Electricity: measuring and testing inventions 08/08

20080203997 - Digital current sense: A circuit for measuring a current in an output inductor of at least one switching power supply having high- and low-side switches connected at a switching node, the output inductor having input and output terminals, the input terminal being connected to the switching node. The circuit including a sensing circuit... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080203996 - System and method for monitoring negative bias in integrated circuits: A bias voltage monitoring circuit is disclosed which comprises a first device coupled between a positive high voltage power supply (VDD) and a first node, a second device coupled between the first node and a second node where the bias voltage is applied, and a pad coupled to the first... Agent: L. Howard Chen Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP

20080203998 - On-chip power supply monitor using latch delay sensor: A system for on-chip power supply monitoring by using a single latch delay sensor, including a first delay chain; a second delay chain; a latch circuit; a latch counter; and a slate machine for controlling a voltage; wherein the one or more outputs of the first and second delay chains... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080203999 - Test tray transferring apparatus for a test handler, test handler, and method of transferring test trays for a test handler: A test handler is disclosed. First and second gripping blocks for respective front and rear test trays to be transferred along a circulation path move together in a circulation direction, but move independently in a direction perpendicular to the circulation path and grip and release independently. The test trays can... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080204000 - Universal instrument calibration system and method of use: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for electromagnetic calibration of an instrument. Certain embodiments provide an electromagnetic instrument calibration system including electromagnetic receiver electronics for receiving electromagnetic field information from an electromagnetic transmitter. The system also includes a calibration mount configured to position the electromagnetic receiver... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080204003 - Method and device for compensating for temperature during a recording of rotation angles with a plunger core: The invention relates to a device and to a method for contactlessly recording rotation angles of a rotating element, with a plunger core and with a coil at least partially surrounding the plunger core. The plunger core and the coil move relative to one another in an axial direction according... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080204004 - Coil arrangement for electromagnetic tracking method and system: An electromagnetic tracking coil arrangement, comprising three co-planar electromagnetic sensors and a fourth electromagnetic sensor that is not co-planar with the three co-planar sensors, wherein the three co-planar electromagnetic sensors and the fourth electromagnetic sensor are each located at a vertex of a tetrahedron.... Agent: Ge Healthcare C/o Fletcher Yoder, PC

20080204005 - Energy harvesting technique to support remote wireless mems rf sensors: A method of harvesting vibrational energy is provided. This method involves generating a high magnetic flux density field within a current induction conductor such as an induction coil. The high magnetic flux density field is generated between two same pole magnets. The high magnetic flux density field may be displaced... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080204001 - Angle sensor device: An angle sensor device is for determining information of a movable object. The information includes angular position information and/or angular speed information. The angle sensor device includes (a) at least one magnetically encoded region arranged on the movable object, (b) at least one magnetic field detector, and (c) a unit.... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080204002 - Inclination sensor: A first magnetic circuit in which a magnetic line of force flows only between a pair of permanent magnets is closed, when a rolling element is located at the stationary position. When a case is inclined to roll the rolling element to a first end portion, while a second magnetic... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080204006 - Linear position sensor: A sensor assembly for measuring a linear position includes a slider having a rack gear that engages a pinion gear. The pinion gear is rotatable relative to the slider responsive to linear movement. The pinion gear supports a permanent magnet that generates a magnetic field. Changes in the magnetic field... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080204007 - Rotation detecting sensor: A wheel speed sensor includes a hall IC that outputs a signal representing a change of magnetic field generated by rotation of a detection object and that is simply covered with resin coating. In the process of molding the resin coating, a resin injection opening is positioned away from an... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080204008 - Anomaly detector for pipelines: A sensor unit for use in sensing conditions in a pipeline comprises an untethered a ball-shaped surround adapted to roll along the interior surface of a pipeline, and instrument package within the ball-shaped surround. The package contains at least one magnetometer or accelerometer. Preferably, three magnetometers, arranged orthogonally, are present.... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP

20080204009 - Method of determining a spatial distribution of magnetic particles: The invention relates to a method of determining a spatial distribution of magnetic particles in an examination zone, in which method a first magnetic field is generated, which forms in the examination zone a first sub-zone having a relatively low magnetic field strength and a second sub-zone having a relatively... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080204010 - Magnetic field dosimeter: A portable device is used to measure exposure to magnetic fields and/or exposure to changes of magnetic field. The device (10) includes a first sensor (14) for measuring instantaneous magnetic field strength, and a second sensor (15) which is located adjacent to, and orientated in the same direction as, the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080204011 - Magnetic sensor, magnetic direction sensor, method of detecting magnetic field and method of detecting magnetic direction: A magnetic direction sensor can detect at higher precision the magnitude and direction of a detected magnetic field. The magnetic direction sensor has a measuring section, a storage section and an operating section. The measuring section has first and second MR elements, and detects resistance values of these elements in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080204012 - Magnetic tracking system for an imaging system: The invention relates to magnetic tracking system that is particularly adapted for a combination with an imaging system, for example with a rotational X-ray device (10). The magnetic tracking system comprises pairs of first (21a, 22a, 23a) and second (21b, 22b, 23b) field generators that are disposed on opposite sides... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080204013 - Logging method for determining characteristic of fluid in a downhole measurement region: For use in logging downhole in an earth borehole, a method for determining a characteristic of oil that may be present in a downhole measurement region, includes the following steps: providing a plurality of crude oil samples; determining the viscosities of the crude oil samples; performing test measurements, using a... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20080204014 - Method for enhancing the nmr signal of a liquid solution: The invention relates to an NMR analysis system and method for obtaining an NMR signal from a liquid solution enhanced in relation to the value that it would have on the basis of the thermodynamic equilibrium. It has been discovered in a surprising manner that if the spins of the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080204015 - Nmr system: In NMR system, for preventing a temperature gradient which causes a decrease in S/N ratio from being created in a sample area while suppressing deterioration in homogeneity of a magnetic field, a thermal conductor having high thermal conductivity is disposed in a room-temperature shim coil. The thermal conductor is provided... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080204019 - High field magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method for obtaining high signal-to-noise by its receiving coil: In a high field magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and a method for obtaining signals having a high signal-to-noise ratio with the receiving coil thereof, the apparatus has at least a basic magnet and a receiving coil, the basic magnet generating a basic magnetic field, and the receiving coil being disposed... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080204016 - Magnetic resonance apparatus and method: Magnetic resonance apparatus is provided comprising a magnet having a first pair of coils arranged in a plane. The coils are operable in a counter-running manner when in use so as to generate a sensitive volume of magnetic field spaced apart from said plane. The magnetic field in the sensitive... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080204018 - Method and magnetic resonance apparatus for setting a shim to homogenize a magnetic field in the apparatus: In a method for determination or adaptation of a shim for homogenization of a magnetic field of a magnetic resonance apparatus, which magnetic field is provided for the generation of magnetic resonance exposures of a specific examination region, an automatic determination, of a computer and/or supported by an operator on... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080204017 - Mri apparatus: An MRI apparatus has a gantry, a bed and a lighting unit collective including a plurality of lighting units. The gantry accommodates a static field magnet configured to generate a static field, a gradient coil configured to generate a gradient magnetic field, and an RF coil configured to transmit or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080204020 - Method for magnetic resonance imaging: A method of magnetic resonance imaging based on rapid acquisition by sequential excitation and refocusing is provided. The method comprises turning on a first time-encoding gradient and applying an excitation pulse in the presence of the first time-encoding gradient. The excitation pulse excites magnetization sequentially along one spatial axis. Thereafter,... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080204022 - Biological detector and method: A biological detector includes a conduit for receiving a fluid containing one or more magnetic nanoparticle-labeled, biological objects to be detected and one or more permanent magnets or electromagnet for establishing a low magnetic field in which the conduit is disposed. A microcoil is disposed proximate the conduit for energization... Agent: Mr. Edward J. Timmer

20080204021 - Flexible and wearable radio frequency coil garments for magnetic resonance imaging: A radio frequency apparatus for at least one of (i) receiving and (ii) exciting a magnetic resonance signal includes an item of clothing (102, 202). The item of clothing includes one or more layers (110, 112, 120, 122, 300, 402) that are stretchable to comport with differently sized and shaped... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080204023 - Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for scanning the spine: The present invention discloses a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for scanning a spine, comprising a body coil for emitting signals, a patient table within the body coil and a spine coil for receiving signals, wherein said spine coil is fixed within said body coil and disposed under said patient table.... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080204024 - Method of reducing eddy currents caused by a gradient magnetic field in a magnetic resonance system: A method for reducing eddy currents caused by the gradient magnetic field in a magnetic resonance system employs an anti-eddy current device formed by a number of laminated metallic plates, and includes the steps of calculating the distribution of the main magnetic field of the magnetic resonance system in the... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080204025 - Tool and method for shimming a magnet: The invention provides tools and methods for shimming magnets such as MRI and NMR magnets, while at field. The invention provides safe methods for shimming at field. The invention particularly provides a tool (40) for withdrawing and inserting a shim tray (7) into slots (34) in a magnet (30), in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080204026 - Nmr spectrometer: An object of the present invention is to solve the bending of an NMR probe and a room temperature shim coil so that they can be positioned easily. In the NMR spectrometer including split-pair magnets and a cross bore, a high rigidity straight pipe to which an NMR probe and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080204028 - Magnetic resonance coil system: A magnetic resonance coil system 18 allows for the use of modular components and which in one embodiment is particularly well-suited for use with small animals and includes an animal receiving apparatus 202, a transmit coil module 204, and a receive coil module 206. The receive coil module 206 includes... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20080204027 - Magnetic resonance receive coil with dynamic range control: A radio frequency receive coil (50) includes an antenna (52, 52′) that is tuned to a magnetic resonance frequency to detect a magnetic resonance signal. Electronics (54) disposed on or with the antenna (52, 52′) as a unitary structure include compression circuitry (102, 114, 202, 214, 230, 330, 430, 530)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080204029 - Led chain failure detection: The system consists of an LED failure detection circuit to provide protection against individual LED catastrophic failure. When LED clusters are arranged in a series-parallel configuration, it is important to detect individual LED failure in order to avoid uncontrolled luminous intensity reduction and/or light uniformity degradation. The circuit compares the... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080204030 - Battery tester with promotion feature: Battery maintenance equipment is provided for use in maintaining storage batteries. The battery maintenance equipment includes battery maintenance circuitry. A redemption code output is provided and configured to provide an output having a redeemable value in response to the battery maintenance circuitry. A method includes outputting a redemption code in... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080204031 - Method and apparatus for determining deterioration of secondary battery, and power supply system therewith: A method for detecting SOC and SOH of a storage battery includes: calculating an SOC value of the storage battery with use of an SOC calculation unit based on a measured voltage value or a measured current value of the storage battery and calculating an SOH value of the storage... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080204032 - Electrical connector integrity tester: This invention provides an electric fuel pump tester that allows a technician to simulate the real-life operation of the electrical system of the vehicle, i.e., when the fuel pump is installed. The present invention provides a tester that includes a load that is similar to that of an installed fuel... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080204033 - Integrated circuit and method for monitoring and controlling power and for detecting open load state: An integrated circuit and method for monitoring and controlling power and for identifying an open circuit state at an output port is disclosed. A minimum open circuit current value of the output port is known. A steady state current at the output port is measured for a selected number of... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080204034 - Automated electrical wiring inspection system: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring inspection system that includes a user interface device including processor circuitry, a user interface, and a first communications interface. The first communications interface is configured to transmit configuration data related to a plurality of electrical test procedures and receive test data... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20080204035 - Fault detection circuit for printers with multiple print heads: A fault detector apparatus for a printer having a first print head and a second print head with a plurality of print head elements in each print head is disclosed. The apparatus includes a test circuit in signal communication with all the print heads to test the plurality of print... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rsw

20080204037 - Multilayer wiring board and method for testing the same: A multilayer wiring board has a ceramic substrate, on which a multilayer wiring section is formed. The ceramic substrate has an internal conductor layer, which is connected to a test pad. The first conductor layer is formed, and then an electric capacitance is measured between the test pad and a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080204038 - Multilayer wiring board and method for testing the same: A multilayer wiring board has a ceramic substrate, on which a multilayer wiring section is formed. One of the conductor layers has a grounded pattern. Each of the conductor layers has a reference pattern, which is usable as a standard in calculation of an electric capacitance. An electric capacitance is... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080204036 - Pulse-generating apparatus and a method for adjusting levels of pulses outputted from pulse-generating apparatus: A pulse-generating apparatus, comprising a pulse source, an output terminal to which pulses from the pulse source are supplied, and a measuring device for measuring the level of a pulse that will be output from the output terminal at a pre-determined time position; a pulse-generating apparatus, further comprising a device... Agent: Paul D. Greeley, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080204039 - Self calibration apparatus and methods: The present invention is a method to allow a vector network analyzer (VNA) to self calibrate without the addition of calibration standards, e.g. a calibration kit with a network analyzer.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080204040 - Systems and arrangements for determining properties of a transmission path: One disclosed method is to automate testing for transmission path impedance conditions on a circuit board. The method can include transmitting a plurality of electrical pulses on a transmission path utilizing an on-board transmitter, the electrical pulses can have a time period and the transmission path can have impedance mismatches... Agent: Schubert, Osterrieder & Nickelson, PLLC C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080204041 - Differential vector network analyzer: A measurement and correction method provides for a complete full correction of a true-mode system using only the single ended error matrix developed for 4 port correction of single ended measurements. The degree of misalignment of the balanced sources may be determined from these measurements.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080204042 - Networked power line parameter analysis method and system: A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining power line parameter of a system. Specifically, there is provided a system for determining comprising a networked device including a voltage perturbation circuit coupled to a voltage source and configured to perturb the waveform of the voltage source, and a voltage measurement... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080204043 - Real-time assessment of biomarkers for disease: A system and methods, thereof, monitor biomarkers from a patient suffering from neural injury in real-time. The system comprises a quartz crystal microbalance wherein a capture molecule specific for certain biomarkers is diagnostic of the type of neural injury, location of neural injury and the degree of severity of neural... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080204044 - Method for detecting islanding operation of a distributed generator: An exemplary method comprises the steps of introducing a reactive current reference square wave, detecting load voltage changes at every change in the reactive current reverence wave, and determining whether the detected load voltage changes exceed a predefined islanding detection threshold value, indicating a loss of mains and an islanding... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080204045 - Apparatus and method for measuring the current consumption and the capacitance of a semiconductor device: A measuring apparatus is provided which has least one voltage source for providing a supply voltage for a semiconductor device to be tested, at least one first tester channel connected to the supply voltage source via a first RC element having a first resistor and a first capacitor connected in... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080204046 - Capacitance measurement apparatus and method: A time period of an event is determined by charging a known value capacitor from a constant current source during the event. The resultant voltage on the capacitor is proportional to the event time period and may be calculated from the resultant voltage and known capacitance value. Capacitance is measured... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20080204047 - Capacitive sensor system: The present invention relates to a capacitive sensor system provided for a moving object 21. The system comprises an antenna device with a first 26 and a second portion 39 which are movable in relation to each other, the two portions 26,39 being connected in parallel for capacitive influence from... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080204048 - Free-standing nanowire sensor and method for detecting an analyte in a fluid: A sensor device and method for detecting the presence of an analyte in a fluid solution are disclosed. The sensor device system can comprise a substrate and an array of free-standing nanowires attached to the substrate. The array can include individual free-standing nanowires wherein each of the individual free-standing nanowires... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20080204049 - Microprocessor-based capacitance measurement: An improved system and method of performing capacitance measurements that provides a fast digital response and a reduced output error. The capacitance measurement system includes a circuit configuration that has a variable capacitor and at least one reference capacitor connected to one another at a common node, which in turn... Agent: Sensata Technologies, Inc.

20080204051 - Capacitive sensor: A capacitive sensor with at least one reference impedance and at least one measuring condenser (5), with at least one electrical alternating signal source (6), with a current supply network as well as with an analysis unit (7) in which the reference impedance and the measuring condenser (5) are connected... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C.

20080204050 - Method of measuring electronic device and measuring apparatus: In a method for measuring an electronic device which is an object to be measured, a passive element is connected to the electronic device in parallel, and electric parameters of the electronic device are extracted by measuring an impedance of the entire circuit.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080204052 - Integrated circuit system with mos device: An integrated circuit system includes measuring capacitance for a base structure between a base gate and a base connector thereof, measuring capacitance for a test structure between a test gate and a test connector thereof, the test structure having the test gate, a test dielectric, and the test connector with... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20080204053 - Control circuit for clocked control of at least one light emitting diode: A control circuit includes a clock pulse generator operable to output a pulse-frequency ratio to a constant voltage source in order to control the power output of the constant voltage source. The control circuit further includes a driver circuit for the clocked control of at least one light emitting diode... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080204054 - Impedance measurement of a power line: A system for obtaining an accurate, real-time determination of the characteristic impedance of a length of a power line measures the operating conditions (e.g., voltage and current) for at least two locations on the power line. These measurements are synchronized so that they represent the same instant of time. The... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080204055 - Crosstalk suppression in wireless testing of semiconductor devices: An integrated circuit integrated on a semiconductor material die and adapted to be at least partly tested wirelessly, wherein circuitry for setting a selected radio communication frequencies to be used for the wireless test of the integrated circuit are integrated on the semiconductor material die.... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080204056 - Device and method for performing a test of semiconductor devices with an optical interface: A device and method for performing a test of semiconductor devices with an optical interface. In one embodiment, the device performs a test at a semiconductor device with an integrated self test function and with an optical interface. An optical transmitter and an optical receiver provide a system configured for... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20080204057 - System and method for estimation of integrated circuit signal characteristics using optical measurements: Systems and methods for making electrical measurements using optical emissions include positioning a sensor/photodetector to measure radiation emissions from devices to be tested. Radiation emission information is collected from the device to be tested during electrical operation. Characteristic features of the radiation emission information are determined, and differences between the... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080204058 - Probe storage container, prober apparatus, probe arranging method and manufacturing method of probe storage container: The present invention relates to a probe storage container which can supply a probe in a prober apparatus without being exposed to an atmospheric air. Preferably, the probe is stored in the probe storage container by removing an oxide film in a leading end portion of the probe in accordance... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080204059 - Probe tile for probing semiconductor wafer: A tile used to hold one or more probes for testing a semiconductor wafer is disclosed. The tile has one or more sites for inserting one or more probes to test the semiconductor wafer. Each site has one or more holes. Each hole is coupled with a slot forming an... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080204061 - Spring loaded probe pin assembly: A method and apparatus for constructing a probe card assembly is provided. A probe pin is inserted into an aperture of an inverted socket enclosure to cause a probe pin shoulder of the probe pin to make contact with an aperture shoulder of the aperture. An upper end of the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080204060 - Vertical-type electric contactor and manufacture method thereof: A vertical-type electric contactor connected to a bump of an electric contactor is provided. The vertical-type electric contactor includes a support beam, vertically bonded with the bump, in which at least two elastic parts are spaced apart from each other; a fixed part disposed at the bottom end of the... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080204062 - Cantilever probe card: A method and apparatus for a flattened probe element wire is provided. A probe element wire comprises a beam portion and a tip portion. At least a part of the tip portion is flattened. Flattened probe element wires may have greater z-direction height strength, thereby increasing maximum probe element wire... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080204063 - Testable intergrated circuit: An integrated circuit (1) that comprises an internal clock circuit (12) with a clock output for clocking functional circuits (10) of the integrated circuit (1). The integrated circuit is provided with a counter circuit (16) and a state holding circuit (18) for use during testing. The integrated circuit is switched... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080204066 - Automatic test equipment capable of high speed test: Automatic test equipment is capable of performing a high-speed test of semiconductor devices, with a low cost and high efficiency. The automatic test equipment (ATE) comprises: an ATE body configured to electrically test semiconductor devices; a field programmable gate array (FPGA) controlling drivers and comparators on the ATE; an accelerator... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20080204065 - Fault tolerant selection of die on wafer: In a functional mode, the functional core logic of a die is connected to the input and output pads and the die performs its intended function. In a bypass mode, the input and output buffers of the functional core logic are disabled and pad sites of corresponding position between a... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080204067 - Synchronous semiconductor device, and inspection system and method for the same: The present invention provides a synchronous semiconductor device suitable for improving the efficiency of application of electrical stresses to the device, an inspection system and an inspection method thereof in order to efficiently carrying out a burn-in stress test. A command latch circuit having an access command input will output... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080204064 - Test system and high voltage measurement method: Provided are a test system and a related high voltage measurement method. The method includes applying an external voltage signal to one or more of a plurality of DUTs via the shared channel, comparing the external voltage signal with a high voltage signal internally generated by the one or more... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080204068 - Method for estimating defects in an npn transistor array: A method for testing bipolar transistors in an integrated circuit includes first measuring first conductances of leakage paths between collectors and emitters of a first plurality of bipolar transistors with a known number of defects, calculating a per defect conductance value using the measured first conductances and the known number... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080197832 - Electrical leakage detection apparatus and electrical leakage detection method for fuel cell: An electrical leakage detection apparatus for a fuel cell includes a voltage detector that detects a voltage applied to coolant in a fuel cell; an electrical leakage determining portion that determines that electrical leakage has occurred when the voltage detected by the voltage detector is equal to or higher than... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080197833 - Sound analyzer based on a biomorphic design: A device and a method for analyzing sound based on a biomorphic design are disclosed. The device comprises a plurality of amplification/filtering stages (S1, . . . , Sn) connected in a series configuration. Each amplification/filtering stage comprises at least one nonlinear amplification module (100a, . . . , 100c),... Agent: Joyce Von Natzmer Pequignot + Myers LLC

20080197834 - Signal detecting circuit: The signal detecting circuit has a first amplifier which amplifies the supplied signals and outputs the amplified signals from first and second output terminals; a switch unit which supplies the signals to the first amplifier such that the polarity thereof is reversed between the first and second periods; a first... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080197835 - Method and device for distance measurement by means of capacitive or inductive sensors: “The application relates to a method and device for measuring the propagation time of capacitive or inductive fields.”... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080197837 - Method and device for locating the right or left position of a wheel of a vehicle: The invention relates to a method and a device for locating the right or left position of a wheel (2) of a vehicle (3). According to the invention, the wheel (2) is equipped with a magnetic measuring component (4) comprising a core made of ferromagnetic material on which are arranged,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080197836 - Position encoder: An inductive position encoder is described having first and second members which are relatively moveable over a measurement path, a magnetic device mounted on the first member; a plurality of first windings mounted on the second member; and a second winding. The magnetic device is operable to interact with the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080197838 - Rotary encoder and method for its operation: A rotary encoder includes a first group of components and a second group of components. The first group of components has a pulse wire, a detector, and a circuit configuration. The second group of components has a magnet and a code element. Upon approach of the magnet to the pulse... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080197839 - Inductive proximity sensor: The invention relates to an inductive proximity sensor with a sensor element which includes a resonant circuit which provides an output signal which depends on the damping by an electrically conductive object. In accordance with the invention, the inductive proximity sensor has a ΣΔ modulator for the evaluation of an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080197842 - K-t sparse: high frame-rate dynamic magnetic resonance imaging exploiting spatio-temporal sparsity: A method of dynamic resonance imaging is provided. A magnetic resonance imaging excitation is applied. Data in 2 or 3 spatial frequency dimensions, and time is acquired, where an acquisition order in at least one spatial frequency dimension and the time dimension are in a pseudo-random order. The pseudo-random order... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080197841 - Method and system for determining acquistion parameters associated with magnetic resonance imaging for a particular measurement time: An exemplary embodiment of system, computer-accessible medium and method for determining exemplary values for acquisition parameters for a given time (e.g., imaging time) can be provided, e.g., with the exemplary values being selectable to increase the signal-to-noise ratio. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, method, system and computer accessible medium... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080197840 - Non-invasive mri measurement of tissue glycogen: In a method for deriving information about a selected monosaccharide or polysaccharide such as glucose or glycogen, a selected modification such as saturation is made of magnetic resonance at a magnetic resonance frequency of protons of hydroxyl groups of the selected monosaccharide or polysaccharide. Probative water proton magnetic resonance data... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080197843 - Determination of relaxation rate changes for mr molecular imaging: MR based molecular imaging is strongly supported by the accurate quantification of contrast agents. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a determination unit of an examination apparatus is adapted for determining an error propagation function, wherein the error propagation function is then used as a weighting function... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080197846 - Magnetic resonance imaging with several types of contrast: A magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a signal acquisition system to acquire magnetic resonance signals. A reconstructor reconstructs magnetic resonance images from the acquired magnetic resonance signals. The signal acquisition system and/or the reconstructor are controlled to perform overhead activities separately from actual acquisition of the magnetic resonance signals notably... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080197845 - Magnetic structure for mri machines and mri machine particularly for orthopedic of rheumatologic applications: m

20080197844 - Methods and apparatus for joint image reconstruction and coil sensitivity estimation in parallel mri: A method of parallel magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI) comprising acquiring pMRI signals simultaneously through a plurality of receiving coils, wherein each coil has a localized sensitivity with respect to an imaged volume; jointly estimating values for the imaged volume and for a sensitivity function for at least one of the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080197847 - Detuning of an rf shielded mri scan room: The present invention relates to a system and method magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Furthermore the invention relates to the use of a material and to a computer program. In order to provide a technique which allows to prevent standing waves in an RF cage (3) of a MR imaging system... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080197849 - Magnetic resonance system having a base body and a patient bed and inductive or capacitive signal transmission: A magnetic resonance system has a base body embodying a magnet system that generates magnetic fields in an excitation region on the base body, a patient bed that is movable in a travel direction through a travel region relative to the base body, the patient bed receiving an examination subject... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080197848 - Rf volume coil with selectable field of view: A radio frequency coil for magnetic resonance imaging or spectroscopy includes a plurality of generally parallel conductive members (70) surrounding a region of interest (14). One or more end members (72, 74) are disposed generally transverse to the plurality of parallel conductive members. A generally cylindrical radio frequency shield (32)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080197850 - Magnetic resonance apparatus having a superconducting basic field magnet with a structurally reinforced cryoshield: In an arrangement of a basic field magnet and a gradient coil of a magnetic resonance apparatus, the basic field magnet includes superconducting coils that are arranged in a reservoir with liquid helium for cooling. The helium reservoir is surrounded by a further reservoir, designated as an outer vacuum chamber.... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080197851 - Borehole conductivity simulator verification and transverse coil balancing: Calibration of the arrays of a multicomponent induction logging tool is achieved by positioning the tool horizontally above ground. The upper and lower housings of the tool are connected by a borehole conductivity simulator which as a resistance comparable to that of a borehole. Axial and radial positioning of the... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20080197852 - System for monitoring a group of electrochemical cells and device therefor: A system for monitoring a group of electrochemical cells (C1, . . . , Ci, . . . , Cn) arranged in series, wherein each cell (Ci) is provided for outputting a DC voltage (Vi) greater than a minimum value (Vmin). According to the invention, said monitoring system includes a... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20080197853 - Electric field probe: This is an electronic scanning probe, preferably made up of at least two sensing elements, each sensing element substantially surrounded by reference electrodes. These sensing elements are separated at a distance that causes little or no cross-interference to take place between these sensing elements when positioned in concert with a... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20080197854 - Harmonic derived arc detector: An arc detection system includes a radio frequency (RF) signal probe that senses a RF signal at an input of a RF plasma chamber and that generates a signal based on at least one of the voltage, current, and power of the RF signal. A signal analyzer receives the signal,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080197855 - Insulation resistance drop detector and failure self-diagnosis method for insulation resistance drop detector: An insulation resistance drop detector includes a pulse generator that applies a pulse signal to a series circuit in which a detecting resistor, a coupling capacitor, and an insulating resistance are serially connected. In a state where the pulse signal is applied to the series circuit, control circuit detects a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080197856 - Circuit arrangement to diagnose a heating resistor: A circuit arrangement is proposed to diagnose a heating resistor, which is connected in series with a first switch, which connects the heating resistor to a power source for operation of the heating resistor with a heating current. Provision is made for means to operate the heating resistor with a... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080197857 - Multi-mea test station and multi-mea test method using the same: Disclosed is a multi-MEA test station capable of simultaneously testing and activating a plurality of MEAs and a multi-MEA test method using the same. The multi-MEA test station includes a chamber capable of receiving a plurality of MEAs; a first multi cell body including a first channel for supplying an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080197858 - Automatic calibration techniques with improved accuracy and lower complexity for high frequency vector network analyzers: A calibration module, for use in calibrating a VNA, includes ports connectable to the VNA, calibration standards, and single pole multi throw (SPMT) switches. Each SPMT includes a single pole terminal, multiple throw terminals and a shunt terminal corresponding to each multiple throw terminal. A switching path is between each... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080197859 - Module for testing electromagnetic compatibility of a high-speed ethernet interface onboard an aircraft: A module to test electromagnetic compatibility of at least one high speed Ethernet interface onboard an aircraft. The module includes a cable less than 1 meter long, the ends of which are fitted with two aircraft contacts, two standard connectors compatible with standard test equipment, and a mechanism simulating attenuation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080197860 - Configurable voltage regulator: A configurable semiconductor has a device characteristic that is controllable as a function of at least one external impedance. A measurement circuit measures an electrical characteristic of the at least one external impedance and determines a select value corresponding to the measured electrical characteristic. A first circuit controls the device... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080197861 - Method of automatically testing an electronic circuit with a capacitive sensor and electronic circuit for the implementation of the same: A method for automatically testing an electronic circuit with a capacitive sensor having two capacitors is provided, wherein the common electrode of the capacitors moves relative to each fixed electrode. The electronic circuit includes a sensor interface that includes a charge transfer amplifier unit, an integrator unit connected to the... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20080197862 - Proportional variable resistor structures to electrically measure mask misalignment: A system, method and structures employing proportional variable resistors suitable for electrically measuring unidirectional misalignment of stitched masks in etched interconnect layers. In an example embodiment, there is a structure (10, 20) that comprises at least one proportional variable resistor (24) suitable for electrically measuring unidirectional misalignment of stitched masks... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080197863 - Liquid properties sensor circuit: A sensor circuit is coupled to a sensing element for determining a property, such as a dielectric constant, of a fuel suitable where the dielectric constant is used in determining a concentration of ethanol in the gasoline/ethanol blended fuel. The circuit includes an excitation voltage signal generator, a synchronization trigger... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080197864 - Resistance measuring method: A resistance measuring method for testing a device under test electrically connected to a pair of pads, by use of a measuring apparatus having a resistance measuring function. A voltage arising in the device under test is measured to calculate a resistance of the device under test from the current... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080197866 - Method of manufacturing needle for probe card using fine processing technology, needle manufactured by the method, and probe card comprising the needle: Disclosed are probe card needles manufactured using microfabrication technology, a method for manufacturing the probe card needles, and a probe card having the probe card needles. The probe needles are manufactured by forming, on a ceramic board, probe needle bases made of conductive metal, and a polymeric elastomer layer, by... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080197865 - Probe card analysis system and method: A system and method for evaluating wafer test probe cards under real-world wafer test cell condition integrates wafer test cell components into the probe card inspection and analysis process. Disclosed embodiments may utilize existing and/or modified wafer test cell components such as, a head plate, a test head, a signal... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080197867 - Socket signal extender: A socket signal extender (SSE), and a system and method of testing an assembled device under test (DUT) board employing an SSE. In one embodiment, the SSE includes a cover having a portion configured to fit within a test socket. The portion is free of logic and includes electrical conductors... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080197868 - Circuit board testing device with self aligning plates: A circuit board tester and method that precisely aligns the probe plate and circuit board is disclosed. With a circuit board and probe plate mounting within a housing having a top and bottom, hinged together, at closure there may be slight misalignments of the two. By making one of the... Agent: Altera Law Group, LLC

20080197869 - Electrical connecting apparatus: To restrain misregistration of tips due to change in temperature, an electrical connecting apparatus is used for connection of a tester, and electrical connection terminals of a device under test to undergo electrical test by the tester. The electrical connecting apparatus comprises a probe board having a plurality of probe... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20080197870 - Apparatus and method for determining reliability of an integrated circuit: In an embodiment, an integrated circuit or chip is supplied to its intended application and a measurement quantity representing the state of one or a plurality of electrical connections in the chip is determined within the application environment of the chip and, if the measurement quantity determined does not correspond... Agent: Infineon Technologies Ag Patent Department

20080197873 - Clock signal distributing circuit, information processing device and clock signal distributing method: An integrated circuit includes a test pattern input unit for inputting a test pattern into cells, a clock distributing unit for distributing a clock signal to the cells, a first cell that receives the clock signal distributed by the clock distributing unit, a second cell that receives the clock signal... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080197872 - Semiconductor chip, multi-chip semiconductor device, inspection method of the same, and electric appliance integrating the same: A disclosed semiconductor chip includes a first connection pad adapted to input an input signal; and a second connection pad adapted to selectively output, according to a test mode signal input to the semiconductor chip, one of the input signal and an output signal from the semiconductor chip.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080197871 - Sequential semiconductor device tester: A sequential semiconductor device tester, and in particular to a sequential semiconductor device tester is disclosed. In accordance with the sequential semiconductor device tester, a function of generating a test pattern data for a test of a semiconductor device and a function of carrying out the test are separated to... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080197874 - Test apparatus having multiple test sites at one handler and its test method: A test apparatus includes one handler connected to a tester and one test board divided into two or more sites or two or more test boards. Since only the sites on the test board (or test boards) need be duplicated, rather than the loading lanes or sorters of the handler,... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080191682 - Method and apparatus for locating subterranean optical fiber: A fiber optic cable can comprise a tape that extends along the cable and that facilitates locating the cable when the cable is buried underground. The tape can comprise a film of nonconductive material, such as plastic, with an overlaying pattern of conductive patches. The conductive patches can comprise regions... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080191683 - High impedance, high parallelism, high temperature memory test system architecture: An electronic device for use with a probe head in automated test equipment. The device includes a plurality of semiconductor devices arranged to provide at least one driver/receiver pair where the driver portion of the driver/receiver pair is configured to transmit a signal to at least one device under test... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20080191684 - Method and configuration for measurement of harmonics in high-voltage networks: A method measures current harmonics or voltage harmonics that occur in power supply networks. In the method, an instrument transformer produces a measurement signal for a current flowing in a conductor in a power supply network, or for a voltage that occurs on the conductor. A filter is disposed adjacent... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080191685 - Signal communication across an isolation barrier: A method for transmitting an information signal across an isolation barrier comprises receiving an input signal, preconditioning the input signal according to a modulation function, passing the preconditioned signal through the isolation barrier, and recovering the passed signal according to a demodulation function corresponding to the modulation function, the recovered... Agent: Koestner Bertani LLP

20080191686 - Measurement of dissipated power: The invention concerns a method of determining the dissipated power of an electronic switch. According to the invention it is proposed that the instantaneous value of a physical quantity is detected, a value correlated with the instantaneous value is polled from a first memory, the two values are processed together... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080191687 - Test handler having size-changeable test site: A test handler (122) of the present invention includes a main body, a window (142) formed on a surface of the main body and having a size corresponding to a Hi-Fix board of M×N array (where M and N represent an integer greater than a value of =), a cover... Agent: Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.c.

20080191688 - Rapid and sensitive biosensing: A sensor device (15) for detecting magnetic particles (13) has a binding surface (40) with binding sites thereon and comprises: at least one sensor element (23) for detecting the presence of magnetic particles (13), means for attracting magnetic structures comprising at least one magnetic particle (13) toward and onto the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080191690 - Distance sensor arrangement for a magnet of the levitation magnet of a magnetic levitation transport system: A distance sensor configuration for a magnet of the levitation magnet of a magnetic levitation transport system equipped with a number of distance sensors. Each distance sensor has a distance measuring coil acted upon by an operating frequency and can be placed in an installation space on the magnet. In... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080191689 - Retrofit positional sensor pin for articulated arms: A retrofit pivot pin for positioning at a pivot joint between a pair of articulated arms including a Hall effect element secured to a first arm and a magnet secured to said second arm.... Agent: Law Office Of John C. Mcmahon

20080191692 - Actuating means: An actuating means for actuators, in particular flaps, arranged in motor vehicles comprises a driven shaft connectable with said actuator. Further, two magnets are connected with said driven shaft in spaced relationship to the latter. For measuring the magnetic field a stationary magnetic field sensor arranged in the housing, for... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080191691 - Magnetic encoder assembly: A first magnetic encoder assembly includes a magnetic encoder ring. The magnetic encoder ring has a circumferential surface and a magnetic field. The magnetic field has a direction which substantially continuously varies in angle as one travels along the circumferential surface. A second magnetic encoder assembly includes a substantially-linearly-extending magnetic... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080191693 - System and methods for detecting environmental conditions: f

20080191694 - Magneto-resistive sensor in form of a half or full bridge circuit: Magnetoresistive sensors based on the AMR or GMR effect exhibit substantially enlarged linear characteristic curve regions as a result of the fact that their resistances are composed of magnetoresistive layer strips of differing anisotropic forms. Differing anisotropic forms can be achieved by different strip widths, strip thicknesses, strip intervals or... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, Llc Henry M Feiereisen

20080191695 - Mri system comprising a scan room inferface for a/d-conversion of mr signals between a receiver coil unit and a remote signal processing unit: The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging system, to a magnetic resonance imaging method for operating a magnetic resonance imaging system and to a computer program for operating a magnetic resonance imaging system. In order to considerably reduce the number of cabling in a magnetic resonance imaging system... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080191698 - Mri apparatus, nmr analyzer, and gantry: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a static magnetic field generating unit, a main coil (gradient magnetic coil), a radio frequency coil, and a shimming structure unit. The shimming structure unit includes first iron shims and second iron shims. The first iron shims are disposed between the main coil and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080191696 - Patient support with integrated spine coil: A region of a imaging subject (20) to be imaged is longer along a translation axis (36) than an imaging field of view (40). The imaging subject (20) and a radio frequency coil (30) are translated together along the translation axis (36) in an inward direction respective to the scanner... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080191697 - Superconductive magnet device and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus: A superconductive magnet device includes: a pair of coil vessels configured to house a plurality of superconductive coils formed circularly, together with a refrigerant; a pair of vacuum vessels configured to house the coil vessels in the vacuum vessels, respectively; a pair of supports configured to connect the vacuum vessels... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.

20080191699 - Rf traps for radio frequency coils used in mri: A radio frequency coil includes an operative radio frequency circuit (100, 100′) and a trap radio frequency circuit (110, 110′). The operative radio frequency circuit is tuned to a magnetic resonance frequency and is spatially configured to at least one of generate magnetic resonance in or receive magnetic resonance from... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080191700 - Diagnosis device of capacitor discharge ignition device for engine: A diagnosis device of a capacitor discharge ignition device for an engine that detects, as a singularity, a leading edge or a trailing edge of a voltage between output terminals of an ignition power supply portion that generates a voltage for charging an ignition capacitor, counts the number of singularities... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080191701 - Method and apparatus for inspecting light-emitting element and method and apparatus for burn-in: A method for inspecting a light-emitting element for a defect includes (a) measuring a light output of a light-emitting element while injecting a current into the light-emitting element, (b) setting a drive current according to an injected current and a measured light output, (c) measuring a light output while injecting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080191702 - System and method for measuring fuel cell voltage: A system for measuring individual cell voltages of a fuel cell stack includes a plurality of voltage scanning units (VSU). Each VSU is arranged for being connected to a group of cells, belonging to the fuel cell stack, the group of cells being provided with terminals that allow measuring a... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080191703 - Wide range current sensing method and system: A current measurement technique is disclosed in which a family of transformer coils having the same number of turns and the same winding resistance may be associated an active circuit for presenting a burden resistance of substantially zero value. The impedance of the coils will vary with their window size,... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20080191704 - Method to improve isolation of an open net fault in an interposer mounted module: A multi-chip module (MCM) assembly has two modules interconnected by respective interposers and a printed circuit board, and diagnostic logic within the modules uses the principal of signal reflection to located any open fault in the circuit path across the interposers. A first test signal is sent from module to... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jvm)

20080191705 - Ground loop locator: Described is a ground loop locator. A readout on the ground loop locator indicates the presence of a ground loop when a ground loop exists in conductors linked by a current transformer of an exciter portion and a Rogowski coil of a detector portion. Also described are how to make... Agent: Matthew S. Eichenfield

20080191706 - Systems and methods for testing conductive members employing electromagnetic back scattering: A system or method of analyzing a conductive member for the presence an anomaly. A conductive pipe member is analyzed for the presence an anomaly the electromagnetic properties of which are non-linear. The electromagnetic properties of the pipe member at the anomaly are altered by applying a direct current perturbation... Agent: Schacht Law Office, Inc.

20080191707 - Configurable interface device: The configurable interface device (CID) is a modular, high-density, high-performance electronic test interface that includes a circuit card assembly and mechanical interface. The mechanical interface provides proper alignment to an interface test adapter (ITA), and electrical engagement, or disengagement. The circuit card assembly routes external high-speed electrical stimulus and response... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.a.

20080191708 - Inspection device, analysis/display device, inspection device: There is provided an inspection system capable of easily performing inspection of a radio section under an actual environment and enabling a user to easily identify a trouble. In this system, an analysis/display device (400) analyzes the data outputted from an inspection device (200, 300) and extracts a radio parameter.... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20080191709 - Cable compensation for pulsed i-v measurements: The errors related to the resistance of test conductors and sense/load resistances for a pulse I-V measurement system are determined by making open circuit and through circuit measurements using a combination of DC and pulse instrument measurements.... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080191710 - Integrated circuit arrangement: An integrated circuit arrangement has a signal input 20 and a signal output 60, a signal processing unit 100 which is connected to the signal input 20 and to the signal output 60, a noise source 50 for generating a noise signal, and a noise line 55 which connects the... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates Llc

20080191711 - Device for measurement of electrical properties in materials: A device for measuring electrical properties, including permittivity, of a material is disclosed. The device includes a first conduit and second conduit terminating at open ends and respectively connected to a first and second connector port. Annuli are formed by the open ends to encompass portions of a flange of... Agent: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport

20080191712 - System, device, and method for embedded s-parameter measurement: An embedded s-parameter measurement system for measuring or determining an s-parameter is provided. The system includes an s-parameter test circuit for connecting to a port of a high-frequency multi-port device-under-test (DUT). The s-parameter test circuit includes a directional coupler for sampling a forward signal conveyed to the DUT and for... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080191713 - Capacitance measuring circuit: The present invention is based on the finding that a capacitance can be measured precisely and efficiently when, in a delta-sigma modulator having an operational amplifier, a first capacitor connectable to an input of the operational amplifier, and a second capacitor in a feedback branch of the operational amplifier, a... Agent: Schoppe, Zimmerman , Stockeller & Zinkler

20080191714 - Capacitive physical quantity detection device: A capacitive physical quantity detection device comprises: a plurality of capacitive physical quantity sensors, wherein each sensor including: a detection unit having a movable electrode and a fixed electrode; a C-V conversion circuit having a differential amplifier circuit, wherein a first input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit is coupled... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080191715 - Solid state navigation device: A solid state navigation device comprises a solid state dielectric nub with an upper surface configured for being contacted by an object. The upper surface comprises an intervening dielectric layer. A plurality of conductor electrodes is disposed beneath at least a portion of the intervening dielectric layer. The plurality of... Agent: Synaptics C/o Wagner Blecher LLP

20080191716 - On-chip real-time moisture sensor for and method of detecting moisture ingress in an integrated circuit chip: On-chip real-time moisture detection circuitry for monitoring ingress of moisture into an integrated circuit chip during the operational lifetime of the chip. The moisture detection circuitry includes one or more moisture-sensing units and a common moisture monitor for monitoring the state of each moisture-sensing units. The moisture monitor can be... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin Pllc

20080191717 - Capacitive sensor: A capacitive sensor with at least one reference impedance (2) and at least one measuring condenser (3), at least one electrical alternating signal source (4), a current supply network (5) and an analysis unit (6) in which the reference impedance (2) and the measuring condenser (3) are connected via the... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.c.

20080191718 - Electrostatically regulated atomic scale electrodonductivity device: An atomic scale electroconductivity device with electrostatic regulation includes a perturbing species having a localized electronic charge. A sensing species having an electronic conductivity is placed in proximity to the perturbing species at a distance sufficient to induce a change in the electronic conductivity associated with the localized electronic charge.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080191719 - Device and method for measuring the width of touch between rollers: The invention relates to a device for measuring the pressure between two rollers tightly placed against one another or the deformation caused by this pressure in their mutual contact area. The invention is for use in the fields of machines and mechanical assemblies comprising rollers pressed against one another, for... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080191721 - Electrical test device for testing electrical test pieces: The invention relates to an electrical test device for testing electrical test pieces comprising at least one electrical contact system and at least one electrical connecting device provided with at least one electrical/electronic component, and having contact surfaces for touch contacting of the contact system which may be contacted by... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080191722 - Isolation buffers with controlled equal time delays: A system is provided for controlling the delay in an isolation buffer. Multiple such isolation buffers are used to connect a single signal channel to multiple lines and controlled to provide an equal delay. Isolation buffer delay is controlled to be uniform by varying either power supply voltage or current.... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20080191720 - Multilayer substrate and probe card: According to the present invention, in a probe card including at least one circuit board connected in an electrically conductive manner to a probe brought into electrical contact with an inspection object, the circuit board includes a base layer and a surface layer stacked on at least an inspection object... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080191723 - Ic carrier, ic socket and method for testing ic device: An IC device (10) held on an IC carrier (24) is a double-sided electrode type BGA IC device (10) provided with bump electrodes (14) on a first surface of a package. The IC device has, on a second surface opposite the first surface, (a) a central protrusion (30), (b) a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080191724 - Electrical testing device for testing electrical test samples: The present disclosure relates to an electrical testing device for testing electrical test samples, the electrical testing device comprising an electrical connecting device having contact surfaces for touch contacting a contact arrangement that is contactable with the test sample and to which a support device is allocated, and a middle... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080191725 - Apparatus and method for testing semiconductor devices: An apparatus for testing semiconductor devices includes a first member configured as a drawer to be movable in and out of the housing and to receive a tray assembly containing semiconductor devices having exposed electrical contacts. The tray assembly includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion... Agent: Bay Area Intellectual Property Group, Llc

20080191726 - Cantilever-type probe card for high frequency application: A cantilever-type probe card includes a circuit board, a grounding block electrically connected to a zero potential, signal probes, and at least one grounding probe connected to the grounding block. Each signal probe has a probing tip, a connection portion affixed to the circuit board, and a front arm defined... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080191727 - Probe and probe assembly: The present invention provides a probe in which electrical short-circuit between the probes adjacent to each other is reliably prevented and that is manufactured relatively easily. The present invention provides a probe comprising a probe main body made of a plate-shaped member having an attachment region having an attachment end... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c.

20080191730 - Circuit testing apparatus: The invention discloses a circuit testing apparatus for testing a device under testing. The circuit testing apparatus includes a logic tester and a signal-measuring module. The logic tester is coupled to the device under testing for providing a testing signal and a trigger signal, and then determining a testing result... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080191728 - Isolation circuit: The present disclosure includes various method, device, and system embodiments for isolation circuits. One such isolation circuit embodiment includes: a first transistor having its source connected to a first terminal, wherein the first terminal connects a supply voltage to the source of the first transistor; a register connected to the... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch , Pllc

20080191731 - Semiconductor device testing apparatus and device interface board: A interface board is provided with a first and second contact instruments each comprising a first and second contact terminal groups to which a first to third type semiconductor devices having different numbers of external terminals used can be connected. The first contact terminal group of the first contact instrument... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20080191729 - Thermal interface for electronic chip testing: An apparatus that performs electrical testing is described. This apparatus includes a first semiconductor die that is to be tested, and a connector configured to be coupled to a first surface of the first semiconductor die. Furthermore, a thermal interface in the apparatus is between a second surface of the... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Computer, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080191732 - Supply voltage monitoring: An integrated circuit is provided with a distributed supply voltage monitoring system in which a single controller controls a plurality of voltage monitors located in respective modules of the integrated circuit. The controller and each circuit form a successive approximation analogue to digital converter Such a system enables a small... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080186010 - Locating device: The invention relates to a locating device, in particular a handheld locating device (10), for detecting objects which are enclosed in a medium, said device having a housing (12) and at least one sensor apparatus, which is arranged in the housing (12), as well as an opening (24) which penetrates... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080186011 - Root median square power measurement: e

20080186013 - Poly-phase electric energy meter: A poly-phase electric energy meter comprises a front-end that converts analog current input signals and analog voltage input signals to digital current and voltage samples and a micro-controller for computing power consumed. The front end includes first and second input channels. Each input channel has a multiplexer, an analog-digital converter,... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080186012 - Sensors and sensing methods for three-phase, gas insulated devices: Multi-phase, gas insulated electrical switchgear with optical voltage and/or current sensors are described. Compensation for contributions to sensor readings from non-associated conductors is provided... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20080186014 - Power array system and method: A method of sensing current comprises providing a current sensor having a gain resolution; setting the gain resolution of the current sensor to an initial resolution; sensing current flowing through the current sensor; evaluating an amplitude of the current; and changing the gain resolution of the current sensor based on... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080186015 - Insert and tray for electronic device handling apparatus, and electronic device handling apparatus: According to the insert 16′, a play of the IC device 2 in the IC housing part 19 is eliminated and external terminals 2B of the IC device 2 are brought to surely contact with probe pins 51, so that arising of a contact error, abnormal deformation of the external... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080186016 - Rotor for rotation sensor: A rotor for a rotation sensor may be mounted on a bearing that supports a wheel on an automotive vehicle so that it can detect the number of revolutions for the wheel. The rotor for a rotation sensor 1 includes a reinforcing ring 2 formed like an L-shape in cross... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080186018 - Electromagnetic tracking method and system: Provided is an electromagnetic coil arrangement comprising a set of electromagnetic sensors at fixed locations with respect to each other, each of the electromagnetic sensors comprising a planar coil coupled to a conductive layer, the planar coil comprising non-concentric rings. Further, provided is an electromagnetic tracking system, comprising an electromagnetic... Agent: Ge Healthcare C/o Fletcher Yoder, PC

20080186017 - Measuring device for angle and/or path measurement: A measuring device for angle and/or path measurement comprises a moving element. The moving element has connected therewith a magnetic field generator. Further, a magnetic field sensor is provided which picks up the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator. For evaluating the picked-up magnetic field, the magnetic field... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080186019 - Arrangement comprising a magnetic field sensor: In an arrangement comprising a magnetic field sensor which is effectively connected to a magnetic encoder which is arranged such that it can move with respect to the sensor and comprises magnetic poles with alternating polarity, wherein the sensor consists of at least two half-bridges which are in each case... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080186020 - Testing apparatus for magnetic recording medium and testing method for magnetic recording medium: A testing apparatus for magnetic recording medium and a testing method for magnetic recording medium which are able to conduct in a short time high-precision certify testing close to the actual method of use of magnetic recording media in hard disk drives can be provided. Such a testing apparatus for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080186021 - Current sensor and molding method thereof: The present invention is to provide a current sensor, which can measure accurately current of a wide range, at low cost. A shield plate 12 of ring shape is arranged around a flow direction of a current of the bus bar. When the current flows through the bus bar, magnetic... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080186022 - Method and apparatus for measuring object thickness: A method and apparatus are provided for measuring the thickness of a test object. The apparatus includes an eddy current sensor having first and second sensor heads. The sensor heads are positioned to have a predetermined gap therebetween for passage by at least a portion of the test object through... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080186023 - Method and apparatus for magnetic field measurements using a magnetoresistive sensor: The device for measuring magnetic field by using a magnetoresistive sensor comprises at least one magnetoresistive sensor (5), a module (50) for measuring the resistance of the magnetoresistive sensor (5), a generator module (40, 6) for generating an additional magnetic field in the space containing the magnetoresistive sensor (5), and... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080186024 - Apparatus and method for measuring cased hole fluid flow with nmr: A method and apparatus useful to determine characteristics of fluid flow, such as fluid holdup and flow velocity. The apparatus comprises a flow tube, a permanent magnet, a first set of coils, and a second set of coils. The first set of coils creates a radio frequency magnetic field within... Agent: Keith R. Derrington Bracewell & Guiliani LLP

20080186025 - Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and image data generating method: A apparatus includes a unit which reconstructs a plurality of pieces of first image data associated with elements or sections, by use of magnetic resonance signals, a unit which determines the coil elements or the sections which have received the magnetic resonance signals which are at least some of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080186026 - Electromagnetic shielding for high field mri coils: A radio frequency coil for magnetic resonance imaging includes an active coil member (70, 701, 170, 270) that defines an imaging volume. The active coil member has a first open end (74) with a first cross-sectional dimension (dactive). A shield coil member (72, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 172, 1722,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080186027 - Patient couch, magnetic resonance imaging (mri) apparatus, and mri method: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus provides a belt-tension varying unit including a belt winding mechanism that performs reeling and unreeling a belt, a belt driving unit that drives the belt winding mechanism, and belt controlling unit that varies a tension of the belt corresponding to any one of a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080186028 - Device and method for monitoring life history and controlling maintenance of industrial batteries: This invention is a method and device for monitoring and storing data regarding the “life history” of a battery with which it is associated and interpreting the data to create an accurate record of use and abuse patterns. A manufacturer's specified life expectancy, measured in battery cycles, is established for... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20080186030 - Evaluation method and evaluation apparatus for evaluating battery safety, and battery whose safety indices have been determined with the same: An evaluation method for evaluating safety of a battery having an electrode group including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator inserted between said electrode plates. The method includes the steps of charging the battery to a predetermined voltage; incorporating conductive foreign matter into the charged... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080186029 - Evaluation method for evaluating battery safety in the event of internal short circuit and evaluation apparatus used therefor: The present invention relates to an internal short circuit evaluation method for a battery including an electrode group including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator disposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, and an outer jacket covering the electrode group, the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080186031 - Method and device for measuring mass and/or moisture of the content of capsules: A Method and an apparatus for measuring the mass and/or moisture of the contents of incompletely filled capsules, containing, in particular, medicinal products, pharmaceutical products, vitamins and similar products, with the aid of microwaves is disclosed. The displacement of the resonant frequency and broadening of the resonance curve caused by... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080186032 - Circuit for detecting the impedance of a load: The invention refers to a circuit and a method for detecting the impedance of a load, whereby the circuit and the method can be used by an impedance matching circuit. Impedance matching circuits need a complex algorithm to adjust the impedance accordingly. This algorithm renders the response time to be... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080186033 - Measuring device for measuring the state of oils or fats: A measuring device is used to measure the state of a liquid product which is to be measured, in particular oil or fat. Said measuring device comprises a housing, a hollow connecting element which is secured therein and a carrier which is applied to the opposite end of the connecting... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20080186034 - Capacitive occupant detection system: A capacitive occupant detection system has an oscillator and an electrode operatively coupled to the oscillator, to which the oscillator applies an oscillating voltage signal. In response to the oscillating voltage being applied, an electric current is caused to flow in the electrode, the current being responsive to an electric-field-influencing... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080186035 - On chip temperature measuring and monitoring method: A device temperature measurement circuit, an integrated circuit (IC) including a device temperature measurement circuit, a method of characterizing device temperature and a method of monitoring temperature. The circuit includes a constant current source and a clamping device. The clamping device selectively shunts current from the constant current source or... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Peterson, Jr. Yorktown

20080186036 - High speed electrical probe: A high speed probe is configured with a diamond-gold plated tip to facilitate high speed test operations. A die is used to adjust the probe tips in a predetermined shape configuration.... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080186037 - Probe card and structure for fixing needle thereof: A probe card having a simple structure and an easy manufacturing process is disclosed. The probe card includes an upper structure having a probe circuit pattern, and a needle having an elastic bending portion, a tip portion extending from a lower end of the elastic bending portion, and a connection... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080186038 - Electrical test probe and method for manufacturing the same: A probe tip section of an electrical test probe has a laminated structure consisting of a first deposition portion and a second deposition portion covering the first deposition portion, and by the laminated structure, a maximum cross-sectional area portion at which the cross-sectional area of the probe tip section is... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20080186040 - Apparatus for testing devices: Methods and apparatus for testing semiconductor devices are provided herein. In some embodiments, an assembly for testing semiconductor devices can include a probe card assembly; and a thermal barrier disposed proximate an upper surface of the probe card assembly, the thermal barrier can restrict thermal transfer between tester side boundary... Agent: MoserIPLaw Group / Formfactor, Inc.

20080186039 - Heat exchanger with finned tube and method of producing the same: A heat exchanger for a gas boiler for producing hot water is provided with a casing extending along a first axis and through which combustion fumes flow; a tube along which water flows, and which is housed inside the casing and coils about the first axis to form a helix... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080186042 - Probe card: A probe card having a simple structure and an easy manufacturing process disclosed. The probe card includes a main substrate having a probe circuit pattern formed thereon; a needle fixing block provided with a connection plate located on a lower surface of the main substrate and a tip plate apart... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080186041 - Probe card manufacturing method including sensing probe and the probe card, probe card inspection system: There is provided a method of manufacturing a probe card. A first passivation pattern for implementing a tip portion of an electrical inspection probe and a tip portion of a planarity sensing probe on a sacrificial substrate is formed, and an etching process using the first passivation pattern as an... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080186044 - Integrated circuit failure prediction: An integrated circuit having a frequency generator connected to a constant reference voltage source located on the integrated circuit and a monitor connected to monitor the frequency signal and from the frequency history predicting that an integrated circuit failure will occur. An adaptive power supply is disclosed that includes a... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080186043 - Temperature and condensation control system for functional tester: An innovative chip testing system and method includes controlling temperature and condensation during testing. Coarse temperature is controlled by providing a desired fluid flow rate and fluid temperature to a cold plate. Fine temperature control is provided by a feedback loop which controls the power dissipation of cartridge heaters installed... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080186045 - Test mark structure, substrate sheet laminate, multilayered circuit substrate, method for inspecting lamination matching precision of multilayered circuit substrate, and method for designing substrate sheet laminate: An inspection mark structure has an inspection via hole, which is provided in substrate sheets to be heat-pressed constituting at least two layers of laminates; a round pattern electrode, which is formed on one main face side of the substrate sheet provided with the inspection via hole, and provided around... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080186047 - System for sorting packaged chips and method for sorting packaged chips: Provided is a sorting system for handling packaged chips for testing and sorting the packaged chips by grade, capable of performing loading and unloading operations, independently of a testing operation. The sorting system includes a loading unit including a loading picker, an unloading unit provided adjacent to the loading unit,... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080186046 - Test socket for testing semiconductor chip, test apparatus including the test socket and method for testing semiconductor chip: A semiconductor package is tested while being inserted into a test socket installed at a test board. The test socket includes a base accommodating a semiconductor package and a contact sheet where a plurality of contact terminals are formed. The contact sheet is fixed to the base through an insert... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20080186048 - Configurations and method for carrying out wafer level unclamped inductive switching (uis) tests: This invention discloses a circuit for performing an unclamped inductive test on a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) device driven by a gate driver. The circuit includes a current sense circuit for measuring an unclamped inductive testing (UIS) current that increases with an increase of a pulse width... Agent: Bo-in Lin