Abstract: The present invention provides a medical device, or medical navigator, based not on a programming perspective, but a use perspective. Medication to be taken is displayed on a color screen, actual size where possible. A color display is used because the pharmaceutical industry worldwide has substantially standardized on the colors; e.g., black and yellow pills mean barbiturates. Capsules and caplets are uniquely colored for the medicines. Pharmacists can readily tell what the medication is by looking at it. And, patients identify medications by their color and size. Input mechanisms are provided for indicating compliance with the mediation schedule and the physical condition of the patient.

Abstract: An electro-modulating device for modulating light from a light source, as part of an opto-electronic communication network has a modulating medium for modulating light passing therethrough by varying an electric field applied across the modulating medium, an optical input-output surface, a light reflector, and electrodes for applying the varying electric field across the modulating medium. The input-output surface, the medium and the reflector are arranged so that light enters the medium through the input-output surface, travels through the medium towards the reflector, is reflected by the reflector to travel back through the medium towards the input-output surface, and exits the medium through the input-output surface. The electric field is transverse to light traversing the medium between the input-out surface and the reflector, to make it easier to couple an optic fiber to the input-output surface of the modulating medium.

Abstract: A platform for testing electronic parts and electrode used in the same for easy and accurate testing of a three-terminal device. The platform for testing electronic parts of the present invention comprises pressing means, DUT guide means, and electrode board. The pressing means presses DUT to the electrode board and maintains electrical and mechanical contact between the DUT terminals and the electrode groups. The DUT guide means hold the DUT while moving so that the relative position of the DUT to the electrode board is changed and the DUT moves between a plurality of specific positions. The electrode board has multiple electrode groups arranged corresponding to terminals of the DUT. The DUT is connected to test circuits corresponding to each of these electrode groups so that terminals of the DUT are connected to the corresponding test circuit when the DUT is placed at multiple specific positions on the above-mentioned electrode board.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing neutral noise from a quadrupole mass filter ion beam. A mask plate has a lobed aperture centered on a longitudinal axis and positioned between a quadrupole mass filter exit end and an ion detector. The mask plate operates to remove neutral atoms from the ion beam that may interfere with instrument sensitivities. The lobed aperture passes the ion beam with little loss of the ion beam intensity. The invention substantially maintains signal intensity and removes unwanted noise from a mass spectrometer.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (100) is disclosed comprising a p-n junction diode for emitting light; and a transparent casing encapsulating the p-n junction diode. The transparent casing having an inner portion in contact with the p-n junction diode, wherein the refractive index of the transparent casing is higher at the inner portion than an outer portion thereof. In one embodiment the transparent casing comprises at least a first and a second transparent layer, with the first transparent layer encapsulating the p-n junction diode, and the second transparent layer encapsulating the first transparent layer, wherein the refractive index of the first transparent layer is higher than the refractive index of the second transparent layer. In an alternative embodiment the transparent casing comprises at least one transparent layer, wherein the refractive index of the transparent layer is higher at an inner portion than an outer portion thereof.

Abstract: A system for the analysis of polyionic molecules by mass spectrometry is provided. The polyionic molecule is attached to a charged tag which neutralizes some of the charge on the polyionic analyte. The formed adduct with a reduced net charge is then analyzed by mass spectrometry, and the determined molecular weight of the adduct can be used to calculate the molecular weight of the analyte. Mass spectrometric analyses of polynucleotides and proteins are particularly amenable to this method.

Abstract: Blocks of input data that include control words and a packet of information words are received. The packet has a start preceded by ones of the control words and an end followed by others of the control words. The blocks are smaller than the packet. A determination of whether the block consists exclusively of information words is made. When the block consists exclusively of information words, a master transition having a first sense is appended to the block to form a frame. When the block does not consist exclusively of information words, the block is condensed to accommodate a TYPE word, the TYPE word is generated and inserted into the block and a master transition is appended to the block to form the frame. The TYPE word has a value that indicates one of the following structural properties of the block: (a) the position of the start of the packet in the block, (b) the position of the end of the packet in the block, and (c) the block being composed exclusively of control words.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for characterizing frequency response of a device under test (DUT) is disclosed. A repeated base bit pattern is received, the base bit pattern including a first transition from a 0-bit to a 1-bit. Then, using bit error rate distribution, multivalue voltage along the first transition is determined. Finally, the multivalued voltages are converted into frequency domain using fast Fourier transform. The apparatus includes a processor and storage with instructions for the processor to perform these operations. Using the present inventive technique, the frequency response of the DUT can be determined using an error performance analyzer such as a BERT.

Abstract: A method and apparatus precondition an analog signal and convert the preconditioned signal into a digital representation. The method includes preconditioning the analog signal, generating a quantity N of reference signals, comparing an amplitude of the preconditioned signal to an amplitude of the reference signals to determine whether the preconditioned signal amplitude is greater than, less than or equal to reference signal amplitudes, and producing a timestamp at a time that the preconditioned signal and reference signal amplitudes are equal. The apparatus includes a preconditioner, a reference signal generator and a quantity N of comparators. A comparator of the quantity N of comparators receives the preconditioned signal from the preconditioner, separately receives a reference signal, and produces a digital signal. The preconditioned signal or the analog signal may be reconstructed from the digital representation.

Abstract: Lens structures for flux re-distribution and for optical low pass filtering. The lens structure has a surface that includes a seamless profile, which is devoid of cusps. The surface includes a plurality convex elements and concave elements (e.g., an array of alternating elements and concave elements). The convex elements include a positive surface curvature area, and the concave elements include a negative surface curvature area. The lens structure can include a surface for producing a controlled amount of under-corrected spherical aberration and over-corrected spherical aberration.

Abstract: An electro absorption modulator in which the photocurrent generated by the absorption of light is monitored and the bias voltage applied to the electro absorption modulator is varied in order to vary the photocurrent and thence the extinction ratio of the electro absorption modulator.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for communicating between a controller and a message processing device over a universal serial bus (USB). The apparatus may comprise an interface having a bulk data-out endpoint for receiving a data-out packet from the controller that requests data from the device. The interface also has an interrupt-in endpoint for receiving interrupt-in packets from the controller requesting a status of the requested data from the device. When the requested data becomes available, logic at the interface transmits the status from the interrupt-in endpoint to the controller. In addition, when USB bandwidth so permits, logic at the interface also transmits the data with the status from the interrupt-in endpoint to the controller. Alternatively, where the data is not transmitted with the status, upon receiving the status the controller queries the interface at a bulk data-in endpoint for the requested data.

Abstract: An interface of a network management system for managing network elements of a communication network is described. The interface comprises a list of assignments of names of the network elements as provided e.g. by the vendors of the network elements, and names as used by the network management system. The names as used by the network management system are unique.

Abstract: A system and method for use in signal measurement systems that acquire and store signal data in accordance with a trigger specification. The present invention stores and displays operator-generated annotations with each trigger branch of a trigger specification. The annotations, referred to herein as trigger branch comments, can provide meaningful information about, for example, the trigger branch condition, occurrence specification or resulting action, as well as any other aspect of the trigger specification. The branch comments are stored with the associated trigger branch as part of the instrument configuration, and are automatically restored when the configuration data is loaded into the instrument, and printed with the associated trigger branch. The display of the trigger branch comments for each trigger branch may be controlled individually or collectively to enable the operator to configure the display of the trigger specification as needed.

Abstract: An adapter for attaching a connector having a plurality of pads to a device under test. The adapter is comprised of two types of parts a carrier cradle and at least one circuit substrate. The circuit substrate has plurality of pads formed on a first and second edge. A plurality of circuits are formed on a first side of the circuit substrate, each circuit connecting a pad on the first edge of the circuit substrate to a pad on the second edge of the circuit substrate. The circuit substrate is supported by the carrier cradle such that the pads on the first edge of the circuit substrate align with the first side of the carrier cradle and the pads on the second edge of the circuit substrate align with the second side of the circuit substrate, whereby when the adapter is interposed between the connector and the device under test the circuits electrically connect the device under test to the connector.

Abstract: A tunable optical resonator whose resonance frequency is determined by a light signal introduced into the resonator. The resonator includes an optical cavity having a first mirror and a second mirror. The first mirror and second mirror are supported relative to one another such that the distance between the first and second mirrors may be altered by applying a force to said second mirror thereby altering the resonance frequency of said cavity. The resonator includes a light input port for receiving a tuning light signal, and a light signal generator for generating the tuning light source. The tuning light signal is introduced into the optical cavity such that the tuning light signal is reflected between the first and second mirrors. In the absence of the tuning light signal, the resonator has a resonance characterized by a resonance response curve centered at &lgr;0.

Abstract: Optical systems for cooling optoelectronic elements are provided. A representative optical system includes a substrate and a first optoelectronic element supported by the substrate. Additionally, a first channel is formed in the substrate and a first heat transfer fluid is arranged in the first channel. The first heat transfer fluid is thermally coupled with the first optoelectronic element so that at least a quantity of heat produced by the first optoelectronic element is dissipated by the first heat transfer fluid. Methods and other systems also are provided.

Abstract: A method and circuit for measuring a charge distribution for readout from a memory such as a FeRAM uses on-chip compression of bit line voltage measurements. One embodiment includes a compression circuit coupled to sense amplifiers. Each sense amplifier compares a series of reference voltages to a corresponding bit line and sets a result value for the comparison. A series of result values from a sense amplifier has a transition when the bit line voltage is approximately equal to the reference voltage. The compression circuit can use the transition as a trigger to record a compressed value indicating the reference voltage at the transition.

Abstract: A photo service provider provides remote developing, printing, and delivery of photographic prints of digital images. In one embodiment, a handheld digital camera can send to the photo service provider one or more digital images with address information (e.g., one or more address image created in the camera) indicating destinations for the digital images or photographic prints. One or more additional images or instructions associated with the delivery addresses can indicate the size or quantity of the prints to be delivered. The camera can be coupled to a data communication network through which the camera directly sends the selected images to the photo service provider. At a server of the service provider, one or more photographic prints of the selected images are automatically printed, packaged, and sent to the delivery addresses.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for high-throughput identification of protein/nucleic acid binding pairs are provided. In the subject methods, a nucleic acid probe array, e.g., a molecular beacon probe array, is contacted with a target nucleic acid population to produce a hybridized array. The resultant hybridized array is then contacted with a population of proteins to produce a protein bound array. Any resultant array surface bound target nucleic acid/protein complexes are then detected to identify protein/nucleic acid binding pairs. In certain embodiments, the protein and/or nucleic acid members of the identified protein/nucleic acid binding pairs are further characterized. Also provided are systems and kits for use in practicing the subject methods. The subject invention finds use in a variety of different applications.