Abstract: A control circuit for a impedance matching circuit having first and second capacitor arrays receives as input one or more RF parameters of the impedance matching circuit, and in response thereto: determines a first match configuration for the first capacitor array and a second match configuration for the second capacitor array to create an impedance match between a fixed RF source impedance and a variable RF load impedance, the first match configuration and the second match configuration being determined from one or more look-up tables and based upon the detected one or more RF parameters; and alters at least one of the first array configuration and the second array configuration to the first match configuration and the second match configuration, respectively, by controlling the on and off states of (a) each discrete capacitor of the first capacitor array and (b) each discrete capacitor of the second capacitor array.

Abstract: A system and method to achieve low power and/or low supply operation of a delta-sigma modulator by taking advantage of the inherent virtual ground of the delta-sigma loop to make the input to a low power integrator small and largely independent of the input signal. This results in improved linearity of the integrator and relaxed constraints on the supply for the first stage integrator. The architecture also enables direct access to the quantization error of the feedback loop and thus can be used to either/or: 1. Calibrate the modulator, 2. Achieve reduced quantization noise, 3. Stabilize the loop by compensating for excess loop delay. Low voltage common-mode-feedback is also achieved using the techniques described.

Abstract: A firearm safety device for preventing an individual from inserting a magazine or cylinder containing cartridges into the firearm, injecting a cartridge into the firing chamber and pressing the trigger contemplates a transmitter receiver with storage and record information in or on the firearm. The safety device also includes an electromechanical trigger lock, electromechanical magazine or cylinder lock for preventing a magazine or cylinder from being inserted into the firearm and an electromechanical lock for preventing a cartridge from being injected into the firing chamber. In addition, the safety device includes a second or remote transmitter/receiver for carrying by an individual user and/or owner of the firearm for activating and deactivating the firearm safety device. In this embodiment of the invention the safety device is activated if the firearm is pointed in the direction of the user/owner.

Abstract: An RF impedance matching network includes an RF input; an RF output configured to operably couple to a plasma chamber; a series electronically variable capacitor (“series EVC”), the series EVC electrically coupled in series between the RF input and the RF output; and a shunt electronically variable capacitor (“shunt EVC”), the shunt EVC electrically coupled in parallel between a ground and one of the RF input and the RF output; a control circuit to control the series variable capacitance and the shunt variable capacitance, wherein the control circuit is configured to determine the variable plasma impedance of the plasma chamber, determine a series capacitance value and a shunt capacitance value, and generate a control signal to alter at least one of the series variable capacitance and the shunt variable capacitance; wherein the alteration is caused by at least one of a plurality of switching circuits.

Abstract: An system and method for controlling a plasma chamber includes operably coupling an RF generator to the plasma chamber, the RF generator providing an RF signal to a chamber input of the plasma chamber; measuring a parameter at the chamber input; determining a rate of change based on the measured parameter; detecting an excessive rate of change condition comprising the rate of change exceeding a reference rate of change; detecting a repetitive change condition comprising a predetermined number of the excessive rate of change conditions in a predetermined time; upon detection of the repetitive change condition, decreasing a power of the RF signal provided to the chamber input.

Abstract: A circuit for controlling an RF generator, the circuit including first and second heterodyne stages. The first heterodyne stage receives an input signal, which is based on a characteristic of an RF signal generated by the RF generator, and is configured to: mix the input signal with a first mix signal to generate a first heterodyne signal and to filter the first heterodyne signal through a low pass filter. The second heterodyne stage receives the filtered first heterodyne signal and is configured to: mix the filtered first heterodyne signal with a second mix signal to generate a second heterodyne signal and to filter the second heterodyne signal through a band pass filter. A detection stage converts the filtered second heterodyne signal to a DC signal, and a power control stage receives the DC signal and controls the RF signal in response to the DC signal.

Abstract: An RF generator and a method of controlling same includes an RF source; a DC source; and an RF amplifier comprising an RF input, a DC input, and an RF output, the RF amplifier configured to receive an RF signal at the RF input, receive a DC voltage at the DC input, and provide an output power at the RF output; a control unit operably coupled to the DC source and RF source, the control unit configured to receive a power setpoint for the RF output, determine a power dissipation at the RF generator, alter the DC voltage, and repeat the alteration of the DC voltage until determining a final DC voltage that decreases the power dissipation at the RF generator while enabling the output power at the RF output to be equal to or greater than the power setpoint.

Abstract: An RF matching network includes a control circuit configured to instruct at least one EVC to alter its variable capacitance, the alteration of the variable capacitance causing the matching network to achieve a preliminary match state, the preliminary match state having an associated first reflection parameter value at an RF source output; and upon the achievement of the preliminary match state, instruct an RF source to alter a variable RF source frequency, the alteration of the variable RF source frequency causing achievement of a final match state, the final match state having an associated second reflection parameter value at the RF source output; wherein the second reflection parameter value is less than the first reflection parameter value.

Abstract: An RF impedance matching network includes an RF input; an RF output configured to operably couple to a plasma chamber; a series electronically variable capacitor (“series EVC”), the series EVC electrically coupled in series between the RF input and the RF output; and a shunt electronically variable capacitor (“shunt EVC”), the shunt EVC electrically coupled in parallel between a ground and one of the RF input and the RF output; a control circuit to control the series variable capacitance and the shunt variable capacitance, wherein the control circuit is configured to determine the variable plasma impedance of the plasma chamber, determine a series capacitance value and a shunt capacitance value, and generate a control signal to alter at least one of the series variable capacitance and the shunt variable capacitance; wherein the alteration is caused by at least one of a plurality of switching circuits.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to interactive response systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for providing multi-modality interaction between communication devices. In one embodiment, a multi-modality interactive system is disclosed, comprising: a processor; and a memory storing processor-executable instructions comprising instructions to: obtain a request to initiate an interactive session with a communication device; obtain interactive session data for communication to the communication device; select a modality for the interactive session data, by analyzing one or more parameters associated with the interactive session data and the communication device; convert a format of the interactive session data according to the selected modality; and transmit the interactive session data in the converted format to the communication device.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to broadcasting and telecommunication and, more particularly, to broadcasting of text and visual messages over a geographical area. In one embodiment, a visual information broadcaster is disclosed, comprising: a hardware processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of modules capable of being executed by the processor to perform operations, and wherein the plurality of modules comprises: a receiving module configured to receive a first input comprising a string of characters selected from a text, an image, or a combination thereof, a transforming module configured to transform the first input into a first image having at least two dimensions; an encoder module configured to convert the first image into a one-dimensional signal waveform; and a modulator module configured to modulate the one-dimensional signal waveform for transmission via a modulated one-dimensional signal waveform.

Abstract: A microgrid and methods for managing the microgrid are disclosed. A microgrid controller may determine an amount of energy generated by each of a plurality of distributed energy resources connected to the microgrid. The microgrid controller may determine an amount of energy required to power each of a plurality of loads connected to the microgrid. The microgrid controller may alter, based on the determined amount of energy generated by the each of the plurality of distributed energy resources and the amount of energy required to power each of the plurality of loads connected to the microgrid, a status of at least one of the plurality of loads connected to the microgrid.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a system and a method to enable an IVR mashup interface to ease the selection of services over a communication device and enhances the caller experience by ways of personalizing the call and making effective use of the call hold time. The said system and method as implemented by the mashup server automatically connects the caller to the most immediate service offering service provider after simultaneously placing of the call to various service providers. In the mean time, the mashup server simultaneously calculates the wait time to get connected to service provider after a call is made to mashup service and relays appropriate promotional content to the caller based on such wait time and the profile of the user. Further the system and method as proposed is capable of representing a user and transact on behalf of the user by talking to the live agents or interacting with the automated IVR systems representing the service providers.

Abstract: A speech corpus creation method and system are disclosed. The method comprising identifying a publicly accessible first source of the first speech data and its corresponding first text transcription; extracting a second speech data of an accessible encoding format from the first speech data; extracting a second text transcription data with at least one encoding format from the first text transcription data; matching and aligning the transcription to the extracted second speech data at a sentence, word, phoneme level, or combination thereof to form a first and a second speech corpus; analyzing the text transcriptions in the second speech corpus to identify the short speech segments to produce a phonetically balanced, segmented, text aligned third speech corpus; and conditioning the third speech corpus by inserting a context and associated environment richer corpus therein the third speech corpus from at least one second source to form the final speech corpus.

Abstract: A processor in a data processing system executes a permutation instruction which identifies a first source register, at least one other source register, and a destination register. The first source register stores at least one in-range index value for the at least one other source register and at least one out-of-range index value for the at least one other source register. The at least one other source register stores a plurality of vector element values, wherein each in-range index value indicates which vector element value of the at least one other source register is to be stored into a corresponding vector element of the destination register. Each out-of-range index value is used to indicate which one of at least two predetermined constant values is to be stored into a corresponding vector element of the destination register. Partial table lookups using a permutation instruction shortens the time required to retrieve data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to interactive response systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for providing multi-modality interaction between communication devices. In one embodiment, a multi-modality interactive system is disclosed, comprising: a processor; and a memory storing processor-executable instructions comprising instructions to: obtain a request to initiate an interactive session with a communication device; obtain interactive session data for communication to the communication device; select a modality for the interactive session data, by analyzing one or more parameters associated with the interactive session data and the communication device; convert a format of the interactive session data according to the selected modality; and transmit the interactive session data in the converted format to the communication device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable oral pharmaceutical composition with improved solubility and bioavailability; comprising a taxoid, a solubilizer, a stabilizing agent, a surfactant(s), a solvent(s), and an oil wherein the concentration of taxoid is in the range of 0.1 to 10%.

Abstract: A system and method for porting of existing speech recognition solutions in a source language to a target language has been disclosed. The system envisaged by the present invention enables porting of a working speech recognition solution in the source language to a working system in the target language, thus minimizing the development process and reusing existing speech recognition solution components to recognize multiple languages.

Abstract: The present invention provides a frugal method for extraction of speech data and associated transcription from plurality of web resources (internet) for speech corpus creation characterized by an automation of the speech corpus creation and cost reduction. An integration of existing speech corpus with extracted speech data and its transcription from the web resources to build an aggregated rich speech corpus that are effective and easy to adapt for generating acoustic and language models for (Automatic Speech Recognition) ASR systems.

Abstract: A method for operating a data processing system is provided. The method includes providing a first operand stored in a first register, providing a second operand stored in the register, providing a third operand stored in the register. The method further includes executing a first instruction, where executing the first instruction comprises: (1) retrieving the first operand, the second operand, and the third operand from the first register; (2) performing an operation using the first operand, the second operand, and the third operand to generate a bit exact result.