1. An information handling system comprising:
a housing;
a processor disposed in the housing and operable to process information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the information;
plural wireless networking modules interfaced with the processor and memory, the wireless networking modules operable to process the information input as digital values to support wireless communication by outputting analog signals having the information carried at a selected frequency;
plural antenna modules operable to receive the analog signals and send or receive the information as wireless signals; and
a wireless controller interfaced with the plural wireless networking modules and the plural antenna modules, the wireless controller operable to direct information between predetermined of the wireless network modules and predetermined of the antenna modules, the wireless controller receiving the information from the plural wireless networking modules as analog signals and directing the analog signals to desired of the plural antenna modules by setting a band pass filter frequency at each of the plural antenna modules to allow the desired analog signal to pass to the desired antenna module;
a lookup table interfaced with the wireless controller and storing an association of predetermined of the wireless network modules and predetermined of the antenna modules;
wherein the wireless controller applies the association to direct information between predetermined of the wireless networking modules and predetermined of the antenna modules; and
wherein the wireless controller applies the association of the lookup table by setting a band pass filter to direct information based upon a transmission frequency of the information.
2-4. (canceled)
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the lookup table further stores one or more antenna settings to tune one or more antennae, and the controller applies the one or more antenna settings based upon the predetermined of the wireless networking modules associated with the information.
6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a wireless management module stored in the memory and operable to execute on the processor to alter the lookup table to adapt to varying configurations of wireless networking modules or antenna modules.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the wireless controller comprises a crossbar switch.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the wireless controller comprises a multiplexerdemultiplexer.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein the wireless modules comprise at least a GPS receiver, a wireless local area network transceiver, and a personal area network transceiver.
10-20. (canceled)
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An electric lamp comprising: a transparent or translucent bulb; material inside the bulb which emits light when electrically excited and which includes sulfur andor selenium as a vital component; capacitive couplings between electrodes and said material inside the bulb through the wall of the bulb andor an insulating barrier other than the wall of the bulb, which are electrically driven to create an electric discharge inside the bulb, and which serve as the primary means of energy transfer to material inside the bulb during normal operation after startup; and a drive circuit used to drive said capacitive couplings.
2. An electric lamp comprising: a transparent or translucent bulb; material inside the bulb which emits light when electrically excited; capacitive couplings to the material inside the bulb which are electrically driven to create an electric discharge inside the bulb; and a drive circuit comprising: two capacitors in series across conductors carrying DC input power;
semiconductor switches connecting said conductors to the first connection point of the primary winding of a transformer; a conductor connecting the second connection point of the primary winding of said transformer to the center point of said pair of capacitors in series; an inductor in series with the secondary winding of said transformer; and conductors connecting said capacitive couplings to the ends of said inductor and said transformer secondary winding which are not connected to each other.
3. The electric lamp of claim 2 wherein a capacitor is in parallel with said transformer primary winding in order to reduce switching losses.
4. The electric lamp of claim 1 wherein the bulb contains at least 300 micrograms of sulfur per cubic centimeter.
5. The electric lamp of claim 1 wherein the bulb consists primarily of aluminosilicate glass.
6. The electric lamp of claim 1 wherein the bulb wall thickness is decreased in areas under electrodes relative to other parts of the bulb in order to increase capacitance between those electrodes and material inside the bulb.
7. The electric lamp of claim 1 wherein a resistive heating element is used to heat the bulb during startup in order to vaporize said material inside the bulb.
8. The electric lamp of claim 7 wherein a bimetallic strip is used as an electrical switch for the resistive heating element.
9. The electric lamp of claim 1 wherein a guide electrode on the surface of the bulb causes an electrical arc between two electrically driven electrodes to initially follow a path along the inner surface of the bulb due to capacitance between said guide electrode and plasma inside the bulb, in order to facilitate startup of the lamp.
10. The electric lamp of claim 1 wherein the electricity used to drive capacitive couplings to the bulb is switched primarily by semiconductor switches operating primarily in an onoff switching mode.
11. The electric lamp of claim 10 wherein said capacitive couplings are driven at a frequency between 10 kHz and 40 MHz.
12. The electric lamp of claim 10 wherein the semiconductor switches used are Super Junction MOSFETs.