Abstract: Systems, circuits, and methods for amplifying signals are provided. An illustrative circuit may include an amplifier that amplifies an input signal received at an input node of the amplifier and provides an amplified version of the input signal as an output signal at an output node of the amplifier. The circuit may further include at least one Continuous-Time Linear Equalizer (CTLE) circuit component connected with the amplifier, the CTLE circuit component providing an ultra-wide dynamic peaking control range for the amplifier.

Abstract: A floor tile for use in a flooring system, comprises a floor tile body and a female connecting member associated with a lateral edge of the floor tile body. The female connecting member has a curved profile, which may include an m-shaped profile, and is configured to mate with an adjacent floor tile. A male connecting member is associated with an opposite lateral edge of the tile body, the male connecting member having a shape corresponding to a curved profile of a female connecting member of an adjacent tile to thereby mate with the adjacent floor tile. A draft angle of the female connecting member and the male connecting member may be substantially parallel.

Abstract: Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described in which multi-level significance maps are used in the encoding and decoding processes. The significant-coefficient flags that form the significance map are grouped into contiguous groups, and a significant-coefficient-group flag signifies for each group whether that group contains no non-zero significant-coefficient flags. If there are no non-zero significant-coefficient flags in the group, then the significant-coefficient-group flag is set to zero. The set of significant-coefficient-group flags is encoded in the bitstream. Any significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is non-zero are encoded in the bitstream, whereas significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is zero are not encoded in the bitstream.

Abstract: A system configured as part of an integrated circuit to block DC components from an amplifier comprising a matching network and an emitter follower circuit. The matching comprises an input configured to receive an input signal having a DC component. A voltage divider network comprises at least one resistor, and at least one capacitor. The network receives the signal and DC component and the voltage divider network blocks the DC component to generate a network output signal. The emitter follower (EF) circuit with EF devices configured to process the network output signal to generate an EF circuit output signal on an EF output. A biasing circuit generates a bias signal for the EF device. The bias signal has a value that is controlled by a bias control signal. Aias control signal generator compares the EF circuit output signal to a reference voltage, and generates the bias control signal.

Abstract: A distributed amplifier system comprising an impedance matching network configured to match an input impedance to an output impedance of the signal source, and a DC block configured to block DC components in the input signal. A variable gain amplifier adjusts the gain applied to the input signal based on a gain control signal to generate a gain adjusted signal. An emitter follower circuit receives and processes the gain adjusted signal to introduce gain peaking to create a modified signal. A distributed amplifier receives and amplifies the modified signal from the emitter follower circuit, to create an amplified signal. The distributed amplifier includes a termination network and one or more impedance matching elements configured for gain shaping the amplified signal. The gain peaking introduced by the emitter follower circuit is controlled by a variable current source. The distributed amplifier may be an open collector distributed amplifier.

Abstract: A distributed amplifier system comprising an impedance matching network configured to match an input impedance to an output impedance of the signal source, and a DC block configured to block DC components in the input signal. A variable gain amplifier adjusts the gain applied to the input signal based on a gain control signal to generate a gain adjusted signal. An emitter follower circuit receives and processes the gain adjusted signal to introduce gain peaking to create a modified signal. A distributed amplifier receives and amplifies the modified signal from the emitter follower circuit, to create an amplified signal. The distributed amplifier includes a termination network and one or more impedance matching elements configured for gain shaping the amplified signal. The gain peaking introduced by the emitter follower circuit is controlled by a variable current source. The distributed amplifier may be an open collector distributed amplifier.

Abstract: A distributed amplifier system comprising an impedance matching network configured to match an input impedance to an output impedance of the signal source, and a DC block configured to block DC components in the input signal. A variable gain amplifier adjusts the gain applied to the input signal based on a gain control signal to generate a gain adjusted signal. An emitter follower circuit receives and processes the gain adjusted signal to introduce gain peaking to create a modified signal. A distributed amplifier receives and amplifies the modified signal from the emitter follower circuit, to create an amplified signal. The distributed amplifier includes a termination network and one or more impedance matching elements configured for gain shaping the amplified signal. The gain peaking introduced by the emitter follower circuit is controlled by a variable current source. The distributed amplifier may be an open collector distributed amplifier.

Abstract: A distributed amplifier system comprising an impedance matching network configured to match an input impedance to an output impedance of the signal source, and a DC block configured to block DC components in the input signal. A variable gain amplifier adjusts the gain applied to the input signal based on a gain control signal to generate a gain adjusted signal. An emitter follower circuit receives and processes the gain adjusted signal to introduce gain peaking to create a modified signal. A distributed amplifier receives and amplifies the modified signal from the emitter follower circuit, to create an amplified signal. The distributed amplifier includes a termination network and one or more impedance matching elements configured for gain shaping the amplified signal. The gain peaking introduced by the emitter follower circuit is controlled by a variable current source. The distributed amplifier may be an open collector distributed amplifier.

Abstract: An enhanced electrical circuit can employ conductive fill components that can facilitate providing desirable resistive stabilization of the electrical circuit and other desirable circuit qualities without having to use a physical resistor. The electrical circuit can comprise a transmission line, which can be a microstrip line, that can have defined dimensions. The electrical circuit can comprise respective conductive fill components that can be in proximity to desired sides of the transmission line, wherein the respective conductive fill components can provide the desired resistive stabilization for the electrical circuit. The respective conductive fill components can be separated from, and not in contact with, each other based on respective gaps of a defined size(s) between respective adjacent conductive fill components. The respective conductive fill components can be across a single layer or multiple layers of conductive fill components.

Abstract: An amplifier circuit has a variable gain amplifier including an input receiving an input signal and an open-conduction output, and an output stage including an input coupled to the open-conduction output of the variable gain amplifier and an output providing an output signal of the amplifier circuit. The variable gain amplifier has a first transistor and second transistor each having a control input receiving the input signal. A third transistor has a control terminal receiving a control signal and a first conduction terminal coupled to a first conduction terminal of the first transistor and a second conduction terminal being a first terminal of the open-conduction output. A fourth transistor has a control terminal receiving the control signal and a first conduction terminal coupled to a first conduction terminal of the second transistor and a second conduction terminal being a second terminal of the open-conduction output.

Abstract: Systems and methods for quantifying a shift of an anatomical object of a patient are provided. A 3D medical image of an anatomical object of a patient is received. An initial location of landmarks on the anatomical object in the 3D medical image is determined using a first machine learning network. A 2D slice depicting the initial location of the landmarks is extracted from the 3D medical image. The initial location of the landmarks in the 2D slice is refined using a second machine learning network. A shift of the anatomical object is quantified based on the refined location of the landmarks in the 2D slice. The quantified shift of the anatomical object is output.

Abstract: Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described for encoding or decoding multi-level significance maps. Distinct context sets may be used for encoding the significant-coefficient flags in different regions of the transform unit. In a fixed case, the regions are defined by coefficient group borders. In one example, the upper-left coefficient group is a first region and the other coefficient groups are a second region. In a dynamic case, the regions are defined by coefficient group borders, but the encoder and decoder dynamically determine in which region each coefficient group belongs. Coefficient groups may be assigned to one region or another based on, for example, whether their respective significant-coefficient-group flags were inferred or not.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has an amplifier and common mode suppression (CMS) circuit formed on a common substrate. The CMS circuit has a first input and second input coupled for receiving an input signal and further has a first output coupled to a first input of the amplifier and a second output coupled to a second input of the amplifier to reduce common mode. The CMS circuit further has a ground plane, a first conductive trace disposed over the ground plane and coupled between the first input and first output, second conductive trace disposed over the ground plane and coupled between the second input and second output, and third conductive trace disposed over the ground plane with a first end of the third conductive trace coupled to the ground plane and a second end of the third conductive trace open circuit to form a resonator.

Abstract: Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described for encoding or decoding multi-level significance maps. Distinct context sets may be used for encoding the significant-coefficient flags in different regions of the transform unit. In a fixed case, the regions are defined by coefficient group borders. In one example, the upper-left coefficient group is a first region and the other coefficient groups are a second region. In a dynamic case, the regions are defined by coefficient group borders, but the encoder and decoder dynamically determine in which region each coefficient group belongs. Coefficient groups may be assigned to one region or another based on, for example, whether their respective significant-coefficient-group flags were inferred or not.

Abstract: The invention relates to a contact for a direct plug-in connector having two strips made of sheet-metal material that are arranged next to one another in an insertion portion and in a contact portion, wherein the insertion portion is provided for insertion into a through-opening, which is electrically conductive at its inner wall, in a printed circuit board and the contact portion is provided to make electrical contact with the inner wall of the through-opening, wherein the two strips are connected together in a connection portion that is provided for connecting to a cable strand, and wherein a connecting portion is located between the connection portion and the contact portion, wherein the two strips are located in a common plane and formed in an L-shaped manner in the connecting portion, wherein the legs of the connecting portion that proceed from the connection portion extend parallel to one another and the legs of the connecting portion that are connected to the contact portion extend towards one another.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and computer program products that enable the optimized synchronization of data between mobile client devices assigned to field operators in an industrial plant and a centralized repository for plant data. The invention optimizes synchronization of data between mobile client devices assigned to field operators in an industrial plant and a centralized repository for plant data by selecting a reduced set of data records associated with a field operator, for data synchronization based on one or more of a set of data record selection parameters, and a set of version synchronization rules to ensure that only data records that are relevant to a field operator's foreseeable activities in a shift are downloaded to the field operator's mobile client device.

Abstract: Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described in which multi-level significance maps are used in the encoding and decoding processes. The significant-coefficient flags that form the significance map are grouped into contiguous groups, and a significant-coefficient-group flag signifies for each group whether that group contains no non-zero significant-coefficient flags. If there are no non-zero significant-coefficient flags in the group, then the significant-coefficient-group flag is set to zero. The set of significant-coefficient-group flags is encoded in the bitstream. Any significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is non-zero are encoded in the bitstream, whereas significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is zero are not encoded in the bitstream.

Abstract: Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described in which multi-level significance maps are used in the encoding and decoding processes. The significant-coefficient flags that form the significance map are grouped into contiguous groups, and a significant-coefficient-group flag signifies for each group whether that group contains no non-zero significant-coefficient flags. If there are no non-zero significant-coefficient flags in the group, then the significant-coefficient-group flag is set to zero. The set of significant-coefficient-group flags is encoded in the bitstream. Any significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is non-zero are encoded in the bitstream, whereas significant-coefficient flags that fall within a group that has a significant-coefficient-group flag that is zero are not encoded in the bitstream.

Abstract: A system implements techniques for processing data across multiple layers. In some embodiments, a distributed data processing system tracks processing states via a monotonic process, whereby each state is irreversibly entered and cannot be entered without a predecessor state being verifiably completed. In some of such embodiments, a multi-layer data storage system tracks and processes data deletions across disparate layers such that a deletion state can be positively deduced from the deletion states of each of the disparate layers.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing high-temperature composite materials using carbon nanotube to improve the efficiency of insulation applied to propulsion systems for aerospace equipment including 5 steps: step 1: select necessary materials and equipment, step 2: disperse MW-CNTs in the polar solution, step 3: distribute MW-CNTs evenly in the resin, step 4: eliminate residual solvents, step 5: curing phenolic resin composites.