Abstract: An electronic device controlling power provided from a power source to an electrical load is described. The electronic device includes dimmer circuitry converting an alternating current (AC) power signal from the power source into a load power signal for the lighting load, and feedback circuitry generating signaling for controlling a switching timing of the dimmer circuitry. The electronic device generates feedback signaling for controlling an amount of power provided from an AC power source to an electrical load by turning on dimmer circuitry and generating a load power signal provided to a load, generating a feedback signal for controlling any of a voltage value, a timing, and a rate of change of a voltage applied to a gate of a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), and controlling a transition through a threshold voltage of the MOSFET gate according to the feedback signal.

Abstract: A conductive terminal is suitable for being installed in a terminal receiving slot of a base, and includes a main body, an elastic arm portion and a foot connecting portion. The main body includes a holding portion and a buckle portion. The elastic arm portion includes a reversed folded portion, an abutment portion, a bending portion and a conductive portion. The reversed folded portion extends downward from a lower surface of the main body and extends upward after being folded. The abutment portion is opposite to the main body, and located between the reversed folded portion and the bending portion. The bending portion is connected to the abutment portion and the conductive portion. The foot connecting portion is connected to the main body or the reversed folded portion, and provided with a ball soldering member for connecting to soldering balls.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for socket interconnect structures and related methods. An example socket interconnect apparatus includes a housing defining a plurality of first openings and a plurality of second openings and a ground structure coupled to the housing. The ground structure defines a plurality of third openings. The third openings of the ground structure align with the second openings of the housing when the ground structure is coupled to the housing. A plurality of ground pins are located in respective ones of the second openings and third openings. The ground structure is to electrically couple the ground pins. A plurality of signal pins are located in respective ones of the first openings of the housing. The signal pins are electrically isolated from the ground structure.

Abstract: A connector includes a first contact and a second contact spaced from each other, and a first sheet member that has flexibility and an insulating property and is stretchable, a base end of the first sheet member being configured to be mounted on a mounting object at a position opposite from the second contact with respect to the first contact, a distal end of the first sheet member having the first contact retained therein, the second contact being configured to be retained by the mounting object via a flexible second sheet member or directly retained by the mounting object, with at least the first sheet member being elastically stretched, the connector being fitted to the counter connector, the first contact and the second contact being electrically connected to the counter first contact and the counter second contact due to a shrinking force generated at the first sheet member.

Abstract: A wearable device configured to measure physiological parameters of a subject is described. The wearable device can include a dock having a plurality of prongs, a dock circuit layer having a plurality of conductive strips positioned along the plurality of prongs, and a plurality of electrodes in electrical communication with the dock circuit layer. The wearable device can also include a hub configured to be removably secured to the dock, the hub having a housing with a plurality of openings, and a hub circuit layer arranged within the interior of the housing. When the hub and dock are secured to one another, the plurality of prongs of the frame extend towards the plurality of openings of the housing of the hub and cause the plurality of conductive strips to contact portions of the hub circuit layer to facilitate electrical communication between the plurality of electrodes and the hub circuit layer.

Abstract: The present invention includes a battery harvesting adapter configured to connect to a plurality of batteries operable to power a plurality of radios. The plurality of radios includes a PRC-148, a PRC-152, and a PRC-163 radio. The battery harvesting adapter is further configured to capture power from a battery and transfer the power to a radio, a battery, a portable power case, a DC-DC converter, and other equipment.

Abstract: A method for multitone plasma processing includes providing a substrate into a plasma processing chamber, igniting a plasma in the plasma processing chamber with a multitone signal, and performing a first plasma process on the substrate with the plasma. The multitone signal includes a first tone and a second tone.

Abstract: A board connector 10 of the present disclosure is to be mounted on a circuit board 50 and provided with a housing 11 including a receptacle 15 open forward and a rear wall 30 provided on a side opposite to a front end part where the receptacle 15 is open, an outer conductor 20 fixed to the housing 11 through the rear wall 30, an insulating dielectric 19 disposed inside the outer conductor 20, an inner conductor 18 disposed inside the dielectric 19, and a ground spring 40 to be connected to the outer conductor 20. The outer conductor 20 includes a flange 23 to be disposed along the rear wall 30 of the housing 11. The ground spring 40 includes a mounting piece 46 to be inserted between the rear wall 30 and the flange 23.

Abstract: An electronic device including a body and a female connector is disclosed. The body has an opening and a positioning structure disposed corresponding to the opening. The female connector is disposed in the body corresponding to the opening and is pivotally connected to the positioning structure. A male connector is adapted to pass through the opening and plugged into the female connector, and the female connector is adapted to be driven by the male connector to rotate around a rotation axis passing through the positioning structure.

Abstract: Surface mount card edge connectors and compact systems using such connectors are provided. A connector has a housing holding conductive elements with a mating face and a mounting face configured to face a side surface of a board. Each conductive element comprises a mating contact portion and a mounting tail extending beyond the mounting face and having an end surface configured to be mounted to a surface pad on a surface of the board. The connector has one or more board locks. Each board lock has a body portion disposed in the housing and a mounting portion having an end surface parallel to the end surfaces of the mounting tails of the conductive elements. Such a configuration enables connectors mounted to opposite sides of a board to be aligned such that a system with these connectors may be more compact.

Abstract: A light source drive system and a failure reporting method thereof. The light source drive system includes a control circuit and a drive circuit module. The driving circuit module has at least one light source driving circuit connected with the control circuit through a fault transmission line. The light source drive circuit has a fault arbitration circuit, including: a detection circuit, a fault reporting circuit, a switch and a fault control circuit. The fault control circuit initiates the counting duty cycle when the fault condition occurs, and controls the switch to be on in the detection time and the switch to be off in the delay time. The fault control circuit controls the detection circuit to detect a first level of the fault transmission line in the duty cycle, and outputs the detection time of different durations of time according to the different types of fault conditions.

Abstract: An optical transceiver includes an electrical connector, an internal circuit, first switch and second switch. The internal circuit is electrically connected to the apparatus through the electrical connector when the optical transceiver is completely inserted into the apparatus, and generate a switching signal after a first signal pad and a second signal pad in a second row of the electrical connector are electrically connected. The first switch isolates a third signal pad in a first row of the electrical connector when the optical transceiver is not fully inserted, and puts the third signal pad electrically connectable in accordance with the switching signal when the optical transceiver is fully inserted. The second switch isolates a fourth signal pad in the first row when the optical transceiver is not fully inserted, and puts the fourth signal pad electrically connectable in accordance with the switching signal when the optical transceiver is fully inserted.

Abstract: The connector assembly, according to the present invention, comprises: a receptacle arranged on a substrate; and a plug coupled to the receptacle, wherein the plug includes: a pin having one side electrically connected to a cable and having a contact portion arranged on the other side; a dielectric arranged on the outside of the pin; a shield can arranged on the outside of the dielectric; and a plug shell arranged on the outside of the shield can, wherein the receptacle comprises a first hole, the dielectric comprises a second hole in which the pin is arranged, the pin is arranged in the second hole such that the contact portion protrudes farther than the outer surface of the dielectric, and the dielectric is positioned in the first hole so that the contact portion is directly and elastically in contact with a contact point of the substrate.

Abstract: An electrical contact unit includes: a conductive part that is adapted to abut on a first member and a second member; and a support part that swingably supports the conductive part. The conductive part has: a first abutting part that abuts on the first member; a second abutting part that abuts on the second member; and a swinging fulcrum that is located between the first abutting part and the second abutting part. The support part supports at least the swinging fulcrum, and the conductive part rotates at the swinging fulcrum causing the first abutting part to be pressed against the first member when the second member is pressed against the second abutting part.

Abstract: A quick attach splice is provided. The quick attach splice includes a first side rail, a second side rail parallel to the first side rail, a cross member extending from the first side rail to the second side rail, a first pin extending from within the cross member and through at least one of the first side rail or the second side rail, a tab configured to retract the first pin, and a roller extending from the first side rail to the second side rail.

Abstract: Some embodiments include an assembly, comprising: a first connector housing including an opening and a first electrical contact a second connector housing including a portion insertable into the opening and a second electrical contact electrically interfaceable with the first electrical contact a seal configured to form a sealable fluid chamber with the first connector housing and the second connector housing when the portion of the second connector housing is inserted into the opening of the first connector housing and a sealable vent coupled to the sealable fluid chamber when the portion of the second connector housing is inserted into the opening of the first connector housing wherein, when the sealable fluid chamber is formed: the portion of the second connector housing is movable within the opening; and the volume of the sealable fluid chamber changes as the portion of the second connector housing moves within the opening.

Abstract: A connector including: an insulating housing including a facing surface configured to face a circuit board; and a plurality of conductive contacts held by the insulating housing to align along an arrangement direction parallel to the facing surface, wherein the plurality of conductive contacts include: a first signal contact configured to be connected to a first signal conductor of the circuit board; a second signal contact configured to be connected to a second signal conductor of the circuit board; and a ground contact configured to be connected to a ground conductor of the circuit board, and wherein the ground contact is located between the first signal contact and the second signal contact and extends to be perpendicular to the arrangement direction to form a partition wall between the first signal contact and the second signal contact.

Abstract: A connecting terminal for connecting at least two electric conductors to one another, wherein the connecting terminal has a housing in which at least a first conductor guide passage for guiding a first electric conductor and at least a second conductor guide passage for guiding a second electric conductor are formed.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector housing including a mating end at a first end of the connector housing and a track at a second end of the connector housing. The electrical connector includes terminal modules received in module cavities of the connector housing. Each terminal module includes a module housing holding terminals in terminal channels, which are terminated to ends of wires. The electrical connector includes a wire cover coupled to the track. The wire cover includes a wire cavity receiving the wires from the terminal modules and directing the wires to a wire exit. The wire cover includes a module blocking wall positioned along the terminal modules to block removal of the terminal modules from the corresponding module cavities.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-processor server node cross-board signal interconnection device. The device includes a middle backboard, a plurality of first signal connectors arranged on a surface of the middle backboard, a plurality of second signal connectors arranged on a back surface of the middle backboard and having the same distribution region as all the first signal connectors, a plurality of signal leading-out terminals arranged on all node single boards and configured to be connected to all the second signal connectors, and a plurality of signal interconnection cables connected between the second signal connectors. In this way, all the second signal connectors transmit signals on the middle backboard by means of the signal interconnection cables. All the second signal connectors and the first signal connectors are arranged in the same region, such that a risk of signal interference is eliminated.