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Method and apparatus for fully integrating a voltage controlled oscillator on an integrated circuit

A method and apparatus for fully integrating a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) on an integrated circuit. The VCO is implemented using a differential-mode circuit design. The differential-mode implementation of the VCO preferably comprises a differential mode LC-resonator circuit, a digital capacitor, a differential pair amplifier, and a current source. The LC-resonator circuit includes at least one tuning varactor and two high Q inductors. The tuning varactor preferably has a wide tuning capacitance range. The tuning varactor is only used to "fine-tune" the center output frequency f0 of the VCO. The center output frequency f0 is coarsely tuned by the digital capacitor. The VCO high Q inductors comprise high gain, high self-resonance, and low loss IC inductors. The IC VCO is fabricated on a high resistivity substrate material using a trench isolated guard ring. The guard ring isolates the fully integrated VCO, and each of its component parts, from RF signals that may be introduced into the IC substrate by other devices. By virtue of the improved performance characteristics provided by the digital capacitor, the analog tuning varactor, the high Q inductor, and the trench isolated guard ring techniques, the inventive VCO is fully integrated despite process variations in IC fabrication.
Owner:CSR TECH INC

All-Digital Phase-Locked Loop for a Digital Pulse-Width Modulator

A digital audio system including a digital phase-locked-loop circuit for generating a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) clock signal, applied to a pulse-code-modulation to pulse-width-modulation converter, is disclosed. The digital phase-locked loop includes a phase detector for measuring phase error between a reference signal and a feedback signal. A digital version of the phase error, after filtering by a loop filter, is converted to a digital delay control word that is sampled at twice its frequency. Successive samples of the delay control word control the propagation delay of first and second delay cells in an oscillator. The use of successive samples at substantially twice the frequency of change of the delay control word effectively realizes the sum of a sinc filter and a comb filter, which greatly suppresses the effects of jitter in the reference signal to the digital phase-locked loop.
Owner:TEXAS INSTR INC

Lighting system, electronic device for a lighting system and method for operating the electronic device

An electronic device for a lighting system, comprising a TRIAC dimmer configured to receive a mains supply voltage and provide a phase cut voltage to the electronic device and having a control loop configured to control a duty cycle of a switched voltage converter that receives the rectified input voltage and provides drive current to a light emitting semiconductor device. The control loop has an error amplifier that is coupled to receive a sense voltage that is indicative of a current through the light emitting semiconductor device, the error amplifier is configured to provide a feedback signal to a pulse width modulation logic configured to control the duty cycle of the switched voltage converter to provide a constant drive current to the light emitting semiconductor device in response to the sense voltage, the error amplifier being coupled to receive a reference voltage that is a function of the input voltage.
Owner:TEXAS INSTR INC

Constant ON-time controller for a buck converter

A constant ON-time controller for a buck converter utilizes dual symmetrical ramps. The ramps may be generated artificially or by sensing the voltage across a sense resistor in the output. The ramp may also be generated by sensing the voltage across the “ON” resistance of the low side FET in the switching regulator. A modified output voltage has one of the ramps superimposed and a modified reference voltage has the other ramps superimposed. The modified output voltage and the modified reference voltage are compared to determine when to start the ON-time of the buck converter. The dual ramps reduce, noise susceptibility. The ON-time is stopped in response to charging a capacitor with the regulator input voltage. An offset may also be generated representing the difference between the average output voltage and the reference voltage. The offset is used to generate a modified reference to compensate for the offset.
Owner:ANALOG DEVICES INC

Mean shift and neighborhood information based fuzzy C-mean image segmentation method

The invention discloses a mean shift and neighborhood information based fuzzy C-mean image segmentation method, and mainly solves the problems of low segmentation accuracy and poor robustness of an existing image segmentation method. The method comprises the steps of (1) inputting a to-be-segmented image; (2) calculating a cluster number and an initial cluster center by adopting a mean shift algorithm; (3) performing initialization; (4) calculating a weight of an neighborhood image block in the to-be-segmented image; (5) calculating a weighted fuzzy factor weight of each pixel point in the to-be-segmented image; (6) performing cluster iteration; (7) judging whether an iterative stop condition is met or not; and (8) generating a segmented image. According to the method, the neighborhood information of the image is fully utilized, so that the method is high in noise robustness and the accuracy of image segmentation is greatly improved.
Owner:XIDIAN UNIV

Multi-touch touch screen with single-layer ITO bars arranged in parallel

A touch screen includes a plurality of single-layer ITO bars having a substantially rectangular shape and arranged in parallel to each other in order to detect touches on the touch screen. The location of a touch on the touch screen in the direction along an ITO bar is determined by applying a signal on one end of the ITO bar and measuring the change in the amplitude and the delay of the signal on the opposite end of the ITO bar. Such application and measurement of the signal can be repeated with the application of the signal occurring on the opposite end of the ITO bar and the measurement of the signal occurring on said one end of the ITO bar, in order to enhance the accuracy of the measurement.
Owner:INTEGRATED DEVICE TECH INC

Visual inspection method of electron beam welding pool shape parameter

The invention relates to a visual inspection method of an electron beam welding pool shape parameter. During a current weld pool image processing process, there is strong noise interference, so that a continuous and smooth electron beam edge can not be obtained; however, the above-mentioned problem can be solved according to the invention. According to the method, calibration is carried out on an electron beam welding colored weld pool image visual sensing system; the system is started to collect weld pool images as well as a binary morphological image processing algorithm is employed to extract a weld pool image edge; and a weld pool shape parameter extraction algorithm is utilized to carry out extraction on a weld pool shape parameter. According to the invention, the noise influence on the extracted weld pool edge image is completely eliminated; the edge is smooth continuously and extraction precision of the weld pool shape parameter is high; and it takes about 30ms to complete the whole processing process, thereby completely meeting a real-time detection demand. Moreover, the provided method in the invention can be applied to the welding automation field.
Owner:HARBIN INST OF TECH

Hybrid polarization double-channel ground penetrating radar system

The invention provides a hybrid polarization double-channel ground penetrating radar system and relates to ground penetrating radars. The hybrid polarization double-channel ground penetrating radar system is provided with a double-channel vector network analyzer, a hybrid polarization antenna array and a computer. The analyzer is connected with the antenna array through a coaxial line. The computer is connected with the analyzer through a GBIP data line. The analyzer is provided with a radar host, a transmitter, a first receiver and a second receiver. The antenna array is provided with a circular polarization plane spiral transmitting antenna and linear polarization receiving antennas. The transmitting antenna is connected with the transmitted signal output end of the transmitter. The first linear polarization receiving antenna is connected with the input end of the first receiver. The second linear polarization receiving antenna is connected with the input end of the second receiver. The first linear polarization receiving antenna is perpendicular to the second linear polarization receiving antenna. The transmitting antenna is parallel to the principal axis direction of the two receiving antennas. The approximate phase centers of the transmitting antenna and the two receiving antennas are located on the same horizontal plane and form an isosceles right triangle, namely the distances from the aperture centers of the two receiving antennas to the center of the transmitting antenna are equal.
Owner:XIAMEN UNIV

Active disturbance rejection control method based on fractional order extended state observer and controller

The invention belongs to the technical field of controllers and particularly discloses an active disturbance rejection control method based on a fractional order extended state observer. The method comprises the following steps: S1, comparing an input reference signal with a system output signal to obtain a system error; S2, taking the system error as an input signal of a proportional controller to obtain a system control rate; S3, taking a controlled object as a purely fractional integral transfer function as shown in the description, taking a part except the transfer function as shown in thedescription in the controlled target as disturbance, and observing the disturbance through the fractional order extended state observer to obtain an observation value of the disturbance; and S4, estimating the disturbance to obtain gain estimation of the controlled object, carrying out real-time compensation on the disturbance according to the control rate and the observation value of the disturbance to obtain the stable controlled object. The fractional order active disturbance rejection control method has better robustness on a control parameter, also has good robustness on system gain change, and has better capability of resisting noise interference.
Owner:HUAZHONG UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Voltage controlled oscillator with accelerating and decelerating circuits

A voltage controlled oscillator is provided in the form of two ring oscillators 30 and 32. Each oscillator stage 14 includes an invertor 16, a level change accelerating circuit 18 and a level change decelerating circuit 20. The level change accelerating circuit 18 is responsive to an input control signal Vctrl to increase the oscillator frequency by decreasing the propagation delay through the invertor 16. The level change decelerating circuit 20 is responsive to the input control signal Vctrl to decrease the oscillator frequency by increasing the propagation delay through the invertor 16. Pairs of opposing invertors 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 disposed between output signal lines of corresponding oscillator stages 14 in the two ring oscillators 30 and 32 serve to lock the two ring oscillators in antiphase.
Owner:ARM LTD

Transconductance device employing native MOS transistors

A system on chip such as a radio receiver has reduced suceptibility to voltages in the bulk silicon by using gyrator elements in the receiver with each gyrator element including a plurality of current sources interconnected to provide output transconductance voltages, and a variable load for the current sources including first and second load resistors each serially connected with one other plurality of current sources. A variable resistance interconnects nodes of the load resistors with the variable resistance comprising a pair of native MOS transistors having low threshold voltages. In a preferred embodiment the first and second load resistors comprise first and second MOS transistors with the pair of native transistors serially connected between source elements of the first and second MOS transistors.
Owner:AVAGO TECH WIRELESS IP SINGAPORE PTE

Architecture for maintaining constant voltage-controlled oscillator gain

A voltage controlled oscillator and a method of operating a voltage-controlled oscillator are disclosed. The oscillator comprises a current controlled oscillator having a variable frequency current output, a first control path for generating a first control current having a first adjustable gain, and a second control path for generating a second control current having a second adjustable gain. A summer is provided for adding the first and second control currents to obtain a summed control current, and for applying the summed control current as an input current to the current controlled oscillator. A control sub-circuit is used for controlling the gain of the first control current as a function of a defined voltage on the second control path to maintain constant the gain of the current output of the current controlled oscillator over a given operating range of the current controlled oscillator.
Owner:GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC

Attitude control device for space station with system parameter uncertainties and on-orbit dynamic disturbances

An attitude control device for space station with system parameter uncertainties and on-orbit dynamic disturbances. A plurality of state sensors measure a plurality of states of the space station. An identification frequency selecting device selects an identification frequency. A moment of inertia identification operator calculation unit calculates a moment of inertia identification operator. A moment of inertia identification device calculates moment of inertia of the space station. A disturbance torque identification device calculates disturbance torque. A control torque calculation unit calculates a control signal. A plurality of thrusters generate a control torque based on the control signal.
Owner:ANDOH FUKASHI

Visual inspection method of electron beam welding pool shape parameter

The invention relates to a visual inspection method of an electron beam welding pool shape parameter. During a current weld pool image processing process, there is strong noise interference, so that a continuous and smooth electron beam edge can not be obtained; however, the above-mentioned problem can be solved according to the invention. According to the method, calibration is carried out on an electron beam welding colored weld pool image visual sensing system; the system is started to collect weld pool images as well as a binary morphological image processing algorithm is employed to extract a weld pool image edge; and a weld pool shape parameter extraction algorithm is utilized to carry out extraction on a weld pool shape parameter. According to the invention, the noise influence on the extracted weld pool edge image is completely eliminated; the edge is smooth continuously and extraction precision of the weld pool shape parameter is high; and it takes about 30ms to complete the whole processing process, thereby completely meeting a real-time detection demand. Moreover, the provided method in the invention can be applied to the welding automation field.
Owner:HARBIN INST OF TECH

Image segmentation method combining cloud model and level set

The invention relates to an image segmentation method combining a cloud model and a level set, which comprises the steps of S1, acquiring a histogram of an image, and performing curve fitting on the histogram; S2, dividing valley value intervals through the fitted curve; S3, acquiring three digital characteristics Ex, En and He by using a reverse Gaussian cloud algorithm, and obtaining a foreground cloud model or a background cloud model through software or cloud; and S4, constructing an energy function, and solving the energy function to obtain a segmentation result. The image segmentation method combines a cloud model and a level set algorithm, and de-linearization processing is performed on boundaries in the image by using the cloud model, so that the occurrence probability and the degree of a problem of instable convergence caused by manual intervention are reduced, and the convergence corresponding to a level set function is enabled to be accelerated; and meanwhile, the operationof initializing the level set function by the aid of a cloud model algorithm effectively reduces the noise sensitivity of the function and solves a problem of continuously initializing the level set function in the segmentation process.
Owner:CHONGQING UNIV OF POSTS & TELECOMM

Color image segmentation method based on exponential moment pixel classification

The invention discloses a color image segmentation method based on exponential moment pixel classification. The method includes: in the segmentation process of a color image, the color image is decomposed by employing an exponential moment in RGB three channels, and proper moment values obtained by decomposition are regarded as pixel level characteristics of the image; a threshold is solved by employing a two-dimensional Otsu rapid threshold foremost segmentation algorithm, and training samples are selected; and the obtained pixel level characteristics and the training samples by employing a TSVM classifier are finally classified, and a segmentation result is obtained. According to the system, the description capability for the image by the exponential moment is high, the value calculation is stable, and the noise sensitivity is low so that the characteristics of the image can be well extracted; in this way, characteristic extraction of the image is performed via the exponential moment so that the segmentation effect is greatly enhanced compared with segmentation by employing single color or texture.
Owner:LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY

Method and system for extracting and tracking cursor point in out-of-focus video

The invention relates to a method and a system for extracting and tracking a cursor point in an out-of-focus video. The method comprises the following steps that a, a first frame of image of the out-of-focus video is imported; b, one or several image regions are defined in the first frame of image to be used as cursor point searching region(s), and each searching region is used as a sub image of the integral image for extracting the cursor points, and in addition, the center coordinates of the cursor point are obtained; c, a next frame of image of the out-of-focus video is imported; d, the sub images are divided from the next frame of image; e, the cursor point is extracted from each sub image, and in addition, the center coordinates of the cursor point are obtained; f, the obtained center coordinates of the cursor point are modified, and the modified center coordinates of the cursor point are output; g, the searching region is updated; h, the step c to the step g are repeated until the last frame of image is searched. The invention also relates to a system for extracting and tracking the cursor point in the out-of-focus video. The method and the system provided by the invention have the advantages that the mistake identification rate and the miss identification rate can be educed, and the data precision is improved.
Owner:SHENZHEN INST OF ADVANCED TECH CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

Low-voltage power supply multi-path output power

The invention provides a low-voltage power supply multi-path output power comprising a filtration circuit, a power conversion circuit, an output rectification high-frequency filtration circuit, a low differential voltage stabilizer, a sampling circuit, a feedback isolation circuit, a control circuit and a self-start and auxiliary power circuit. The filtration circuit, the power conversion circuit, the output rectification high-frequency filtration circuit and the low differential voltage stabilizer are electrically connected in sequence; the sampling circuit is connected to the output rectification high-frequency filtration circuit; the feedback isolation circuit is connected to the sampling circuit; the control circuit is arranged between the feedback isolation circuit and the power conversion circuit; the self-start and auxiliary power circuit are connected into the control circuit; the power conversion circuit is a single-end forward power conversion circuit; and the control circuit is a current control-type pulse width modulation circuit in the third generation of CMOS(Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) technology. The invention solves the technical problems of complex design and low stability of a peripheral circuit of the traditional modulator and has the advantages of reasonable design, high practicability, and the like.
Owner:AVIC NO 631 RES INST

All-digital phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer

InactiveCN110233619AImprove signal timing stabilityRefined frequency tuning step sizePulse automatic controlNumerical controlDifferentiator
The invention discloses an all-digital phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer which comprises a numerical control oscillator, a prescaler, a counter, a time-to-digital converter, a first D trigger, asecond D trigger, a differentiator, a first adder, a second adder and a digital filter. The numerical control oscillator is connected with the prescaler, and the prescaler is respectively connected to the counter, the time-to-digital converter and the first D trigger. The first D trigger and the time-to-digital converter are connected to a reference frequency, and the first D trigger is connectedto the second D trigger and the differentiator. The counter is connected to the second D trigger, the second D trigger and the time-to-digital converter are connected to the first adder, and the first adder is connected to the differentiator. The second adder is connected to the frequency control word, the differentiator and the digital filter. The digital filter is connected to the numerical control oscillator. According to the all-digital phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer, the signal time sequence stability is improved, the noise sensitivity is reduced, the quantization noise is reduced, and the method is suitable for a 60GHz communication system.
Owner:中微半导体(深圳)股份有限公司

Architecture for maintaining constant voltage-controlled oscillator gain

A voltage controlled oscillator and a method of operating a voltage-controlled oscillator are disclosed. The oscillator comprises a current controlled oscillator having a variable frequency current output, a first control path for generating a first control current having a first adjustable gain, and a second control path for generating a second control current having a second adjustable gain. A summer is provided for adding the first and second control currents to obtain a summed control current, and for applying the summed control current as an input current to the current controlled oscillator. A control sub-circuit is used for controlling the gain of the first control current as a function of a defined voltage on the second control path to maintain constant the gain of the current output of the current controlled oscillator over a given operating range of the current controlled oscillator.
Owner:GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC

Bridge construction stress detection system based on blockchain

The invention discloses a bridge construction stress detection system based on a blockchain. The system comprises an ultrasonic testing device, a WIFI module and a background monitoring center. The ultrasonic testing device comprises an ultrasonic sensor, a signal receiving and processing module and an ARM processor. The signal receiving and processing module comprises an impedance matching circuit, an anti-interference amplifying circuit and a frequency-selecting output circuit; after an output signal of the ultrasonic sensor is processed by the impedance matching circuit, the signal is divided into two paths in the form of differential signals to be sent into the anti-interference amplifying circuit for gain; the anti-interference amplification circuit amplifies the differential signal in the form of a differential composite operational amplifier; after the output signal of the anti-interference amplification circuit is sent to the frequency selection output circuit for band-pass filtering and frequency selection, a processed signal is sent to the ARM processor by using a voltage follower principle, so that the linearity of ultrasonic signal receiving and processing along with the change of stress is high, the system stress resolution is high, and the detection is more accurate.
Owner:GANSU JIAODA ENG TESTING S&T CO LTD +1

Speed sensor comprising a costas loop

A speed sensor including at least one sensor element and an analog-to-digital converter that digitizes the output signals of the at least one sensor element, and a Costas loop unit that is connected to the output of the analog-to-digital converter.
Owner:CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO OHG

Square wave transformation amplitude measuring device and method based on self-mixing interference

The invention discloses a square wave transformation amplitude measuring device based on self-mixing interference. The device comprises a light source unit, a signal processing unit and a data processing unit, wherein the signal processing unit introduces a hysteresis comparator to process signals so as to output required square wave signals, and the data processing unit searches for turning points for the output square wave signals so as to calculate the vibration amplitude of an object according to the number of fringes in the same inclined direction between adjacent turning points. The invention also discloses a square wave transformation amplitude measurement method based on self-mixing interference. According to the invention, the hysteresis comparator circuit with adjustable upper and lower limits is adopted to perform square wave transformation on an obtained laser self-mixing signal, so that the influence of external noise on the measurement stability and accuracy is effectively reduced. The self-mixing interference principle is adopted with no specific requirement on the coherence of the laser light source, so that the laser has large selection freedom. Meanwhile, the amplification factor of the signal is controllable, the measurable minimum amplitude value can reach a nanometer level, and wide-range real-time measurement is easy to realize.
Owner:XIAMEN UNIV

Device and method for measuring square wave transform amplitude based on self-mixing interference

The invention discloses a square wave transformation amplitude measuring device based on self-mixing interference. The device comprises a light source unit, a signal processing unit and a data processing unit, wherein the signal processing unit introduces a hysteresis comparator to process signals so as to output required square wave signals, and the data processing unit searches for turning points for the output square wave signals so as to calculate the vibration amplitude of an object according to the number of fringes in the same inclined direction between adjacent turning points. The invention also discloses a square wave transformation amplitude measurement method based on self-mixing interference. According to the invention, the hysteresis comparator circuit with adjustable upper and lower limits is adopted to perform square wave transformation on an obtained laser self-mixing signal, so that the influence of external noise on the measurement stability and accuracy is effectively reduced. The self-mixing interference principle is adopted with no specific requirement on the coherence of the laser light source, so that the laser has large selection freedom. Meanwhile, the amplification factor of the signal is controllable, the measurable minimum amplitude value can reach a nanometer level, and wide-range real-time measurement is easy to realize.
Owner:XIAMEN UNIV
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