All The Claims

1. A mist generating apparatus having a longitudinal axis and comprising:
first and second opposing surfaces which define a transport fluid nozzle therebetween; and
a working fluid passage having an inlet connectable to a supply of working fluid, and an outlet on one of the first and second surfaces, the outlet communicating with the transport fluid nozzle;
wherein the transport fluid nozzle has a nozzle inlet connectable to a supply of transport fluid, a nozzle outlet, and a throat portion intermediate the nozzle inlet and nozzle outlet, wherein the nozzle throat has a cross sectional area which is less than that of either the nozzle inlet or the nozzle outlet; and
wherein the transport fluid nozzle projects radially from the longitudinal axis such that the nozzle defines a rotational angle about the longitudinal axis.
2-32. (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.

What is claimed is:

1. A demodulator with communications link adaptation for use in a communications channel, comprising:
said demodulator configured to receive a modulated signal over the communications channel;
said demodulator configured to extract clusters from said modulated signal based on an unsupervised clustering technique;
said demodulator configured to compute a mean and standard deviation for each extracted cluster;
said demodulator configured to determine categories for each extracted cluster based on a training sequence included in said modulated signal; and
said demodulator configured to demodulate said modulated signal based on said mean, said standard deviation and said determined categories.
2. The demodulator of claim 1, wherein said demodulator is configured to demodulate said modulated signal using a Bayesian demodulation technique.
3. The demodulator of claim 1, wherein said unsupervised clustering technique comprises a Fuzzy c-Means (FCM) clustering technique.
4. The demodulator of claim 1, wherein said modulated signal comprises a Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulated signal.
5. The demodulator of claim 4, wherein said categories comprise 1, j, 1 and j.
6. The demodulator of claim 5, wherein said demodulator is configured to assign an extracted cluster to said category 1 and remaining extracted clusters to categories j, 1 and j in a counterclockwise order from said cluster assigned to said category 1.
7. The demodulator of claim 1, wherein said demodulator is configured to generate hard decisions as said demodulation is used downstream for at least one of burst extraction and payload extraction.
8. The demodulator of claim 1, wherein said communications channel comprises a satellite communications channel.
9. The demodulator of claim 8, wherein said satellite communications channel comprises a satellite downlink communications channel.
10. The demodulator of claim 1, wherein said communications channel comprises one of a digital video broadcasting (DVB) communications channel, a terrestrial broadcast communications channel, a cellular communications channel, a Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) communications channel, an M-ary Phase-Shift Keying (M-PSK) communications channel, a Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) communications channel, a Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) communications channel.
11. The demodulator of claim 1, wherein said demodulator is included in a device comprising one of a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal information assistant (PIA), a personal computer (PC), a laptop PC, a television, an Internet appliance, a cellular phone and a set-top box.
12. A communications system configured to include said demodulator recited in any one of claims 1-11.
13. A demodulation method with communications link adaptation for use in a communications channel, comprising:
receiving a modulated signal over the communications channel;
extracting clusters from said modulated signal based on an unsupervised clustering technique;
computing a mean and standard deviation for each extracted cluster;
determining categories for each extracted cluster based on a training sequence included in said modulated signal; and
demodulating said modulated signal based on said mean, said standard deviation and said determined categories.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein said demodulating step comprises using a Bayesian demodulation technique.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein said extracting step comprises using a Fuzzy c-Means (FCM) clustering technique.
16. The method of claim 13, further comprising configuring said modulated signal as a Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulated signal.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising configuring said categories as 1, j, 1 and j.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprises:
assigning an extracted cluster to said category 1; and
assigning remaining extracted clusters to categories j, 1 and j in a counterclockwise order from said cluster assigned to said category 1.
19. The method of claim 13, wherein said demodulating step comprises generating hard decisions used downstream for at least one of burst extraction and payload extraction.
20. The method of claim 13, further comprising configuring said communications channel as a satellite communications channel.
21. The method of claim 20, further comprising configuring said satellite communications channel as a satellite downlink communications channel.
22. The method of claim 13, further comprising configuring said communications channel as one of a digital video broadcasting (DVB) communications channel, a terrestrial broadcast communications channel, a cellular communications channel, a Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) communications channel, an M-ary Phase-Shift Keying (M-PSK) communications channel, a Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) communications channel, a Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) communications channel.
23. The method of claim 13, further comprising including said demodulation method in a device comprising one of a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal information assistant (PIA), a personal computer (PC), a laptop PC, a television, an Internet appliance, a cellular phone and a set-top box.
24. A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for a demodulation method with communications link adaptation, the one or more sequences of one or more instructions including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps recited in any one of claims 13-23.
25. A demodulation apparatus with communications link adaptation for use in a communications channel, comprising:
means for receiving a modulated signal over the communications channel;
means for extracting clusters from said modulated signal based on an unsupervised clustering technique;
means for computing a mean and standard deviation for each extracted cluster;
means for determining categories for each extracted cluster based on a training sequence included in said modulated signal; and
means for demodulating said modulated signal based on said mean, said standard deviation and said determined categories.

1. A battery cover assembly comprising,
a first plate having a first opening;
a second plate having a second opening corresponding to the first opening, the second plate being combined with the first plate on one side of the first plate; and
a sliding door disposed between the first and second plates for sliding between a closed position where the first and second openings are closed and an open position where the first and second openings are open.
2. The battery cover assembly of claim 1, wherein the first opening is open to the outside at an edge of a side of the first plate.
3. The battery cover assembly of claim 2, wherein the sliding door comprises a projection protruding from a surface exposed to the outside through the first opening.
4. The battery cover assembly of claim 1, wherein the first plate comprises a bulkhead extending along edges of the first plate and protruding toward the second plate, the second plate being combined with the bulkhead to form an inner space, and the sliding door being disposed in the internal space.
5. The battery cover assembly of claim 4, wherein the first plate further comprises a guiding unit protruding toward the second plate in the internal space and meeting the sliding door.
6. The battery cover assembly of claim 5, wherein the sliding door further comprises an elastically deformable combiner protruding toward the guiding unit, the guiding unit further comprising one or more projections protruding toward and selectively engaging the elastically deformable combiner.
7. The battery cover assembly of claim 6, wherein at least two projections of the guiding unit are separated apart from each other, and the elastically deformable combiner includes a combining projection protruding to engage the projections.
8. The battery cover assembly of claim 5, wherein the sliding door comprises a guiding groove combining with the guiding unit and extending along a movement path of the sliding door.
9. The battery cover assembly of claim 8, wherein the sliding door further comprises projections protruding from the guiding groove toward the guiding unit to restrict the movement of the sliding door by contacting the guiding unit.
10. A portable electronic device comprising,
a main body having a battery receptacle;
a terminal connection disposed in the battery receptacle; and
a battery cover assembly rotatably combined with the main body at an edge on one side of the battery receptacle, the battery cover assembly including:
a first plate having a first opening;
a second plate having a second opening corresponding to the first opening, the second plate being combined with the first plate on one side of the first plate; and
a sliding door disposed between the first and second plates for sliding between a closed position where the first and second openings are closed and an open position where the first and second openings are open.
11. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein the first plate comprises a bulkhead extending along edges of the first plate and protruding toward the second plate, the second plate being combined with the bulkhead to form an inner space, and the sliding door is disposed in the internal space.
12. The portable electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first plate further comprises a guiding unit protruding toward the second plate to meet the sliding door in the internal space.
13. The portable electronic device of claim 12, wherein the sliding door further comprises an elastically deformable combiner protruding toward the guiding unit, the guiding unit further comprising one or more projections protruding toward and applying a force to the elastically deformable combiner.
14. The portable electronic device of claim 12, wherein the sliding door comprises a guiding groove combining with the guiding unit and extending along a movement path of the sliding door.
15. The portable electronic device of claim 14, wherein the sliding door further comprises projections protruding from the guiding groove toward the guiding unit to restrict the movement of the sliding door by contacting the guiding unit.

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. SPR sensor cell, comprising:
an under-cladding layer;
a core layer formed so that at least a part of the core layer is adjacent to the under-cladding layer; and
a metal layer covering the core layer,
wherein the core layer includes a uniform refractive index layer and a graded refractive index layer,
wherein the graded refractive index layer is arranged between the uniform refractive index layer and the metal layer, and
wherein a refractive index of the graded refractive index layer is equal to or greater than a refractive index of the uniform refractive index layer, and the refractive index of the graded refractive index layer increases continuously from a surface thereof on a uniform refractive index layer side to a metal layer side in a thickness direction of the graded refractive index layer.
2. The SPR sensor cell according to claim 1, wherein the graded refractive index layer has a thickness from 1 \u03bcm to 30 \u03bcm.
3. The SPR sensor cell according to claim 1, wherein a change in refractive index (\u0394N) of the graded refractive index layer is from 0.001 to 0.035, where \u0394N=Nmax-Nmin, Nmax represents a maximum refractive index of the graded refractive index layer, and Nmin represents a minimum refractive index of the graded refractive index layer.
4. The SPR sensor cell according to claim 1, wherein a thickness (Tb (\u03bcm)) of the graded refractive index layer and a change in refractive index (\u0394N) of the graded refractive index layer satisfy a relationship of 0.5\xd710\u22123\u2266\u0394NTb\u226620.0\xd710\u22123, where \u0394N=Nmax-Nmin, Nmax represents a maximum refractive index of the graded refractive index layer, and Nmin represents a minimum refractive index of the graded refractive index layer.
5. The SPR sensor cell according to claim 1, wherein a refractive index (NCO) of the uniform refractive index layer satisfies a relationship of 1.34\u2266NCO\u22661.43.
6. An SPR sensor, comprising the SPR sensor cell of claim 1.