Mediatek Corporation

Industrial Technology Research Institute

Coretronic Corporation

Chih-Hsin Chen

Chih-Hsing Fang

Kuo-Ing Hwu

Yu-Hung Lin

Pao-Chuan Lin

Ming-Che Yang

Chwen-Tay Hwang

Wan-Pei Chen

Mu-Ping Chen

Wen-Nan Huang

Chun-Hsien Lee

Chung-Shing Tzou

Tai-Ming Huang

Yung-Liang Lee

The present invention provides a circuitry of a biopotential acquisition system comprising an input node, an ETI transmitter and an ADC. The input node is coupled to an electrode of the biopotential acquisition system, and the electrode is used to be in contact with a human body. The ETI transmitter is configured to generate a transmitter signal to the input node. The ADC is coupled to the input node, and is configured to process an input signal from the input node to generate a digital signal, wherein each of the input signal and the digital signal comprises components of an ECG signal and an ETI signal.

Direct sampling electrode-tissue impedance system and associated signal processing method

The present invention provides a circuitry of a biopotential acquisition system, where the circuitry includes an input node, an ETI transmitter, a capacitor and an ETI receiver. The input node is configured to receive an input signal from an electrode of the biopotential acquisition system. The ETI transmitter is configured to generate a transmitter signal. A first node of the capacitor is coupled to the ETI transmitter, and a second node of the capacitor is coupled to the input node. The ETI receiver is coupled to the input node, and is configured to receive the transmitter signal via the capacitor to generate an ETI.

Low-noise biopotential acquisition system for dry electrode application

The present invention provides a circuit applied to a biopotential acquisition system, wherein the circuit includes an active current source and an amplifier. In the operations of the circuit, the active current source is configured to provide a current to two input terminals of the circuit, wherein the two input terminals of the circuit are coupled to two input electrodes of the biopotential acquisition system; and the amplifier is configured to receive input signals from the two input terminals to generate an output signal.

Circuit applied to biopotential acquisition system

The present invention provides a circuit applied to a bio-information acquisition system, wherein the circuit includes a terminal, an output circuit, a feedback circuit and a calibration circuit. In the operations of the circuit, the terminal is arranged to receive an input signal, the output circuit is configured to generate an output signal according to the input signal, the feedback circuit is configured to receive the output signal to generate a current signal to the terminal, and the calibration circuit is configured to generate a control signal to control the feedback circuit to determine a level of the current signal according to the output signal.

Circuit applied to bio-information acquisition system

The present invention provides a lead-on detection circuitry of a biopotential acquisition system. The lead-on detection circuitry includes an input terminal, a duty-cycle controller, a transmitting signal generator and a mixer-based receiver. The duty-cycle controller is configured to generate a first clock signal. The transmitting signal generator is configured to generate a transmitting signal to the input terminal according to the first clock signal. The mixer-based receiver is configured to perform a mixing operation based on the first clock signal and the transmitting signal to generate an output signal, wherein the output signal indicates if an electrode of the biopotential acquisition system is in contact with a human body, and the electrode is coupled to the input terminal.

Lead-on detection circuitry of biopotential acquisition system

An automatic angle-adjustable display device and an angle-adjustable method are provided. The automatic angle-adjustable display device includes a screen, three wireless transmitting and receiving sensors, an angle adjustment mechanism and a control unit. The wireless transmitting and receiving sensors are respectively disposed at first, second and third positions of the screen. In response to a control signal issued from the control unit, the angle adjustment mechanism is driven to adjust the viewing angle of the screen with respect to the viewer. The angle-adjustable method includes steps of triggering the wireless transmitting and receiving sensors to emit these wireless signals, measuring first, second and third distances between the first, second and third positions of the screen and the viewer according to the reflected wireless signals, and adjusting the viewing angle of the screen with respect to the viewer according to these distance differences.

Angle-adjustable method and automatic angle-adjustable display device

A compensating circuit for compensating the terminal voltage on the armature in a sensorless type DC brushless motor apparatus is described. The driving circuit of the motor apparatus outputs a three-phase power, and each phase is connected with a compensating circuit. The compensating circuit has a reference voltage, a resistance device, a diode device, a differential amplifier and a processor. The two terminals of the resistance device are respectively connected to the reference voltage and the anode of the diode device. The cathode of the diode device is connected to an output of the three-phase power supply. The two input terminals of the differential amplifier are respectively connected to the two terminals of the resistance device. The processor accepts the signal output from the differential amplifier and then calculates and outputs a compensating voltage.

Voltage compensating circuit for a sensorless type DC brushless motor

A reciprocating and rotating magnetic refrigeration apparatus adopts a dynamo concept and the design of magnetic supply path and heat transfer unit to alternately magnetize and demagnetize a magnetocaloric material to generate thermo-magnetic effect for cooling. The apparatus includes magnetocaloric material located on the head of stator nose poles, magnetic supply coils surrounding the magnetocaloric material, permanent magnets located on a rotating stator, and a heat transfer unit in contact with the magnetocaloric material. Two adjacent magnetocaloric materials magnetize and demagnetize alternately to alter the temperature and entropy of the magnetocaloric material, and through the heat transfer unit, heat exchange occurs between the magnetocaloric materials and the atmosphere to achieve the cooling effect.

Reciprocating and rotary magnetic refrigeration apparatus

A power factor correction (PFC) circuit with a resonant snubber. The power factor correction (PFC) circuit has an input part ( ) for receiving an AC voltage and outputting a first DC voltage; a main part ( ) for converting the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage; and a snubber ( ) for ensuring the main part operates in soft turn-on and soft turn-off. The main part ( ) has a primary inductor and a primary diode connected in series, and a switch ( ) connected to the connection node of the primary inductor and the primary diode. The snubber ( ) has a cascaded device (a first diode and a resonant inductor connected in series) and a second diode connected in series, and a resonant capacitor connected between the connection node of the cascaded device and second diode, and the switch ( ).

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