Abstract: Provided herein are chelator constructs (e.g., nucleic acid, peptide, peptide nucleic acid, etc.) that sequester metal ions (e.g., Mg2+) under a first set of conditions and fail to sequester or release sequestered metal ions under a second set of conditions. In particular, nucleic acid constructs are provided that sequester metal ions (e.g., Mg2+) under conditions that favor secondary and tertiary structure formation and release or fail to sequester metal ions under conditions that disfavor the formation of such structures.

Abstract: Embodiments provide an electromagnetic shielding material and a method for packaging an optical module, where the electromagnetic shielding material includes an electromagnetic shield layer. The electromagnetic shield layer includes an external flux guide layer, an insulation medium layer, and an internal flux guide layer. The external flux guide layer is of a mesh structure, and each mesh forms a first guiding unit. The first guiding unit is of a tapered structure, and the guiding unit forms a first included angle with a horizontal direction. The first included angle is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees. A cross section of the electromagnetic shield layer is in a sawtooth shape.

Abstract: A device is provided that integrates a plurality of inductors in parallel. The device includes a plurality of windings and a magnetic core structure. A number of the windings corresponds to a number of the inductors. The magnetic core structure includes a plurality of windows, wherein each window includes at least two windings coupled with each other. When a phase difference of the voltage phases is smaller than a predetermined value, voltage phases of two terminals of any two of the windings within the same window are substantially the same.

Abstract: A device for testing mechanical seal performance includes a main shaft (4), a working chamber (18) with two end covers (6, 13) respectively located at two ends thereof, and two groups of mechanical seals to be tested (7); wherein a shaft sleeve (5) and the main shaft (4) form a clearance fit and penetrate through the end covers (6, 13) at two ends of the working chamber (18) together; the shaft sleeve (5) extends outside U-shaped openings (23) which are arranged at two ends of the end covers (6, 13) and arranged on the same generatrix; driven pins (15) are arranged on the locations of the main shaft (4) corresponding to the U-shaped openings (23); the middle part of the shaft sleeve (5) is provided with two segments of threads having the same thread pitch and opposite rotating directions.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an optical transmitter, a 10 G-DML, an MPD 1, an MPD 2, a collimation lens, and a narrowband optical filter are disposed in a TO to achieve monitoring of an optical power, received optical powers are monitored by using the MPD 1 and the MPD 2, the detected optical powers are output to a wavelength locking monitoring circuit by using a TO pin, variations, which are detected by the wavelength locking monitoring circuit, of the optical power and a variation of a wavelength locking factor K0 are separately compared with corresponding thresholds, and a comparison result are sent to a wavelength locking control circuit, to enable the wavelength locking control circuit to adjust, according to the comparison result and by using the TO pin, a temperature of a TEC to perform wavelength alignment.

Abstract: A power converter device includes a power element module, a conductor, and a magnetic-conductive assembly. The power element module includes at least two electrodes and a power semiconductor unit. Voltage among these electrodes is AC voltage. The power semiconductor unit includes at least one pure die, and the pure die includes plural surfaces. The surface which occupies the most area of the pure die is the pure die surface. The conductor is coupled to the power element module. A current loop forms between the power element module and the conductor. A magnetic loop forms in the magnetic-conductive assembly. The magnetic-conductive assembly includes a chamber. The current loop passes through the chamber and intersects the magnetic loop to form inductance which the current loop needs. A part of the power element module is disposed in the chamber.

Abstract: A power module is disclosed. The power module includes a magnetic assembly, a switching device, a first upper conductive element and a first sidewall conductive element. The magnetic assembly has a first magnetic core, a second magnetic core and a receiving space. The first magnetic core has a first top surface, a first bottom surface and at least one first sidewall through-hole. The second magnetic core is coupled with the first magnetic core. The receiving space is formed between the first magnetic core and the second magnetic core. The switching device is disposed on the first top surface and accommodated in the receiving space. The first upper conductive element is disposed on the first top surface of the first magnetic core and electrically connected to the switch component. The first sidewall conductive element is disposed in the first sidewall through-hole and electrically connected to the first upper conductive element.

Abstract: A radio frequency interference suppression circuit that includes a reference ground end, a main power circuit, a driving circuit and an impedance unit is provided. The main power circuit includes a first switch that includes a control end, a first and a second end. A minimal impedance is presented between the second end and the reference ground end. The driving circuit is coupled to the control end and the second end. The first impedance unit is formed between the second end and the reference ground end in a high frequency differential mode loop to reduce a high frequency voltage drop therein. The first switch receives a driving signal from the driving circuit to be turned on or turned off between the first and the second ends accordingly to make the main power circuit converts a first power signal to a second power signal.

Abstract: The exemplary non-limiting embodiments described herein provide a display suspension device and related display device. In at least one embodiment, the display suspension device includes: a vertical slider, which is connected to a display so as to guide the display to slide in the vertical direction; a suspension part, with one end of the suspension part joined with the vertical slider and the other end connected to a suspension point; an air spring, which is located on the suspension part and used to retain the location of the vertical slider when the vertical slider stops sliding; a movable pulley, a rotation shaft of which is connected to a piston rod of the air spring; and a cable, which winds around the movable pulley, with one end of the cable connected to the suspension part and the other end connected to the vertical slider.

Abstract: A magnetic assembly includes a magnetic core and at least one foil winding assembly. The magnetic core includes plural magnetic legs. At least one magnetic path is defined by the plural magnetic legs collaboratively. Moreover, at least one low-permeability structure is formed in at least one specified magnetic leg of the plural magnetic legs. The at least one foil winding assembly is wound around the specified magnetic leg. Consequently, plural winding parts in a multi-layered arrangement are sequentially stacked on the specified magnetic leg. A direction of a conductor thickness of each winding part is perpendicular to a direction of a magnetic flux through the specified magnetic leg. The plural winding parts are gradually close to the low-permeability structure along an arranging direction, and the conductor thicknesses of at least two of the plural winding parts are gradually decreased along the arranging direction.

Abstract: The invention is a method of identifying a preferred location for an electrode array to the neural characteristics of an individual subject. The response to electrical neural stimulation varies from subject to subject and array location to array location. Measure of impedance may be used to predict the electrode height from the neural tissue and, thereby, predict the preferred location. Alternatively, electrode height may be measured directly to predict the preferred location.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide a data processing method and apparatus, which can resolve a problem of excessively small capacity of a base station for data transmission, and improve capacity of the base station for data transmission. In one embodiment, a base station obtains a wireless data packet, performs protocol conversion on the wireless data packet to generate a transmission data packet, adapts the transmission data packet to generate a standard data packet, compresses and optimizes the standard data packet to generate compressed data, and adds the compressed data to a preset data packet. The present invention is used for data processing.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, for a retinal or cortical electrode array to enable restoration of sight to certain non-sighted individuals. The hermetically sealed electronics package is directly bonded to the flex circuit or electrode by electroplating a biocompatible material, such as platinum or gold, effectively forming a plated rivet-shaped connection, which bonds the flex circuit to the electronics package. The resulting electronic device is biocompatible and is suitable for long-term implantation in living tissue.

Abstract: The instant invention is designed to provide an adaptive approach to removing short-period time/phase distortions within a downward-continuation process that is a key component of seismic migration algorithms Using techniques analogous to residual statics corrections that are used in standard seismic processing, one inventive approach estimates and removes the effects of short wavelength velocity disruptions, thereby creating clearer seismic images of the subsurface of the earth. Additionally, the instant method will provide an updated velocity model that can be used to obtain further image improvement.

Abstract: The present invention consists of an implantable device with a hermetic electronics package that houses electronics. The hermetic package is attached to a flexible circuit electrode array having its electrodes arranged in a trapezoidal electrode array field that is suitable to stimulate the visual cortex. The hermetic electronics package is provided with a fixation structure that secures, protects and dissipates heat from the electronics package. The entire implantable device can be entirely implanted within the head.

Abstract: A center-tapped transformer comprises a magnetic core, and windings including a primary winding and a secondary windings. The primary winding comprises at least one layer of a primary effective conductor, and the secondary winding comprises at least one layer of a first secondary effective conductor and at least one layer of a second secondary effective conductor. The total thickness hp of the primary effective conductor and the total thickness hs of the secondary effective conductor satisfy: 0.65<hp/hs<0.8, wherein hp is equal to the sum of the thicknesses dp of all the layers of the primary effective conductor, and hs is equal to the sum of the thicknesses ds of all the layers of the first and the second secondary effective conductor.

Abstract: An integrated inductor apparatus integrated to be a plurality of inductors is provided. The integrated inductor apparatus includes inductor windings to form inductors and includes at least two windows each having at least one of the inductor windings disposed therein and magnetic core units, each having a closed geometrical structure to form one of the at least two windows, wherein two of the neighboring magnetic core units have a shared magnetic core part. The magnetic core units comprise at least two kinds of material having different magnetic permeability corresponding to different sections of the magnetic core units, wherein the reluctance of the shared magnetic core part is smaller than the reluctance of a non-shared magnetic core part of the magnetic core units.

Abstract: A device is provided that integrates a plurality of inductors in parallel. The device includes a plurality of windings and a magnetic core structure. A number of the windings corresponds to a number of the inductors. The magnetic core structure includes a plurality of windows, wherein each window includes at least two windings coupled with each other. When a phase difference of the voltage phases is smaller than a predetermined value, voltage phases of two terminals of any two of the windings within the same window are substantially the same.

Abstract: A filter device comprises: a filter capacitor portion having one set of ends connected to the AC voltage unit, and the other set of ends connected to DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit via a low impedance element, wherein both set of ends of the filter capacitor portion and the DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit are static ground terminals of the power converter; a filter inductance portion a first set of connection terminals connected to the AC voltage unit, a second set of connection terminals connected to the AC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit, a third set of connection terminals connected to one of the static ground terminals of the power converter, and a fourth set of connection terminals; and a compensation portion having one end connected to the fourth set of connection terminals and the other end connected to the ground.

Abstract: An optical transmit system, including a direct modulator configured to generate an optical signal, an optical amplifier coupled to the direct modulator configured to amplify the optical signal output by the direct modulator, and a stimulated Brillouin scattering component coupled to the optical amplifier configured to limit optical power of the optical signal output by the optical amplifier, where a stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold of the stimulated Brillouin scattering component is equal to minimum optical power of a part, which needs to be limited, of the optical signal output by the optical amplifier, and the stimulated Brillouin scattering component reflects, using a stimulated Brillouin scattering frequency difference, a part, which has optical power higher than the minimum optical power, of the optical signal output by the optical amplifier in order to limit outputting of this part of the optical signal.