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20100031505 | Cross-counterflow heat exchanger assembly - A manifold for use in a heat exchanger assembly and a method of forming the manifold is disclosed herein. The method starts with the step of separately forming a first member at least partially defining an interior and having a spaced set of first tube slots and a second member having a wall positioned against the first tube slots and dividing the interior into a plurality of chambers. The method is finalized with the step of permanently fixing the first member to the second member to define an first manifold after the separately forming step. | 02-11-2010 |
20100044010 | Manifold with multiple passages and cross-counterflow heat exchanger incorporating the same - A manifold having multiple chambers for use in a cross-counterflow heat exchanger assembly includes a first member having arms extending from a base to arm ends. A second member is secured to the first member to define the manifold. The second member includes an inner plate edge that defines a first mating surface that extends inwardly along the inner plate edge from each of the plate ends to mate with arm ends. A wall extends transversely to the inner plate edge to a wall end. The wall end mates with an inner base surface to divide the interior of the manifold into a plurality of chambers. At least one lip extends transversely to the inner plate edge to define a second mating surface that extends perpendicularly from the first mating surface and mates with an inner arm surface of the arms. | 02-25-2010 |
20110088885 | MANIFOLD FLUID COMMUNICATION PLATE - A communication plate extends along and is sandwiched between cylindrical communication manifolds of a first heat exchanger assembly and a second heat exchanger assembly. The communication plate includes a saddling surface arcuate in one direction and a saddling surface arcuate in the opposite direction for engaging in saddle-like fashion the cylindrical shape of the manifolds. The communication plate defines a plurality of communication plate orifices disposed along the communication plate and aligned co-axial with a plurality of communication orifices disposed along the manifolds to seal the communication orifices of the manifolds and establish distributed and sealed fluid communication between the heat exchanger assemblies. | 04-21-2011 |
20110140413 | SKIVED MANIFOLD COUPLER - A coupling of a heat exchanger includes a saddle for engaging a cylindrical manifold. The saddle has an arcuate cross-section extending between a first edge and a second edge. The saddle defines an opening and a tubular member extends through the saddle and between a top edge and a bottom edge. A lip extends outward from the top edge and a skirt interconnects the lip to the opening in the saddle. The tubular member is oblong-shaped adjacent the opening of the saddle and the tubular member has an oblong-shaped portion extending from the bottom edge to adjacent the opening in the saddle and terminating at a transition zone. The tubular member has a circular-shaped portion extending from the transition zone to the top edge. The oblong-shaped portion has a shorter dimension in the direction between the first and second edges than the circular shaped portion. | 06-16-2011 |
20130240191 | MANIFOLD FLUID COMMUNICATION PLATE - A communication plate extends along and is sandwiched between cylindrical communication manifolds of a first heat exchanger assembly and a second heat exchanger assembly. The communication plate includes a saddling surface arcuate in one direction and a saddling surface arcuate in the opposite direction for engaging in saddle-like fashion the cylindrical shape of the manifolds. The communication plate defines a plurality of communication plate orifices disposed along the communication plate and aligned co-axial with a plurality of communication orifices disposed along the manifolds to seal the communication orifices of the manifolds and establish distributed and sealed fluid communication between the heat exchanger assemblies. | 09-19-2013 |
20130240192 | MANIFOLD FLUID COMMUNICATION PLATE - A communication plate extends along and is sandwiched between cylindrical communication manifolds of a first heat exchanger assembly and a second heat exchanger assembly. The communication plate includes a saddling surface arcuate in one direction and a saddling surface arcuate in the opposite direction for engaging in saddle-like fashion the cylindrical shape of the manifolds. The communication plate defines a plurality of communication plate orifices disposed along the communication plate and aligned co-axial with a plurality of communication orifices disposed along the manifolds to seal the communication orifices of the manifolds and establish distributed and sealed fluid communication between the heat exchanger assemblies. | 09-19-2013 |
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20080211583 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC DRAIN VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT TO CONTROL LINEARITY, OUTPUT POWER, AND EFFICIENCY IN RF POWER AMPLIFIERS - A system and method for dynamic adjustment of drain or collector voltage of a power amplifier (PA), including a PA having a voltage input, a temperature sensor measuring ambient temperature of the PA, and an adaptive PA control processor that dynamically changes the input voltage based on the ambient temperature, achieving a desired peak power when the system is subjected to high temperatures. In a further embodiment, a power sensor measures output power of the PA, and the control processor dynamically changes the voltage based on output power when the system serves a large cell in a mobile communication infrastructure employing high power. In a further embodiment, a multistage PA and method include amplifier stages having drain or collector voltage inputs, wherein a voltage applied to the inputs are set so as to be proportional to the peak power requirements of each stage, enhancing overall efficiency. | 09-04-2008 |
20100020900 | DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION TECHNIQUE USING NONLINEAR FILTERS - A method and computer program product for operating a linearizer for a circuit, including generating a set of coefficients via a characterizer; predistorting a signal input to the circuit responsive to the coefficients and generating a linearized output in response thereto; filtering the signal through a linear digital filter having linear digital filter taps, each tap other than a first tap being successively delayed by one delay unit; generating powers of the signal; inputting the generated powers of the signal through tapped delay lines, each line having nonlinear digital filter taps, each tap other than a first tap being successively delayed by one delay unit; applying the coefficients to the linear and nonlinear digital filter taps; summing each of the nonlinear digital filter taps corresponding to a certain number of delay units; and adding the sum of each of the delay units to a particular linear digital filter tap. | 01-28-2010 |
20100054364 | DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION TECHNIQUE USING NONLINEAR FILTERS - A system and method for stabilizing a coefficient set used by a digital predistortion (DPD) engine to apply pre-distortion to a transmit signal and cancel distortion generated by a distorting element or distorting system when transmitting the transmit signal, including obtaining an initial coefficient set; rotating the initial coefficient set to maintain a phase of fundamental components (w | 03-04-2010 |
20100237948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC DRAIN VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT TO CONTROL LINEARITY, OUTPUT POWER, AND EFFICIENCY IN RF POWER AMPLIFIERS - A system and method for dynamic adjustment of drain or collector voltage of a power amplifier (PA), including a PA having a voltage input, a temperature sensor measuring ambient temperature of the PA, and an adaptive PA control processor that dynamically changes the input voltage based on the ambient temperature, achieving a desired peak power when the system is subjected to high temperatures. In a further embodiment, a power sensor measures output power of the PA, and the control processor dynamically changes the voltage based on output power when the system serves a large cell in a mobile communication infrastructure employing high power. In a further embodiment, a multistage PA and method include amplifier stages having drain or collector voltage inputs, wherein a voltage applied to the inputs are set so as to be proportional to the peak power requirements of each stage, enhancing overall efficiency. | 09-23-2010 |
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20100232604 | CONTROLLING ACCESS TO CONTENT USING MULTIPLE ENCRYPTIONS - Controlling access to content using multiple encryptions, including: receiving content comprising media data; first encrypting a substantial portion of the content using a primary key; selecting a subset of the substantial portion of the content; and second encrypting the selected subset of the content using a secondary key different from the primary key. | 09-16-2010 |
20100235391 | ACCESSING ITEM INFORMATION FOR AN ITEM SELECTED FROM A DISPLAYED IMAGE - Accessing item information for items selected from an image including: presenting an image including a plurality of selectable items for selection by a viewer; determining a position of an item selected from the plurality of selectable items by the viewer; sending the determined position of an item along with timing information of the image to a server; receiving information related to the item selected by the viewer from the server, wherein the information related to the item was retrieved by the server from a database using the determined position of an item and the timing information of the image; and presenting the information related to the item. | 09-16-2010 |
20110109730 | STEREOSCOPIC OVERLAY OFFSET CREATION AND EDITING - Adjusting overlay positioning in stereoscopic video, including: receiving overlay data including a plurality of overlays, each overlay having a lateral axis value, a vertical axis value, and a depth value; receiving and displaying the stereoscopic video to a user as at least one of a video preview display and a stereoscopic display, each display including an overlay from the overlay data, wherein a position of the overlay in each display is based on the lateral axis value, the vertical axis value, and the depth value of the overlay, and wherein the video preview display includes interfaces for adjusting the position of the overlay in each display; receiving input from the user related to the depth value of the overlay; and adjusting the position of the overlay in the video preview display based on the input from the user. | 05-12-2011 |