Abstract: A method adjusts an output power of a power supply supplying electrical power to a plasma in a plasma chamber. The method includes: connecting the power supply to at least one electrode in the plasma chamber; transporting one or more substrates relative to the electrode using a substrate carrier; maintaining the plasma by the electrical power; processing the one or more substrates with the plasma; and adjusting the output power based on a parameter related to a distance between a surface of the electrode facing a carrier-substrate-assembly and a surface of the substrate-carrier-assembly facing the electrode.

Abstract: A plasma generation device includes a plasma head configured to eject plasma gas that is plasmatized, a gas supply device configured to supply gas serving as the plasma gas to the plasma head, a pair of electrodes that is provided in the plasma head, the pair of electrodes being configured to perform discharging for a part of the gas supplied from the gas supply device to generate the plasma gas, a temperature sensor that is provided in the plasma head, the temperature sensor being configured to measure a temperature of the plasma head; and a control device, in which the control device executes a cooling process of cooling the plasma head by causing the gas supply device to continue supply of the gas until the temperature sensor measures a temperature equal to or less than a predetermined value after the discharging of the pair of electrodes is stopped.

Abstract: An electrical connection device is provided and includes a cable-end connector and a board-end connector. The cable-end connector includes an insulative housing and a circuit board. The insulative housing includes a housing body and a mating plate, the housing body has a front end face, the mating plate has a front end portion. The board-end connector includes an insulative base, a plurality of terminals and a metal outer shell. A mating groove is formed between the metal outer shell and the insulative base and is used to allow the mating plate to mate therewith. One of the insulative base and the metal outer shell is provided with a protruding member and when the cable-end connector reversely inserts into the board-end connector, the protruding member stops the front end portion of the mating plate.

Abstract: An electrical connector apparatus for use in a downhole tool comprising a housing, a contact screw within outer threads and inner threads, a contact plunger within the inner bore of the housing and a second cylinder protruding from the first cylinder. The contact spring is located between the contact plunger and the contact screw and pre-loads the contact plunger within the housing.

Abstract: Automated control of one or more exterior aircraft lights is presented, for instance exterior aircraft lights that enhance visibility by a pilot and including landing lights, taxi lights, and runway turnoff lights. One aspect of this automated control is that one or more of such exterior aircraft lights may be automatically activated, for instance when the aircraft has at least initiated movement and has not yet reached a certain altitude (e.g., while the aircraft is taxiing on the ground and including during takeoff). Another aspect of this automated control is that a trained image classification model may determine a visibility classification for an image acquired by an exterior aircraft camera, and this visibility classification may be used to automatically control the operation of one of more of such exterior aircraft lights (e.g., an intensity of the light output from such an exterior aircraft light(s)).

Abstract: An electronic cigarette and a method for manufacturing an atomizing assembly thereof. The electronic cigarette comprises a liquid reservoir used for storing an e-liquid, and an atomizing assembly received in a shell. The atomizing assembly comprises: a liquid-absorbing element connected to the liquid reservoir, wherein the liquid-absorbing element is made of porous ceramic, and has a liquid-absorbing surface for absorbing the e-liquid and an atomizing surface; and a heating element embedded in the liquid-absorbing element, wherein the edge of the heating element is internally tangent to the atomizing surface, and the heating element is used for converting the e-liquid absorbed by the liquid-absorbing element into smoke. The electronic cigarette further comprises a power supply assembly received in the shell, connected to the atomizing assembly, and used for supplying power for the heating element.

Abstract: A method of driving a light source by a light driver includes measuring a current output signal of the light driver, calculating a percent change in output signal, determining whether the percent change in output signal is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and in response to determining that the percent change in the output signal is greater than or equal to the first threshold, calculating a percent change in reference voltage based on a current reference voltage and a previous reference voltage, determining whether the percent change in reference voltage is less than a second threshold, and in response to determining that the percent change in reference voltage is less than the second threshold, deactivating filtering and averaging of a dimmer signal received from a dimmer for a period of time, and reactivating the filtering and the averaging of the dimmer signal.

Abstract: A component of a subsea connector includes a conductor, an electrically insulating layer and an at least partially electrically conductive layer. A method of assembling the component includes providing the insulating layer radially outward of the conductor; and applying the at least partially conductive layer onto the insulating layer by casting, moulding, compression fitting, or additive manufacturing techniques.

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a motion detector (100) configured to signal-process a motion signal to obtain multiple motion components, a motion component being correlated with a direction and velocity of a motion in the environment, cancel in motion components, two motion components that correspond to motions with opposite directions, and detect motion in the environment from the motion components that are not cancelled.

Abstract: A capsule for an electronic cigarette has a first end for engaging with an electronic cigarette device and a second end configured as a mouthpiece portion having a vapor outlet, the capsule further including a liquid store configured to contain a liquid to be vaporized, a vaporizing unit including a heater and a fluid transfer element, the vaporizing unit being arranged within a vaporizing chamber, a main vapor channel extending from the vaporizing chamber to the vapor outlet in the mouthpiece, and a housing enclosing the liquid store and the vaporizing unit, wherein the housing includes inner and outer housings that are assembled together, wherein the liquid store is located in a void in-between the inner and outer housings, wherein a seal is provided between the inner and outer housings, and wherein the seal has a cross-sectional shape having a cross-sectional height that is larger than a cross-sectional width.

Abstract: A voice-activated light system that includes a microphone for receiving one or more voice commands (which may be referred to as a “voice microphone”), one or more light sources (such as LEDs) coupled to a controller and a light driver. The light driver is for driving the light sources and the controller is for detecting a voice command in order to control the mode of operation of the one or more light sources. The controller can have multiple control commands each for selecting a different mode of operation of the light source(s). The modes can be controlled by a common voice input term followed by a second voice command corresponding to a mode of operation of the light source. The system may include a second microphone which may be referred to herein as a “music microphone”. The commands can include “light show,” “slow pulse,” “steady on,” “blinking,” or “off”.

Abstract: A connector, and connector insert, configured to inhibit plastic deformation of at least one of the axially projecting fingers of an outer conductor basket associated with a connector. The connector insert comprises: (i) an outwardly facing flange configured to engage a shoulder formed at a base of the axially projecting fingers of the outer conductor basket, (ii) a tubular structure defining an elongate axis and having plurality of engagement sections extending normal to the outwardly facing flange, each engagement section having a surface disposed substantially normally to a radial projecting from the elongate axis; and (iii) a plurality of stiffening sections having a surface disposed substantially parallel to a radial projecting from the elongate axis.

Abstract: An arrangement having a housing and an electrically conductive contact spring is presented, wherein the contact spring has a first and a second orthogonal main plane along its specified spring direction, wherein it is formed so as to be symmetric with respect to the first main plane, x-z plane, and asymmetric with respect to the second main plane, x-y plane, and also with respect to a rotation through 180° about the specified spring direction. The housing has a spring shaft for receiving the contact spring, and wherein this spring shaft likewise has a first and a second main plane, which coincides with the respective main plane of the contact spring, and wherein the spring shaft is formed so as to be symmetric relative to both main planes. And a power semiconductor module having such an arrangement.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical plug connector having an outer conductor contact element with a plurality of elastic spring tabs and a dielectric support element. The spring tabs are arranged, with a respective rear end, annularly around the longitudinal axis (L) of the plug connector and are fastened indirectly or directly to an electrical device. It is provided that the spring tabs are supported with a respective front, free end section laterally on the dielectric support element, wherein the dielectric support element is displaceable laterally relative to the electrical device.

Abstract: A double ended retrofit LED lighting device having two connecting terminals (L1, L2) at a first end for connection to a power source and two further connecting terminals (R1, R2) at a second end for further connection to said power source, the LED lighting device comprising: —at least one LED (D1) for emitting light, —an LED driver arranged for receiving an AC current from said power source and for driving said at least one LED based on said received AC current, —a filament circuit (RfilL) connected between said two connecting terminals (L1, L2) for supporting a filament current circulating back to said power source for indicating a presence of said LED lighting device to said power source, and—a pin-safety circuit comprising two pin-safety switches (SwLa, SwLb), wherein each pin-safety switch is connected to a respective separate terminal of said two connecting terminals (L1, L2) and comprises a changeover contact, wherein said changeover contact comprises: —a central node (CC) arranged to be connected to sa

Abstract: An electrical header for use in an electrical connector assembly includes a body for mounting to an object and having an opening formed therethrough for receiving an electrical terminal. The body further defines a plug on a first side thereof for engaging with a mating electrical connector of the assembly. The plug includes a pair of first opposing sidewalls extending from the body at a first height and defining a locking feature for engaging with a corresponding locking feature of the mating connector, and a pair of second opposing sidewalls extending from the body at a second height, less than the first height. The first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls are adapted to mate with a first mating connector oriented in a first direction, and mate with a second mating connector oriented in a second direction distinct from the first direction.

Abstract: A multipolar connector set includes a first connector, a second connector including structure capable of being fitted to the first connector, a first substrate on which the first connector is mounted, a second substrate on which the second connector is mounted, a first ground conductor pattern formed on the first substrate, and a second ground conductor pattern formed on the second substrate. The first connector includes a first insulating member, first internal terminals held by the first insulating member and arranged in a first direction, and a first external terminal held by the first insulating member and connected to ground potential. The second substrate has a second conductor pattern non-formation region in which the second ground conductor pattern is not present at a position facing the first external terminal, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other.

Abstract: Vacuum electron devices (VEDs) are produced having a plurality of two-dimensional layers of various materials that are bonded together to form one or more VEDs simultaneously. The two-dimensional material layers are machined to include features needed for device operation so that when assembled and bonded into a three-dimensional structure, three-dimensional features are formed. The two-dimensional layers are bonded together using brazing, diffusion bonding, assisted diffusion bonding, solid state bonding, cold welding, ultrasonic welding, and the like. The manufacturing process enables incorporation of metallic, magnetic, and ceramic materials required for VED fabrication while maintaining required positional accuracy and multiple devices per batch capability. The VEDs so produced include a combination of magnetic and electrostatic lenses for electron beam control.

Abstract: A capsule may include a housing, an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater. The housing defines inlet openings, outlet openings, and a chamber between the inlet openings and the outlet openings. The chamber may have a longest dimension extending from at least one of the inlet openings to a corresponding one of the outlet openings. The aerosol-forming substrate is within the chamber of the housing. The heater is embedded in the housing. The heater includes a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The intermediate section is disposed within the aerosol-forming substrate in the chamber. An aerosol-generating device may include a device body with a lid configured to open to permit an insertion of the capsule and configured to close to engage the capsule within the device body.

Abstract: A socket includes a flat-plate-shaped housing, a plurality of contacts supported by the flat-plate-shaped housing, a frame attached to the flat-plate-shaped housing and extending along the flat-plate-shaped housing, a plurality of first solder balls disposed on a lower surface of the flat-plate-shaped housing and facing a circuit board, and a plurality of second solder balls disposed on the lower surface of the flat-plate-shaped housing. The frame defines, in an in-plane direction of the flat-plate-shaped housing, a position of an electronic component having a lower surface including a plurality of pads configured to contact the contacts upon the electronic component being mounted. The first solder balls electrically connect to each of the contacts and electrically connect to the circuit board. The second solder balls are not electrically connected to the contacts.