183 results about "Charge-coupled device" patented technology

The present invention proposes the use of a surface or writing surface such as paper and a moveable element such as a pen or a stylus. The stylus comprises an input means such as a charge-coupled device (CCD) or digital camera, a microcomputer, memory, power supply, and a communications device, whereby the digital camera scans the surface for position-related information to determine the position and / or movement of the stylus relative to the surface. The path of stylus is determined by detecting a sequence of position-related information. An output signal from the digital camera or array of light sensitive elements is sent to a computer or processor and finally output to the user. The output can be in various forms including an image on a computer display or a computer printout. When writing on the surface, handwriting recognition software can be used to convert the handwritten text into a "keyboard-typed" representation.

For use with a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus for polishing a semiconductor wafer having a platen, a polishing pad and a wafer carrier, an optical closed-loop control system. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of optical probes impacting a corresponding probe window and rigidly mountable through the platen. The system also includes a flash lamp configured to provide light to each of the plurality of optical probes and minimize an exposure time of the light onto the semiconductor wafer, a spectrograph configured to spatially image light received by each of the plurality of optical probes to a common charge-coupled device and produce real-time spectral reflectometry data therefrom. The system further includes a control subsystem configured to analyze the real-time spectral reflectometry data and determine at least one wafer state parameter therefrom, and cause the polishing to be adjusted based upon the at least one wafer state parameter.

The invention discloses a turntable type multi-station high-precision detection device based on multi-charge coupled device (CCD) and line laser. The turntable type multi-station high-precision detection device comprises a frame and a horizontal worktable which is arranged on the top of the frame, wherein workpiece-placing stations, first detection stations, second detection stations and workpiece-receiving stations which are sequentially distributed along the circumferential direction are arranged on the horizontal worktable; and a divider used for transferring a workpiece to be detected among the workpiece-placing stations, the first detection stations, the second detection stations and the workpiece-receiving stations is arranged on the horizontal worktable. The detection device has the characteristic of high detection speed.

A shadow RAM or “non-volatile SRAM” memory cell is implemented in a much smaller area by building the cell upward rather than outward. By stacking non-volatile storage devices above or below an SRAM cell, a smaller cell can be provided and result in a lower cost memory device. In certain embodiments, such a memory cell includes a pair of cross-coupled devices disposed on a first device layer and defining a pair of internal cross-coupled nodes, and a pair of non-volatile storage devices disposed on a second device layer above or below the pair of cross-coupled devices and coupled to the cross-coupled nodes.

The invention proposes a high power charging system for an electric car. The high power charging system comprises a power cell, a charge connecting device, an external power supply device, and an electric control device, wherein the power cell is arranged inside the electric car; the charge connecting device comprises a power supply plug and an automobile plug; the external power supply device is connected with the power supply plug of the charge connecting device; the charge control device is arranged inside the electric car, connected with the power cell and connected with a car plug of the charge connecting device; and a modulated pulse-width modulation (PWM) wave signal is transmitted by the charge connecting device between the charge control device and the external power supply device, so as to achieve communication of the charge control device and the external power supply device. By adopting the system, uniform switching of a working state of each system can be achieved; each split system of the car is harmonically controlled; and the high power charging system is strong in compatibility. Meanwhile, a control method of the high power charging system for the electric car is also provided by the invention.

A low power charge pump is disclosed. A pump driving node of a first pump stage is selectively coupled to a pump driving node of the subsequent pump stage. Subsequent to a transfer of charge from a first pump stage to a subsequent stage, the first and subsequent pump driving nodes are coupled. Residual charge on a first stage pump driving node is thereby transferred to a subsequent pump driving node. Subsequent to the transfer of charge from the first pump driving node to the second pump driving node, the nodes are uncoupled. By selectively coupling a first pump stage to a pump driving node of the subsequent pump stage, the first pump driving node may pre-charge the subsequent pump driving node, thereby reducing the energy that must be provided by clock driving circuitry to produce a positive-going transition of a driving clock. Advantageously, pre-charging energy is taken from the first stage, reducing the energy that was heretofore dissipated by clock driving circuitry during a negative-going clock signal transition. In this novel manner conversion efficiency of a charge pump device may be beneficially increased, providing enhanced low power performance.

A charge-coupled-device (CCD) camera system for detecting near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths, involving (a) a color CCD camera having a multitude of channels including red and near-infrared responsive channels, green responsive channels, and blue responsive channels, and (b) filter means which allow near-infrared light to pass and which block red light; wherein the CCD camera system does not include filter means which block near-infrared light.

A semiconductor device for a charge pump device suitable for providing large current capacity and preventing a latch up from occurring is offered. A first and a second N-type epitaxial silicon layers are stacked on a P-type single crystalline silicon substrate, and P-type well regions are formed in the second epitaxial silicon layer. P+-type buried layers abutting on bottoms of the P-type well regions and N+-type buried layers abutting on bottoms of the P+-type buried layers and electrically isolating the P-type well regions from the single crystalline silicon substrate are formed. An MOS transistor is formed in each of the P-type well regions and a drain layer of the MOS transistor and each of the P-type well regions are electrically connected.

A shadow RAM or “non-volatile SRAM” memory cell is implemented in a much smaller area by building the cell upward rather than outward. By stacking non-volatile storage devices above or below an SRAM cell, a smaller cell can be provided and result in a lower cost memory device. In certain embodiments, such a memory cell includes a pair of cross-coupled devices disposed on a first device layer and defining a pair of internal cross-coupled nodes, and a pair of non-volatile storage devices disposed on a second device layer above or below the pair of cross-coupled devices and coupled to the cross-coupled nodes.

The invention relates to an automotive power supply system and a control method thereof. The automotive power supply system comprises a vehicular power battery (1), a start-up battery (3) and a plurality of loads which respectively form a start-up circuit, a load feed circuit and a charging circuit, wherein, the start-up circuit is used for connecting a power supply loop between the vehicular power battery (1) and the loads only when the start-up circuit is connected; the automotive power supply system also comprises a charge control device (12); the charge control device (12) is used for respectively monitoring the voltages of the vehicular power battery (1) and the start-up battery (3) in a real-time manner and cutting off or connecting the charging circuit according to the monitoring result. The technical proposal adopted in the automotive power supply system and the control method thereof can charge the start-up battery at any time, so the start-up battery does not need to reserve a large mount of electrical energy, and the start-up battery which is used in the automotive power supply system and the control method thereof can adopt the battery that has smaller capacity and provides instant high current discharge, such as a nickel-cadmium battery; for the combination whole-body of the charge control device (12), the volume is small, the weight is light, the space in a vehicle chamber is saved greatly, the automotive load is lightened, and the cost is also lowered.

A method for reading out charge from an interlined CCD having a plurality of photo-sensing regions and a plurality of vertical shift registers, and each photosensitive region is mated respectively to a CCD of a vertical shift register and a color filter having a repeating pattern of two rows in which each row includes at least two colors that forms a plurality of 5 line sub-arrays sequentially numbered in the space domain; and the color filter spanning the photo-sensing regions, the method includes sequentially or substantially simultaneously reading out lines 1, 3 and 5 into the vertical shift register that keeps the colors separated; summing the charge in lines 1, 3 and 5; sequentially or substantially simultaneously reading out lines 2 and 4 into the vertical shift register that keeps the colors separated; summing the charge in lines 2 and 4; transferring one or more rows of the summed charge into a first horizontal charge-coupled device; transferring alternate charges in the first horizontal charge-coupled device into a second horizontal charge-coupled device; summing sets of two charges in the first horizontal charge-coupled device; summing sets of two charges in the second horizontal charge-coupled device; and reading out the charge in both the first and second horizontal shift register with a half-resolution clocking sequence.

An apparatus that includes a surgical telescopic device having a distal end and a proximal end; a camera coupled to the proximal end of the surgical telescopic device; and a holographic notch filter interposed between the camera and the proximal end of the surgical telescopic device. The camera preferably is a charge-coupled-device camera ("CCD camera"). The apparatus may also include a focusing lens or an alternative type of filter such as a long-pass filter or an infrared filter. The surgical telescopic device may be used by illuminating the material with non-white light and detecting the emitted fluorescence, phosphorescence or luminescence.

A latch up in a charge pump device is prevented as well as a withstand voltage of an MOS transistor used in the charge pump device is increased with this invention. A first and a second N-type epitaxial silicon layers are stacked on a P-type single crystalline silicon substrate, and P-type well regions are formed in the second epitaxial silicon layer separated from each other. A P-type isolation layer is formed between the P-type well regions. A P+-type buried layer is formed abutting on a bottom of each of the well regions, an N+-type buried layer is formed abutting on a bottom of the P+-type buried layer, and a transistor for charge transfer is formed in each of the P-type well regions.

A battery is charged in a number of states, with a change from a third charge stage to a fourth charge stage (e.g., final stage) is executed when a battery voltage reaches a change voltage or when a charge time reaches an upper time limit, in order to inhibit the overcharging or undercharging of the battery. The upper time limit is set in response to a battery temperature detected at the end of a second charge stage. In addition, if the charge stage is changed to the fourth stage in response to a determination of whether the upper time limit has elapsed or not, a complete charge mode cycle is increased. At the fourth stage, a charge time calculated using a charge electricity quantity, a battery temperature and a charge mode of the first stage is set.

Surface plasma coupling fluorescence detection apparatus, relating to a fluorescence detection apparatus. The invention provides a surface plasma coupling fluorescence detection apparatus with small volume, simple structure, low cost, and high detection accuracy. The device is equipped with a light source, a light source rack, a rotating platform, a proof sample rack, a coupled device, a monochromator, a detector and a control processor. The light source is equipped on the light source rack, and the light source rack and the proof sample rack are equipped on the rotating platform. The coupled device is equipped on the proof sample rack. The monochromator is equipped on the side of the rotating platform, which receives fluorescence signal, and is connected with the detector. The detector is connected with the control processor. The device provided by the invention has the characteristics of compact conformation and miniaturization. Laser pen can be used as light source, with small volume, strong energy, and the laser pen combined with minitype monochromator can be used for realizing instrumentation miniaturization.

An apparatus for measuring response time of a display apparatus including a photographing part including a charge coupled device camera and a microscope, an image processing part receiving a picture taken from a photographing part and calculating the response time thereof, and a control part applying a predetermined image signal to the display apparatus and controlling the photographing part to take a picture change of the display apparatus at a predetermined time.

The invention relates to a railway line parameter optoelectronic test device for a tamping vehicle and detection method thereof. The invented device is characterized by comprising a solid optoelectronic receiving set and a luminous light source. The solid optoelectronic receiving set is composed of four optical imaging lens arrays, four CCD charge-coupled devices and a corresponding treatment circuit board, and an independent electro-optical system is formed of each two optical lens arrays and two CCD devices. The beneficial effects of the invention are: the invented device quickly acquires optical signals reflecting railway line parameters by using a high-precision linear array CCD photoelectric sensor and obtains line parameters by calculating using a computer software. The obtained parameters are transmitted to the tamping vehicle control system host to increase speed and accuracy of tamping vehicle surveying orbit parameters.

A charge-coupled device camera architecture for improving the dynamic range of the charge-coupled device camera having a charge-coupled device camera contained within a vacuum capable camera case and electrically attached to the outside of the camera case; a thermoelectric cooler thermally attached to a back side of the charge-coupled device camera and electrically attached to the outside of the camera case; a thermal redistribution block thermally attached to the thermoelectric cooler and further thermally attached to the camera case; a pressure measuring mechanism attached to an inside surface of the camera case and electrically connected to the outside of the camera case; a temperature measuring mechanism attached to a surface of the thermal redistribution block and electrically connected to the outside of the camera case; and a vacuum evacuation assembly having an indium lined copper pinch tube.

A charge control device capable of charging a capacitor while restraining the progress of deterioration of the capacitor without unnecessary charge / discharge of the capacitor. A charge control device is provided with a voltage sensor (133) for detecting the voltage of a capacitor (101), a current sensor (135) for detecting the charge / discharge current of the capacitor (101), a battery ECU (123) for estimating the SOC of the capacitor (101) based on the detected voltage, and a management ECU (117). The management ECU (117) calculates the charge / discharge amount from the start of charge of the capacitor (101) by integrating the charge / discharge currents detected by the current sensor (135) and controls the charge of the capacitor (101) based on the estimated SOC and the calculated charge / discharge amount. The management ECU (117) updates and sets the estimated SOC to an actual use upper limit SOC based on the state characteristics of the capacitor (101).

The invention relates to a transmission electron microscope equipped with a 2k−2k pixel area Slow Scan Cooled Charge Coupled Device Camera connected to an image processing software for generating an image of a sample. A segmentation of gold particles in the sample is achieved by the separation from specimen structure and background noise. An identification and classification of particle types is carried out according to the shape and size of the detected particles or particle pairs and finally, the gold particle distribution is visualized by the generation of false color overlay images as well as the indication of the numbers in the image.

A charge control device for a hybrid vehicle includes a driving battery supplying electric power to front and rear motors. It can switch between a normal power generation mode in which an engine is driven at a first rotational speed higher than an idling speed to generate electric power and charge the driving battery to a predetermined amount of charge, and a forced power generation mode in which the engine is forcedly driven at the first rotational speed or higher to generate electric power and charge the battery so as to maintain a higher amount of charge of the driving battery than a predetermined amount of charge, and drives the engine at an idling speed or lower to reduce an amount of electric power generation if the cooling water of the engine is a first predetermined temperature or higher when the forced power generation mode is performed.

A battery charge control device for a marine vessel is arranged to control charging of a plurality of batteries, which include a main battery arranged to supply power for operating an engine of a propulsion device, and an accessory battery which is arranged to supply power for devices other than the engine. The main battery and the accessory battery are connected in parallel to a power generator attached to the engine. The charge control device includes a switching element arranged to short-circuit the power generator, a first control unit arranged to execute first control to short-circuit the power generator by driving the switching element when a voltage of the main battery exceeds a first upper limit, in a first control period, and a second control unit arranged to execute second control to short-circuit the power generator by driving the switching element when a voltage of the accessory battery exceeds a second upper limit, in a second control period which is longer than the first control period.

A charging control device for an electricity storage system includes a unit to detect an electricity remaining amount of a battery, a unit to calculate a necessary charge amount, a unit to calculate a necessary charge period, and a unit to start a charging from a charger to the battery at a start timing of nighttime. The start timing is defined to go back by the necessary charge period from a target timing, when the charging is defined to be finished at the target timing. The necessary charge amount is necessary for a following daytime, and is discharged for a load in the daytime.

Systems, devices, and methods for accurately imaging chemiluminescence and other luminescence are disclosed. A compact, flat-bed scanner having a light-tight enclosure, one or more detector bars of linear charge-coupled device (CCD) or complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imaging chips, and high working numerical aperture (NA) optics scans closely over a sample in one direction and then the opposite direction. Averages or other combinations of intensity readings for each pixel location (x, y) between the two or more passes are averaged together in order to compensate for luminescence that varies over time. On-chip pixel binning and multiple clock frequencies can be used to maximize the signal to noise ratio in a CCD-based scanner.

The invention relates to an equalizing charging device which consists of an upper computer, a charge equalizing device and a matched signal input / output (I / O) port, wherein the charge equalizing device is connected with a rechargeable battery pack by the matched signal I / O port; the upper computer comprises a charge control device; the charge control device is used for receiving change data of current and voltage of all rechargeable batteries in the rechargeable battery pack, forming corresponding control parameters, and sending the parameters into the charge equalizing device by a serial communication bus for controlling states of the charging processes of all the rechargeable batteries, wherein the change data are acquired by the charge equalizing device through the serial communication bus; and the charge equalizing device comprises an intelligent equalizing module which is used for adjusting the working state of the corresponding signal I / O port by the control parameters of the charge control device. The equalizing charging device can be used for performing independent charge control on all the rechargeable batteries, so that the rechargeable batteries in the rechargeable battery pack can be charged in a balancing way. Energy of the rechargeable battery pack is exerted to the greatest extent, and the service life of the battery pack is prolonged. The invention also comprises a corresponding charge control method.

The invention discloses a device and method for measuring a gas film gap of a dynamic pressure motor on the basis of the simultaneous phase shifting interferometry and relates to a device and method for measuring the gas film gap of the dynamic pressure motor. The invention solves the problems of a short measurement working distance of a capacitive sensor and limitation to measurement accuracy of a laser triangular sensor currently. The device disclosed by the invention mainly comprises an interference system, an orthogonal grating light splitting and phase shifting device and an image acquisition system; and the device respectively uses a round light spot and a strip light spot as axial / radial measurement light spots, adopts an orthogonal Ronchi grating to implement light splitting, adopts a four-quadrant polarizer to implement phase shifting and adopts a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) to carry out image acquisition. According to the scheme adopted by the invention, a probe of the device is vertically fixed at a certain distance relative to an axial / radial measurement plane of the dynamic pressure motor to be measured; and the simultaneous phase shifting interferometry principle, the grating diffraction light splitting principle, the polarization phase shifting characteristic and the image acquisition principle are utilized to measure axial and radial displacement change values corresponding to stiffness variation of a gas film of the dynamic pressure motor. The device has high stability and common-path, large-working-distance high-resolution measurement can be implemented.

The invention discloses an electronic control hybrid energy-storage electric automobile, which consists of a power supply detection device, a charge mode selection device, a drive controller temperature display device, a charge controller temperature display device, a motor rotating speed signal display device, a braking signal display device, an acceleration signal display device, a power generation system information feedback device, a charge system information feedback device, an environmental detection device, a steering wheel turn angle signal display device, an electronic comprehensive control system, a signal processing device, a controller, a charge control device, a drive control device, an automatic protection device, an instrument signal control device, a power generation unit, a power cell, a driving motor, an instrument display device and a fault display device, wherein the power generation unit, the power cell, the driving motor, the instrument display device and the fault display device are connected with and arranged behind the electronic comprehensive control system. The electric automobile has the advantages of simple whole structure, convenient operation and use, greatly reduced weight of the whole vehicle, energy saving technology for a circuit and well prolonged road haul.

In a charge pump device, occurrence of a latch up can be prevented and current capacity can be increased. An N-type epitaxial silicon layer is formed on a P-type single crystalline silicon substrate, P-type well regions are formed in the N-type epitaxial silicon layer separated from each other, and P-type lower isolation layers and P-type upper isolation layers are formed between the P-type well regions. Then a charge transfer MOS transistor is formed in each of the P-type well regions. The P-type single crystalline silicon substrate is biased to a ground potential or a negative potential.

A charge control device includes a charge control circuit to control a charge of a secondary battery by controlling an output stage connected between a power supply and the secondary battery. The charge control circuit includes a first error amplifier to generate a first error voltage in response to a difference between a predetermined first reference voltage and a first feedback voltage. The value of the first feedback voltage is determined in accordance with a primary current supplied from the power supply to the output stage. The charge control circuit also includes a second error amplifier to generate a second error voltage in response to a difference between either one of a predetermined second reference voltage and the first error voltage, and a second feedback voltage. The value of the second feedback voltage is determined in accordance with a charge current supplied from the output stage to the secondary battery. The charge control circuit also includes a control signal generator to generate the control signal of the output stage in response to the second error voltage.