Author: claimsbot

1. An antenna for an aircraft, the antenna being fitted with a coaxial cable provided with a coaxial connector comprising a core and shielding, the coaxial cable being suitable for being connected to a source for co-operating with the antenna, wherein the antenna comprises a cable-cutter device having a frame carrying two sharp edges, said antenna including an impedance-matching system connecting said frame to said core, said frame being a radiating member of the antenna.
2. An antenna according to claim 1, comprising a mounting panel in electrical contact with said frame, said shielding being in electrical contact with said mounting panel.
3. An antenna according to claim 2, wherein said mounting panel is a structural element of the fuselage of the aircraft.
4. An antenna according to claim 2, including electrically-conductive paint between said frame and said mounting panel.
5. An antenna according to claim 1, wherein said frame comprises a plurality of elements that are fastened to one another, and said antenna includes electrically-conductive paint between two distinct elements.
6. An antenna according to claim 1, wherein said impedance-matching system comprises a first wired connection including a first capacitor and connecting said core to said frame, said impedance-matching system including a second wired connection having a second capacitor, said second wired connection being fastened firstly to the mounting panel that co-operates with said shielding, and secondly to said first wired connection between the first capacitor and the core.
7. An antenna according to claim 1, including active means controlled by a control member to enable the antenna to be tuned to a plurality of frequencies.
8. An antenna according to claim 1, wherein said frame includes metal additions for optimizing the radiation of the antenna.
9. An aircraft having a fuselage, wherein the aircraft includes an antenna according to claim 1, said antenna being fitted with a coaxial cable provided with a coaxial connector comprising a core and shielding, and a cable-cutter device having a frame carrying two sharp edges, the antenna including an impedance-matching system connecting said frame to said core.
10. An aircraft according to claim 9, wherein said shielding and said frame are in electrical contact with said fuselage, said fuselage constituting a mounting panel for said antenna.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A transmission apparatus of a mobile communication terminal comprises:
a modem for outputting an intermediate frequency (IF) signal, and an auto gain control(AGC) signal;
a gain controller for adjusting a gain of the IF signal according to the AGC signal;
a power controlling circuit for adjusting the AGC signal according to temperature change of the terminal, and applying the adjusted AGC signal to the gain controller; and
a transmission signal processing block for converting the IF signal whose gain is adjusted, into a radio frequency (RF) signal, amplifying and bandwidth filtering the converted RF signal, then amplifying power of the RF signal as much as the RF signal can reach a receiving side, and emitting the amplified RF signal.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission signal processing block comprises:
a mixer for converting the signal whose gain is adjusted, into a RF signal;
a drive amplifier for amplifying the RF signal;
a filter for bandwidth filtering the amplified signal; and
a power amplifier for sufficiently amplifying power of the signal as much as the filtered signal can be transmitted to a receiving side through the air.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power controlling circuit is positioned between the modem and the gain controller.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power controlling circuit comprises:
a thermistor whose one side is connected with the modem, and whose other side is connected with the gain controller; and
a resistor whose one side is earthed, and whose other side is connected with the thermistor in parallel.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power controlling circuit comprises:
a first resistor whose one side is connected with the modem;
a second resistor whose one side is connected with the first resistor, and whose other side is connected with the gain controller; and
a thermistor whose one side is earthed, and whose other side is connected with the first and second resistors in parallel.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power controlling circuit comprises:
an AGC adjuster for adjusting an AGC signal of the modem according to temperature change of the terminal, and applying the adjusted AGC signal to the gain controller; and
a signal amplifier for amplifying the AGC signal applied to the gain controller at a voltage level as much as the modem can recognize, and transmitting the amplified AGC signal to the modem.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the AGC adjuster comprises:
a thermistor whose one side is connected with the modem, and whose other side is connected with the gain controller; and
a resistor whose one side is earthed, and whose other side is connected with the thermistor in parallel.
8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the AGC adjuster comprises:
a first resistor whose one side is connected with the modem;
a second resistor whose one side is connected with the first resistor, and whose other side is connected with the gain controller; and
a thermistor whose one side is earthed, and whose other side is connected with the first and second resistors in parallel.
9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the signal amplifier is implemented using an operational amplifier.

1. A method of recording on an optical disc recording media, said method comprising the steps of:
transferring stored input information from an input buffer to an encoder;
transferring encoded information from said encoder to a record circuit;
causing said input buffer to contain less than a threshold amount of said input information; and
when said input buffer contains less than the threshold amount of said input information, pausing said transferring of said encoded information, to stop said record circuit at a first point on said optical disk recording media while maintaining said encoded information within said encoder.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of causing said input buffer to contain at least a second threshold amount of information, and resuming said step of transferring said encoded information to said record circuit, to thereby restart said record circuit while maintaining data succession across said first point on said optical disc recording media.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said threshold amounts are not equal.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said encoded information is interleave encoded.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein said encoded information is CIRC encoded.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said optical disc recording media is a CD-R media.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said optical disc recording media is a CD-RW media.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein said input information is data.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein said input information is digital audio.
10. A method of recording on an optical disc recording media, said method comprising the steps of:
transferring stored input information from an input buffer to an encoder;
transferring encoded information from said encoder to a record circuit;
causing said input buffer to contain less than a threshold amount of said input information;
when said input buffer contains less than the threshold amount of said input information, pausing said transferring of said encoded information, to stop said record circuit at a first point on said optical disk recording media while maintaining said encoded information within said encoder; and
when said input buffer contains at least the threshold amount of information, resuming said step of transferring said encoded information to said record circuit, to thereby restart said record circuit while maintaining data succession across said first point on said optical disc recording media.

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. A method comprising:
depositing a plasmonic material at a temperature of at least 150\xb0 C.; and
forming at least a peg of a near field transducer (NFT) from the deposited plasmonic material.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plasmonic material is deposited at a temperature of at least 175\xb0 C.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plasmonic material is deposited at a temperature of at least 180\xb0 C.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein forming at least the peg of the NFT comprises patterning a peg with an oxide or amorphous carbon.
5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising forming at least a disk of the NFT from a material deposited at a temperature of at least 150\xb0 C.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the material deposited to form the disk is deposited in a different step than the material deposited to form the peg.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plasmonic material is sputter deposited.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plasmonic material comprises gold (Au), silver (Ag), copper (Cu), aluminum (Al), or an alloy thereof.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the near field transducer comprises gold (Au), or an alloy thereof.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the material is not annealed.
11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the peg has an average grain size of at least about 50 nm.
12. A method comprising:
depositing a plasmonic material at a temperature of at least 150\xb0 C.; and
forming at least a peg of a near field transducer (NFT) from the deposited plasmonic material,
wherein neither the deposited material is annealed nor the peg is annealed once formed, and the peg has an average grain size of not less than 50 nm.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the deposited plasmonic material comprises gold (Au) or an alloy thereof.
14. The method according to claim 12 further comprising forming at least a disk from a material deposited at a temperature of at least 150\xb0 C.