Abstract: A method is described of producing an elongated glass body, particularly a preform for SiO.sub.2 -base optical waveguides, in which starting glass powder material is shaped to a porous body and the latter is sintered to form a glass body. In order to obtain uniform density throughout the porous body, the starting glass powder material is filled into and simultaneously compacted in a mold. Subsequently, the powder material compacted during the filling is consolidated by a heat treatment to result in the porous body. Molds of different design for the production of tubular or rod-shaped porous bodies are described.

Abstract: A polyphase digital filterbank extracts a spectral envelope composed of thirty-two bands, having uniform bandwidths, from a speech signal. The spectral envelope is then compressed into a predetermined number of bands having uniform bandwidths. Spectral energy features are extracted from the compressed envelope and are utilized to form templates representing the speech signal.

Abstract: Control plates in flat display devices are located between the cathode and the screen and serve to control the electron flow. To permit easy contacting even if the conductors (1) of the control plates are very narrow, the conductors (1) alternately have broadened ends on opposite sides of the control plate. The ends are broader by the width of the respective adjacent conductor.

Abstract: A dielectric notch filter for attenuating frequencies of relatively narrow bandwidth in comparison to the center frequency of operation, and particularly for attenuating such narrow bandwidths in the ultra-high frequency electromagnetic spectrum. The dielectric notch filter comprises a plurality of dielectric notch resonators coupled to a transmission line at slightly less than the quarter wavelength of the center frequency of the attenuation frequency bandwidth so as to minimize interaction between the individual dielectric notch resonators. Each dielectric notch resonator comprises a dielectric resonator, an associated housing and a coupling reactance element which in turn comprises an inductive wire and a variable capacitor so as to null the reactive component of the dielectric resonator, thereby resulting in a highly attenuated resonant frequency having little imaginary component about said center frequency.

Abstract: Optical cable elements are disclosed which consist of a corrugated sheet (4) having tapelike sheets (2, 3) secured to both sides by adhesive and optical waveguides (5) movably disposed in the hollow spaces between the corrugated sheet (4) and the tapelike sheets (2, 3). Two such cable elements are wound helically in opposite directions to form a stable tube which may contain a central strength member and/or be filled with a filling compound. Also described are optical cables in which the cable core contains one or more such tubes.

Abstract: A template-matching speech recognition system has a plurality of reference templates each having a plurality of addressable positions, each position storing a value corresponding to the probability of the occurrence of a particular binary value in a corresponding position in an utterance template for speech represented by the referenced template. A system bias template having a corresponding plurality of positions for storing values therein that are representative of the probability of the particular binary value occurring in a corresponding position of any utterance template. A match between an utterance template and a reference template is determined when the sum of the stored probabilities from the reference template positions, corresponding to the positions in the utterance template containing the particular binary value, exceed a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Real-time conversion between two different A/B signal coding schemes based on the DS1 time division multiplex format is achieved by time sharing a programmable state machine. The time sharing is accomplished synchronously with the DS1 superframe such that each of the 24 DS1 channels have signalling translated once every superframe. Programmability of the state machine is facilitated by the use of an EPROM. A RAM is used for real-time storage of signal states, machine states and processor provisioning for each channel, thereby facilitating time sharing of the state machines. Flexibility is provided through the unique use of an EPROM, which can be modified to directly change the signalling translation response depending on the type of telephony service being provided and the coding scheme used for the signalling. Processor provisioning of the RAM selects a service type translation for each of the 24 DS1 channels.

Abstract: In a color picture tube with an in-line gun system elliptic beam-spot distortion caused by the deflection field is compensated for by pairs of plates in at least one focus electrode. The plates project into the apertures for the electron beams and are located at a distance from the bottom of the focus electrode.

Abstract: In the manufacture of optical fibers, at least a portion of a preform of optical glass is heated into a molten state and drawn to create an optical fiber of the desired diameter. To cool the fiber during the drawing process and prior to coating thereof, the invention contemplates providing a cooling device with a laminar flow of inert gas therein to surround and cool the fiber.

Abstract: A double-clad single mode optical fiber with a depressed inner cladding exhibits increased resistance to attenuation increases resulting from small radius bends and lower attenuation sensitivity to temperature changes when the mode field diameter is less than 7 um and the ratio of the radius of the inner cladding to the radius of the core is at least 6.5 to one.

Abstract: A projection tube includes a liquid crystal cell having liquid crystal material sandwiched between two plates. The cell is addressable by an electron beam and serves as a light valve for plane-parallel light with which the projection tube is illuminated from behind. On the side facing the liquid crystal material, the plate on which the electron beam writes has dot coatings of indium-tin oxide to achieve a high resolution and a sharp definition of the image to be displayed on a screen. The side of the plate on which the electron beam writes has an insulating layer of magnesium oxide.

Abstract: A liquid crystal cell is disclosed in which the cell walls facing the liquid crystal material are provided with alignment layers of organic material. This material consists of polymer chains with side chains. The ends of the side chains interact with the liquid crystal molecules. The side chains are shorter than the liquid crystal molecules. By suitable choice of the length of the side chains, the tilt angle can be set. It is also possible to provide alternately different side chains one of which interacts with one end of the liquid crystal molecule, while the neighboring side chain interacts with the other end of the same molecule.

Abstract: In a cellular array processor at least two of the plurality of processors in a row cooperate together as an address generator so that large amounts of memory external to the array chip may be addressed and in addition so that an address . may be generated onboard for use by the DRAM memory associated with each processor. Based on this structure, a memory with an internal organization that is 256-bits wide may be connected to 16 16-bit processors which would require 256 bits of data. In so doing, a vast number of pins are saved, that is 256 bits of data out of the memory and 256 bits of data into the processing cells by combining the processing cells and memory on the same chip. It is significant that exactly one design of a processing cell may provide both a data processing element and an address processing element. In this way, these cells are interchangeable to maximize the yield and reliability of the device.

Abstract: In a color-picture tube, the conductive coating on the inside of the cone is a suspension without organic constituents. The conductive coating on the inside of the neck, which is contiguous to the conductive coating on the inside of the cone, consists of the aforementioned suspension with an addition of organic constituents. A sharp and scratch-resistant boundary between the conductive coating in the neck and the uncoated area of the neck is thus obtained.

Abstract: To deposit a solderable metal layer on conductive paths (4) of ITO on substrates of display devices (1) by an electroless method, the conductive paths are activated, prior to the deposition, and the areas not covered by the conductive paths are subsequently inactivated. The activated paths are then metallized with a solderable metal layer so that integrated circuits can be soldered to the metallized conductive paths.

Abstract: An arrangement to produce pictures using light polarized in different directions consists of a picture tube to whose faceplate a polarizer film and a polymer liquid crystal film provided on both sides with transparent conductive layers are joined with a transparent adhesive. By using a polymer liquid crystal film, the arrangement can also be realized on picture tubes having curved faceplates. The polarizer film and the polymer liquid crystal film are joined together preferably by laminating, and the laminate is joined to the faceplate with an adhesive. The polymer liquid crystal film preferably contains a ferroelectric liquid crystal material.

Abstract: A magnetically controlled steel ball armature functions as a clapper to strike a gong. A positionally adjustable permanent magnet polarizes the ball and positions it relative to the gong. An electromagnet modulates the magnetic field of the permanent magnet to drive the ball strikingly against the gong. Bell tap is suppressed by adjusting the position of the permanent magnet relative to the gong.

Abstract: A communication system for use with a single pair of externally provided telephone wires and a single pair of in-house wires for the provision of full intercom services and/or PABX type features to a plurality of subsets includes a line interface module connected between the single pair of externally supplied wires and a single pair of in-house wires. In addition, each subset is provided with a station adapter module between it and the single pair of in-house wires.

Abstract: A switching system using an asynchronous packet switching technique is provided wherein the packets may contain voice, data or video signals. The switching speed is increased through the use of a processor analyzing only specified packets, said processor being located out of the transmission path of the packets. The processor may process the specified packets at a lower speed than the transmission speed of the switching system. A header correction circuit is used to improve the quality of the transmission.