The comparison circuitry of a comparator is isolated from noise on the power supply and ground by utilizing transistors operating in the forward-active region to isolate the comparison circuitry. The comparison circuitry is further isolated from random noise spikes by utilizing delay and switching circuitry to control the duration of the comparison.

An improved high-frequency high-power transistor includes a transistor chip and capacitors forming an RF shunting internal matching circuit. The capacitors are connected with RF shunting wires to a collector pad to which the transistor chip is die-bonded. The wires have the same lengths and are disposed symmetrically relative to input and output leads of transistor cells within said transistor chip so that they uniformly influence the transistor cells.

An optocoupler for isolating a high voltage from a low voltage comprising: an elongated light transmissive rod mounted inside a cavity of a housing, the cavity being filled with a fluid surrounding and in contact with an outside wall surface of the rod; a light emitter mounted at one end of the rod, the light emitter receiving a current input and emitting light in response to the input; a light detector mounted at an opposing end of the rod, the light detector having a detection surface receivin...

Polyethylene solutions are extruded through a multi-orifice spinneret into a cross-flow gas stream to form a fluid product. The fluid product is stretched at a temperature at which a gel will form at a stretch ratio of at least 5:1 over a length of less than about 25 mm with the cross-flow gas stream velocity at less than about 3 m/min. The fluid product is quenched in a quench bath consisting of an immiscible liquid to form a gel. The gel is stretched. The solvent is removed from the gel to for...

A gasket for high pressure, high temperature apparatus is disclosed which is of a generally frusto-conical shape. The smaller diameter portion of the gasket is made primarily from low friction material and the larger diameter portion of the gasket is made from a mixture of high friction material and low friction material, the low friction material being the major portion. The gasket may be made as two parts and joined or not joined together or by double filling a mold and pressing as a single un...

Presented is a high efficiency high-speed boat or ship that has multiple hulls. These multiple hulls can include recesses in their undersides that are supplied with pressurized air to form supporting air cushions. There is a support and stability adding hydrofoil disposed between two of the multi-hulls and one trimmable hydrofoil mounted to the transom in the preferred embodiment of the invention. There are water deflecting steps forward of recesses inset in one or more sides of the multi-hulls ...

A high-Q inductor for high frequency, having a plurality of inductor elements formed in a plurality of IC wiring layers with a connection formed therebetween. The directions of the magnetic fields generated by the respective inductor elements are substantially the same. With this construction, the section of the inductor is increased reducing the serial resistance component and an influence of a skin effect in a high-frequency range is eliminated increasing the Q value.

A high-Q inductor for high frequency, having a plurality of inductor elements formed in a plurality of IC wiring layers with a connection formed therebetween. The directions of the magnetic fields generated by the respective inductor elements are substantially the same. With this construction, the section of the inductor is increased reducing the serial resistance component and an influence of a skin effect in a high-frequency range is eliminated increasing the Q value.

An electronic device is provided such as an amplifier, for example, having improved gain and transconductance and low output impedance. The device includes a primary amplifier configured to carry an operating load. The primary amplifier includes an input for receiving an input signal, and an output for outputting an output signal, and operates having a variable output, as it carries an operational load. The device further includes a secondary amplifier configured to operate at a fixed operating ...

An ultra bright, low wattage inductively coupled electrodeless aperture lamp is powered by a solid state RF source in the range of several tens to several hundreds of watts at various frequencies in the range of 400 to 900 MHz. Numerous novel lamp circuits and components are disclosed including a wedding ring shaped coil having one axial and one radial lead, a high accuracy capacitor stack, a high thermal conductivity aperture cup and various other aperture bulb configurations, a coaxial capacit...