Abstract: An adjustable multi-band planar antenna especially applicable in mobile terminals. A conductive element is placed in the structure of an antenna of PIFA type such that the conductive element has a significant electromagnetic coupling to the radiating plane. The parasitic element at issue is connected to a matching circuit (550) consisting of several reactive element. The parasitic element, the matching circuit and a line (540) between them constitute an adjusting circuit of the antenna. The circuit values of the matching circuit can be chosen from at least two alternatives. Alteration in the circuit values changes the coupling between the parasitic element and the ground, in which case an operation band of the antenna is displaced, because the electric length of the antenna's part corresponding that band is changed, measured from the short-circuit point. Regarding the shiftable operation band, proper impedance matching and a proper efficiency can be arranged for the antenna.

Abstract: An apparatus for oscillating a vane comprising a main lever pivoted at one end about a reference axis, and pivotally coupled at the other end to the vane about a vane axis remote from the reference axis; an angle change assembly connected to the vane such that rotation of the angle change assembly rotates the vane; and, a drive assembly, the drive assembly comprising a crank arm adapted to be pivoted about a fixed crank axis; a lever drive arm pivotally connected to the main lever at a point remote from the reference axis and pivotally connected to the main crank remote from the crank axis; a coupling member having first and second coupling arms connected together at a base, the base being adapted to pivot about a coupling axis; an angle drive arm connected at a first end to the angle change assembly for rotation thereof and pivotally connected to the first coupling arm remote from the coupling axis; the second coupling arm being pivotally connected to the lever drive arm remote from the coupling axis, the

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of ultra-wideband communication are provided. In one embodiment, an ultra-wideband receiver comprises an envelope detector that detects the amplitude of a received ultra-wideband pulse and generates a waveform representative of the envelope of the received ultra-wideband pulse. A sign detector then determines a sign associated with a data bit encoded on the received ultra-wideband pulse. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface mountable acoustic transducer system, comprising one or more transducers, a processing circuit electrically connected to the one or more transducers, and contact points arranged on an exterior surface part of the transducer system. The contact points are adapted to establish electrical connections between the transducer system and an external substrate, the contact points further being adapted to facilitate mounting of the transducer system on the external substrate by conventional surface mounting techniques.

Abstract: An automatic 3D modeling system and method are described in which a 3D model may be generated from a picture or other image. For example, a 3D model for a face of a person may be automatically generated. The system and method also permits gestures/behaviors associated with a 3D model to automatically generated so that the gestures/behaviors may be applied to any 3D models.

Abstract: A forward error correction encoder encodes input data words into code words that comprise a parity matrix. In one aspect, the encoder is optimized based on the properties of the parity matrix in order to reduce routing overhead size.

Abstract: An arrangement by which an external device is connected to a radio device via its antenna without modifying the radio device mechanically. The radiating element (311) of the antenna of the radio device is a conductive part of its casing, which is fed electromagnetically by means of a feed element (322). The connecting is implemented by a coupler (310) to be placed at the antenna on top of the casing, from which coupler there is an intermediate cable (350) to the external device. The coupler includes a coupling element (311), from which there is electromagnetic coupling to the radiating element (321) through a thin dielectric membrane, or direct galvanic coupling. From the coupling element to the jumper cable there is electromagnetic coupling through an intermediate element (312), or direct galvanic coupling. Because the radiating plane is located on the outer surface of the radio device, its distance to the coupling element can be made very small.

Abstract: A method of communicating over a wideband communication channel divided into a plurality of sub-channels comprises dividing a single serial message intended for one of the plurality of communication devices into a plurality of parallel messages, encoding each of the plurality of parallel messages onto at least some of the plurality of sub-channels, and transmitting the encoded plurality of parallel messages to the communication device over the wideband communication channel.

Abstract: Methods and systems for analyzing or mapping portions of the radio frequency spectrum are provided. In one embodiment of the invention, a communication method is provided, with a first step of the method including receiving an electromagnetic energy from a portion of a radio frequency spectrum. The received energy is then sampled in the time domain, and subsequently converted into the frequency domain. The sampled energy, that is now in the frequency domain is analyzed, and at least one communication parameter is selected based on the analysis of the sampled energy. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

Abstract: Systems and methods of ultra-wideband communication are provided. In one ultra-wideband communication system, a portion of a plurality of non-overlapping communication sub-channels are assigned to a first ultra-wideband communication device by a base station. Communication interference information is obtained by the first device, and then transmitted to and received by the base station. The base station then reduces the portion of non-overlapping sub-channels assigned to the first ultra-wideband communication device in response to the interference information, thereby creating a group of available non-overlapping sub-channels, which are assigned to a second ultra-wideband communication device. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein.

Abstract: A radiating antenna element intended to be used in small-sized radio devices, and a radio device having an antenna element according to the invention. The antenna element is part of the covers of a radio device. The antenna element may be conductive throughout, or it may comprise a dielectric portion and a conductive portion, which constitute a single integral component. The radiating portion of the antenna element is relatively large, e.g. in a foldable phone (20) the antenna element (200) may comprise the whole cover of a foldable part (21) except for the front side. The radiating element is advantageously fed electromagnetically through a feed element. As the radiating element is relatively large and is located on the outer surface of the device, the radiation characteristics of the antenna are good, and the space required by the antenna inside the device is relatively small.

Abstract: A multiple electrode pair array apparatus is provided for use with a multiple well plate which has multiple wells distributed in a two-dimensional matrix array which has R rows and C columns. The multiple electrode pair array apparatus includes a non-conductive base member. An array of pairs of electrodes are attached to the base member and project therefrom. The pairs of electrodes are distributed on the base member in a two-dimensional matrix array which has R rows and C columns to enable registration with the two-dimensional matrix array of wells. Each pair of electrodes includes a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. An array of R row conductors are electrically connected to corresponding first electrodes. An array of C column conductors are oriented perpendicular to the R row conductors, are electrically insulated from the row conductors, and are electrically connected to corresponding second electrodes.

Abstract: An advanced modular plug connector assembly incorporating an insert assembly disposed in the rear portion of the connector housing. In one embodiment, the connector has a plurality of ports in multi-row configuration, and the insert assembly includes a substrate adapted to receive one or more electronic components such as choke coils, transformers, or other signal conditioning elements or magnetics. The substrate also interfaces with the conductors of two modular ports of the connector, and is removable from the housing such that an insert assembly of a different electronics or terminal configuration can be substituted therefor. In this fashion, the connector can be configured to a plurality of different standards (e.g., Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100). In yet another embodiment, the connector assembly comprises a plurality of light sources (e.g., LEDs) received within the housing. Methods for manufacturing the aforementioned embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: An antenna design is provided. In one embodiment, the antenna is a planar element with a radiating element containing an elliptical curved portion connected to two curved regions, the curved regions meeting at a geometric construct. Another embodiment provides an antenna constructed with intersecting planar elements. A third embodiment is an antenna that is a solid of revolution of a planar element. Some antenna embodiments include ground plane elements to shape the radiation patterns. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

Abstract: Waveguide nonlinear signal processors include transmission lines defined on a substrate. A plurality of varactors or pairs of varactors are situated along the transmission line and are in communication with a signal conductor of the transmission line and one or more control conductors. A processor controller is configured to provide a control signal to the one or more control conductors to select operational characteristics of the varactors or pairs of varactors. In some examples, the varactors are diodes and a control signal is provided to select a diode current-voltage characteristic in order to limit or clip an input signal to positive and/or negative amplitudes. Alternatively, a control signal is configured to provide a selected spectral transmission bandwidth or propagation delay by selecting a varactor capacitance-voltage characteristic.

Abstract: An automatic 3D modeling system and method are described in which a 3D model may be generated from a picture or other image. For example, a 3D model for a face of a person may be automatically generated. The system and method also permits gestures/behaviors associated with a 3D model to automatically generated so that the gestures/behaviors may be applied to any 3D models.

Abstract: A system, method and computer software product are provided. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for generating and employing numerical sequences that may be used for synchronization codes. In one embodiment of the present invention, the derivation of numerical sequences, or codes is based on an encoding algorithm. These codes enable synchronization between communicating devices, and may also be used for channelization. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

Abstract: A system and method for mapping, radio-frequency (RF) noise, and estimating channel quality in a multi-channel ultra-wideband communication system is provided. One method includes placing a plurality of time bins within a plurality of time frames and assigning a plurality of UWB communication channels comprising selected time bins. RF noise amplitude data is then sampled from selected time bins. The sampled RF noise amplitude data from the time bins is then averaged, thereby obtaining an average RF noise amplitude in each of the plurality of channels. The RF noise amplitude indicates the amount of RF noise present in a channel. The channels may then be ranked based on the characteristics of the RF noise.

Abstract: Systems and methods of ultra-wideband communication are provided. In one ultra-wideband communication method, a communication channel is divided into a plurality of non-overlapping sub-channels by dividing a single serial message intended for an ultra-wideband communication device into a plurality of parallel messages. Each of the plurality of parallel messages are then encoded onto at least some of the plurality of sub-channels, and then transmitted. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of ultra-wideband (UWB) communication are provided. In one embodiment, an ultra-wideband transmitter includes a processor configured to generate data for transmission in the form of a plurality of ultra-wideband pulses. The transmitter includes a FEC encoder that generates a code word based on the data. The FEC includes a plurality of cyclic shift registers configured to receive and process the data, a plurality of fixed connections between each of the plurality of cyclic shift registers and a plurality of XOR gates communicating with the plurality of fixed connections. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.