6561 results about "Electromagnetic induction" patented technology

An electromagnetically induced cutting mechanism provides accurate cutting operations on soft tissues. The electromagnetically induced cutter is adapted to interact with atomized fluid particles. A tissue remover comprises an aspiration cannula housing a fluid and energy guide for conducting electromagnetically induced cutting forces to the site within a patient's body for aspiration of soft tissue. The cannula is provided with a cannula distal end. The proximal end of the cannula is provided with fluid flow connection to an aspiration source. Separated soft tissue and fluid are aspirated through the cannula distal end and the cannula by an aspiration source at the proximal end of the cannula.

To provide an induced power transmission circuit that transmits, from a transmission antenna (1) connected to a power supply circuit, an AC power having an angular frequency ω to a spaced reception antenna (2) with an excellent efficiency, thereby transmitting it to a load circuit. The induced power transmission circuit comprises a circuit the two ends of which are coupled by a capacitor (C1) and in which the power supply circuit is connected in series to a midway port (1) (P1) of the transmission antenna (1) having an effective self-inductance L1; and a circuit the two ends of which are coupled by a capacitor (C2) and in which the load circuit is connected in series to a midway port (2) (P2) of the reception antenna (2) having an effective self-inductance L2; wherein for a coupling coefficient k of the electromagnetic induction between the antennas and for a phase angle β having an arbitrary value, the angular frequency ω is set to the square root of the reciprocal of a value of L2×C2×(1+k*cos (β)), the output impedance of the power supply circuit is set to approximately kωL1*sin (β), and the input impedance of the load circuit is set to approximately kωL2*sin (β). There is also provided an impedance converting circuit that converts the circuit impedances.

Disclosed is a noncontact electric power transmission system having a power transmitter circuit section 10 and a power receiver circuit section 30 which are adapted to be coupled to transmit electric power from a transmitter coil Lp provided in the power transmitter circuit section 10 to a receiver coil Ls provided in the power receiver circuit section 30, in a noncontact manner by means of electromagnetic induction. The noncontact electric power transmission system comprises: a separately-excited or self-excited switching circuit 2 provided in the power transmitter circuit section 10; a control IC 3 operable to drive the switching circuit 2; an LC series resonant circuit including a capacitor Cp connected in series to the transmitter coil Lp or an LC parallel resonant circuit including a capacitor Cp connected in parallel to the transmitter coil Lp; and an LC parallel resonant circuit including a capacitor Cs connected in parallel to the receiver coil Ls, wherein an oscillating frequency (Fosc) of the control IC 3, a resonant frequency (Fpr) of the LC series resonant circuit or the LC parallel resonant circuit in the power transmitter circuit section 10, and a resonant frequency (Fsr) of the LC parallel resonant circuit in the power receiver circuit section 30, have the following relationship: Fpr<Fosc<Fsr.

Provided is a digitizer function-equipped liquid crystal display device capable of preventing the wire shadows of a loop antenna from being projected on a liquid crystal panel and capable of being applied to a large size liquid crystal panel. It is also possible to provide an information processing electronic device and a game device provided with the digitizer function-equipped liquid crystal display device. Here, the digitizer function-equipped liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel 1; a light diffusion member 2 which is disposed between the liquid crystal panel 1 and a backlight 5 irradiating the liquid crystal panel 1 with light; an electromagnetic induction type loop antenna which is disposed at a portion apart from the light diffusion member 2 in the direction toward the backlight 5 by a predetermined spacing so as to detect a position on the plane of the liquid crystal panel 1 in one coordinate axis direction and another coordinate axis direction that intersects the one coordinate axis direction; and a spacing retaining means for retaining the spacing between the light diffusion member 2 and loop antenna at a predetermined spacing value. As the spacing retaining means, a first light transmitting member 3 formed of a plate material having a light transmitting property is used.

The present invention supplies a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, which includes a non-contact inspection process capable of confirming if a circuit or circuit element formed on an array substrate is normally performed and can decrease a manufacturing cost by eliminating wastes to keep a defective product forming.

An electromotive force generated by electromagnetic induction is rectified and shaped by using primary coils formed on a check substrate and secondary coils formed on an array substrate, whereby a power source voltage and a driving signal are supplied to circuits or circuit elements on a TFT substrate so as to be driven.

A surgical navigation system for navigating a region of a patient includes a non-invasive dynamic reference frame and/or fiducial marker, sensor tipped instruments, and isolator circuits. The dynamic reference frame may be repeatably placed on the patient in a precise location for guiding the instruments. The instruments may be precisely guided by positioning sensors near moveable portions of the instruments. Electrical sources may be electrically isolated from the patient.

A non-contact power supply system includes a power supply device for transmitting high frequency power and a load device which receives the high frequency power in a non-contact mode by electromagnetic induction to supply it to a load. The power supply device includes a power transmission unit having a primary power coil and an inverter circuit, an inquiry unit having at least one primary signal coil and an oscillation circuit, a signal detection unit and a control unit. The load device includes a power reception unit having a secondary power coil magnetically coupled to the primary power coil and a power conversion unit, a secondary signal coil magnetically coupled to the primary signal coil, and a response unit which is operated by electromotive force induced in the secondary signal coil. The control unit stops power transmission when no signal is detected and executes power transmission which a signal is detected.

The invention discloses an electronic cigarette which comprises a cigarette-like shell with a hollow cavity, an electrical source, a cigarette pellet and cigarette rod fittings. The electrical source, a pneumatic switch, a magnetostrictive vibrator and an electromagnetic induction heater are arranged in sequence inside the shell from the front end to the back end; wherein, a high frequency generator is respectively connected with the magnetostrictive vibrator, the electromagnetic induction heater and the pneumatic switch through leads. A light-emitting diode is arranged at the front end of the shell and is respectively connected with the pneumatic switch and the electric source through leads. The back end of the shell is connected with the cigarette pellet in which a tobacco solution chamber is arranged.

The semiconductor device includes a signal processing circuit, an antenna circuit that is connected to the signal processing circuit, and a storage means that supplies electric power to the signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit receives and transmits information through the antenna circuit, generates a direct current voltage from signals received by the antenna circuit, and stores the direct current voltage in the storage means. Furthermore, the antenna circuit has an antenna portion that receives signals by an electromagnetic induction method and an antenna portion that receives signals by a microwave method so that signals of frequencies from a wide band can be received. Because signals from a wide band can be received, the environment in which the storage means can be charged is widened.

A transformer includes a primary coil assembly and a secondary coil assembly juxtaposed in a stack and which are electromagnetically inductively coupled and substantially symmetrical to one another. The primary coil assembly includes a plurality of primary coils coplanar with first insulation layers, respectively, and symmetrical to each other, and a first via unit connecting adjacent ones of the primary coils to each other. The secondary coil assembly includes a plurality of secondary coils coplanar with a plurality of second insulation layers, respectively, and symmetrical to each other, and a second via unit connecting adjacent ones of the secondary coils to each other.

Output optical energy pulses including relatively high energy magnitudes at the beginning of each pulse are disclosed. As a result of the relatively high energy magnitudes which lead each pulse, the leading edge of each pulse includes a relatively large slope. This slope is preferably greater than or equal to 5. Additionally, the full-width half-max value of the output optical energy distributions are between 0.025 and 250 microseconds and, more preferably, are about 70 microseconds. A flashlamp is used to drive the laser system, and a current is used to drive the flashlamp. A flashlamp current generating circuit includes a solid core inductor which has an inductance of 50 microhenries and a capacitor which has a capacitance of 50 microfarads.

The fixing device using an electromagnetic induction heating (IH) method includes a fixing sleeve having a heating layer, a pressure roller to form a nip while contacting the fixing roller and rotate to drive the fixing sleeve, a temperature detector to detect a temperature on a circumference of the fixing sleeve, and an excitation coil provided near the fixing sleeve and configured to perform induction heating of the heating layer of the fixing sleeve based on the detection result from the temperature detector. The fixing device is configured to change a rotation speed of the fixing sleeve in a standby time during which the fixing sleeve, while rotating, is controlled to be heated so as to maintain a target temperature when a periodic temperature difference occurs on a circumference of the fixing rotary member and having a fluctuation amplitude larger than a predetermined value compared to the target temperature.

Device and method for generating brief strong current pulses in a coil for generating magnetic field pulses which according to the electromagnetic induction principle induce stimulation currents in the body tissue triggering an action potential of the nerve and/or muscle cells, where the coil is positionable close to the body tissue to be stimulated so that its magnetic field passes through the body tissue, and where the device comprises a power generating unit that can generate a freely selectable temporal course of the current through the coil during the current pulse. A method for determining an optimized temporal course of a brief strong current pulse through the coil, where the temporal course of the current pulse is calculated using a method which numerically simulates the electrical behavior of nerve and/or muscle cells and the coil and optimizes the course of the current pulse regarding at least one parameter, or which by means of stimulating the nerve and/or muscle cells with predetermined current pulses optimizes the temporal course of the current pulse regarding at least one parameter and therefrom determines essential parameters of nerve and/or muscle cells.

A point-of-sale non-contact charging system to charge portable electronic devices through their packaging on store shelves makes use of electromagnetic induction so that the integrity of the packaging can be maintained and the products can be freely positioned on store shelves. Since the current can be induced in a conductive coil outside of the portable electronic device, the device need not be modified to be charged through this mechanism.