Abstract: There is provided a cable tap device for a CATV network comprising a microstrip directional coupler on an electrical path between an input and an output and arranged to communicate with a splitter device associated with a plurality of tap ports. A tilt compensating circuit is disposed between the microstrip directional coupler and the splitter device. A feedback path comprising resistive, inductive and capacitive elements connects an isolated port of the microstrip directional coupler to that part of the electrical path between the input and the input port of the microstrip directional coupler.

Abstract: A network camera and a network image surveillance system including the network camera are provided. The network camera may include: an image and audio encoding unit configured to convert an optical image incident from a lens, compress an audio signal from a microphone in a predetermined format, and generate compressed streaming data by encoding the converted image and the compressed audio signal; a network controlling unit configured to monitor an input and output status of the compressed streaming data, control a configuration of a packet of the compressed streaming data in accordance with a network quality of system (QoS), control synchronizing the compressed streaming data with a video frame, and transmit the synchronized streaming data; and a network routing unit configured to route input and output of the data via at least one network port and implement redundancy by using a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).

Abstract: An example programmable integrated circuit (IC) includes a programmable fabric having a programmable interconnect and wire tracks adjacent to at least one edge of the programmable fabric. The programmable IC further includes at least one ring node integrated with at least one edge of the programmable fabric, the at least one ring node coupled between the programmable interconnect and the wire tracks. The programmable IC further includes a system-in-package (SiP) input/output (IO) circuit coupled to the wire tracks.

Abstract: An antenna structure for a carrier connected to a station by a coaxial cable comprises at least the following elements: a break delimiting a first portion of length H1 and a second portion of length H2, forming a radiating element isolated from a second section by means of a current isolator, at the break, the core of the coaxial cable from the lower face of the break is connected to the braid of the coaxial cable from the upper face of the break and the core of the coaxial cable from the upper face of the break is connected to the braid of the coaxial cable from the lower face of the break, the first upper portion has a recess in the coaxial cable suited to inserting a short circuit for signals whose frequency is equal to the operating frequency.

Abstract: A VOX interface is provided that interfaces with at least two communication paths to two separate devices. One communication path may be to a first electronic device, such as a central monitoring station remote from the VOX interface, and another communication path may be to one or more remote devices, such as to one or more patient devices remote from the VOX interface. The VOX interface may determine which of the communication paths is sending a signal (such as an audio signal), and configure the VOX interface (via one or more switches) to pass the signal through. Specifically, the VOX interface may sense signals indicating the presence of audio from a central station audio bus and the patient station bus, may do some background noise filtering on the signals, and may pass these filtered values through a differentiator circuit to determine which bus presented the audio.