moyens rétractables ou démontables
A microelectronics H -frame device includes: a stack of two or more substrates wherein the substrate stack comprises a top substrate and a bottom substrate, wherein bonding of the top substrate to the bottom substrate creates a vertical electrical connection between the top substrate and the bottom substrate, wherein the top surface of the top substrate comprises top substrate top metallization, wherein the bottom surface of the bottom substrate comprises bottom substrate bottom metallization; mid-substrate metallization located between the top substrate and the bottom substrate; a micro- machined top cover bonded to a top side of the substrate stack; and a micro-machined bottom cover bonded to a bottom side of the substrate stack.
H01L 23/04 - Conteneurs; Scellements caractérisés par la forme
H01L 23/06 - Conteneurs; Scellements caractérisés par le matériau du conteneur ou par ses propriétés électriques
H01L 23/10 - Conteneurs; Scellements caractérisés par le matériau ou par la disposition des scellements entre les parties, p.ex. entre le couvercle et la base ou entre les connexions et les parois du conteneur
H01L 23/14 - Supports, p.ex. substrats isolants non amovibles caractérisés par le matériau ou par ses propriétés électriques
H01L 23/544 - Marques appliquées sur le dispositif semi-conducteur, p.ex. marques de repérage, schémas de test
H01L 23/552 - Protection contre les radiations, p.ex. la lumière
H01L 23/00 - DISPOSITIFS À SEMI-CONDUCTEURS NON COUVERTS PAR LA CLASSE - Détails de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou d'autres dispositifs à l'état solide
49.
RADIO FREQUENCY CROSSOVER WITH HIGH ISOLATION IN MICROELECTRONICS H-FRAME DEVICE
A microelectronics H-frame device comprising an RF crossover includes: a stack of two or more substrates, wherein a bottom surface of a top substrate comprises top substrate bottom metallization, and wherein a top surface of a bottom substrate comprises bottom substrate top metallization, wherein the top substrate bottom metallization and the bottom substrate top metallization form a ground plane that provides isolation to allow a first signal line to traverse one or more of the top substrate and the bottom substrate without being disturbed by a second signal line traversing one or more of the top substrate and the bottom substrate at a non-zero angle relative to the first signal line, at least one of the first signal line and the second signal line passing to a second level with the protection of the ground plane, thereby providing isolation from the other signal line.
A code development engine can be programmed to evaluate build code that can be representative of program code at an instance of time during or after a software development of the program code to identify and correct coding errors in the build code. A code run-time simulation engine can be programmed to simulate the build code in a modeled program code environment for the program code to identify and correct coding failures in the build code. A build code output module can be programmed to evaluate the build code to determine whether the build code is acceptable for use in a program code environment based on a level of acceptable risk for the build code in response to the coding error and/or coding failure being corrected in the build code.
One example includes a switch system. The system includes a first signal port and a second signal port. The system also includes a first switching path arranged between the first and second signal ports. The first switching path includes at least one first switch and at least one of the at least one first switch being configured as a high-speed switching device. The system further includes a second switching path arranged between the first and second signal ports in parallel with the first switching path. The second switching path includes at least one second switch and at least one of the at least one second switch being configured as a high performance switching device.
H03K 17/0416 - Modifications pour accélérer la commutation sans réaction du circuit de sortie vers le circuit de commande par des dispositions prises dans le circuit de sortie
H01L 45/00 - Dispositifs à l'état solide spécialement adaptés pour le redressement, l'amplification, la production d'oscillations ou la commutation, sans barrière de potentiel ni barrière de surface, p.ex. triodes diélectriques; Dispositifs à effet Ovshinsky; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives
H01P 1/10 - Dispositifs commutateurs ou interrupteurs
H03K 17/06 - Modifications pour assurer un état complètement conducteur
Systems and methods are described herein for determining an optimized flight route for an aerial vehicle. In some examples, weather conditions for the aerial vehicle during a flight can be predicted based on weather data. At least two flight route segments based on the predicted weather data can be determined. The at least two flight route segments can include one of a solar flight route segment and a thermal flight route segment. A respective flight route segment of the at least two flight route segments can be discarded that can cause the aerial vehicle to violate a flight constraint. A replacement flight route segment for the respective discarded flight route segment can be determined. An optimized flight route for the aerial vehicle can be generated based on the replacement flight route segment and at least one remaining flight route segment of the at least two flight route segments.
G01S 13/95 - Radar ou systèmes analogues, spécialement adaptés pour des applications spécifiques pour la météorologie
53.
HIGH-PERFORMANCE OPTICAL ABSORBER COMPRISING FUNCTIONALIZED, NON-WOVEN, CNT SHEET AND TEXTURIZED POLYMER FILM OR TEXTURIZED POLYMER COATING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
A high-performance optical absorber (100) includes: a texturized (130A-130D) base layer (110), the base layer comprising one or more of a polymer film and a polymer coating; and a surface layer (120) located above and immediately adjacent to the base layer, the surface layer joined to the base layer, the surface layer comprising a plasma-functionalized, non-woven carbon nanotube (CNT) sheet. A method using capillary force lamination (CFL) for manufacturing a high-performance optical absorber (100), includes: texturizing a base layer (110) of the high-performance optical absorber, the base layer comprising one or more of a polymer film and a polymer coating; joining a surface layer (120) of the high-performance optical absorber to the base layer, the surface layer comprising a non-woven carbon nanotube (CNT) sheet; wetting the joined surface layer and base layer with a solvent; drying the joined surface layer and base layer; and treating the resulting base layer with plasma, creating the high- performance optical absorber.
In an example, a system can include a web service interface (WSI) and a service directory for enabling communication between a web and non-web service. The WSI can be configured to communicate with the non-web service to receive reader data and/or writer data. The service directory can be configured to provide the WSI with non-web service subscriber data and/or nonweb service publisher data for the non-web service in response to receiving the reader and/or writer data. The non-web service subscriber data identifies a web service as a subscriber of data provided by the non-web service and the non-web service publisher data identifies the web service as a publisher of data from which the non-web service is enabled to retrieve data. The WSI can be configured to provide the web service subscriber and/or publisher data to the nonweb service to enable the non-web service to communicate with the web service.
H04L 67/02 - Protocoles basés sur la technologie du Web, p.ex. protocole de transfert hypertexte [HTTP]
H04L 67/56 - Approvisionnement des services mandataires
55.
HIGH-PERFORMANCE OPTICAL ABSORBER COMPRISING FUNCTIONALIZED, NON-WOVEN, CNT SHEET AND TEXTURIZED POLYMER FILM OR TEXTURIZED POLYMER COATING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
A high-performance optical absorber (100), having a texturized base layer (110), the base layer comprising one or more of a polymer film and a polymer coating; and a surface layer (120) located above and immediately adjacent to the base layer. The surface layer is joined to the base layer and the surface layer has a plasma-functionalized, non-woven carbon nanotube (CNT) sheet, wherein the base layer texturization comprises one or more of substantially rectangular ridges (130A-130D), substantially triangular ridges (350A-350D), substantially pyramidal ridges (360A-360Z), and truncated, substantially pyramidal ridges (380A-380O).
A solar array may include a first rigid composite solar panel including solar cells secured to a first substrate. The solar array may further include a second rigid composite solar panel including solar cells secured to a second substrate. The solar array may also include solar panel modules including solar cells secured to a flexible sheet of material. The solar panel modules may be coupled between the first composite solar panel and the second composite solar panel. The solar array may be configured to be retained in a stowed arrangement with the solar panel modules between the first rigid composite solar panel and the second rigid composite solar panel. The solar array further configured to be extended with an extendable arm until each of the first rigid composite solar panel, the second rigid composite solar panel and the solar panel modules are arranged in a substantially straight line
One embodiment includes an electrometer system. The system includes a sensor cell comprising alkali metal atoms within, and a probe laser configured to generate a probe beam, the probe beam being provided through the sensor cell. The system also includes a coupling laser configured to generate a coupling beam. The coupling beam can be provided through the sensor cell to combine with the probe beam provided through the sensor cell to provide a Rydberg energy state of the alkali metal atoms, the probe beam exiting the sensor cell as a detection beam. The system further includes a sensor control system configured to monitor the detection beam to detect an external signal based on monitoring a phase of the detection beam.
One embodiment includes a vapor cell for an atomic physics-based sensor system. The vapor cell includes a cell wall formed from an approximately transparent material. The cell wall can enclose an alkali metal vapor and can include an inner surface and an outer surface. The vapor cell can also include at least one structural feature provided on at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface of the cell wall and extending along a portion of the respective at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface.
G01R 33/26 - Dispositions ou appareils pour la mesure des grandeurs magnétiques faisant intervenir la résonance magnétique pour la mesure de la direction ou de l'intensité de champs magnétiques ou de flux magnétiques utilisant le pompage optique
G01R 33/00 - Dispositions ou appareils pour la mesure des grandeurs magnétiques
G01R 33/02 - Mesure de la direction ou de l'intensité de champs magnétiques ou de flux magnétiques
G01R 33/54 - Systèmes de traitement du signal, p.ex. utilisant des séquences d'impulsions
59.
PROCESS FOR REINFORCING CONTINUOUS FIBER ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED LAMINATES
A method for fabricating a composite part (90) using a 3D printing machine (10). The method includes forming the part (90) by depositing a plurality of part layers (82) in a consecutive manner on top of each other where each layer is deposited by laying down rows of filaments made of a thermoplastic composite material. Reinforcing Z-pins (74) are then inserted through the part layers to provide reinforcement of the part in the Z-direction. A plurality of additional part layers are deposited in a consecutive manner on top of each other on the part layers including the reinforcing Z-pins where each additional part layer is also deposited by laying down rows of filaments made of a thermoplastic composite material. Reinforcing Z-pins are also inserted through the additional part layers to provide reinforcement of the part in the Z-direction.
B29C 70/24 - Façonnage de matières composites, c. à d. de matières plastiques comprenant des renforcements, des matières de remplissage ou des parties préformées, p.ex. des inserts comprenant uniquement des renforcements, p.ex. matières plastiques auto-renforçantes des renforcements fibreux uniquement caractérisées par la structure des renforcements fibreux utilisant des fibres de grande longueur, ou des fibres continues orientées dans au moins trois directions formant une structure tridimensionnelle
B29C 70/38 - Empilage automatisé, p.ex. utilisant des robots, par application de filaments selon des modèles prédéterminés
B29C 64/118 - Procédés de fabrication additive n’utilisant que des matériaux liquides ou visqueux, p.ex. dépôt d’un cordon continu de matériau visqueux utilisant un matériau filamentaire mis en fusion, p.ex. modélisation par dépôt de fil en fusion [FDM]
B33Y 70/00 - Matériaux spécialement adaptés à la fabrication additive
B33Y 30/00 - Appareils pour la fabrication additive; Leurs parties constitutives ou accessoires à cet effet
An RF summer circuit (20) comprises first and second ports (P1, P2) coupled by first and second resistances (R1, R2), respectively, to a junction (22). The RF summer circuit further comprises a series combination of a third resistance (R3) with a switch (S3), and an amplifier (U1), wherein the series combination is coupled across the the amplifier (U1) between the junction (22) and a third port (P3). Further, when the switch (S3) is moved to the closed position and the amplifier (Ul) is switched to the off state a passive mode of operation is implemented and when the switch is moved to the open position and the amplifier (Ul) is switched to the on state an active mode of operation is implemented. The RF summer circuit develops a summed signal at the third port (P3) equal to a sum of signals at the first and second ports (P1, P2).
H03F 3/72 - Amplificateurs commandés, c. à d. amplificateurs mis en service ou hors service au moyen d'un signal de commande
H03F 3/19 - Amplificateurs à haute fréquence, p.ex. amplificateurs radiofréquence comportant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs
H03F 3/30 - Amplificateurs push-pull à sortie unique; Déphaseurs pour ceux-ci
H03G 3/30 - Commande automatique dans des amplificateurs comportant des dispositifs semi-conducteurs
G06G 7/12 - Dispositions pour l'exécution d'opérations de calcul, p.ex. amplificateurs spécialement adaptés à cet effet
G06G 7/14 - Dispositions pour l'exécution d'opérations de calcul, p.ex. amplificateurs spécialement adaptés à cet effet pour l'addition ou la soustraction
H03K 17/00 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c. à d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts
One embodiment includes an electrometer system. The system includes a sensor cell comprising alkali metal atoms within, and an optical beam system configured to provide at least one optical beam through the sensor cell to provide a first Rydberg energy state of the alkali metal atoms, the at least one optical beam exiting the sensor cell as a detection beam. The system also includes a tuning signal generator configured to generate a tuning signal having a predetermined tuning frequency to adjust an energy difference between the first Rydberg energy state and a second Rydberg energy state of the alkali metal atoms. The system further includes a detection system configured to monitor the detection beam to detect an external signal having a frequency that is approximately equal to the energy difference between the first Rydberg energy state and the second Rydberg energy state based on monitoring the detection beam.
A system and method for calculating worst case execution times for actions in a process that is partitioned into a number of sub-processes that perform certain ones of the actions and operate on their own partition schedule independent of the other partitions. The method includes providing a unified modeling language (UML) activity diagram including the actions in the process, identifying each action in the diagram, determining each possible processing path for the actions in the process, assigning each action in each path to one of the sub-processes in the partitions, determining the time that each action will take through each path based on the partition schedule, and integrating the times for performing the actions in each of the paths. The method reports a longest time for performing the process along each path based on the integration of the times.
An optical communications system including two communications terminals in communication with each other using optical signals having the same wavelength. Both terminals include a half-wave plate polarizer for rotating linearly polarized optical signals and a quarter-wave plate polarizer for circularly polarizing the optical signals. The quarter-wave plate polarizers are oriented 90° relative to each other so that circularly polarized optical signals sent from one terminal to the other terminal are linearly polarized 90° relative to a transmission polarization orientation to be separable from the transmitted optical signals by a beam splitter.
H04B 10/112 - Transmission dans la ligne de visée sur une distance étendue
H04B 10/118 - Dispositions spécifiques à la transmission en espace libre, c. à d. dans l’air ou le vide spécialement adaptées aux communications par satellite
64.
METHOD OF ENSURING CONFIDENTIALITY AND INTEGRITY OF STORED DATA AND METADATA IN AN UNTRUSTED ENVIRONMENT
A system and method for storing and recovering a computer file. The method includes calculating fingerprint data of the file, separating the file into a plurality of data sub-files each having the same size and a single data sub-file having a smaller size than the other data sub-files, and attaching file metadata to the single data sub-file or as a metadata sub-file. The method also includes padding the single data sub-file including the metadata so that it is the same size as the plurality of data sub-files or the metadata sub-file so that it is the same size as the plurality of data sub-files, adding a header to each data sub- file that includes information about the sub-file, assigning a unique filename to each data sub-file, encrypting each data sub-file, and storing each data sub-file as separate files under their unique filename.
An optical assembly (10) including a plurality of metamirrors (12), where each metamirror includes a substrate (20), a reflective layer (22) formed to the substrate (20), an array of optical metaelements (24) extending from the reflective layer (22) and an array (34) of micro-actuators (36) coupled to the substrate (20) opposite to the reflective layer (22). The combination of the micro-actuators (36) are controlled to control the orientation and bending of the m eta mirrors (12) to set how the metaelements (24) focus a light beam that is reflected off of the reflective layers (22).
G02B 5/09 - Miroirs à facettes multiples ou polygonales
G02B 26/08 - Dispositifs ou dispositions optiques pour la commande de la lumière utilisant des éléments optiques mobiles ou déformables pour commander la direction de la lumière
66.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANEUVERING AN AERIAL VEHICLE DURING ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
A machine learning maneuver model can be programmed to generate maneuver data identifying a plurality of flight paths for maneuvering an aerial vehicle through an adverse weather condition and a flight path confidence score for each flight path of the plurality of flight paths based on at least weather sensor data characterizing the adverse weather condition. The flight path confidence score can be indicative of a probability of successfully maneuvering the aerial vehicle through the adverse weather condition according to a respective flight path. A maneuver decision engine can be programmed to evaluate each flight path confidence score for each flight path relative to a flight path confidence threshold to identify a given flight path of the plurality of flight paths through the adverse weather condition that poses a least amount of structural risk to the aerial vehicle.
In some examples, systems and methods are described for output biasing maneuvers recommendations provided by at least one machine learning maneuver recommendation (MLM) engine executing on an aerial vehicle. In some examples, output biasing data can be received that includes at least one risk tuning parameter that can influence which of the maneuver recommendations are selected by a maneuver decision engine executing on the aerial vehicle based on a maneuver confidence threshold for implementation by the aerial vehicle. The maneuver confidence threshold can be updated based on the at least one risk tuning parameter to provide an updated maneuver confidence threshold for the output biasing of the maneuvers recommendation provided by the at least one MLM engine. Vehicle command data for implementing a given maneuver recommendation can be outputted based on an evaluation of the updated maneuver confidence threshold.
G05D 1/00 - Commande de la position, du cap, de l'altitude ou de l'attitude des véhicules terrestres, aquatiques, aériens ou spatiaux, p.ex. pilote automatique
Systems and methods for machine-learning-based aircraft (102) icing (204, 212, 222) prediction use supervised and unsupervised learning (328) to process real-time environmental data, such as onboard measurements of outside air temperature and dew point (222), to predict a risk of icing (204, 212, 222) and determine whether to issue an icing (204, 212, 222) risk alert (312) to an onboard crew member or a remote operator, and/or to recommend an icing avoidance maneuver (214). The systems and methods can use reinforcement learning (512) to generate a confidence metric in the predicted risk of icing (204, 212, 222), to determine a time or distance to predicting icing (204, 212, 222), and/or to not issue an alert (312) or recommend a maneuver (214) in consideration of historical data in a "library of learning" and/or other flight (202) data such as airspeed, altitude, time of year, and weather conditions. The predictive systems and methods are low-cost and low-power, do not require onboard weather radar, and can be effective for use in smaller aircraft (102) that are completely icing-intolerant.
An integrated circuit assembly including an integrated circuit formed on one side of a substrate and a thermal spreading layer composed of a silver ink directly printed on an opposite side of the substrate from the integrated circuit, where the thermal spreading layer removes heat generated by the integrated circuit. The assembly also includes a heat sink thermally attached to the thermal spreading layer opposite to the substrate, where the heat sink is attached to the thermal spreading layer by printing the same material on the heat sink as the thermal spreading layer and pressing the spreading layer to the heat sink.
H01L 21/48 - Fabrication ou traitement de parties, p.ex. de conteneurs, avant l'assemblage des dispositifs, en utilisant des procédés non couverts par l'un uniquement des groupes
H01L 23/373 - Refroidissement facilité par l'emploi de matériaux particuliers pour le dispositif
H01L 23/42 - Choix ou disposition de matériaux de remplissage ou de pièces auxiliaires dans le conteneur pour faciliter le chauffage ou le refroidissement
H05K 7/20 - Modifications en vue de faciliter la réfrigération, l'aération ou le chauffage
70.
METHOD FOR OPERATING A DIGITAL SYSTEM AND DIGITAL SYSTEM INCORPORATING SUCH METHOD
A method of operating a digital system operable in multiple operational states having a digital resource and an event detector that detects events of the digital resource comprises the steps of determining an operational mode of at least one of the system and the digital resource in effect during an interval and accumulating a number of events that occur during the interval. The method further includes the steps of comparing accumulated events against at least one threshold associated with the operational mode and implementing at least one of isolationist, limiting, and corrective action if the comparison indicates an out-of-nominal operation of the digital resource, A digital system incorporating the method is also disclosed.
G06F 21/55 - Détection d’intrusion locale ou mise en œuvre de contre-mesures
G06F 21/76 - Protection de composants spécifiques internes ou périphériques, où la protection d'un composant mène à la protection de tout le calculateur pour assurer la sécurité du calcul ou du traitement de l’information dans les circuits intégrés à application spécifique [ASIC] ou les dispositifs programmables, p.ex. les réseaux de portes programmables [FPGA] ou les circuits logiques programmables [PLD]
A beam combiner array assembly including an array block having a back wall and a front surface and a plurality of aligned and sealed channels extending from the back wall to the front surface. A lens array including a plurality of lenses is secured to the front surface of the block so that one of the lenses is aligned with each channel, and a plurality of fiber flanges are secured to the back wall of the block so that a separate one of the flanges is aligned with each channel. A hollow core fiber extends through each flange and the back wall so that an end of the fiber is positioned within one of the channels. A beam that propagates down each fiber is emitted into the channel, focused by the lens and emitted from the assembly as a collimated beam.
G02B 6/42 - Couplage de guides de lumière avec des éléments opto-électroniques
G02B 6/32 - Moyens de couplage optique ayant des moyens de focalisation par lentilles
G02B 6/04 - OPTIQUE ÉLÉMENTS, SYSTÈMES OU APPAREILS OPTIQUES - Détails de structure de dispositions comprenant des guides de lumière et d'autres éléments optiques, p.ex. des moyens de couplage formés par des faisceaux de fibres
G02B 27/09 - Mise en forme du faisceau, p.ex. changement de la section transversale, non prévue ailleurs
H01S 3/00 - Lasers, c. à d. dispositifs utilisant l'émission stimulée de rayonnement électromagnétique dans la gamme de l’infrarouge, du visible ou de l’ultraviolet
A method for assembling a beam combiner array including providing an array block having a back wall, a front surface and a plurality of aligned channels extending from the back wall to the front surface, where a bore extends through the back wall and into each channel, and providing a lens array including a plurality of lenses. The method further includes securing the lens array to the front surface of the block so that one of the lenses is aligned with each channel and threading a separate hollow core fiber through one of the bores in the back wall so that an end of the fiber is positioned within the channel. The method also includes aligning each fiber to the lens array so that a beam that propagates down the fiber is emitted into the channel, focused by the lens and emitted from the array as a collimated beam.
G02B 6/04 - OPTIQUE ÉLÉMENTS, SYSTÈMES OU APPAREILS OPTIQUES - Détails de structure de dispositions comprenant des guides de lumière et d'autres éléments optiques, p.ex. des moyens de couplage formés par des faisceaux de fibres
G02B 6/32 - Moyens de couplage optique ayant des moyens de focalisation par lentilles
G02B 6/42 - Couplage de guides de lumière avec des éléments opto-électroniques
G02B 27/09 - Mise en forme du faisceau, p.ex. changement de la section transversale, non prévue ailleurs
H01S 3/00 - Lasers, c. à d. dispositifs utilisant l'émission stimulée de rayonnement électromagnétique dans la gamme de l’infrarouge, du visible ou de l’ultraviolet
A flexible solar array for extraterrestrial deployment and a method of manufacturing such a flexible solar array are disclosed. A power generating layer, a durable layer, and an ultraviolet radiation blocking layer are disposed such that durable layer is between the power generating layer and the ultraviolet radiation blocking layer.
A ground-based computing system receives data of performance parameters for like components disposed on like aircraft, and determines corresponding levels of degradation and rates of change of degradation for the respective like components. A fleet-level of degradation for groups of like components is generated based on analysis of the combined degradations of the like components in the respective group. At least one of a remaining useful lifetime (RUL) and a state-of-health (SOH) for each of the respective like components is determined based on a comparison of the levels of degradation for each of the like components and the fleet-level of degradation of the group of like components. A predicted time for maintenance for each like component is determined based on the corresponding at least one of the RUL and SOH of the like component, thereby enabling cost effective maintenance determinations for components based on a fleet- level information.
An exemplary semiconductor technology implemented channelized filter includes a dielectric substrate with semiconductor fabricated metal traces on one surface, and input and output ports. A signal trace connected between the input and output port carries the signal to be filtered. Filter traces connect at intervals along the length of the signal trace to provide a reactance that varies with frequency. Ground traces provide a reference ground. A silicon enclosure with semiconductor fabricated cavities has a metal layer deposited over it. The periphery of the enclosure is dimensioned to engage corresponding ground traces about the periphery of the substrate. Walls of separate cavities enclose each of the filter traces to individually surround each thereby providing electromagnetic field isolation. Metal-to-metal conductive bonds are formed between cavity walls that engage the ground traces to establish a common reference ground. The filter traces preferably meander to minimize the footprint area of the substrate.
A multistage data sniffer instance can include a first stage that scans a given file for a set of data fields based on a configuration file for a selected format of the given file. The multistage data sniffer instance can also include a second stage that evaluates a value in each data filed in the set of data fields for the selected format to determine a validity of values in the set of data fields. The multistage data sniffer instance can further include a third stage that extracts data within the plurality of fields of the given file, aggregates the data based on a predetermined set of rules defined in the configuration file and outputs a data to a data mart database characterizing the aggregated data.
A computer implemented method is described herein for post-execution evaluation of a machine-learning (ML) algorithm. The method an include receiving a post-execution version of the ML algorithm having a plurality of behavioral states. The method can include generating behavior identification data identifying a given behavioral state from the plurality of behavioral states of the ML algorithm. The given behavioral state can correspond to a decision-making state of the ML algorithm that the ML algorithm learned during an execution of the ML algorithm. A graphical user interface (GUI) can be generated based on the behavior identification data that includes a behavior object characterizing the given behavioral state of the ML algorithm. Behavior evaluation data can be generated based on a user's interaction with the behavior object. A learning process of the ML algorithm can be altered for future execution of the ML algorithm based on the behavior evaluation data.
G06N 5/00 - Agencements informatiques utilisant des modèles fondés sur la connaissance
G06N 5/04 - Modèles d’inférence ou de raisonnement
G06F 3/0481 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] fondées sur des propriétés spécifiques de l’objet d’interaction affiché ou sur un environnement basé sur les métaphores, p.ex. interaction avec des éléments du bureau telles les fenêtres ou les icônes, ou avec l’aide d’un curseur changeant de comport
A diverter/mixing valve is provided that includes a main outer housing and a barrel assembly disposed inside the main outer housing. When actuated, an actuator rotates the barrel assembly between an open end inlet position where a first fluid stream flows into a first inlet port and a second fluid stream is blocked from flowing into a second inlet port, and an open side inlet position where the second fluid stream flows into the second inlet port and the first fluid stream is blocked from flowing into the first inlet port.
F16K 11/076 - Soupapes ou clapets à voies multiples, p.ex. clapets mélangeurs; Raccords de tuyauteries comportant de tels clapets ou soupapes; Aménagement d'obturateurs et de voies d'écoulement spécialement conçu pour mélanger les fluides dont toutes les faces d'obturation se déplacent comme un tout comportant uniquement des tiroirs à éléments de fermeture articulés à pivot à faces d'obturation épousant la surface d'un solide de révolution
F16K 5/02 - Robinets à boisseau consistant seulement en un dispositif obturateur dont au moins une des faces d'obturation a la forme d'une surface de solide de révolution plus ou moins complète, le mouvement d'ouverture et de fermeture étant essentiellement rota dont les boisseaux sont à surface conique; Leurs garnitures d'étanchéité
F16K 11/083 - Soupapes ou clapets à voies multiples, p.ex. clapets mélangeurs; Raccords de tuyauteries comportant de tels clapets ou soupapes; Aménagement d'obturateurs et de voies d'écoulement spécialement conçu pour mélanger les fluides dont toutes les faces d'obturation se déplacent comme un tout comportant uniquement des robinets à boisseau à noix conique
F16K 11/085 - Soupapes ou clapets à voies multiples, p.ex. clapets mélangeurs; Raccords de tuyauteries comportant de tels clapets ou soupapes; Aménagement d'obturateurs et de voies d'écoulement spécialement conçu pour mélanger les fluides dont toutes les faces d'obturation se déplacent comme un tout comportant uniquement des robinets à boisseau à noix cylindrique
A system for establishing a mesh network that includes a plurality of nodes of the mesh network, wherein each of the plurality of nodes executes on one or more computing platforms. In response to coming online, each of the plurality of nodes executes an interlock that calculates a grace period for a service executed by a respective software application executing on a respective node of the plurality of nodes. The calculation is based on a previous number of services and topics communicated on the mesh network. The interlock can also reset the grace period in response to detecting a particular network event wherein the interlock prevents the service of the respective software application from communicating messages on the mesh network during a running of the grace period. The interlock can permit, in response to expiration of the grace period, the service of the respective software application to communicate messages.
One example includes an integrated circulator system comprising a junction. The junction includes a first port, a second port, and a third port. The junction also includes a substrate material layer on which the first, second, and third ports are provided. The junction also includes a magnetic material layer coupled to the substrate layer. The junction further includes a resonator coupled to the first, second, and third ports to provide signal transmission from the first port to the second port and from the second port to the third port based on a magnetic field provided by the magnetic material layer.
Apparatus for isolating transmit and receive optical beams having a common wavelength to ensure genderless interoperability in an optical communication system comprises a transmit path that propagates a transmit optical beam at a particular base wavelength and a receive path that propagates a receive optical beam at the same particular base wavelength wherein at least a portion of the receive path is separate from the transmit path. The apparatus further comprises an annular mirror having a receive beam region and a center aperture and the transmit path includes a steering mirror and the receive path also includes the steering mirror. The steering mirror has a single surface that reflects an entirety of the transmit optical beam transmitted along the transmit path and the single surface of the steering mirror reflects an entirety of the receive optical beam received along the receive path. A method of isolating transmit and receive optical beams in an optical communication system is also disclosed.
H04B 10/112 - Transmission dans la ligne de visée sur une distance étendue
H04B 10/118 - Dispositions spécifiques à la transmission en espace libre, c. à d. dans l’air ou le vide spécialement adaptées aux communications par satellite
H04B 10/40 - Systèmes de transmission utilisant des ondes électromagnétiques autres que les ondes hertziennes, p.ex. les infrarouges, la lumière visible ou ultraviolette, ou utilisant des radiations corpusculaires, p.ex. les communications quantiques Émetteurs-récepteurs
One example includes a superconducting current control system. The system includes an inductive coupler comprising a load inductor and a control inductor. The inductive coupler can be configured to inductively provide a control current from the control inductor to a superconducting circuit device based on a load current being provided through the load inductor. The system also includes a current control element comprising a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) array comprising a plurality of SQUIDs. The current control element can be coupled to the inductive coupler to control an amplitude of the load current through the load inductor, and thus to control an amplitude of the control current to the superconducting circuit device.
G01R 33/035 - Mesure de la direction ou de l'intensité de champs magnétiques ou de flux magnétiques en utilisant des dispositifs supraconducteurs
G01R 33/12 - Mesure de propriétés magnétiques des articles ou échantillons de solides ou de fluides
H01L 39/02 - Dispositifs utilisant la supraconductivité ou l'hyperconductivité; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives - Détails
H01L 39/22 - Dispositifs comportant une jonction de matériaux différents, p.ex. dispositifs à effet Josephson
H03K 19/195 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion utilisant des éléments spécifiés utilisant des dispositifs supraconducteurs
G01R 33/00 - Dispositions ou appareils pour la mesure des grandeurs magnétiques
A deicing apparatus for aircraft comprises a passive vortex tube (30) adapted to be mounted at a location at or adjacent a component of an aircraft and adapted to heat the component. A deicing method is also disclosed.
Systems and methods are provided for evaluating a maintenance report. A maintenance report is received for an item of modular industrial equipment. The maintenance report includes a maintenance-related code, selected from a defined library of maintenance-related codes, and a free text field describing either or both of an observation of the item of modular equipment that is inconsistent with a defined specification and an action taken to repair or maintain the item of modular industrial equipment. A plurality of features representing the semantic content of a free-text field are extracted, with at least a portion of the plurality of features being extracted via a document embedding approach. At an expert system, a new maintenance-related code is determined from the defined library of maintenance-related codes for the item of modular industrial equipment, from the plurality of features.
Ring packet built-in self-test (PBIST) circuitry configured to detect errors in wires connecting a ring of superconducting chips includes circuitry configured to make the PBIST immune to interchip latency and still allow the PBIST to test a stop-to-stop connection. By making a PBIST independent of latency, an entire ring can be characterized for latency and for its bit-error rate prior to running any functional test. Such systems and associated methods can be scaled to larger platforms having any number of ring stops. The PBIST circuitry can function as either transmitter or receiver, or both, to test an entire ring. The PBIST can also be used to tune clocks in the ring to achieve the lowest overall bit error rate (BER) in the ring.
A high-bandwidth underwater electrical connector is provided that includes first and second connectors each having free space optical transceivers. The electrical connector further includes self-passivating transition metal contacts that form a non-conductive outer layer when immersed in a fluid. The first and second free space optical transceivers transmit and receive data at high data speeds.
H01R 13/03 - Contacts caractérisés par le matériau, p.ex. matériaux de plaquage ou de revêtement
H01R 13/523 - Boîtiers protégés contre la poussière, les projections, les éclaboussures, l'eau ou les flammes pour l'emploi sous l'eau
G02B 6/42 - Couplage de guides de lumière avec des éléments opto-électroniques
G02B 6/52 - Installation souterraine ou sous l'eau; Installation à travers des tubes, des conduits ou des canalisations en utilisant un fluide, p.ex. de l'air
H01R 13/52 - Boîtiers protégés contre la poussière, les projections, les éclaboussures, l'eau ou les flammes
87.
VEHICLE CAPTURE ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
Vehicle capture assemblies and related devices, systems, and methods include one or more probe assemblies for passively engaging with and securing the target vehicle.
Vehicle capture assemblies and related devices, systems, and methods include one or more probe assemblies for engaging with and securing the target vehicle. The one or more probe assemblies may include one or more attenuation features or movable joints.
An integrated circuit (50) is provided that comprises a plurality of conductive contact pads (60) on a surface of a first substrate (52), and a dielectric layer (54) overlying the first substrate and the conductive contact pads, which may be coupled to respective qubits (62). A second substrate (56) overlies the dielectric layer, and a plurality of superconducting contacts (58) extend through the second substrate and the dielectric layer such that each superconducting contact is aligned with and in contact with a respective conductive contact pad and may be coupled to a respective resonator (64). Corresponding fabrication methods are disclosed as well.
H01L 27/18 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des composants présentant un effet de supraconductivité
H01L 25/065 - Ensembles consistant en une pluralité de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou d'autres dispositifs à l'état solide les dispositifs étant tous d'un type prévu dans le même sous-groupe des groupes , ou dans une seule sous-classe de , , p.ex. ensembles de diodes redresseuses les dispositifs n'ayant pas de conteneurs séparés les dispositifs étant d'un type prévu dans le groupe
H01L 23/485 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique vers le ou hors du corps à l'état solide pendant son fonctionnement, p.ex. fils de connexion ou bornes formées de couches conductrices inséparables du corps semi-conducteur sur lequel elles ont été déposées formées de structures en couches comprenant des couches conductrices et isolantes, p.ex. contacts planaires
H01L 21/60 - Fixation des fils de connexion ou d'autres pièces conductrices, devant servir à conduire le courant vers le ou hors du dispositif pendant son fonctionnement
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FILTER WITH AN ENCLOSURE HAVING A MICROMACHINED INTERIOR USING SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION
An exemplary semiconductor technology implemented microwave filter includes a dielectric substrate with metal traces on one surface that function as frequency selective circuits and reference ground. Other metal traces on the other surface of the substrate also provide reference ground. Bottom and top enclosures that enclose the substrate have respective interior recesses with deposited continuous metal coatings. A plurality of metal bonding bumps or bonding wall extends outwardly from the projecting walls of the bottom and top enclosures. The bonding bumps on the bottom and top enclosures engage reference ground metal traces on respective surfaces of the substrate. As a result of applied pressure, the bonding bumps and respective reference ground metal traces together with the through-substrate vias form a metal-to-metal singly-connected ground reference structure for the entire circuitry.
H01P 1/213 - Sélecteurs de fréquence, p.ex. filtres combinant ou séparant plusieurs fréquences différentes
H01P 11/00 - Appareils ou procédés spécialement adaptés à la fabrication de guides d'ondes, résonateurs, lignes ou autres dispositifs du type guide d'ondes
H01L 23/04 - Conteneurs; Scellements caractérisés par la forme
H01L 23/10 - Conteneurs; Scellements caractérisés par le matériau ou par la disposition des scellements entre les parties, p.ex. entre le couvercle et la base ou entre les connexions et les parois du conteneur
One example includes a superconducting latch system (50). The system includes a first input stage (52) configured to receive a first input pulse and a second input stage (54) configured to receive a second input pulse. The system also includes a storage loop (60) configured to switch from a first state to a second state in response to receiving the first input pulse, and to switch from the second state to the first state in response to the second input pulse. The first state corresponds to no flux in the storage loop and the second state corresponds to a flux in the storage loop. The system further includes an output stage (62) configured to generate an output pulse (PLSout) in the second state of the storage loop.
H03K 3/38 - Générateurs caractérisés par le type de circuit ou par les moyens utilisés pour produire des impulsions par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs supraconducteurs
H03K 19/195 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion utilisant des éléments spécifiés utilisant des dispositifs supraconducteurs
92.
UAVS FOR MONITORING THE INTENSIFICATION OF TROPICAL CYCLONES
A system and method for monitoring the intensification and weakening of tropical cyclones, including tropical storms and hurricanes. The method includes flying a UAV above the tropical cyclone for an extended period of time and detecting transitions in structure. Intensification to hurricane stage is indicated by core structure transition of the tropical cyclone to include the presence of an eye within an eyewall. The UAV can be a Global Hawk aircraft and include a number of sensors and detectors, such as a camera for providing images of the tropical cyclone, an infrared detector for detecting temperature changes in the eye structure, a radar detector for detecting wind magnitude and direction in the tropical cyclone, dropsonde sensors for measuring temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind speed/direction in the tropical cyclone, etc. The UAV can relay the vortex parameter data in real time to a satellite for subsequent downlinking to receiving stations.
A release mechanism (12) for releasably securing a releasable structure (14) to a stationary structure (16), where the mechanism (12) employs release balls (30) that can re-secure the releasable structure (14) to the stationary structure (16). The release mechanism (12) includes a base portion (50) having three rails (70) extending radially outward from a center of the base portion (50), and a rotatable portion (52) rotatably mounted to the base portion (50), where the rotatable portion (52) has a cam indentation (72). The release balls (42) are positioned between the base portion (50) and the rotatable portion (52) so that one of the release balls (42) is ridable on each of the rails (70) and all of the release balls (42) are positioned within the cam indentation (72). The cam indentation (72) is configured so that as the rotatable portion (52) is rotated relative to the base portion (50) the cam indentation (72) causes and allows the release balls (42) to move along the rails (70) in unison with each other to hold and release the releasable structure (14).
F16B 21/02 - Dispositifs de fixation largables verrouillant par rotation
F16B 21/16 - Dispositifs sans filetage pour empêcher le mouvement relatif selon l'axe d'une broche, d'un ergot, d'un arbre ou d'une pièce analogue par rapport à l'organe qui l'entoure; Fixations à ergots et douilles largables sans filetage à parties séparées par gorges ou encoches pratiquées dans l'axe ou l'arbre
94.
REDUCED COMPLEXITY IN GENERATING CHAOTIC SEQUENCES FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS USING SUB-SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
A sub-sampling system that is part of a modulator in a transmitter employing a chaos based architecture and including a symbol mapper and a chaos generator. The system includes M-number of channels each receiving a sequence of chaos samples from the generator and a delay device in all of the channels except one that delay the chaos samples at different delay times. The system also includes a sub-sampler in all of the channels that receive the delayed samples, where each sub-sampler outputs every predetermined one of the chaos samples and a register in each channel each storing a predetermined number of the sub-sampled chaos samples. A selection switch responsive to the stored sub-sampled chaos samples from the registers, where the selection switch is responsive to a selection signal from the symbol mapper that selects one of the registers to output the sequences of stored sub-sampled chaos samples from the system.
An all-digital spread-spectrum type communications system employing chaotic symbol modulation. The system includes a transmitter having a symbol mapper that converts a series of information bits to a series of bit symbols, a digital chaos modulator employing an M-ary chaotic shift keying (M-CSK) architecture for chaotically spreading the bit symbols in the digital domain, where the chaos modulator includes a separate chaos generator for each of the M-CSK symbols, and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for converting the chaotic modulated bit symbols to an analog signal for transmission. The system also includes a receiver responsive to the analog signal from the transmitter and generating a received signal therefrom. The receiver performs signal acquisition and tracking on the received signal using a look-up table, a transmitter ID and a receiver ID in the received signal, de¬ spreading and de-modulation on the received signal and bit removal from the symbols in the received signal.
An aerial vehicle includes a body and an antenna assembly mounted to the body. The antenna assembly includes a fairing component comprising a hollow body, a conductive coating formed on at least an inner surface of the fairing component, a plurality of antenna elements formed in the conductive coating, each antenna element including a first slot line defining a first transmission line and a second slot line defining a second transmission line, an insulator sleeve disposed within the fairing component, wherein an outer surface of the insulator sleeve at least substantially matches an inner surface of the fairing component, and a plurality of cable assemblies operably coupled to the plurality of antenna elements, wherein each cable assembly is coupled to a respective antenna element.
H01Q 1/28 - Adaptation pour l'utilisation dans ou sur les avions, les missiles, les satellites ou les ballons
H01Q 11/10 - Antennes à variations périodiques ou logarithmiques
H01Q 21/20 - Réseaux d'unités d'antennes, de même polarisation, excitées individuellement et espacées entre elles les unités étant espacées le long d'un trajet curviligne ou adjacent à celui-ci
H01R 24/40 - Dispositifs de couplage en deux pièces, ou l'une des pièces qui coopèrent dans ces dispositifs, caractérisés par leur structure générale ayant des contacts disposés concentriquement ou coaxialement spécialement adaptés à la haute fréquence
F42B 15/34 - Protection contre la surchauffe ou l'irradiation, p.ex. boucliers thermiques; Dispositions particulières pour le refroidissement
H01Q 1/02 - Dispositifs de dégivrage; Dispositifs de séchage
A reciprocal quantum logic (RQL) wave-pipeline logic (WPL) inverting gate includes a Josephson junction-based comparator that corrects a design weakness present in other RQL WPL inverting gates that can lead to the propagation of glitches under certain timing conditions. With selective placement of pulse generators at the inputs, the RQL WPL inverting gate can be used to construct A AND (B XOR C) gates, XOR gates, NOT gates, and A-AND-NOT-B gates.
H03K 19/195 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion utilisant des éléments spécifiés utilisant des dispositifs supraconducteurs
A thermal management system for transferring heat to and from a heat source. The system includes a thermal conductor thermally coupled to the heat source, a pressure dependent thermal conductance element thermally coupled to the conductor, and a heat sink thermally coupled to or thermally separable from the thermal conductance element. An actuator is configured relative to the thermal conductor, the thermal conductance element and the heat sink that controls the compression of the thermal conductance element between the thermal conductor and the heat sink so as to control the transfer of heat therebetween. The thermal conductance element can be compressible TIM element, such as a nanowire array, carbon nanotube forest, polymeric gasket, etc.
H01L 23/42 - Choix ou disposition de matériaux de remplissage ou de pièces auxiliaires dans le conteneur pour faciliter le chauffage ou le refroidissement
H01L 23/373 - Refroidissement facilité par l'emploi de matériaux particuliers pour le dispositif
F28F 13/00 - Dispositions pour modifier le transfert de chaleur, p.ex. accroissement, diminution
One example includes a signal connector system. The system includes a first connector comprising a first housing and first contacts formed from a self-passivating transition metal and configured to conduct an AC signal. The system also includes a second connector comprising a second housing and second contacts formed from the self-passivating transition metal and configured to electrically couple to a respective one of the first contacts to conduct the AC signal. The first and second housings can be coupled to enclose the signal connector and to create at least one fluid-filled channel between each of the electrically-connected first and second contact pairs in response to fastening the first and second connectors while submerged in a respective fluid to provide a resistive path in the at least one fluid-filled channel for providing signal isolation between each of the electrically-connected first and second contact pairs.
A phased-array antenna system includes antenna elements of an RF front-end that each propagate a wireless beam portion. A digital beamfonning system generates a digital beam corresponding to the wireless beam that is transmitted or received from the phased-array antenna system. Digital beamforming processors are each associated with a proper subset of the antenna elements. The digital beamforming processors can be collectively configured to iteratively process digital beam portions of the digital beam in a plurality of iteration level s comprising a lowest iteration level associated with lowest-level digital beam portions corresponding to the respective wireless beam portions at each of the respective antenna elements and a highest iteration level associated with the digital beam. Each digital beam portion associated with a given iteration level includes a sum of lesser digital beam portions from a next lower iteration level.
H01Q 3/26 - Dispositifs pour changer ou faire varier l'orientation ou la forme du diagramme de directivité des ondes rayonnées par une antenne ou un système d'antenne faisant varier la distribution de l’énergie à travers une ouverture rayonnante