Abstract: A method for selecting a control mode of a user device (4) used in commissioning a lighting control system (2), the method comprising: a) determining (101), by a detector (24), an orientation of the head of a user (3) of the lighting control system commissioning program, b) determining (102), based on the determined orientation of the head, by a processor (26) of the user device (4), whether the user (3) is focusing on a user-interface (28) of the user device (4), c) if it is determined that the user (3) is focusing on the user-interface (28), by the processor (26), automatically switching (103) the lighting control system commissioning program to a first control mode (11) where feedback from and control of the lighting control system commissioning program is at least one of graphical and visual, d) if it is determined that the user (3) does not focus on the user-interface (28), by the processor (26), automatically switching (104) the lighting control system commissioning program to a second control mode (12)

Abstract: Light-emitting diode (LED) devices and, more particularly, frequency-controlled LED devices and related methods are disclosed. LED devices include frequency-controlled circuitry that controls changes to electrical activation of one or more LED chips based on changes to input signal frequencies. Input signals are provided in a pulsed manner and the frequency-controlled circuitry controls how long one or more LED chips are electrically activated during each pulse. In certain aspects, the frequency-controlled circuitry delays current flow through one or more LED chips according to a time delay. By adjusting the frequency of the input signal, the amount of time the one or more LED chips are electrically activated during each pulse is adjustable. Corresponding LED packages include LED chips and integrated frequency-controlled circuitry so that separate control for LED chips is provided without requiring separate input signals.

Abstract: An electrode unit in an active gas generation apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a ground conductor provided to a lower side of a ground side electrode constituting part. A chassis bottom part of a chassis includes a chassis opening part, and the chassis opening part includes a lower side tapered region having a larger opening area with decreasing distance to a lower side and an upper side region. A plurality of gas ejection ports provided in the ground conductor are provided to get closer to each other with decreasing distance to the lower side so that plural pieces of partial active gas collide with each other in a collision region, and the collision region is located in the lower side tapered region or in the upper side region on an upper side of the lower side tapered region.

Abstract: A converter circuit may require sensing an average current as feedback for regulating the average current supplied to a load. Sensing the average current may be inaccurate due to the non-ideal behavior of devices in the converter circuit. The disclosed circuits and methods help to improve the accuracy of the sensed average current by ignoring portions of a PWM cycle. Some of the ignored portions are based on a peak threshold for a rising current of a PWM cycle and a valley threshold for a falling current of a PWM cycle. The peak threshold and the valley threshold may be adjusted to control the average current and the switching frequency of the converter circuit.

Abstract: An LED lamp with an auxiliary lighting function is provided. The LED lamp comprises a rectifying circuit (510), a filtering circuit (520), a driving circuit (530), a central processing unit (550), an auxiliary power supply module (540), and an LED module. The LED lamp is configured to realize the function of turning on the afterglow illumination after the LED module has been turned off, or when the external power source is turned off, or the function of the nightlight illumination.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generation circuit and a lamp control system including the same. The PWM signal generation circuit includes a pulse period control circuit configured to control charging and discharging of a first capacitor, and generate a first output signal related to a first number of times of charging of the first capacitor, a pulse width control circuit configured to control charging and discharging of a second capacitor, and generate a second output signal related to a second number of times of charging of the second capacitor, and a control logic circuit configured to determine a period of a PWM signal based on the first output signal, determine a pulse width of the PWM signal based on the second output signal, and output the PWM signal having the period and the pulse width.

Abstract: A high-frequency power supply device includes a first power supply that outputs a high-frequency AC voltage having a first frequency, a second power supply that outputs a DC pulse voltage including one or more continuous pulse waveforms, a matching box that receives the high-frequency AC voltage, performs impedance matching such that impedance viewed from the first power supply becomes constant, and outputs the high-frequency AC voltage, a filter that receives the DC pulse voltage, filters the DC pulse voltage, and outputs the DC pulse voltage to a pulse-power input terminal of a load, and an IMD suppression circuit that includes a first inductor having predetermined inductance provided between the matching box and an AC-power input terminal of the load, receives the high-frequency AC voltage, allows the input high-frequency AC voltage to pass through the first inductor, and outputs the high-frequency AC voltage to the AC-power input terminal of the load.

Abstract: A high-frequency power supply system according to the present disclosure includes a first power supply, a second power supply, a first matcher, and a second matcher. The second power supply performs pulse modulation of repeating an ON operation of outputting a second forward wave voltage and an OFF operation of not outputting the second forward wave voltage. The first power supply performs frequency modulation control in a second power supply ON period, and performs frequency offset control of outputting a forward wave voltage VF3 having a fundamental frequency obtained by adding an offset frequency to a fundamental frequency in a second power supply OFF period. The second matcher generates a phase reset signal having a frequency lower than a fundamental frequency based on detection information of a forward wave voltage, and supplies the phase reset signal to the first power supply.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an on timer configured to determine an on time of a high-side switch of a step-down power converter, an offset current control stage configured to convert a voltage difference between a compensation signal and a predetermined reference into a current difference, a current comparison stage configured to amplify a sensed current signal, and a PWM comparator having inputs coupled to two outputs of the current comparison stage and two outputs of the offset current control stage, wherein during a load transient from a first load level to a second load level and in a first turn-on pulse of the high-side switch, the on timer is disabled so that a current flowing through the step-down power converter reaches the second load level within the first turn-on pulse of the high-side switch.

Abstract: For each channel, a light-emitting unit provided between a wire fed with a driving voltage and a connection terminal can be supplied with a driving current via the connection terminal. For each channel, a switch circuit is provided between the connection terminal and a voltage generation circuit. Based on the driving voltage, a first and a second voltage lower than the driving voltage are generated at a first and a second node. With each connection terminal cut off from the first and second nodes, the second voltage is lower than the first voltage. In a period in which each channel is not supplied with the driving current, the switch circuit operates to connect, of two adjacent connection terminals, one to the second node and the other to the first node. Based on the voltage at the one connection terminal, a resistance value abnormality between the two connection terminals is detected.

Abstract: A light distribution controlling device generates a processed image by adding a pixel line of a luminance value higher than a predetermined threshold to an end, in a width direction of a vehicle, of an image that is based on a first imaging device; extracts, from the processed image, a processing region that includes a front vehicle; generates an extracted image by subjecting the processing region to an extracting process of extracting a high-luminance pixel with use of the threshold; and sets a shaded portion to overlap the front vehicle based on a pair of high-luminance pixels included in the extracted image and determines a light distribution pattern that includes the shaded portion.

Abstract: A high linearity phase interpolator (PI) is disclosed. A phase value parameter indicative of a desired phase difference between an output signal and an input clock signal edge may be provided by control logic. A first capacitor may be charged for a first period of time with a first current that is proportional to the phase value parameter to produce a first voltage on the capacitor that is proportional to the phase value parameter. The first capacitor may be further charged for a second period of time with a second current that has a constant value to form a voltage ramp offset by the first voltage. A reference voltage may be compared to the voltage ramp during the second period of time. The output signal may be asserted at a time when the voltage ramp equals the reference voltage.

Abstract: Technologies for impedance matching networks for qubits are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, an impedance matching network matches a 50 Ohm transmission line to a spin qubit with a state-dependent resistance of 100 kiloohms to 105 kiloohms. The illustrative impedance matching network is tunable, allowing the impedance transformation ratio to be changed without significantly changing the matching frequency of the impedance matching network. In some embodiments, the impedance matching network matches a 50 Ohm transmission line to a lower-resistance state of a qubit. In other embodiments, the impedance matching network matches a 50 Ohm transmission line to an impedance value in between a lower-resistance state and a higher-resistance state of a qubit.

Abstract: Apparatus for generating a plasma via the transient hollow cathode discharge effect is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a chamber comprising an inlet through which gas may enter the chamber and an outlet through which the gas may exit the chamber, a cathode electrode disposed in the chamber, the cathode electrode comprising a plurality of hollow cathodes, an anode electrode spaced apart from the cathode, a power supply, and a power supply controller configured to reduce a power level of the electrical power below a level required to maintain the plasma at the plurality of hollow cathodes, after electrical breakdown has occurred. Each hollow cathode comprises a through-thickness hole through which the gas may pass from one side of the cathode electrode to another side of the cathode electrode. A modular apparatus is also disclosed, comprising a plurality of plasma reactor modules arranged in series and/or in parallel.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method comprises: monitoring, via at least one computer system of a central entity, performance information of a plurality of wireless devices present in a network environment remotely coupled to the central entity; updating a monitoring database based on monitoring the performance information; and causing at least some of the plurality of wireless devices to be reconfigured from a first mode to a second mode based at least in part on the performance information.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus including a metallic base material disposed inside a wafer stage and having a cylindrical shape or a circular plate shape; a dielectric film disposed on an upper surface of the base material; a film-shaped heater disposed inside the dielectric film; a refrigerant flow path disposed in a concentric shape or in a spiral shape about a center of the base material in the base material and allowing a refrigerant to flow therethrough; and at least one arc-shaped space multiply disposed about the center in the base material between the refrigerant flow path and the heater and having an inside reduced to a predetermined degree of vacuum and sealed. A region of a portion of the base material between the disposed arc-shaped spaces is projected and overlapped on a region of an intermediate portion of the base material that partitions two of the adjacent refrigerant flow paths.

Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to an illumination system and a method for controlling an illumination system configured to illuminate a zone, the illumination system being further configured to serve a plurality of individuals.

Abstract: A high-precision plasma processing apparatus configured with: a processing chamber in which a sample undergoes plasma processing; a first radio frequency power supply that supplies radio frequency power for plasma generation; a sample stage on which a sample is loaded; a second radio frequency power supply that supplies radio frequency power to the sample stage; a power supply that applies voltage to the sample stage; and a control unit that controls the power supply. In the plasma processing apparatus, a cycle of a waveform of the voltage has a positive ramp period during which the voltage rises, a negative ramp period during which the voltage falls, and a removal amount control period during which the amount of charged particles removed from the sample per unit time is controlled.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method comprises: comparing, in a comparator, a signal level of a receive radio frequency (RF) signal to a first threshold, the receive RF signal obtained from a controllable location in an RF front end circuit; and in response to the signal level of the receive RF signal exceeding the first threshold, causing the RF front end circuit to be reconfigured from a first mode in which an input to a low noise amplifier (LNA) is coupled an antenna to a second mode in which the input to the LNA is coupled to an RF filter.

Abstract: A power semiconductor circuit includes: a power semiconductor element having a gate electrode configured to actuate the power semiconductor element, a collector electrode, and an emitter electrode electrically connected to a first emitter terminal; and a temperature sensor having a first measurement point with a measurement terminal and a second measurement point electrically connected to the emitter electrode, so that a voltage which drops over the temperature sensor is measurable between the measurement terminal and the first emitter terminal for the temperature measurement. Corresponding methods for determining a temperature of a power semiconductor element and for determining a sign of a load current in a bridge circuit are also described.