Abstract: An electrical system for a vehicle such as a truck wherein a power source is split or divided into a plurality of branch power lines to transmit power and data to a variety of systems and subsystems throughout the vehicle, each line having a fuse and a filter so that the data is isolated on the individual circuits while power is delivered to such circuits. In one embodiment, the system includes a J560 connector with a data filter, data control circuitry, and one or more power line transmitters and receivers being incorporated into the J560.

Abstract: This invention comprises the use of microspheres containing ionizable gas in a gas discharge (plasma) display, photons for the gas discharge within a microsphere exciting a phosphor such that the phosphor emits wavelengths in both the visible or invisible spectrum. The invention is described in detail hereinafter with reference to an AC gas discharge (plasma) display.

Abstract: Energy recovery for an AC gas discharge PDP wherein the PDP has a multi phase sustain and energy is transferred between sections of the PDP instead of to an external capacitor.

Abstract: There is disclosed a gas discharge display device comprised of microspheres containing ionizable gas, photons from the gas discharge within a microsphere exciting a phosphor such that the phosphor emits wavelengths in the visible and/or invisible spectrum. The invention is described in detail with reference to an AC gas discharge (plasma) display.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide an organic electroluminescent display device and driving method including an apparatus comprised of at least one organic-light-emitting diode (OLED), a rectification diode and a capacitor used as a memory device. A frame period of the display device is divided into sub-frames, which have address and light emission periods. Current mode data programming is used to address the display device in each sub-frame. In the light emission period, charge previously stored in selected capacitors during the address period, supplies the forward current for the OLEDs. A ramp waveform applied to the row electrode, during the light emission period, forces the capacitor to discharge through the OLED and controls the forward current level. The operation of the OLEDs are retained in their area of maximum performance.

Abstract: A system and method including a waveform for addressing and achieving gray scale in an electroluminescent (EL) display.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for microwave imaging of an inhomogeneous target, in particular of biological tissue, compensates for the interactions between active antennae and nonactive antennae. Measured electric field data are processed in magnitude and phase form so that unwrapped phase information may be used directly in the image reconstruction. Initial finite element measurements and calculations are used to determine the perimeter dimensions of the target being examined, resulting in more accurate image reconstructions. An improved regularization technique is a hybrid of a Marquardt regularization scheme with a spatial filtering technique and a Tikhonov regularization scheme. An improved switching matrix enables simultaneous sampling of electric field data from a plurality of receiving antennae.

Abstract: The invention provides apparatus and methods for determining electric field properties of an inhomogeneous target. The electric property distribution on a coarse mesh discretization of the target is first estimated; and then the electric field on a fine mesh discretization of the target is computed. The fine mesh has finer discretization than the coarse mesh and is overlapping with the coarse mesh. The electric field is then measured at preselected measurement sites within a homogeneous region external to the target. A Jacobian matrix is also calculated which represents a sensitivity calculation relative to a change in the electric field at selected measurement sites due to a perturbation in the electric property distribution on the coarse mesh. A difference vector is formed between the computed electric field and the measured electric field, and an update vector is added to the electrical property distribution as a function of the difference vector and the Jacobian matrix.