Abstract: In a real-time video transmission system for a cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on an adaptive bitrate provided by the present disclosure, an on-board computer is loaded and configured on the UAV, such that the UAV can provide multiple video streams with different bitrates for retrieval. A client with a bitrate adaptation unit is set up, allowing the system to adjust the bitrate of the video stream according to network conditions in each time interval. Intranet penetration and port mapping are implemented on the cloud server, enabling the client to obtain, from the cloud server, the real-time video stream captured by the UAV. The present disclosure allows a remote user to watch, through a cellular network, the real-time video stream captured by the UAV.

Abstract: A using method of a statistics table in a solid state storage device is provided. When the solid state storage device is powered on, the statistics table is loaded from a non-volatile memory into a volatile memory. A content of the statistics table contains plural ranges. The plural ranges respectively correspond to plural counting values. If an update cycle is reached, the statistics table is updated according to a sensed value. A first sum value is calculated according to the plural counting values corresponding to the plural ranges in the statistics table. The timing of enabling a data verification process for the non-volatile memory is determined according to the first sum value and a first threshold value.

Abstract: A using method of a statistics table in a solid state storage device is provided. When the solid state storage device is powered on, the statistics table is loaded from a non-volatile memory into a volatile memory. A content of the statistics table contains plural ranges. The plural ranges respectively correspond to plural counting values. If an update cycle is reached, the statistics table is updated according to a sensed value. A first sum value is calculated according to the plural counting values corresponding to the plural ranges in the statistics table. The timing of enabling a data verification process for the non-volatile memory is determined according to the first sum value and a first threshold value.

Abstract: In a real-time video transmission system for a cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on an adaptive bitrate provided by the present disclosure, an on-board computer is loaded and configured on the UAV, such that the UAV can provide multiple video streams with different bitrates for retrieval. A client with a bitrate adaptation unit is set up, allowing the system to adjust the bitrate of the video stream according to network conditions in each time interval. Intranet penetration and port mapping are implemented on the cloud server, enabling the client to obtain, from the cloud server, the real-time video stream captured by the UAV. The present disclosure allows a remote user to watch, through a cellular network, the real-time video stream captured by the UAV.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a beamforming method and device based on phase shifter switching control, and a system. The method includes: acquiring a channel vector of a channel of each of low-load terminals; acquiring, based on the channel vector, contribution degrees of phase shifters corresponding to the channel; sequentially changing a connected state of each of the phase shifters from closing to opening based on the contribution degrees of the phase shifters corresponding to the channel, calculating a to-be-processed signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) of the low-load terminal after changing the connected state of the phase shifter once, stopping to change the connected state of the phase shifter if the to-be-processed SINR meets a preset condition, and changing the connected state of the phase shifter meeting the preset condition to the closing.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electron source operating method, the electron source including at least one emission site fixed on a tip, the emission site being a reaction product formed by metal atoms of a surface of the tip and gas molecules under an electric field, and the operating method comprises emitting electrons by controlling operating parameters of the electron source.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing an electron source. The method includes forming one or more fixed emission sites on at least one needle tip, the fixed emission sites including a reaction product formed by metal atoms on a surface of the needle tip and gas molecules.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of regenerating an electron source, the electron source including at least one emission site fixed on a needle tip, and the emission site including a reaction product formed by metal atoms and gas molecules. The method includes regenerating the electron source in situ if an emission capability of the electron source satisfies a regeneration condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of regenerating an electron source, the electron source including at least one emission site fixed on a needle tip, and the emission site including a reaction product formed by metal atoms and gas molecules. The method includes regenerating the electron source in situ if an emission capability of the electron source satisfies a regeneration condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electron source operating method, the electron source including at least one emission site fixed on a tip, the emission site being a reaction product formed by metal atoms of a surface of the tip and gas molecules under an electric field, and the operating method comprises emitting electrons by controlling operating parameters of the electron source.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing an electron source. The method includes forming one or more fixed emission sites on at least one needle tip, the fixed emission sites including a reaction product formed by metal atoms on a surface of the needle tip and gas molecules.

Abstract: A nearly isothermal heat pipe heat sink is provided. The heat sink includes a flat heat pipe connected to one or more flat vapor chambers using a conduit and a heat pipe. The connected flat heat pipe and the flat vapor chambers form a common vapor domain. Fins are attached on the outer surfaces of the flat heat pipe and the flat vapor chambers. Various capillary structures are also provided for fabricating flat heat pipes. A panelized welding process is further provided for fabricating flat heat pipes or flat vapor chambers. The panelized welding process uses either friction stir welding (FSW) or plasma beam welding to transversely join the panels that form the flat heat pipes or the flat vapor chambers.

Abstract: An impeller with hybrid blades can be used in any blowers, which are applied in many fields such as cooling computers and HVAC. The impeller increases air flow as well as pressure. Each hybrid blade extends from the impeller hub with the shape of an axial fan blade and smoothly transforms at a proper radius of the impeller to the shape of a centrifugal blower blade. In addition, a dual-tunnel blower with multiple outlets is also presented.

Abstract: Microgrooves (<0.2 mm wide) of various shapes used as wick structures in heat pipes can increase the capillary force to overcome the gravitational force on the working fluid so as to enable large working angles for the heat pipes. The microgrooves can be fabricated by two sequential steps use a first plowshare-like blade to turn up the material for large size grooves and then immediately use a second plowshare-like blade to rebury by the previously turned up material. The microgrooves and the fabrication method can be used to manufacture flat heat pipes (vapor chambers) as well as tubular heat pipes.

Abstract: A heat dissipating device includes a motor, a rotary unit, and a housing for receiving the motor and the rotary unit. The rotary unit includes a hub mounted to the motor and blades extending from the hub. The housing defines a hot air inlet, a hot air outlet, a cold air inlet, and a cold air outlet. The housing includes a first partition and a second partition located close to outer ends of the blades. The two partitions divide the housing into a first channel coupling the hot air inlet and the hot air outlet, and a second channel coupling the cold air inlet and the cold air outlet. The two partitions have widths greater than a pitch of the blades to prevent air from mixing in the two channels. The two channels create a bi-directional blower that removes hot air from and provides cold air into a computer case.

Abstract: An elasto-plastic socket for Land or Ball Grid Array package comprising a plurality of metal contacts embedded in a substrate by lamination. The curved plate spring of the metal contacts enable large deformation to accommodate all tolerances other than package tolerance and ensure uniform contact pressure across the package because they are designed based on the application of elasto-plasticity theory. An elasto-plastic stiffener shares the pressure from heat sink to package substrate and semiconductor. A cutting edge subsystem assembly for Land or Ball Grid Array package integrates L/BGA socket, L/BGA package and heat sink with a frame on top of PCB to increase the stiffness. The methods of post manufacturing including post forming and post age hardening used for testing socket application can increase the durability.

Abstract: A nearly isothermal heat pipe heat sink is provided. The heat sink includes a flat heat pipe connected to one or more flat vapor chambers using a conduit and a heat pipe. The connected flat heat pipe and the flat vapor chambers form a common vapor domain. Fins are attached on the outer surfaces of the flat heat pipe and the flat vapor chambers. Various capillary structures are also provided for fabricating flat heat pipes. A panelized welding process is further provided for fabricating flat heat pipes or flat vapor chambers. The panelized welding process uses either friction stir welding (FSW) or plasma beam welding to transversely join the panels that form the flat heat pipes or the flat vapor chambers.

Abstract: A “lidless” integrated circuit package includes a support member that is arranged to support at least part of a load placed on the integrated circuit package. The support member has or is connected to a flexible support device that is in supportive contact with the load and that is designed to flex dependent on a position of the support member. The flexible support device substantially ensures that a plane of the surface of the flexible support device and a plane of a surface of a semiconductor die of the integrated circuit package are co-planar, thereby leading to a desirable load distribution within the integrated circuit package.

Abstract: Bi-directional Blowers capable of sucking-in ambient air and blowing-out hot air from system box simultaneously are invented to cool computer or electronic systems. The application to cooling laptop computers is disclosed in very details. The bi-directional blowers are comprised of a DC or AC motor, a rotary part of blades and/or impellers, an optional cover, and a housing frame with built-in broken walls, stationary blades and airfoils, which control the flow volume and direction. The separate zone to divide the blow-out and suck-in channels is constructed using the broken walls with conjunction of the blades and/or impellers. The rotary part is the radial blades, or a combination of blades and impellers. Two types of bi-directional blowers are explored: the pressure type and hybrid type. A one-way blower of pressure type utilizes the same principle of the bi-directional blowers such that the inlet and outlet can be located on sides of the blower.

Abstract: A heat dissipating device includes a motor, a rotary unit, and a housing for receiving the motor and the rotary unit. The rotary unit includes a hub mounted to the motor and blades extending from the hub. The housing defines a hot air inlet, a hot air outlet, a cold air inlet, and a cold air outlet. The housing includes a first partition and a second partition located close to outer ends of the blades. The two partitions divide the housing into a first channel coupling the hot air inlet and the hot air outlet, and a second channel coupling the cold air inlet and the cold air outlet. The two partitions have widths greater than a pitch of the blades to prevent air from mixing in the two channels. The two channels create a bi-directional blower that removes hot air from and provides cold air into a computer case.