Abstract:
A duplicated switching system including a number of communication units wherein each digital word transmitted by an originating communication unit (e.g., 11, 11', 17, 17', 69, 69') is conveyed via both of the duplicate time-multiplexed switches (10, 10') in the system and a destination communication unit (e.g. 12, 12', 18, 18', 71, 71') autonomously selects the digital words to be used for further communication based upon whether the word error check portions can be derived from the word information portions. Advantageously, the system continues to operate in the presence of system faults not simultaneously affecting digital words from both time-multiplexed switches without any erroneous words being used for further communication and without involving a system central control (30).
Abstract:
A floating battery feed circuit (10) comprising a switching-mode, flyback power converter (200) wherein a capacitor (C3) connected to a converter transformer winding (201) develops a relatively low voltage used to energize the converter control circuitry (100). The converter control circuitry prevents the operation of the battery feed circuit unless the voltage developed by the capacitor is above a predetermined magnitude. The power converter advantageously operates in only a constant-power mode regardless of loop impedance.
Abstract:
Logic arrays (13, 14) which apply outputs to logic circuitry are made to exhibit improved noise characteristics which, in turn, improve performance of the logic circuitry. The improvement is achieved by providing a distributed ground (100, 101, 102...) throughout the logic array to provide local closed loop paths (Figs. 6 and 9) for discharge currents generated in the array. In this manner, discharge currents are not allowed to flow in ground or power BUSES and so do not affect the driven logic circuitry.
Abstract:
Room temperature laser action is achieved in a cathode ray tube (CRT) in which the target (12) includes a plurality of semiconductor layers (22); a thin, wide bandgap buffer layer (22.2); a thicker, narrow bandgap active layer (22.1); and a much thicker wide bandgap cavity-length-adjusting layer (22.3). The light beam direction is essentially parallel to the e-beam direction and hence is scannable.
Abstract:
A management information system (200) for automatic call distribution system (SS1) which tracks attendant work performance without regard to the actual station at which the attendant (S1-1) is operating. The system also monitors non-automatic call distribution work states and provides individualized status reports based upon temporarily stored limit criteria. A real time display (202, 203) of system performance is provided to a supervisor in a manner which allows for immediate rearrangement of the system without resort to other data. The displaced data (Fig. 18) includes split handling information, and call abandon information, trunk busy information and work state information.
Abstract:
A graphic terminal using bitmaps to represent plural overlapping displays. Graphics software is also disclosed in which the overlapping asynchronous windows or layers are manipulated by manipulating the bitmaps. With this software, the physical screen becomes several logical screens (layers) all running simultaneously, any one of which may be interacted with at any time.
Abstract:
Data communications connections between interactive terminals (T11) and host computers generally exhibit long holding times, while the data density of the transmission is sparse. The circuit switch (101) of a switching system is an inefficient and expensive medium for this type of communication. Thus, the subject switching system uses a packet switch (106) connected in parallel with the circuit switch (101) to handle bursty data traffic from interactive terminals (T11). A routing bit (Fig. 6) is set in the data stream from each port circuit (111) to indicate the nature of the transmission and this transmission is then routed to the packet switch (106) if it is a bursty data transmission while voice messages are routed to the circuit switch (101).
Abstract:
A photodetector (42) having a passageway (47) therethrough is employed in practicing the refractive nearfield method of determining the index of refraction profile of an optical fiber (45) as a technique of eliminating leaky mode (55) contribution to detected power.
Abstract:
Under photoluminescence (PL) excitation, the lateral spreading of photo-excited carriers can suppress the photoluminescence signal from double heterostructure (DH) wafers (12) containing a p-n junction. In any DH with a p-n junction in the active layer, PL is suppressed if the power of the excitation source (16) does not exceed a threshold value. This effect can be advantageously used for a nondestructive optical determination of the top cladding layer sheet conductance as well as p-n junction misplacement, important parameters for injection lasers and LEDs. Photoluminescence is detected by spectrometer (36) while the intensity from optical source (16) is varied by variable attenuator (20). A photoluminescence intensity versus excitation beam intensity characteristic is produced by a recorder (38) responsive to the output of spectrometer (36) and to the output of the variable attenuator (20) as seen by power monitor (26).
Abstract:
A first-in, first-out queue has a random access memory (RAM) for storing a plurality of information words, seriatim. A controller is used to insure that only after a complete message, comprising the information words, has been received will a word of that message be read out. Three pointers are used to effect this result. A read pointer addresses the location in the RAM from where a word may be read. A write pointer addresses the location in the RAM where a word may be entered. A third pointer addresses the location in the RAM where the last word of a complete message is stored.