Abstract: An integrated circuit (122) includes an on-chip boot ROM (132) holding boot code, a non-volatile security identification element (140) having non-volatile information determining a less secure type or more secure type, and a processor (130). The processor (130) is coupled to the on-chip boot ROM (132) and to the non-volatile security identification element (140) to selectively execute boot code depending on the non-volatile information of the non-volatile security identification element (140). Other technology such as processors, methods of operation, processes of manufacture, wireless communications apparatus, and wireless handsets are also disclosed.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (122) includes an on-chip boot ROM (132) holding boot code, a non-volatile security identification element (140) having non-volatile information determining a less secure type or more secure type, and a processor (130). The processor (130) is coupled to the on-chip boot ROM (132) and to the non-volatile security identification element (140) to selectively execute boot code depending on the non-volatile information of the non-volatile security identification element (140). Other technology such as processors, methods of operation, processes of manufacture, wireless communications apparatus, and wireless handsets are also disclosed.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (122) includes an on-chip boot ROM (132) holding boot code, a non-volatile security identification element (140) having non-volatile information determining a less secure type or more secure type, and a processor (130). The processor (130) is coupled to the on-chip boot ROM (132) and to the non-volatile security identification element (140) to selectively execute boot code depending on the non-volatile information of the non-volatile security identification element (140). Other technology such as processors, methods of operation, processes of manufacture, wireless communications apparatus, and wireless handsets are also disclosed.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (122) includes an on-chip boot ROM (132) holding boot code, a non-volatile security identification element (140) having non-volatile information determining a less secure type or more secure type, and a processor (130). The processor (130) is coupled to the on-chip boot ROM (132) and to the non-volatile security identification element (140) to selectively execute boot code depending on the non-volatile information of the non-volatile security identification element (140). Other technology such as processors, methods of operation, processes of manufacture, wireless communications apparatus, and wireless handsets are also disclosed.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (122) includes an on-chip boot ROM (132) holding boot code, a non-volatile security identification element (140) having non-volatile information determining a less secure type or more secure type, and a processor (130). The processor (130) is coupled to the on-chip boot ROM (132) and to the non-volatile security identification element (140) to selectively execute boot code depending on the non-volatile information of the non-volatile security identification element(140). Other technology such as processors, methods of operation, processes of manufacture, wireless communications apparatus, and wireless handsets are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric control cable of the type comprising a core of polymer material and a plurality of copper strands extending in the longitudinal direction of said core, said copper strands being distributed uniformly and concentrically on the periphery of said core so as to penetrate only partially into said core, with each of them leaving a portion that is accessible from outside said periphery. According to the invention, said copper strands are embedded in part in the material forming the core and extend parallel to the longitudinal direction of said core. Advantage: fabrication is simplified and copper is saved, while still enabling easy access to the copper for subsequent crimping of the cable for connection purposes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric cable comprising one or more insulated electrical conductors forming a set of insulating conductors extending longitudinally inside a protective sheath, the inside surface of said protective sheath having at least two longitudinal grooves for the purpose of enabling the protective sheath to be stripped, wherein the outside surface of the protective sheath does not include longitudinal grooves for constituting tear starters of the protective sheath, and wherein the longitudinal grooves in the inside surface of the protective sheath are disposed at substantially equal distances from each other or from one another.

Abstract: An electrical cable with a section diameter at most equal to 2 mm includes a plurality of strands extending in the longitudinal direction of the cable. The strands are twisted to form a stranded conductor. Only certain strands of the stranded conductor are of electrically conductive material, for example copper, the remaining strands are of non-conductive material, such as polyamide, high strength polyester or a polyetherimide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a perfluorinated plastic graded-index optical fiber 51, including a core 52 of fluorinated polymer doped with a fluorinated compound, an optical cladding 53 in fluorinated polymer with an index less than that of said core 52, surrounding said core 52, as well as a strengthening layer 54 in polymer material, surrounding said optical cladding 53. The invention is remarkable in that the optical fiber 51 further includes a protective layer 55 in a photo-crosslinkable resin surrounding said strengthening layer 54, and the polymer material of the strengthening layer 54 is a material different from that of the protective layer 55.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an electrical control cable (1?) with a section diameter at most equal to 2 mm, of the type including a plurality of strands extending in the longitudinal direction of the cable, said strands being twisted to form a stranded conductor. According to the invention, only certain strands (20) of the stranded conductor are of electrically conductive material, for example copper, the remaining strands (40) being of non-conductive material, such as a polyamide, high-strength polyester or a polyetherimide.

Abstract: An optical fiber cooling tube includes an internal cavity through which an optical fiber passes and a set of injection passages that are distributed along the tube, open into the cavity, and are oriented in a contraflow direction relative to the direction in which the optical fiber moves.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (122) includes an on-chip boot ROM (132) holding boot code, a non-volatile security identification element (140) having non-volatile information determining a less secure type or more secure type, and a processor (130). The processor (130) is coupled to the on-chip boot ROM (132) and to the non-volatile security identification element (140) to selectively execute boot code depending on the non-volatile information of the non-volatile security identification element(140). Other technology such as processors, methods of operation, processes of manufacture, wireless communications apparatus, and wireless handsets are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for curing an article that is passing through the apparatus, wherein the article is being cured by ultraviolet radiation curing. The present invention most commonly applies to the field of fiber optics, and the manufacture of optical fibers and fiber optic cables or ribbons. The present invention comprises a hollow tubular UV light emitting device (bulb) and a UV transparent tube where the bulb is disposed around the tube creating a space between the tube and the bulb. The article to be cured passes through the center of the tube along with an inert gas, where the inert gas is either cooled or heated depending on the application of the apparatus. A UV transparent cooling medium is passed through the space between the tube and the bulb to provide cooling for the apparatus, preventing heat damage from the bulb.

Abstract: A furnace is provided. The furnace includes a chamber for heating a portion of a preform to draw a fiber. The chamber has a melt region for melting the preform, and at least one port disposed proximate to the melt region. A purge gas supply is provided for supplying a purge gas into the chamber. The purge gas moves vapor products away from the fiber and exits the chamber through the at least one port.

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for curing an article that is passing through the apparatus, wherein the article is being cured by ultraviolet radiation curing. The present invention most commonly applies to the field of fiber optics, and the manufacture of optical fibers and fiber optic cables or ribbons. The present invention comprises a hollow tubular UV light emitting device (bulb) and a UV transparent tube where the bulb is disposed around the tube creating a space between the tube and the bulb. The article to be cured passes through the center of the tube along with an inert gas, where the inert gas is either cooled or heated depending on the application of the apparatus. A UV transparent cooling medium is passed through the space between the tube and the bulb to provide cooling for the apparatus, preventing heat damage from the bulb.

Abstract: An optical fiber cooling tube includes an internal cavity through which an optical fiber passes and a set of injection passages that are distributed along the tube, open into the cavity, and are oriented in a contraflow direction relative to the direction in which the optical fiber moves.

Abstract: A method and device for reducing the temperature of an optical fiber wherein a housing body is provided a plurality of inner cooling chambers which are-, partitioned from each other by a plurality of partition walls. An axial through hole extends through each of the inner cooling chambers from an upper end of the housing body to a lower end of the housing body for the axial passage of an optical fiber therethough. A plurality of gas injection holes corresponding to the inner cooling chambers are provided in a side wall of the housing body for injecting gas into the inner cooling chambers. A plurality of coolant pipes through which a liquid coolant is circulated extend through each of the inner cooling chambers from the upper end to the lower end of the housing body. The coolant pipes are disposed between the gas injection holes and the axial through hole so that the gas which is injected into the inner cooling chambers via the gas injection holes is not blown directly against the fiber.

Abstract: An apparatus for curing a photocurable coating provided on a fiber, includes an irradiator tube having an upstream end on which an injection assembly is provided, and a downstream end on which an exhaust assembly is provided. The injection assembly receives an inert gas flow. The injection assembly includes a diffuser that splits the inert gas flow into a counter flow and a tube flow. The counter flow is directed counter to the travel direction of the fiber, and the tube flow is directed in a laminar fashion through the irradiator tube. The exhaust assembly has a vent though which the tube flow is drawn, and an air opening provided between a downstream end of the irradiator tube and the exhaust vent.

Abstract: An apparatus for curing a photocurable coating provided on a fiber, includes an irradiator tube having an upstream end on which an injection assembly is provided, and a downstream end on which an exhaust assembly is provided. The injection assembly receives an inert gas flow. The injection assembly includes a diffuser that splits the inert gas flow into a counter flow and a tube flow. The counter flow is directed counter to the travel direction of the fiber, and the tube flow is directed in a laminar fashion through the irradiator tube. The exhaust assembly has a vent though which the tube flow is drawn, and an air opening provided between a downstream end of the irradiator tube and the exhaust vent.