Abstract: In an example embodiment, the controller is designed with a single current sensing circuit that is able to measure the current on multiple LED channels, eliminating the need for each LED channel to have its own current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit may further be utilized with a control unit, which has an LED control model selection multiplexor (MUX) that switches between real-time closed-loop control and open-loop control.

Abstract: A lighting control method is provided for an ambient lighting device having an ambient lamp including at least one lighting strip, which includes a plurality of lamp beads arranged into a display frame. The method includes starting the ambient lamp and a camera; reading preset frame configuration information, and dividing the display frame into a plurality of unit frames according to the frame configuration information; reading an environment reference image captured by the camera, and dividing the environment reference image into a plurality of regional images corresponding to the plurality of unit frames according to the frame configuration information; and generating a lighting color value corresponding to each lamp bead in each unit frame, based on a main color tone of the regional image corresponding to the unit frame, and controlling the corresponding lamp beads covered by the unit frame with the lighting color value to emit light.

Abstract: A lighting device and a method of manufacturing a lighting device are described. The lighting device includes a heat sink having a mounting area. A main board is mounted to the mounting area of the heat sink, the main board including a recess. A light-emitting diode (LED) assembly is mounted to the mounting area within the recess of the main board. The LED assembly includes at least one emitter. Electrical circuitry is disposed on the top surface of the main board, which is configured to control the at least one emitter of the LED assembly. An electrical connection is provided between the LED assembly and the electrical circuitry.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for nanoplasma switches are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a nanoplasma switching system includes a nanoplasma radio frequency (RF) switch that receives an RF signal, and a nanoplasma DC switch that receives a DC bias voltage. The nanoplasma DC switch is positioned adjacent to but spaced apart from the nanoplasma RF switch. The nanoplasma DC switch induces a nanoplasma through the nanoplasma RF switch when the DC bias voltage is set to a first voltage level. By implementing the nanoplasma switching system in this manner, DC bias to turn on or off the nanoplasma RF switch can be realized without needing to use passive components such as DC blocking capacitors, choke inductors, or baluns for isolation.

Abstract: A plenum for a dielectric window of a substrate processing system includes a first inlet port, a second inlet port, and a body. The body includes: a first recessed area configured to hold a first coil; a second recessed area configured to hold a second coil; a third recessed area configured to oppose a first area of the dielectric window, receive a first coolant from the first inlet port, and direct the first coolant across the first area to cool a first portion of the dielectric window; and a fourth recessed area configured to oppose a second area of the dielectric window, receive a second coolant from the second inlet port, and direct the second coolant across the second area to cool a second portion of the dielectric window.

Abstract: A headlight device including a headlight configured to emit light frontward of a leaning vehicle to form a lower light beam, an upper central light beam, an upper left light beam and an upper right light beam, and a control device that controls light emission from the headlight without any user operation. The control device forms both the upper left and the upper right light beams while the leaning vehicle is traveling straight, and reduces a brightness of the upper left and upper right light beams, responsive to a vehicle being illuminated by the upper left and upper right light beams respectively, and forms the upper left and upper right light beams respectively while the leaning vehicle is turning left and right, and maintains the brightness of the formed upper left or upper right light beam regardless of whether any vehicle is illuminated by the upper left or upper right light beam.

Abstract: An antenna structure includes a ground element, a feeding radiation element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a first coupling branch, an inductive element, and a dielectric substrate. The feeding radiation element has a feeding point. The first radiation element is coupled to the feeding radiation element. The second radiation element is coupled to the feeding radiation element. The second radiation element and the first radiation element substantially extend in opposite directions. The first coupling branch is coupled through the inductive element to a first grounding point on the ground element. The first coupling branch includes an elevated portion extending across the first radiation element. The ground element, the feeding radiation element, the first radiation element, the second radiation element, the inductive element, and the first coupling branch are disposed on the same surface of the dielectric substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nanoplasma switch device, comprising: —multiple electrically isolated electrodes; —a gap separating the two electrodes; wherein the gap has a width which is dimensioned to effect the generation of a plasma by electric-field electron emission.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a method for manufacturing the display panel, and an electronic device. The display panel includes a display functional layer, an antenna functional layer on a back side of the display functional layer, and a magnetic field absorption layer on a side, close to the display functional layer, of the antenna functional layer, or on a side, away from the display functional layer, of the antenna functional layer. At least one antenna structure of the antenna functional layer includes a first substrate, a power receiving coil on a side, away from the display functional layer, of the first substrate, and a first flat layer on a side, away from the first substrate, of the power receiving coil. An orthographic projection of the power receiving coil on a reference plane is within an orthographic projection of the magnetic field absorption layer on the reference plane.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a DC plasma torch. The power supply used is at least two times the average operating voltage used, resulting in a more stable operation of the torch. The torch can include two concentric cylinder electrodes, the electrodes can be graphite, and the plasma forming gas can be hydrogen. The power supply provided also has the capability of igniting the torch at a pulse voltage of at least 20 kilovolts.

Abstract: An LED control circuit and an electronic device, and an electronic apparatus. The LED control circuit includes a power terminal, a grounding terminal, and a plurality of control signal outputs, and a level recognition circuit outputs a digital signal according to a voltage difference between a voltage at the power terminal and a voltage at the grounding terminal. a decoding circuit parses the digital signal to obtain control data of the LED control circuit, and output a plurality of control signals to a plurality of control signal outputs according to the control data. Thus, a reference circuit for providing the reference voltage is omitted, a circuit configuration is simplified and a hardware cost is reduced.

Abstract: A polymer composition comprising a semiconductive material distributed within a polymer matrix is provided. The semiconductive material includes inorganic particles and an electrically conductive material, the inorganic particles having an average particle size of from about 0.1 to about 100 ?m and an electrical conductivity about 500 ?S/cm or less. The polymer matrix contains at least one thermoplastic high performance polymer having a deflection under load of about 40° C. or more. The polymer composition exhibits a dielectric constant of about 4 or more and a dissipation factor of about 0.3 or less, as determined at a frequency of 2 GHz.

Abstract: A plasma reactor, configured to process low temperature plasma, includes: a rotating reactor, a fixed reactor, and a master tube. An end of the master tube is connected to two branched tubes, one of the two branched tubes is connected to the rotating reactor, and the other one of the two branched tubes is connected to the fixed reactor. When a flow rate of inlet gas is less than a threshold defined by a flow detector, all the gas enters the rotating reactor from one of the two branched tubes. When the flow rate of the inlet gas is greater than the threshold of the flow detector, a valve is configured to operate to allow a part of the inlet gas that exceeds the threshold to enter the fixed reactor from the other one of the two branched tubes.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for electrically adjustable antenna stencils for controlling antenna pattern for beamforming are provided. In certain embodiments, a mobile device includes a front-end system including a plurality of radio frequency signal conditioning circuits, an antenna array including a plurality of electrically-adjustable stencils each connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of radio frequency signal conditioning circuits, and a control circuit configured to control the plurality of electrically-adjustable stencils to control an antenna pattern of the antenna array.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device including a first line, a second line including a first section disposed on a first side of the first line and a second section disposed on a second side of the first line, the second side being opposite to the first side and the second section being separate from the first section by a distance, and at least one bridge electrically connecting an end of the first section with an end of the second section and extending across the first line. The device may be a directional coupler that achieves significantly higher directivity than conventional directional coupler structures, and hence, improves power detection accuracy.

Abstract: The invention relates to a microwave driven plasma ion source (1) for ionising a sample to be ionised to sample ions, the microwave driven plasma ion source (1) including a sample intake (6) for inserting the sample from an outside of the microwave driven plasma ion source (1) into an inside (3) of the microwave driven plasma ion source (1): a microwave generator (10) for generating microwaves for generating a plasma (101) from a plasma gas (100): a plasma torch (20) providing a plasma torch orientation direction (29) having an inside (21) for housing (2) a process of generation of the plasma (101) from the plasma gas (100) and for housing a process of ionising the sample to the sample ions by exposing the sample to the plasma (101), wherein the plasma torch (20) comprises a torch outlet (22) for letting out the plasma (101) and the sample ions from the inside (21) of the plasma torch (20) essentially in the plasma torch orientation direction (29) to an outside of the plasma torch (20), the torch outlet (22)

Abstract: A lighting device control circuit includes an input voltage generating circuit and color temperature adjusting circuit. The color temperature adjusting circuit includes an encoder switch and first voltage adjusting element. The encoder switch includes a first main pin, first auxiliary pin, second main pin, second auxiliary pin, main common pin, auxiliary common pin and switch element. The main common pin and the auxiliary common pin are connected to a grounding point. The switch element selectively connects two of the above pins to each other. The positive electrode of a first light source is connected to the grounding point and the negative electrode thereof is connected to the first main pin, first auxiliary pin and second auxiliary pin. The positive electrode of a second light source is connected to the grounding point and the negative electrode thereof is connected to the second main pin via the first voltage adjusting element.

Abstract: A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna device for spatial multiplexing transmission and that includes: a front side dipole antenna arranged on a front side surface; and a rear side dipole antenna arranged on a rear side surface which faces the front side surface. The front side dipole antenna and the rear side dipole antenna have a same frequency band. The front side dipole antenna includes a front side bowtie antenna, and the rear side dipole antenna includes a rear side bowtie antenna. The front side bowtie antenna or the rear side bowtie antenna includes, at a side surface defined between the front side surface and the rear side surface of the MIMO antenna device, a side surface element portion for adjusting antenna performance which extends from the front side bowtie antenna or the rear side bowtie antenna.

Abstract: The invention provides a sensor device for controlling an electrical device, wherein the sensor device comprises a controller and a range sensor; wherein sensor device is configured to be mounted in an orientation relative to gravity; wherein the range sensor is configured to: obtain the orientation of the sensor device relative to gravity; operate in a first detection mode for detecting an object within a first predetermined distance range from the range sensor when the orientation is in a first predetermined orientation; wherein the controller is configured to output a control signal arranged for controlling the electrical device upon the range sensor detecting the object.

Abstract: A lighting system configured for daylight emulation. The system includes a plurality of light sources for generating a daylight-emulating output light spectrum. The system also includes a controller for dynamically controlling at least one of the intensity, directionality and color temperature to emulate sun position for at least one of a geography and time of day. The system further includes a networking facility that facilitates data communication with at least one external resource.