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A mixer arrangement (112, 114, 213, 300, 1000, 1100, 1200) for complex signal mixing comprising a first harmonic rejection mixer (232, 332, 1232); and a second harmonic rejection mixer (234, 334, 1234), wherein each of the harmonic rejection mixers comprises a plurality of mixer unit cells (500, 602, 800, 900, 1002, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1400, 1500) connected in parallel, wherein each mixer unit cell comprises a differential input, transconductance elements connected to the corresponding differential inputs, and a switching network arranged to switch signals from the transconductance elements to a differential output, the first and the second harmonic rejection mixers having a mutual quadrature phase relationship, and wherein the first and the second harmonic rejection mixers share a plurality of mixer unit cells (800, 900, 1002, 1102, 1400, 1500) among the mixer unit cells (500, 602, 800, 900, 1002, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1400, 1500), wherein each shared mixer unit cell (800, 900, 1002, 1102, 1400, 1500) comprises an input for receiving a signal to be mixed (Vin), an input for receiving control signals (S1, S2) derived from a local oscillator signal, and one output for each of the first and second harmonic rejection mixers, and characterised in that the control signals comprise an additional signal configured for causing the switching network to put the shared mixer unit cell (1400, 1500) in a high impedance state in which the shared mixer unit cell is functionally disconnected from the first and second harmonic rejection mixers. an input for receiving a signal to be mixed (Vin), an input for receiving control signals (S1, S2) derived from a local oscillator signal, and one output for each of the first and second harmonic rejection mixers, and characterised in that the control signals comprise an additional signal configured for causing the switching network to put the shared mixer unit cell (1400, 1500) in a high impedance state in which the shared mixer unit cell is functionally disconnected from the first and second harmonic rejection mixers.
A simplified method of resin-reinforcement of a block of stone material, such as marble, granite, onyx, and other similar natural materials having surface cracks and/or defects, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a sheet of flexible waterproof plastic material on a base and placing a block to be resin-reinforced on said sheet; b) applying a layer of a flexible heat-shrink material pre-impregnated with resin to one or more walls of the block; c) folding said sheet on the walls of the block wrapped in the layer made of pre-impregnated material, to form a hermetically sealed container around the block; d) heating the block in said container to a predetermined temperature to melt and/or fluidize the resin; e) maintaining the predetermined temperature for a predetermined time (t) to urge the melted resin into the cracks and/or defects of the block caused by heating and shrinking of said flexible heat-shrink layer; f) cooling the block until the resin is at least partially cured; g) removing the resin-reinforced block from said container. a) providing a sheet of flexible waterproof plastic material on a base and placing a block to be resin-reinforced on said sheet; b) applying a layer of a flexible heat-shrink material pre-impregnated with resin to one or more walls of the block; c) folding said sheet on the walls of the block wrapped in the layer made of pre-impregnated material, to form a hermetically sealed container around the block; d) heating the block in said container to a predetermined temperature to melt and/or fluidize the resin; e) maintaining the predetermined temperature for a predetermined time (t) to urge the melted resin into the cracks and/or defects of the block caused by heating and shrinking of said flexible heat-shrink layer; f) cooling the block until the resin is at least partially cured; g) removing the resin-reinforced block from said container.
A method for producing a lithium metal negative electrode structure comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a laminate by forming a coated portion of a lithium metal layer on one side or both sides of a current collector such that a non-coated portion on which a tab will be formed is included on one side of the current collector; (b) forming an insulating layer or an insulating tape by coating and curing a photocurable material, or attaching an insulating tape, onto a stepped part between the non-coated portion and the coated portion of the lithium metal layer; and (c) punching the laminate with the insulating layer or the insulating tape together into a unit electrode to produce a lithium metal negative electrode structure, and wherein the method comprises (d) forming a tab by punching the non-coated portion simultaneously with step (c), or after step (c). (a) preparing a laminate by forming a coated portion of a lithium metal layer on one side or both sides of a current collector such that a non-coated portion on which a tab will be formed is included on one side of the current collector; (b) forming an insulating layer or an insulating tape by coating and curing a photocurable material, or attaching an insulating tape, onto a stepped part between the non-coated portion and the coated portion of the lithium metal layer; and (c) punching the laminate with the insulating layer or the insulating tape together into a unit electrode to produce a lithium metal negative electrode structure, and
Support foot for supporting a free standing structure on a support surface such as a rooftop, the support foot including a holding means for holding a profiled section element to which other parts of said structure can be mounted, wherein the profiled section element comprises at least one wall having apertures formed in it, the support foot comprising: - a base part having a socket, and - a securing element adapted to be received in the socket, said support foot being characterized in that said securing element has at least one movable catch member to catch an edge of one of said apertures so as to secure the profiled section element to the support foot, wherein the catch member is movable from a preassembly position, in which it can be inserted through the aperture, to a securing position, in which it engages over the edge of the aperture. - a base part having a socket, and - a securing element adapted to be received in the socket, said support foot being characterized in that said securing element has at least one movable catch member to catch an edge of one of said apertures so as to secure the profiled section element to the support foot, wherein the catch member is movable from a preassembly position, in which it can be inserted through the aperture, to a securing position, in which it engages over the edge of the aperture.
A process for removing sinigrin from a meal fraction of a Brassica carinata oilseed comprising (a) heating and applying pressure to the oilseed before, during, or after the extraction of oil. (a) heating and applying pressure to the oilseed before, during, or after the extraction of oil.
Separate auxiliary drive for a rollable person carrier or load carrier, in particular for wheelchairs, comprising a drive motor, at least one drive wheel, at least one seat for an operator, and a coupling device, by means of which the auxiliary drive can be fixed to the person carrier or load carrier so as to be repeatedly releasable, characterised in that the coupling device has an axle coupling which is formed so as to be able to be connected to the axle or axles of a pair of wheels of the person carrier or load carrier, the seat being moveable from an operating position to a transport position, the seat being connected to the coupling device via an actuation device, and the coupling device, in the transport position, being transferred via the actuation device into an assembly position, in which the auxiliary drive can be fixed to the person carrier or load carrier.
An ultrasound system, comprising an ultrasound probe, which comprises a plurality of transmission and reception elements, and also comprising a data processing unit which is physically separated from the ultrasound probe and is connected to the latter by means of data connection, wherein the ultrasound probe comprises a number of analogue preamplifiers, a plurality of analog-digital converters, and at least one digital terminal component (11, 12, 13), and the data processing unit comprises two ring buffers (20, 21), i.e. a reception buffer and a transmission buffer, as well as a computing unit (15, 16, 17, 19, 22) constituted for generating ultrasound images, and wherein a real-time bus system (Bus-S) comprising the aforementioned data connection is provided for the data coupling of the ultrasound probe with the computing unit (15, 16, 17, 19, 22), in which the ring buffers (20, 21) are also incorporated, and which on the one hand is connected to a probe system (Son-S) transmitting data within the ultrasound probe and on the other hand to an operating system provided for the operation of the computing unit (15, 16, 17, 19, 22), and wherein the clocking inaccuracy (jitter) of the probe system (Son-S) is at least three orders of magnitude less and the reaction time of the operating system is at least two orders of magnitude longer than the clocking inaccuracy (jitter) of the real-time bus system (Bus-S), and wherein the real-time bus system (Bus-S) is constituted in cooperation with the probe system (Son-S) and the operating system, in order that transmission and reception data are transmitted simultaneously by streaming uninterrupted clocked on average with a constant rate with a stateless operation of the ultrasound probe not differing between transmission and reception operation.
An impact resistant article comprising a breakable substrate bonded to a flexible substrate, wherein the breakable substrate is bonded to the flexible substrate using a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising the reaction product of an acrylic polymer and a macromer, wherein the macromer has a glass transition temperature of about -30°C or less determined by differential scanning calorimetry, and wherein the macromer has an aliphatic hydrocarbon backbone selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene-butylene), poly(ethylene-propylene), poly(ethylene-butylene-propylene) and mixtures thereof, or an alkylene oxide backbone selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene glycol), poly(propylene glycol), poly(tetramethylene glycol) and mixtures thereof.
A USB communications terminal, comprising a USB connector and a printed circuit board, PCB, wherein the USB connector comprises a metal housing, a metal ground is disposed on the PCB, a radio-frequency signal feedpoint is disposed on the PCB, and the radio-frequency signal feedpoint is electrically coupled with the metal housing, so that the metal housing of the USB connector is suitable for being used as an antenna or a part of an antenna of the USB communications terminal, wherein the radio-frequency signal feedpoint disposed on the PCB is electrically connected to a first soldering pin; and a second soldering pin is connected to the metal ground of the PCB, characterized in that the first soldering pin for being soldered on the PCB is disposed on a first part of the metal housing and the second soldering pin for being soldered on the PCB is disposed on a second part of the metal housing, wherein the first part of the metal housing is not connected to the second part of the metal housing.
Composition, especially for washing or cleansing keratin materials, characterized in that it comprises: a) one or more anionic surfactants, b) one or more surfactants chosen from nonionic surfactants, and amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactants, and c) one or more solid branched fatty alcohols containing more than 25 carbon atoms. a) one or more anionic surfactants, b) one or more surfactants chosen from nonionic surfactants, and amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactants, and c) one or more solid branched fatty alcohols containing more than 25 carbon atoms.
A method of constructing (S230, S430) a merge candidate list for video coding, using spatial merge candidates and a temporal merge candidate, the method comprising: checking (S210, S410) availability of a spatial merge candidate, wherein the spatial merge candidate corresponding to a first prediction unit partitioned by an asymmetric partitioning is set as unavailable if a current block is a second prediction unit partitioned by the asymmetric partitioning, wherein if the size of the current prediction unit is (3/2)Nx2N, the left spatial merge candidate is set as unavailable; deriving (S220, S420) the temporal merge candidate; constructing (S230, S430) the merge candidate list using available spatial and temporal merge candidates; and adding (S250, S460) one or more candidates if the number of available spatial and temporal merge candidates is smaller than a predetermined number, wherein the spatial merge candidate is motion information of a spatial merge candidate block, and wherein the spatial merge candidate block is a left block, an above block, an above-right block, a left-below block or an above-left block of the current block. checking (S210, S410) availability of a spatial merge candidate, wherein the spatial merge candidate corresponding to a first prediction unit partitioned by an asymmetric partitioning is set as unavailable if a current block is a second prediction unit partitioned by the asymmetric partitioning, wherein if the size of the current prediction unit is (3/2)Nx2N, the left spatial merge candidate is set as unavailable; deriving (S220, S420) the temporal merge candidate; constructing (S230, S430) the merge candidate list using available spatial and temporal merge candidates; and adding (S250, S460) one or more candidates if the number of available spatial and temporal merge candidates is smaller than a predetermined number, wherein the spatial merge candidate is motion information of a spatial merge candidate block, and wherein the spatial merge candidate block is a left block, an above block, an above-right block, a left-below block or an above-left block of the current block.
A method for fabricating a ceramic material from a preceramic polymer material, the method comprising: providing a preform that includes a fiber structure and said preceramic polymer material within the fiber structure, wherein the preceramic polymer material includes a preceramic polymer and an electromagnetic radiation-responsive component, and the electromagnetic radiation-responsive component selected from the group consisting of boron-containing compounds, cobalt, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, nitrides of aluminum, nitrides of titanium, nitrides of zirconium, nitrides of hafnium, nitrides of tantalum, nitrides of tungsten, nitrides of rhenium, carbides of aluminum, carbides of titanium, carbides of zirconium, carbides of hafnium, carbides of tantalum, carbides of tungsten, carbides of rhenium and combinations thereof; and applying electromagnetic radiation to the preform, the electromagnetic radiation interacting with the electromagnetic radiation-responsive component to generate heat that converts the preceramic polymer to a ceramic phase; wherein the preceramic polymer material includes, by volume, 0.1%-1% of the electromagnetic radiation-responsive component; and wherein the fiber structure includes crystalline silicon carbide fibers, and the ceramic phase is silicon carbide. providing a preform that includes a fiber structure and said preceramic polymer material within the fiber structure, wherein the preceramic polymer material includes a preceramic polymer and an electromagnetic radiation-responsive component, and the electromagnetic radiation-responsive component selected from the group consisting of boron-containing compounds, cobalt, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, nitrides of aluminum, nitrides of titanium, nitrides of zirconium, nitrides of hafnium, nitrides of tantalum, nitrides of tungsten, nitrides of rhenium, carbides of aluminum, carbides of titanium, carbides of zirconium, carbides of hafnium, carbides of tantalum, carbides of tungsten, carbides of rhenium and combinations thereof; and applying electromagnetic radiation to the preform, the electromagnetic radiation interacting with the electromagnetic radiation-responsive component to generate heat that converts the preceramic polymer to a ceramic phase; wherein the preceramic polymer material includes, by volume, 0.1%-1% of the electromagnetic radiation-responsive component; and wherein the fiber structure includes crystalline silicon carbide fibers, and the ceramic phase is silicon carbide.
A trifunctional (meth)acrylate compound represented by general formula: wherein M 1, M 2, and M 3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a halogen atom; ring A 1, ring A 2, and ring A 3 each independently represent a benzene ring, a cyclohexane ring, a cyclohexene ring, a naphthalene ring, a decahydronaphthalene ring, a tetrahydronaphthalene ring, or a phenanthrene ring, the -CH= moiety of each of which rings is optionally displaced with -N= or the -CH 2 - moiety of each of which rings is optionally displaced with -S- or -O-; at least one of ring A 1, ring A 2, and ring A 3 is a naphthalene ring; Z 1, Z 2, and Z 3 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, optionally substituted with a halogen atom or a cyano group, and optionally having a methylene group thereof interrupted by -O- or -CO-; X 1, X 2, and X 3 each independently represent a single bond, -COO-, -OCO-, -(CH 2) p -, -CH=CH-, -(CH 2) p O-, -O(CH 2) p -, -CH=CHCH 2 O-, -OCH 2 CH=CH-, -C≡C-, -(CH 2) p COO-, -OCO(CH 2) p -, -(CH 2) p OCO-O-, -OCO-O(CH 2) p -, -(CH 2) q O(CH 2) r O-, or -O(CH 2) q O(CH 2) r -; Y 1 and Y 2 each independently represent -L 1 -, -L 1 O-, -L 1 O-CO-, -L 1 CO-O-, or -L 1 O-CO-O-; Y 3 represents a single bond, -L 2 -, -OL 2 -, -O-COL 2 -, -CO-OL 2 -, or -O-CO-OL 2 -; L 1 and L 2 each independently represent an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms optionally interrupted by one to three -O- linkages; a, b, and c represent the numbers of the substituents on ring A 1, ring A 2, and ring A 3, respectively, each independently being an integer of (2u+2) or smaller, wherein u is the number of the 6-membered rings composing the substituted monocyclic or fused ring; at least one of a, b, and c is an integer of 1 or greater; p represents an integer of 1 to 8; q and r each independently represent an integer of 1 to 3; and s and t each independently represent 0 or 1, provided that s+t≥1.
A method of preparing an ASA graft copolymer, the method comprising: a) a seed preparation step of preparing seeds by polymerizing one or more monomers selected from among an aromatic vinyl monomer, a vinyl cyan monomer, and an alkyl acrylate monomer and an emulsifier; b) a core preparation step of preparing cores enclosing the seeds by adding an alkyl acrylate monomer in presence of the seeds and performing polymerization; and c) a shell preparation step of preparing shells enclosing the cores by adding an aromatic vinyl monomer, a vinyl cyan monomer, and an emulsifier in presence of the cores and performing graft polymerization, wherein the emulsifier of the shell preparation step comprises a multifunctional carboxylic acid having 30 to 60 carbon atoms or a salt thereof, and an average size of the ASA graft copolymer prepared is 250 to 750 nm. a) a seed preparation step of preparing seeds by polymerizing one or more monomers selected from among an aromatic vinyl monomer, a vinyl cyan monomer, and an alkyl acrylate monomer and an emulsifier; b) a core preparation step of preparing cores enclosing the seeds by adding an alkyl acrylate monomer in presence of the seeds and performing polymerization; and c) a shell preparation step of preparing shells enclosing the cores by adding an aromatic vinyl monomer, a vinyl cyan monomer, and an emulsifier in presence of the cores and performing graft polymerization,
Display module comprising a fixed frame and at least two substantially rigid display members (31, 32, 33), wherein: - said display members (31, 32, 33) each comprise a display portion (31a, 32a, 33a) of a pattern, said display portions being complementary to each other such that they form said pattern in at least one relative position of said display members (31, 32, 33), - at least one of the display portions (32, 33) being integral with and movable relative to the frame by means of a deformable link at least between a first rest position in which said display portions (31a, 32a, 33a) are spaced apart from each other and a display position in which said display portions (31a, 32a, 33a) are counter-applied to each other to form and display said pattern, - said display member or members (32, 33) movable relative to the frame cooperate with an actuating push-button arranged to transmit a displacement force of this display member (32, 33) by elastic deformation around its deformable link or links from said rest position to said display position, characterized in that - said display members (31, 32, 33), the frame and the deformable link or links form a monolithic piece. - said display members (31, 32, 33) each comprise a display portion (31a, 32a, 33a) of a pattern, said display portions being complementary to each other such that they form said pattern in at least one relative position of said display members (31, 32, 33), - at least one of the display portions (32, 33) being integral with and movable relative to the frame by means of a deformable link at least between a first rest position in which said display portions (31a, 32a, 33a) are spaced apart from each other and a display position in which said display portions (31a, 32a, 33a) are counter-applied to each other to form and display said pattern, - said display member or members (32, 33) movable relative to the frame cooperate with an actuating push-button arranged to transmit a displacement force of this display member (32, 33) by elastic deformation around its deformable link or links from said rest position to said display position, characterized in that - said display members (31, 32, 33), the frame and the deformable link or links form a monolithic piece.