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The present invention provides an antenna array structure which includes multiple array elements, and the antenna array structure is using for the application of the WLAN (wireless local area network) or WMAN (wireless metro area network.) Furthermore, the array elements of the present invention are phased arrays or attenuated arrays, and when configuration with different type of the array element is used, the corresponding BFN (beam forming network) can also be implemented in various possibilities. With all the configuration of the present invention, the manufacturers can have a stable array structure for their applications.

Embodiments of the invention provide a magnetic disk drive which has improved electrical properties owing to a reduction in the loss of transmission line, improved vibration properties owing to a reduction in the stiffness of wiring around the head, and a flat impedance in the transmission line. In one embodiment, a magnetic disk drive comprises a suspension; a magnetic head coupled with the suspension and configured to write and read information to and from a magnetic recording medium; and a transmission line disposed on the suspension to transmit writing and reading information to and from the magnetic head. The transmission line includes a writing line and a reading line, a lower conductor disposed underneath the writing line and the reading line, and an insulating layer interposed between the lower conductor and the writing and reading lines. The lower conductor comprises copper or copper-based alloy and has a thickness of substantially less than 25 μm, desirably about 2-12 μm, and more desirably about 5 μm.

A pretreatment method for use in manufacturing an improved optical component comprises (i) providing a polymeric optical substrate; and (ii) exposing the polymeric optical substrate to electromagnetic energy having a wavelength of about 30 nm to about 350 nm. The exposure of the polymeric optical substrate to the electromagnetic energy substantially improves adhesion between the substrate and an optical coating deposited onto the substrate following pretreatment. The invention addresses the significant need for coated plastic optics by providing a method to achieve reliable adhesion of optical coatings placed on polymeric optical substrates. Specifically, this invention enables improved adhesion for even highly curved or shaped parts which have been historically more difficult to coat. The pretreatment method is particularly useful for molded substrates such as molded polymethylmethacrylate.

Included among the many structures described herein are photonic bandgap fibers designed to provide a desired dispersion spectrum. Additionally, designs for achieving wide transmission bands and lower transmission loss are also discussed. For example, in some fiber designs, smaller dimensions of high index material in the cladding and large core size provide small flat dispersion over a wide spectral range. In other examples, the thickness of the high index ring-shaped region closest to the core has sufficiently large dimensions to provide negative dispersion or zero dispersion at a desired wavelength. Additionally, low index cladding features distributed along concentric rings or circles may be used for achieving wide bandgaps.

The invention discloses a hollow anti-resonance optical fiber, and belongs to the technical field of optics and laser photoelectrons.The basic structure of the hollow anti-resonance optical fiber comprises a fiber core area with low refraction rate and a wrapping layer area with high refraction rate.The wrapping layer area with high refraction rate is divided into an inner wrapping layer region and an outer wrapping layer region.The inner wrapping layer region is composed of one or two layers of micro capillary pipes.The fiber core area with low refraction rate is wrapped by the inner wrapping layer region.Compared with a traditional band gap type hollow-core photonic crystal fiber, the hollow anti-resonance optical fiber has the advantages of being large in spectral bandwidth, small in bending loss, low in transmission loss, high in damage threshold and capable of keeping single-modulus transmission.A high-efficiency and high-sensitivity ideal platform is created for nonlinear frequency conversion, trace gas / liquid detection, high-power pulse compression and other foremost application.

An improved catheter system having an ultrasonic imaging transducer coupled to a drive cable disposed within a lumen of a flexible tubular catheter body. An improvement including a reconfiguration of the ferrites in the hub assembly, such that the need for the gap between the ferrites is removed. A strain relief member is provide to increase the strength of the electrical transmission lines to enable them to withstand the tensile forces caused by either flushing and / or pull-back operations. A device which allows the electrical transmission lines to extend their length when placed in tension may also be employed to provide strain relief to the electrical transmission lines. Another improvement includes a counter-wound coil structure, which may either expand or contract as the drive cable is being rotated to strengthen the drive cable. The distal tip of the catheter body may be redesigned to provide a lumen which allows for the release of flushing fluids through a distal port in the guidewire lumen.

An improved catheter system having an ultrasonic imaging transducer coupled to a drive cable disposed within a lumen of a flexible tubular catheter body. An improvement including a reconfiguration of the ferrites in the hub assembly, such that the need for the gap between the ferrites is removed. A strain relief member is provide to increase the strength of the electrical transmission lines to enable them to withstand the tensile forces caused by either flushing and / or pull-back operations. A device which allows the electrical transmission lines to extend their length when placed in tension may also be employed to provide strain relief to the electrical transmission lines. Another improvement includes a counter-wound coil structure, which may either expand or contract as the drive cable is being rotated to strengthen the drive cable. The distal tip of the catheter body may be redesigned to provide a lumen which allows for the release of flushing fluids through a distal port in the guidewire lumen.

The invention relates to a micro-grid coordination control system based on multi-agent technology, pertaining to the information technology field, wherein an element agent module independently controls the operation of bottom elements in the micro-grid, realizing direct control on a distributive power source, power generation, power-reserving elements and some loads; a micro-grid agent module operates in accordance with the internal dispatching of the micro-gird and manages the agents; task division and shared resource allocation among agents are solved by communication and coordination between the micro-grid agent module and an upper grid agent module, and the upper grid agent module takes charge of the coordination and dispatching in the electric market and among agents and makes the important decisions by integrating information of the micro-grid agents. A certain amount of data communication among the agent modules are kept for better ensuring rationality for decisions made by each agent. The structure and the communication method fit the complex and flexible characteristics of micro-grid distribution. The coordination control system can promote the safe and steady operation of the micro-grid as well as the generating efficiency.

Electrically responsive devices and methods for fabricating electrically responsive devices involves applying an electrically responsive material (e.g., an electroactive material) over at least a portion of a surface of a substrate material and applying an electrode material over at least a portion of a surface of the electrically responsive material. At least one region of the electrode material is selectively removed exposing the electrically responsive material. At least some of the electrically responsive material is selectively removed in a region corresponding to the at least one region of the electrode material.

A directional coupler with a high coupling per unit area and small variations in characteristic at manufacturing capable of achieving a high directivity easily and an RF circuit module provided with the directional coupler are achieved. A main-line is provided on a front surface of a multi-layer substrate, a ground plane is provided on a back surface of the multi-layer substrate. On an inner layer immediately under the main-line, two lines in parallel with the main-line are provided, and one line is provided on a layer closer to the ground plane than the two lines. By connecting the two lines and the one line with vias, a sub-line with a shape of a winding of a loop is formed. In the sub-line, a main component of a vector vertically penetrating the loop is horizontal with respect to the ground plane.

An optical reduction system for use in the photolithographic manufacture of semiconductor devices having one or more quarter-wave plates operating near the long conjugate end. A quarter-wave plate after the reticle provides linearly polarized light at or near the beamsplitter. A quarter-wave plate before the reticle provides circularly polarized or generally unpolarized light at or near the reticle. Additional quarter-wave plates are used to further reduce transmission loss and asymmetries from feature orientation. The optical reduction system provides a relatively high numerical aperture of 0.7 capable of patterning features smaller than 0.25 microns over a 26 mm×5 mm field. The optical reduction system is thereby well adapted to a step and scan microlithographic exposure tool as used in semiconductor manufacturing. Several other embodiments combine elements of different refracting power to widen the spectral bandwidth which can be achieved.

An optical fiber preform 2 having a viscosity ratio Reta=eta0 / etat of 2.5 or less between the core average viscosity eta0 and the total average viscosity etat is prepared, and is drawn by a drawing furnace 11 so as to yield an optical fiber 3, which is then heated to a temperature within a predetermined range so as to be annealed by a heating furnace 21 disposed downstream the drawing furnace 11. Here, upon annealing in the heating furnace 21, the fictive temperature Tf within the optical fiber lowers, thereby reducing the Rayleigh scattering loss. At the same time, the viscosity ratio condition of Reta<=2.5 restrains the stress from being concentrated into the core, thereby lowering the occurrence of structural asymmetry loss and the like. Hence, anoptical fiber which can reduce the transmission loss caused by the Rayleigh scattering loss and the like as a whole, and a method of making the same can be obtained.

The presently claimed invention is to provide a package for compact RF signal system, and a method to form the package thereof in order to miniaturize the size of package, improve signal integrity, and reduce manufacturing cost. The package comprises a hybrid substrate with a sandwiched structure, in which the hybrid substrate comprises an upper layer and a lower layer with different dielectric properties being separated by an interposer for improving electrical isolation and mechanical stiffness. Metal layers are formed on the sidewalls of the opening to surround an active component, such that the metal sidewalls together with two ground plates in the upper and lower layers constitute a self-shielding enclosure inside the package to protect the active component.

Included among the many structures described herein are photonic bandgap fibers designed to provide a desired dispersion spectrum. Additionally, designs for achieving wide transmission bands and lower transmission loss are also discussed. For example, in some fiber designs, smaller dimensions of high index material in the cladding and large core size provide small flat dispersion over a wide spectral range. In other examples, the thickness of the high index ring-shaped region closest to the core has sufficiently large dimensions to provide negative dispersion or zero dispersion at a desired wavelength. Additionally, low index cladding features distributed along concentric rings or circles may be used for achieving wide bandgaps.

In a composite multiplexer circuit designed to multiplex plural frequency bands by interconnecting plural multiplexer circuits in parallel, a multiplexer circuit for extracting a frequency band of a GPS reception system includes a matching network including an inductor and a capacitor, and a surface acoustic wave filter connected in series with the matching network. The multiplexer circuit for the GPS reception system can be so set as to have infinite impedances at the other frequency bands than the frequency band thereof. This prevents signals in the other frequency bands from leaking into the multiplexer circuit for the GPS reception system.

A flexible high-frequency signal transmission line includes a dielectric body including laminated flexible dielectric layers. A signal line is provided in the dielectric body. A grounding conductor is arranged in the dielectric body to be opposed to the signal line via one of the dielectric layers. The grounding conductor is of a ladder structure including a plurality of openings and a plurality of bridges arranged alternately along the signal line. A characteristic impedance of the signal line changes between two adjacent ones of the plurality of bridges such that the characteristic impedance of the signal line rises from a minimum value to an intermediate value and to a maximum value and falls from the maximum value to the intermediate value and to the minimum value in this order.

A circuit is disclosed for operating Doherty amplifiers in parallel in a small size circuit and at a low cost while reducing transmission loss and preventing a narrowed band. The circuit has a plurality of Doherty amplifiers and a signal combiner. Each of the plurality of Doherty amplifiers is applied with a distributed input signal which is amplified and delivered by the Doherty amplifier. The signal combiner is made up of a transmission line transformer, is connected to the outputs of the Doherty amplifiers and to its output terminal. The signal combiner has an impedance as viewed from the Doherty amplifiers, which represents an optimal load for the Doherty amplifiers, and an impedance as viewed from the output terminal, which is equal to the characteristic impedance of a transmission line connected to the output terminal. The signal combiner combines the outputs of the Doherty amplifiers and delivers the resulting output from the output terminal.

The invention provides an ultraviolet-cured anti-dazzle hard film and application thereof. The ultraviolet-cured anti-dazzle hard film comprises a transparent supporter and an anti-dazzle hard film coating coated on at least one surface of the transparent supporter. A formula for the coating comprises, by weight, 5 to 90 parts of an ultraviolet-cured resin, 5 to 90 parts of a solvent, 1 to 10 parts of a photoinitiator, 0 to 80 parts of a reactive diluents, 1 to 40 parts of an anti-dazzle particle and 0 to 6 parts of an auxiliary agent. Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages: the ultraviolet-cured resin contains a certain amount of an organic silicon resin, which enables the antifouling property of the surface of the anti-dazzle hard film to be improved; and the selected organic particle has good compatibility with the ultraviolet-cured resin, so transmission loss of light is reduced, which enables clarity of displaying by the anti-dazzle hard film to be improved. The ultraviolet-cured anti-dazzle hard film has good anti-dazzling performance, a good antifouling effect, high hardness, good scratch resistance, excellent flexibility and high resolution.

The invention discloses an underwater wireless acousto-optic communication device and method. The underwater wireless acousto-optic communication device comprises a water depth and posture measurement module, an acoustic communication module, a main control panel, a theodolite, a pulse blue-green laser, a laser emission telescope, a receiving telescope, a photoelectric detection and signal conditioning module and a high-speed data acquisition module. The underwater wireless acousto-optic communication device comprehensively utilizes the characteristics of an acoustic signal which is low in rate, but large in sidelobe and long in transmission distance and the characteristics of an optic signal which is high in communication rate, good in directivity and longer in transmission distance, realizes underwater high-speed information transmission in a longer distance, and has the characteristics of small size, light weight, high integration level, good reliability and high performance-cost ratio.

The mixed power drive unit based on double planet ranks has one front planet rank and one rear planet rank. The front planet rank has a sun wheel P, a ring gear S, a planet carrier and a planet gear V; and the rear planet rank has a sun wheel Q, a ring gear T and a planet gear U. The mixed power drive unit has the connection of sun wheels P and Q, connection of front planet carrier and ring gear T, the connection of the internal combustion engine through two clutches separately to ring gear and the planet carrier, the connection of sun gear P and a motor, the connection of the planet carrier and gear H, the connection of sun gear Q and the motor, the connection of sun gears P and Q, the mesh of gear H to gear G, the connection of gear G and the output, the braking of brake C on ring gear S, and the braking of brake E on ring gear T. The present invention has the advantages of compact structure and less transmitting parts, stepless speed change function, etc.

The invention discloses a terahertz multifunctional device based on an integrated technology. The terahertz multifunctional device comprises a terahertz doubler and a terahertz harmonic mixer. The device is structurally and sequentially provided with an input fundamental wave waveguide micro-strip transition, a micro-strip line short plane, a four-tube-core frequency-multiplication diode, a local oscillator matching circuit, a mixing diode, a radio-frequency matching circuit, an input radio-frequency waveguide micro-strip transition and a medium-frequency low-pass filter from left to right. The number of dielectric substrates is reduced so that circuits can be integrated on one substrate, the number of cavities to be machined is reduced as well, and machining and assembly are made simple; design and machining of waveguide transition are omitted, and the size of the cavities is reduced.

a voltage recovery device is configured to provide real and reactive power to a utility power network at a sufficient level and for a sufficient duration to recover the voltage on the utility power network within a predetermined proportion of the nominal voltage, following a fault condition detected on the utility power network. Moreover, the voltage recovery device reduces the overall transmission losses in a utility power system.

The invention discloses a high-speed PCB which comprises an insulating layer, line layers and a reference layer. A difference transmission line is arranged in each line layer. Each line layer comprises an outer layer line layer arranged outside the insulating layer and an inner layer line layer arranged inside the insulating layer. The reference layer is arranged between each inner layer line layer and each outer layer line layer. An anti-pad is arranged in the reference layer. The difference transmission lines of the line layers are communicated through via holes. Grounded screen holes are formed around the via holes and / or pads are arranged in the via holes near the reference line and the inner layer line layer and / or short columns are arranged in the via holes. The invention further discloses a design method of difference via hole impedance control of the high-speed PCB. Coupling of the via holes can be reduced by arranging the grounded screen holes around the via holes, transmission loss of the via holes is reduced, integrity of signals is improved, impedance of the via holes can be identical with impedance of the difference transmission lines through reasonable design of the via holes, reflection of the signals is reduced, and integrity of the signals is improved.

[Problem] In a thermally assisted magnetic recording head support mechanism, an increase in the temperature of a heat source for supplying an optical near-field transducer with light, due to heat generation by the heat source, is checked while holding back an increase in weight of a slider and lessening transmission loss of light.[Solution] The thermally assisted magnetic recording head support mechanism is made up such that a suspension 5 has one end holding a slider 4 on which a magnetic head 3 having a read element 31, write element 32, and an optical near-field transducer 34 is mounted, and the other end of the suspension 5 is held by a carriage 6. The optical block 15 provided with one light source 10, and an optical switching mechanism capable of switching a guidance destination of irradiated light from light source 10 is attached to an arm 62 or a support 61 of the carriage 6 having a wide heat release area, thereby guiding light from the optical block 15 to the optical near-field transducer 34 via an optical waveguide 14.

The invention provides a foundation-based atmosphere profile microwave detector. The detector is characterized by comprising an antenna feeder unit, a radiometer receiving unit and a scanning mechanism unit, wherein the antenna feeder unit comprises two independent antenna feeder sub-units for two wavebands and is provided with two-frequency independent reflective surfaces; the two independent antenna reflective surfaces are arranged at two ends of the output shaft of a scanning motor respectively, can realize beam scanning through motor rotation, and are used for receiving microwave radiation of atmosphere and an internal calibration reference source; the radiometer receiving unit comprises a directional coupler, a radio amplifier, a power divider, a band pass filter, a square law detector, an integrator and a video amplifier, and is used for realizing intermediate frequency detection of a received signal; the scanning mechanism unit comprises a scanning shaft, a scanning step motor, two front ends and a sub-miniature type A (SMA) connector; and driven by the scanning motor, the scanning shaft drives the two reflective surfaces to circumferentially scan so as to realize observation on sky in different incident angles and measurement on an internal calibration blackbody and acquire data which is acquired in a measurement and periodic internal calibration unit.

The present invention discloses a method for the communication by utilizing a relay base station, which is characterized in that the relay base station of one or a plurality of the concatenation are connected into a wireless communication network, to perform the wireless connection with a service base station, when the service base station is communicated with a user terminal through the relay base station, the implementation procedure is as follows: the service base station or a user terminal sends the data to the relay base station; the relay base station sends the data sent by the service base station to the user terminal and sends the data sent by the user terminal to the service base station. The application of the method can reduce the construction cost of the base station and improve the flexibility of the network layout of a wireless communication system.