Abstract: Transport networks, network elements, and methods of use are described herein, including a transmitter comprising a client-side input, transmitter circuitry, and antennas. The client-side input is configured to receive baseband signals having client data encoded therein. The transmitter circuitry is configured to receive the baseband signals from the client-side input and generate antenna feed signals based on the baseband signals. The antennas are configured to receive the antenna feed signals from the transmitter circuitry, generate radiated signals based on the antenna feed signals, and couple the radiated signals into a hollow waveguide. Each of the radiated signals is a radiated electromagnetic wave configured for coherent detection and has a frequency in a range between 300 Gigahertz (GHz) and 10 Terahertz (THz).

Abstract: Transport networks, network elements, and methods of use are described herein, including a transmitter comprising a client-side input, transmitter circuitry, and antennas. The client-side input is configured to receive baseband signals having client data encoded therein. The transmitter circuitry is configured to receive the baseband signals from the client-side input and generate antenna feed signals based on the baseband signals. The antennas are configured to receive the antenna feed signals from the transmitter circuitry, generate radiated signals based on the antenna feed signals, and couple the radiated signals into a hollow waveguide. Each of the radiated signals is a radiated electromagnetic wave configured for coherent detection and has a frequency in a range between 300 Gigahertz (GHz) and 10 Terahertz (THz).

Abstract: Systems and processes for converting waste plastics and other waste materials to useful end products. The systems integrate a plastics pyrolysis reactor and a liquid phase thermal cracking reactor to advantageously process the waste plastics to form various hydrocarbon products.

Abstract: Systems and processes for converting waste plastics and other waste materials to useful end products. The systems integrate a plastics pyrolysis reactor and a liquid phase thermal cracking reactor to advantageously process the waste plastics to form various hydrocarbon products.

Abstract: A device comprises a control circuit configured to control a plurality of quantum bits. The control circuit comprises a digital-to-analog converter circuit and switching circuitry coupled to an output of the digital-to-analog converter circuit. The switching circuitry is responsive to switch control signals to selectively connect the output of the digital-to-analog converter circuit to one or more of a plurality of signal paths to generate control signals to control the plurality of quantum bits.

Abstract: A device comprises a differential voltage-mode filter circuit comprising first and second voltage-mode filter circuits, and a neutralization network. The first and second voltage-mode filter circuits each comprise a unity gain buffer having a nonzero output impedance. The neutralization network comprises a first neutralization impedance circuit which couples an input of the first voltage-mode filter circuit to an output of the second voltage-mode filter circuit, and a second neutralization impedance circuit which couples an input of the second voltage-mode filter circuit to an output of the first voltage-mode filter circuit. The neutralization network is configured to correct a frequency response of the first and second voltage-mode filter circuits by at least one of cancelling and compensating for at least one transmission zero of a transfer function of each of the first and second voltage-mode filter circuits, which results from the nonzero output impedance of the respective unity gain buffers.

Abstract: A variable-gain power amplifying technique includes generating, with a network of one or more reactive components included in an oscillator, a first oscillating signal, and outputting, via one or more taps included in the network of the reactive components, a second oscillating signal. The second oscillating signal has a magnitude that is proportional to and less than the first oscillating signal. The power amplifying technique further includes selecting one of the first and second oscillating signals to use for generating a power-amplified output signal, and amplifying the selected one of the first and second oscillating signals to generate the power-amplified output signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cryogenic integrated circuit, the circuit being a Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) or Bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS) stacked circuit. The circuit comprises: a substrate, and a resonator formed on the substrate. The resonator comprises a meandered inductor formed in a specific metal layer of the stack, wherein the specific metal layer, when cooled below a critical temperature, becomes superconducting.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory array. The array in turn includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit line pairs intersecting the plurality of word lines at a plurality of cell locations, and a plurality of memory cells, coupled to the plurality of word lines and the plurality of bit line pairs, and located at the plurality of cell locations. A plurality of word line drivers are coupled to the plurality of word lines, a dynamic voltage boost is coupled to the memory array, and a controller is coupled to the plurality of word line drivers and the dynamic voltage boost. The controller is configured to cause the dynamic voltage boost to boost the cells during a multiply accumulate operation.

Abstract: A filter stage system, includes a continuous time baseband filter comprising a feedback loop that employs at least one first impedance node and at least one second impedance node, wherein the at least one first impedance node has a higher impedance than the at least one second impedance node, and wherein the at least one first impedance node provides a dominant pole and the at least one second impedance node provides a non-dominant pole, and wherein the continuous time baseband filter generates a filtered current, and a mirroring component mirrors the filtered current to an output.

Abstract: A current mode end-to-end signal path includes, a digital to analog converter (DAC), operating in current mode and an upconverting mixer, operating in current mode and operatively coupled to the DAC, wherein analog inputs and analog outputs of the DAC and the upconverting mixer are represented as currents, and the DAC generates a baseband signal.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a current-mode multiply-accumulate (MAC) core with a plurality of parallel current carrying paths. Each path is configured to carry a unit current based on a state of an input variable, a weight, and a configuration vector. The plurality of current carrying paths are arranged in groups, and each group has a summation line. Also included are a plurality of current mode interfaces. Each current mode interface of the plurality of current mode interfaces is coupled to a corresponding summation line of the plurality of summation lines. A plurality of current mode comparators are coupled to the plurality of current mode interfaces and configured to compare current on the corresponding one of the plurality of summation lines to a plurality of corresponding reference currents.

Abstract: A device comprises a radio frequency (RF) signal generator and a calibration system. The RF signal generator is configured to upconvert a baseband signal to an RF signal using first and second LO signals. The RF signal generator comprises first and second signal paths to process first and second differential signals. The calibration system comprises calibration control circuitry and actuator circuitry. In response to digital control signals generated by the calibration control circuitry, the actuator circuitry is configured to: inject currents into the first and second signal paths to adjust offsets of the first and second differential signals, and to balance amplitudes of the first and second differential signals; and adjust at least one of respective duty cycles of the first and second local oscillator signals, and a phase difference between the first and second local oscillator signals.

Abstract: In described examples, a quadrature phase shifter includes digitally programmable phase shifter networks for generating leading and lagging output signals in quadrature. The phase shifter networks include passive components for reactively inducing phase shifts, which need not consume active power. Output currents from the transistors coupled to the phase shifter networks are substantially in quadrature and can be made further accurate by adjusted by a weight function implemented using current steering elements. Example low-loss quadrature phase shifters described herein can be functionally integrated to provide low-power, low-noise up/down mixers, vector modulators and transceiver front-ends for millimeter wavelength (mmwave) communication systems.

Abstract: A wireless power system includes a phase locked loop (PLL) providing an input signal tuned in frequency, a plurality of dividers coupled to the PLL to divide the frequency of the input signal, a plurality of phase interpolators electrically connected to the plurality of dividers to generate multiple phases based on the input signal, and a plurality of drivers electrically connected to the plurality of phase interpolators to direct a plurality of output signals each having a different frequency to a plurality of sensor clusters, each sensor cluster operating at a different frequency.

Abstract: A variable capacitor device comprises first and second control paths which are configured to enable differential control using first and second transistors of a same doping type in the first and second control paths, respectively, wherein the first and second transistors are configured as voltage variable resistors for tuning a capacitance of the variable capacitor device.

Abstract: Processes and systems for converting waste plastics include feeding a waste plastic to a melt tank, and in the melt tank, heating the waste plastic to form a molten plastic. The molten plastic is withdrawn from the melt tank and fed to a pyrolysis reactor. In the pyrolysis reactor, the molten plastic is heated to a pyrolysis temperature, producing a pyrolysis oil product and a liquid pitch product. The pyrolysis oil is then separated into a pyrolysis gas fraction, a light pyrolysis oil fraction, a medium pyrolysis oil fraction, and a heavy pyrolysis oil fraction.

Abstract: Process and systems for converting waste plastics include feeding a waste plastic to a melt tank, and in the melt tank, heating the waste plastic to form a molten plastic. The molten plastic is withdrawn from the melt tank and fed to a pyrolysis reactor. In the pyrolysis reactor, the molten plastic is heated to a pyrolysis temperature, producing a pyrolysis oil product and a liquid pitch product. The pyrolysis oil is then separated into a pyrolysis gas fraction, a light pyrolysis oil fraction, a medium pyrolysis oil fraction, and a heavy pyrolysis oil fraction.

Abstract: A variable capacitor device comprises first and second control paths which are configured to enable differential control using first and second transistors of a same doping type in the first and second control paths, respectively, wherein the first and second transistors are configured as voltage variable resistors for tuning a capacitance of the variable capacitor device.

Abstract: Systems and processes for converting waste plastics and other waste materials to useful end products. The systems integrate a plastics pyrolysis reactor and a liquid phase thermal cracking reactor to advantageously process the waste plastics to form various hydrocarbon products.