Abstract: A high capacity USB or 1394 memory device includes a USB or 1394 port for connecting to an external USB or 1394 port (i.e. the USB or 1394 port of a host device such as a computer), a USB or 1394 hub controller having an upstream end connected to the USB or 1394 port, a plurality of memory controllers each connected to a downstream end of the USB or 1394 hub controller, and a plurality of memory banks each including a plurality of memory elements, each memory bank being connected to and controlled by a memory controller. The memory device additionally includes support circuitry such as a voltage regulator and one or more oscillators. The hub controllers and memory controllers can be programmed to implement a RAID algorithm. The memory device provides increased memory capacity and read/write speed while saving space, power and cost.

Abstract: An antenna component combination has an array of metallic antenna receptors which are surrounded by a flexible waterproof bag. In one embodiment, the waterproof bag is a plastic bag having a forward wall and a rearward wall, and the array of antenna receptors is physically attached to the rearward wall of the waterproof bag. In another embodiment, the array of antenna receptors is attached to a flexible backing sheet. The antenna component combination can be fashioned into a working antenna by attachment of a metallic radio frequency reflective shield either to the outside of the rearward plastic bag wall or, in embodiments using a flexible backing sheet, to the back side of the backing sheet opposite the side of the backing sheet to which the antenna receptors are attached.