Abstract: A liquid crystal on silicon, a wavelength selective switch, an alignment direction obtaining method, and a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal on silicon. The liquid crystal on silicon has a first pixel area, and a first liquid crystal located in the first pixel area. The first liquid crystal is deflected in a plane perpendicular to a first panel, and is deflected towards a first direction in a plane parallel to the first panel. An alignment direction of the first partial alignment film located in the first pixel area is deflected towards a second direction relative to a polarization direction of an incident beam, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction to reduce a loss of a deflected beam.

Abstract: A memory protection module includes comparison logic that has a write-once window CSR that stores a memory address range, and window protection logic. The comparison logic receives a memory write transaction, determines a memory address of the memory write transaction, and provides an indication as to whether or not the memory address is included in the memory address range. The window protection logic receives the memory transaction receives the indication from the comparison logic, allows the memory write transaction to proceed in response to the indication indicating that the memory address is not included in the memory address range, and drops the memory write transaction in response to the indication indicating that the memory address is included in the memory address range.

Abstract: Tomography apparatus comprises: a plurality of electrodes arranged around a perimeter of a cross section of a sample volume for containing a liquid or mixed-phase sample, each electrode being arranged to be in electrical contact with a sample contained in the sample volume; measurement means adapted to perform a set of measurements, each measurement comprising driving a current between a first respective adjacent pair of said electrodes and measuring a voltage developed across a second respective adjacent pair of said electrodes; and processing means adapted to generate a tomogram indicative of sample conductivity over said cross section from said set of measurements. The processing means is arranged to calculate sample conductivity values of a portion of said cross section from said set of measurements and generate said tomogram from said calculated sample conductivity values of said portion using an assumption of symmetry.

Abstract: A memory protection module includes comparison logic that has a write-once window CSR that stores a memory address range, and window protection logic. The comparison logic receives a memory write transaction, determines a memory address of the memory write transaction, and provides an indication as to whether or not the memory address is included in the memory address range. The window protection logic receives the memory transaction receives the indication from the comparison logic, allows the memory write transaction to proceed in response to the indication indicating that the memory address is not included in the memory address range, and drops the memory write transaction in response to the indication indicating that the memory address is included in the memory address range.

Abstract: A flow monitoring system is described for monitoring flow of a mixed-phase sample comprising at least a first phase and a second phase having different electrical conductivities, the second phase being a liquid or a gas and substantially electrically non- conductive and the first phase being a liquid and having a conductivity higher than the second phase.

Abstract: Tomography apparatus comprises: a plurality of electrodes arranged around a perimeter of a cross section of a sample volume for containing a liquid or mixed-phase sample, each electrode being arranged to be in electrical contact with a sample contained in the sample volume; measurement means adapted to perform a set of measurements, each measurement comprising driving a current between a first respective adjacent pair of said electrodes and measuring a voltage developed across a second respective adjacent pair of said electrodes; and processing means adapted to generate a tomogram indicative of sample conductivity over said cross section from said set of measurements. The processing means is arranged to calculate sample conductivity values of a portion of said cross section from said set of measurements and generate said tomogram from said calculated sample conductivity values of said portion using an assumption of symmetry.

Abstract: A memory protection module includes comparison logic that has a write-once window CSR that stores a memory address range, and window protection logic. The comparison logic receives a memory write transaction, determines a memory address of the memory write transaction, and provides an indication as to whether or not the memory address is included in the memory address range. The window protection logic receives the memory transaction, receives the indication from the comparison logic, allows the memory write transaction to proceed in response to the indication indicating that the memory address is not included in the memory address range, and drops the memory write transaction in response to the indication indicating that the memory address is included in the memory address range.

Abstract: A memory protection module includes comparison logic that has a write-once window CSR that stores a memory address range, and window protection logic. The comparison logic receives a memory write transaction, determines a memory address of the memory write transaction, and provides an indication as to whether or not the memory address is included in the memory address range. The window protection logic receives the memory transaction, receives the indication from the comparison logic, allows the memory write transaction to proceed in response to the indication indicating that the memory address is not included in the memory address range, and drops the memory write transaction in response to the indication indicating that the memory address is included in the memory address range.

Abstract: This invention is involved in the field of pharmaceutical technology. It is related to a triazine compound for resisting coccidiosis in chickens, its preparation method and application. This compound has the structure below.

Abstract: Electrical tomography apparatus comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode; and current driving means for driving an electrical current between the first electrode and the second electrode through a medium, wherein the current driving means comprises: a first transformer having a first winding and a second winding, the second winding having a first terminal and a second terminal; and means for generating an alternating current through the first winding so as to generate an alternating voltage between said first terminal and said second terminal. The apparatus further comprises connecting means arranged to connect the first terminal to the first electrode and the second terminal to the second electrode. Generation of the alternating current in the first winding results in generation of an alternating voltage between the first and second electrodes. In certain embodiments, a current sensing transformer provides an indication of current driven through the medium.

Abstract: A brewing device includes a brewing cylinder and a piston received in and reciprocally movable inside the brewing cylinder. The brewing device is connected to a water supply device that supplies a liquid to the brewing cylinder. The piston includes a piston head that is hollow and includes a bar mounted to an inside wall thereof and a piston rod that forms a pivot hole rotatably jointed to the bar to allow the bar to do movement. The piston rod forms a lid at a location close to the pivot hole that selectively sets the piston in a closed condition, whereby through change of position of the lid by the piston rod, the piston is switchably set in an open configuration and a closed configuration for readily controlling amount of water contained in the brewing cylinder to meet various conditions for different quantities of brewing water.

Abstract: A brewing device includes a brewing cylinder and a piston received in and reciprocally movable inside the brewing cylinder. The brewing device is connected to a water supply device that supplies a liquid to the brewing cylinder. The piston includes a piston head that is hollow and includes a bar mounted to an inside wall thereof and a piston rod that forms a pivot hole rotatably jointed to the bar to allow the bar to do movement. The piston rod forms a lid at a location close to the pivot hole that selectively sets the piston in a closed condition, whereby through change of position of the lid by the piston rod, the piston is switchably set in an open configuration and a closed configuration for readily controlling amount of water contained in the brewing cylinder to meet various conditions for different quantities of brewing water.

Abstract: Electrical tomography apparatus comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode; and current driving means for driving an electrical current between the first electrode and the second electrode through a medium, wherein the current driving means comprises: a first transformer having a first winding and a second winding, the second winding having a first terminal and a second terminal; and means for generating an alternating current through the first winding so as to generate an alternating voltage between said first terminal and said second terminal. The apparatus further comprises connecting means arranged to connect the first terminal to the first electrode and the second terminal to the second electrode. Generation of the alternating current in the first winding results in generation of an alternating voltage between the first and second electrodes. In certain embodiments, a current sensing transformer provides an indication of current driven through the medium.

Abstract: Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) data processing system, for acquiring and processing data from two-phase flows, comprising a dual-plane sensor, a plurality of digital signal processing modules configured in a data pipeline processing arrangement and a plurality of data acquisition subsystems in communication with a first one of said digital signal processing modules.

Abstract: Electrical impedance tomography (EII) data processing system, for acquiring and processing data from two-phase flows, comprising a dual-plane sensor, a plurality of digital signal processing modules configured in a data pipeline processing arrangement and a plurality of data acquisition subsystems in communication with a first one of said digital signal processing modules.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for obtaining a representation of the distribution of electrical impedance within a multiphase flow with an electrically continuous or discontinuous principle flow contained within an electrically conductive solid ring electrode, including providing a plurality of mutually spaced electrical contacts mounted at the outside wall of the ring and electrically contacting with the ring, applying currents or voltages to the ring from the electrical contacts, generating a more homogeneous electric field distribution within the material, measuring voltage or current distribution alone the ring from other electrical contacts, relatively intensifying the imaging sensitivity at the central area of the sensing domain using a ?/2 angle sensing strategy and reconstructing the representation of the impedance distribution using CG method with an error processing strategy.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for obtaining a representation of the distribution of electrical impedance within a multiphase flow with an electrically continuous or discontinuous principle flow (3) contained within an electrically conductive solid ring electrode (1), comprising providing a plurality of mutually spaced electrical contacts (2) mounted at the outside wall of the ring and electrically contacted with the ring, applying currents or voltages (4) to the ring from the electrical contacts (2), generating a more homogeneous electric field distribution within the material (3), measuring voltage or current (5) distribution along the ring from other electrical contacts (2), relatively intensifying the imaging sensitivity at the central area of the sensing domain using a &pgr;/2 angle sensing strategy and reconstructing the representation of the impedance distribution using CG method with an error processing strategy.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for obtaining a representation of the distribution of electrical impedance within material contained within a containing wall, comprising providing a plurality of mutually spaced electrodes mounted at spaced locations of the wall, electrically insulated from one another and arranged to be in electrical contact with material contained within the wall, applying between an electrical reference ground and each electrode, separately, an input electrical signal which, while applied to any one of the electrodes, causes respective output electrical signals to be generated between the reference ground and each other one of the electrodes, measuring the output electrical signals and processing the resulting measured data to provide a representation of the distribution, within the said material, of its electrical impedance.