Electricity: measuring and testing inventions 11/08

20080290856 - Device, probe, and method for the galvanically decoupled transmission of a measuring signal: The invention relates to a device, a probe, and a method for the galvanically decoupling transmission of a measuring signal. A microwave signal is supplied by a transceiver (1) to a sensor (3) by means of a galvanically decoupled waveguide (2). The signal is partially reflected in the sensor (3),... Agent: Thelen LLP

20080290857 - Electric current sensor: An electric current sensor having a housing, magnetic circuit with a magnetic core, and a magnetic field detector with a detection cell, positioned in an air gap between ends of the core. The core is made of a non-laminated magnetic material, and the magnetic circuit has a strap made of... Agent: Clifford W. Browning One Indiana Square

20080290859 - Magnetic sensor with compensation: A sensing assembly. The sensing assembly is spaced apart from a magnet that has a magnet length, and includes a compensation module and a string of magnetic sensors that has a string length. The magnetic sensors are grouped into a plurality of magnetic sensor groups. Each of the magnetic sensors... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080290860 - Angle of rotation sensor: An angle of rotation sensor includes at least one coil provided with windings and a magnetically conductive element which interacts with the coil is rotatable with a shaft for transmitting a detectable rotational movement, and whose different overlap degree with at least one magnetically conductive body depends on the rotational... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080290861 - Displacement sensor: An oscillator circuit outputs an oscillator signal with a frequency corresponding to an inductance of a displacement detector coil. An oscillation cycle measurement circuit measures a cycle of the oscillator signal output from the oscillator circuit, and outputs a signal corresponding to the measured cycle. A squaring circuit calculates and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080290858 - Hand-held electronic device and operating module thereof: A hand-held electronic device including a casing, a display provided at the casing and an operating module embedded in the casing is provided. The operating module includes an operating key, an elastic film, an elastic wall, a circuit board and a sensing unit. The operating key is provided at the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080290862 - Irregular saturated pole position sensor: According to the invention, the position sensor is characterized in that the correction means (3) are achieved by at least one saturated magnetic pole, a so-called stabilization pole (Ps), having a sign opposite to the sign of the irregular pole (Pi) which is also saturated, each stabilization pole (Ps) extending... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080290863 - Open write-head-cable test method and detector: A storage drive implements a method for operating the storage drive between a plurality of operational modes. For a test mode of the storage drive, a write current driver circuit and a test current sensor are electrically connected to the write head, wherein the test current sensor generates a sense... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Tucson

20080290864 - Magnetic field position sensor and method of use: A magnetic field position sensing device for sensing the position, on a front surface of a wall, of a magnet of known magnetic field intensity secured to a rear surface of the wall. The sensing device has a magnetic field transducer which produces signals proportional to the strength of the... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080290865 - Method of forecasting and detecting polishing endpoint and the device thereof and real time film thickness monitoring method and the device thereof: To achieve the above described object, the present invention brings an inductor in a high frequency inductor type sensor close to the predetermined conductive film, and monitors a flux change induced in the predetermined conductive film by the flux formed by the inductor 36, and based on a flux change... Agent: Paul A. Fattibene Fattibene & Fattibene

20080290866 - Method and apparatus for digital measurement of an eddy current signal: A method and apparatus for conducting eddy current testing of a test object is disclosed, comprising the steps of generating a digital drive signal, converting the digital drive signal to an analog drive signal to drive a coil in a probe; placing the probe in proximity to a test object;... Agent: General Electric Company Global Patent Operation

20080290867 - Altered sweep bell-bloom magnetometer: A magnetometer is constructed wherein the sweeping is performed at one half the Larmor frequency and has as its center the absorption line. This allows the emitter to tune onto the absorption line twice per cycle as it passes through the line. This causes the increase in absorption as would... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080290868 - Determining phase-encoding direction for parallel mri: Example systems, methods, and apparatus associated with determining a phase-encoding direction for parallel MRI are described. One example, method includes selecting a set of projection directions along which an MRI apparatus is to apply RF energy to an object to be imaged. The method includes controlling the MRI apparatus to... Agent: Kraguljac & Kalnay

20080290869 - Apparatus and method for performing in-vitro dnp-nmr measurements: Apparatus for performing in-vitro DNP-NMR measurements on a sample comprises magnetic field generating apparatus (1a, 1b) located in a cryostat (2) and surrounding a bore defining respective NMR and DNP working regions (90, 92). A system for performing DNP on a suitably prepared sample in the DNP working region. A... Agent: Vern Maine & Associates

20080290870 - Transmit-mode phased array coils for reduced sar and artifact issues: Systems and methods for the selection of and application of RF power to a plurality of transmit and/or transmit/receive coil elements to decrease patient SAR and to limit the potential for artifact problems. Without any change to the hardware or software of an MR scanner, the present local coil system... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

20080290871 - Magnetic field adjustment device and magnetic field adjustment method for superconducting magnet: A magnetic field adjustment device for a superconducting magnet, wherein magnetic material shim mechanisms are arranged in an axial direction of an inside periphery of the cylindrical superconducting magnet, each of the magnetic material shim mechanisms including a combined shim tray (14 in FIG. 2) in which a plurality of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080290872 - Apparatus of nuclear magnetic resonance measurement for continuous sample injection: A sample tube is used to ensure uniformity in a static magnetic field and uniformity in electromagnetic wave irradiation for NMR measurement for continuous sample injection. The sample tube is formed of a signal detecting tube having a length lying between 80% and 100% of the length of an antenna,... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080290874 - Applications of wideband em measurements for determining reservoir formation properties: A method for determining reservoir formation properties that consists of exciting the reservoir formation with an electromagnetic exciting field, measuring an electromagnetic signal produced by the electromagnetic exciting field in the reservoir formation, extracting from the measured electromagnetic signal a spectral complex resistivity as a function of frequency, fitting the... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20080290873 - Subsurface electromagnetic measurements using cross-magnetic dipoles: Sensor assemblies including transmitter and receiver antennas to respectively transmit or receive electromagnetic energy. The sensor assemblies are disposed in downhole tools adapted for subsurface disposal. The receiver is disposed at a distance less than six inches (15 cm) from the transmitter on the sensor body. The sensor transmitter or... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20080290875 - Seismic activity detector: A system for detecting precursor seismic electromagnetic waveforms.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080290876 - Method of characterizing hydrocarbon reservoir fractures in situ with artificially enhanced magnetic anisotropy: Reservoir fractures are characterized directly in situ without need to acquire and analyze formation sample cores. A magnetic fluid is injected into an isolated section of the reservoir. The magnitude and directional properties of the enhanced magnetic susceptibility in the section where magnetic fluid injection occurs is measured with a... Agent: Albert B. Kimball Jr. Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP

20080290877 - Apparatus and method of testing for battery: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for testing batteries, which can prevent errors from occurring due to the tolerance of voltage sensors when the charged states of batteries are measured, and can charge a battery having a charged state deteriorated due to the difference in the resistance... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080290878 - Ic testing methods and apparatus: A testing circuit has a shift register circuit (76) for storing instruction data for the testing of an integrated circuit core. Each stage of the shift register circuit comprises a first shift register storage element (32) for storing a signal received from a serial input (wsi) and providing it to... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080290879 - Capacitive measurements with fast recovery current return: An apparatus and method for measuring the leakage current of capacitive components. A switch that grounds a terminal of a component being tested is closed while the component is charged to a desired test voltage. When this charging is complete, the switch opens so that the diode terminal is at... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080290880 - Network analyzer comprising a switchable measuring bridge: The invention relates to a network analyzer comprising a signal generator for generating an excitation signal which can be supplied to a measuring object connectable to a network analyzer by means of a measuring line, and a measuring bridge which is connected to the measuring line by means of signal... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080290881 - Wafer edge detection and capacitive probe therefor: A wafer edge detection system comprising a probe assembly having one or more capacitive plates conforming in edge shape to an edge shape of a wafer; and processing electronics for electronically driving the one or more capacitive plates and for sensing an electrical signal representing capacitance between each one or... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080290882 - Probe needle protection method for high current probe testing of power devices: A test system, apparatus and method for applying high current test stimuli to a semiconductor device in wafer or chip form includes a plurality of probes for electrically coupling to respective contact points on the semiconductor device, a plurality of current limiters electrically coupled to respective ones of the plurality... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080290884 - Probe card assembly with zif connectors, method of assembling, wafer testing system and wafer testing method introduced by the same: This invention discloses a probe card assembly with adjustable ZIF connectors. The probe card assembly comprises a substrate, a plurality of ZIF connectors and a plurality of adjustable fastening means for assembling and disassembling the ZIF connectors on the substrate. The substrate is a disc-like plate, having a first surface,... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080290883 - Testboard with zif connectors, method of assembling, integrated circuit test system and test method introduced by the same: This invention discloses a test board with detachably adjustable ZIF connectors. The test board comprises a test substrate, a plurality of ZIF connectors and a plurality of detachably adjustable fastening means for assembling and disassembling the ZIF connectors on the test substrate. The test substrate has a first surface, a... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080290886 - Probe apparatus: A prove apparatus includes a first and a second loading port for mounting therein two carriers facing each other, a wafer transfer mechanism having a rotation center between the loading ports, and a first and a second inspection unit being symmetrical to each other and disposed in accordance with the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080290885 - Probe test system and method for testing a semiconductor package: In a method and system for testing a device under test (DUT), a replaceable test connector (RTC) is disposed between a probe pin of a tester and the DUT. The RTC includes an upper test bond pad that is electrically coupled to a lower test bond pad. The probe pin... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080290888 - Probe substrate for test and manufacturing method thereof: A probe substrate includes a probe having a plurality of beams and a contactor formed at one end of the beam, and a support substrate for supporting the probe and having a bending space in which the probe moves upwards and downwards. The beam and the contactor are made of... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080290887 - Testing method for semiconductor device having ball-shaped external electrode: Disclosed is a method of testing electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device having a ball-shaped external electrode. The method comprises preparing a plurality of cantilever-type contactors each supported by a support plate at a given position, and formed in such a manner that a tip thereof has a flat surface... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080290889 - Method of destructive testing the dielectric layer of a semiconductor wafer or sample: In a method of testing a semiconductor wafer or sample having a dielectric layer overlaying a substrate of semiconducting material, a contact is caused to touch a top surface of the dielectric layer. At least a portion of the contact touching the dielectric layer is formed of iridium. A controlled... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080290891 - Method of performing parallel test on semiconductor devices by dividing voltage supply unit: Provided is a method of performing a parallel test on semiconductor devices, the method including coupling a power signal line to a set of at least two semiconductor devices through a switching device, performing at least one part of a parallel test on the set of semiconductor devices, and disconnecting... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080290890 - Testing system for testing electronic assembly: A testing system for testing performance of a number of image sensor modules includes a data transforms module, a number of selection switches and a testing processor. The data transform module has a pin assembly corresponding to the input/output pin assembly. The pin assembly includes a first pin and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080290892 - Evaluation device and evaluation method using evaluation device: In an evaluation device a plurality of evaluation cells, a signal wiring for applying a voltage to the evaluation cells, and an output terminal pad for a signal taking out wiring for measuring outputs from the evaluation cells through a signal taking out wiring are provided on an insulating substrate.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080284409 - Signal recognition method with a low-cost microcontroller: The present invention relates to a signal recognition method provided that the signal is limited in time and is periodic, comprising obtaining the envelope, taking samples of the instantaneous value of its amplitude which, by means of several time parameters and their comparison with different reference matrixes, allows identifying the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080284410 - Clamp-on current and voltage module for a power monitoring system: A clamp-on current and voltage module for an electrical power monitoring system that monitors characteristics of power distributed through one or more power conductors includes a current transformer having a core divided into at least two parts so that the core can be installed around a power conductor without cutting... Agent: Schneider Electric / Square D Company Legal Dept. - I.p. Group (np)

20080284411 - Method and circuit provided for measuring very low intensity of electric current: c

20080284412 - System for transferring test trays and a handler having same: A system and method is provided for transferring multiple test trays within a test handler. The system includes at least one moving member having a pushing member that pushes a first test tray and a pulling member that pulls on a projection on a second test tray to move the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080284413 - Method and system for detection of biomaterials using magnetic marker: Accurate measurement cannot be performed due to magnetic signals from magnetic impurities included in a specimen container. By finding a difference between two measurement signals obtained by applying an external magnetic field for orientation to respective normal and reverse directions, the magnetic signals from the magnetic impurities included in the... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith Hazel & Thomas LLP

20080284416 - Position detection utilizing a rotary array of magnetic sensors with irregular spacing between sensing elements: A magnetoresistive sensor system includes a plurality of chip carriers, such that each integrated circuit among the plurality of chip carriers is associated with a respective magnetoresistive sensing components. A plurality of magnetoresistive sensing components can be arranged in a rotary array, wherein each magnetoresistive component among the plurality of... Agent: Bryan Anderson, Attorney Intellectual Property Honeywell International Inc.

20080284417 - Incremental displacement transducer and method for determining a displacement of a first object relative to a second object: The invention relates to an incremental displacement transducer for determining a displacement of a first object relative to a second object with a scanning unit linked with the first object for scanning a division track linked with the second object having first areas and second areas alternately arranged with a... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080284418 - Systems and methods for determining the position of an electrical solenoid: Provided herein are systems and methods which use the solenoid itself to sense the position of the armature within the solenoid, and therefore to determine the position of the solenoid's armature, and or any related devices whose movement is dependent on the armature's movement. Specifically, a system in which the... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20080284414 - Hysteresis brake, especially for an electric camshaft adjuster: A hysteresis brake is provided, such as for an electric camshaft adjuster, has with an excitation coil, a stator with an inner and outer stator part, and a moveable rotor with a hysteresis band which is movable between the inner and outer stator part. The excitation coil, which produces a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080284415 - Piston stroke counting device: The device for counting the strokes of a piston sliding within a cylinder comprises a support housing a magnet which generates a magnetic field. The support also houses a sensor arranged to sense the magnetic field, such that the passage of the piston into a position corresponding with the magnet... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080284419 - Magnetic material sensor and detection method employing this sensor, and target material detection sensor and target material detection kit: The magnetic material sensor of this invention includes: a magnetoresistive effect film, formed using magnetic films; a current source, for supplying to the magnetoresistive effect film a current having a magnitude and a direction that can change the magnetization directions of the magnetic films; and a detector, for detecting the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080284420 - Position detecting device: Disclosed is a position detecting device provided with a magnetoresistive element that can accurately detect a position using a magnet and a detector that moves opposite to the magnet. A front surface of a magnet having a circular shape is magnetized to the N-pole, and a rear surface thereof is... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080284421 - Rotation angle detecting device: A rotation angle detecting device includes a signal generator, a magnetic rotor and a rotation angle calculating unit that calculates a rotation angle θ of the rotor based on the output signals of the signal generator. The signal generator includes a magnetic rotor that has a permanent magnet and a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080284422 - Method and device for analyzing distribution of coercive force in vertical magnetic recording medium using magnetic force microscope: In a coercive force distribution analysis device, a magnetic field is applied in substantially vertical direction to a sample having a magnetic thin film capable of recording vertical magnetism. A magnetic flux detection signal is generated in accordance with the leaking magnetic flux generated from a magnetic domain of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080284423 - Detecting device for a motor of a ceiling fan: The invention relates to a detecting device for a motor of a ceiling fan. The motor includes a stator, a rotor, a detecting device and a circuit board. The rotor is pivotally installed around a motor shaft and the detecting device is fixed on one surface of silica steel plates... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080284424 - Spin detection device and methods for use thereof: Embodiments of the invention are related to methods for and devices for performing electrical spin detection. A method for spin detection of charged carriers having a spin and forming a flux in a medium is disclosed, the method comprises measuring a first current on a first contact on the medium... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080284425 - Metal detection system and method: This application describes a system for contraband and weapons detection. The system comprises a coplanar sensor array, electronic drive circuitry, a data acquisition circuit, a video frame grabber, a video camera, and a computer control unit with a control module installed. Properly constructed and aligned, the system allows for the... Agent: Zarian Midgley & Johnson PLLC

20080284427 - Chemical exchange saturation transfer based mri using reporter genes and mri methods related thereto: Featured are a new class of reporter genes including reporter compositions as well as methods, MRI systems and MRI imaging kits related thereto. The genes according to the present invention provide MR contrast when the sample/subject is irradiated at a specific off-resonance radio-frequency (RF frequency), where the contrast mechanism utilizes... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080284430 - Magnetic resonance stage microscope: A magnetic resonance (MR) microscope and a dual-mode optic and MR microscope system are disclosed, The MR microscope is provided with a horizontal stage above which a sample to be analyzed is located, a radiofrequency coil assembly located above the horizontal stage and below the sample, a magnetic field gradient... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20080284432 - Method for controlling a magnetic resonance system: In a method for controlling a magnetic resonance system with a number of individually controllable transmission channels, a limited number of antenna control parameter sets are available that are associated with respective different examination situation classes that are defined with regard to specific examination situation parameters. The antenna control parameter... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080284431 - Method to determine the measurement workflow of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus in the generation of slice images of a subject: In a method for determination of the measurement workflow of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus in the generation of slice images of a subject, a number of slice images to be generated is established. A total number of measurement regions is established for each of the slice images, with one... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080284428 - Pet/mr scanner with time-of-flight capability: In a combined scanner, a main magnet (20) and magnetic field gradient coils (28) housed in or on a scanner housing (12, 18) acquires spatially encoded magnetic resonances in an imaging region (14). Solid state radiation detectors (50, 50′, 50″) disposed in or on the scanner housing are arranged to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080284429 - Situ hyperpolarization of imaging agents: The present invention generally relates to compositions, systems and methods for inducing nuclear hyperpolarization in imaging agents after they have been introduced into a subject.... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080284426 - Water mapping using surface nmr: A method for selecting a location of a wellbore includes: using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrument deployed on a surface of a production area, determining a location of ground water in the production area; and locating the wellbore according to the location of the ground water. A system and... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP- Baker Atlas

20080284433 - Ultra-low field nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging to discriminate and identify materials: An ultra-low magnetic field NMR system can non-invasively examine containers. Database matching techniques can then identify hazardous materials within the containers. Ultra-low field NMR systems are ideal for this purpose because they do not require large powerful magnets and because they can examine materials enclosed in conductive shells such as... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20080284434 - Visualizing high-resolution diffusion data by maximum coherence projection: A method for displaying diffusion data includes defining intra-voxel coherence and inter-voxel coherence of the diffusion data. On the basis of the inter-voxel coherence and the intra-voxel coherence, a multiplicity of tracks can be defined. Only those tracks having a selected characteristic are displayed.... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080284436 - Imaging region-specific radio frequency coils for mri: A radio frequency coil includes a non-cylindrical conformal surface (62, 76) that substantially conforms with a magnetic resonance subject. A plurality of conductor loops (60, 71, 72, 73, 74) are disposed in or on the non-cylindrical conformal surface. The plurality of conductor loops are configured to produce a substantially uniform... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080284435 - Magnetic resonance coil element with embedded electronics module: A magnetic resonance imaging system includes main magnet (20) that produces a substantially spatially and temporally constant main magnetic field within a field of view. Magnetic field gradient coils (30) impose selected magnetic field gradients on the main magnetic field within the field of view. At least one radio frequency... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080284438 - Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a bed, a static field magnet, a gradient coil, a liner and a heat transfer material. The bed includes a table-top capable of placing thereon an object. The static field magnet generates a static magnetic field. The gradient coil, formed inside the static field... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080284437 - Phantom for diffusion tensor imaging: A phantom for Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) to measure the main physical quantities of diffusion tensors, such as diffusion anisotrophy, a diffusion principal axis and a route of the diffusion principal axis, and to evaluate the accuracy of DTI are provided. The phantom for diffusion tensor imaging includes: an outer... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080284439 - System and method for amplitude reduction in rf pulse design: A system and method are provided for adjusting RF pulses and gradient waveforms to reduce B1 field magnitude in MR imaging sequences. When an RF pulse is presented which has a high amplitude segment that would exceed a maximum B1 magnitude, the system and method provided herein can apply a... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20080284440 - Logging while drilling tool for obtaining azimuthally sensitive formation resistivity measurements: An apparatus for making azimuthally sensitive resistivity measurements of a subterranean formation is disclosed. The apparatus includes a magnetically permeably ring deployed about an electrically conductive tool body. An AC voltage supply is coupled to the tool body on opposing sides of the magnetically permeable ring, with at least one... Agent: W-h Energy Services, Inc.

20080284441 - Underwater electric field electromagnetic prospecting system: The present invention, in various embodiments, is directed to a geophysical system and method in which a transmitter coil is oriented with its axis horizontally, and a sensor is positioned below the coil to measure an ambient electrical and/or magnetic parameter associated with a conductive medium surrounding the at least... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080284442 - Control of delivery of current through one or more discharge lamps: Control of delivery of current through one or more discharge lamps. Methods include alternately switching on and off switching elements that control a fluorescent lamp, in response to receiving input, until the brightness of the lamp decreases to a threshold. Further, methods include providing control signals at complementary duty cycles... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080284443 - Method for scientific research: A method providing comprehensive information about the properties of a type of electrochemical batteries at all stages of batteries resource exhaustion at their utilization which (properties) are connected with the action of the corresponding (for this utilization) influence on the batteries is realized through acquisition of the experimental data that... Agent: Alexander Z. Shekhtman

20080284444 - Method for on-line measurement of battery internal resistance, current operational module, and on-line measurement instrument for battery internal resistance: A method and a current operational module for on-line measurement of battery internal resistance and an on-line measurement instrument for battery internal resistance have high measurement accuracy and strong anti-interference ability. The on-line measurement instrument for battery internal resistance comprises a current work module, a voltage measurement module, an analog... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080284446 - Determination of field distribution: A method for determining field intensity for a particle on a substrate, the method comprising providing an incident wave, determining an electric vector of the field and a magnetic vector of the field inside and outside of the particle, and determining additional scattered fields inside and outside of the particle... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080284445 - Potential measurement apparatus and image forming apparatus: A potential measurement apparatus is provided which can suitably maintain the oscillation state of an oscillator including a detection electrode and stably measure the potential of a measurement object. The potential measurement apparatus includes a bearing part, an elastic supporting part supported by the bearing part, an oscillator movably supported... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080284447 - Method for determining location of phase-to earth fault: A method and apparatus for determining a location of a phase-to-earth fault on a three-phase electric line (30) of an electric network, comprising determining an equivalent load distance curve of the electric line (30) representing a voltage drop along the electric line scaled by an equivalent load distance of the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080284448 - Test apparatus and pin electronics card: Provided is a test apparatus that tests a DUT, which includes a driver that outputs a test signal to the DUT, a first transmission path that electrically connects the driver and the DUT, a first FET switch provided on the first transmission path to connect or disconnect the driver and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080284449 - Power converters with component stress monitoring for fault prediction: A power converter includes a controller and at least one circuit component. The controller is configured for monitoring stress on the circuit component during operation of the power converter and estimating a remaining life of the circuit component based on the monitored stress.... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080284450 - Arc wave generator for testing an arc-fault circuit interrupter: Provided is an arc wave generator for testing an arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) for use in a test system for testing whether or not an arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) is operating normally, in which a false arc is generated for use in testing the arc fault circuit interrupter... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080284451 - Device, method and system for estimating the termination to a wired transmission-line based on determination of characteristic impedance: A system and method for measuring a characteristic impedance of a transmission-line comprises transmitting energy to the line, and shortly after measuring the voltage/current involved and thus measuring the equivalent impedance. The measured characteristic impedance may then be used in order to determine the termination value required to minimize reflections.... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080284452 - Semiconductor device and method of measuring sheet resisitance of lower layer conductive pattern thereof: Contact holes (openings) (17) are created in the upper electrode (14) and the dielectric film (15) of a polysilicon-insulator-polysilicon (PIP) capacitive element to form a plurality of evaluation patterns wherein the lower electrode (13) and upper layer wiring lines (20) for measurement are electrically connected through contacts (16). At least... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080284453 - Ic test vector generator for synchronized physical probing: Systems, methods, and computer readable media storing instructions for such methods relate to generating test vectors that can be used for exercising a particular area of interest in an integrated circuit. The test vectors generally include a non-overlapping repeating and/or predictable sequence of care bits (a care bit pattern) that... Agent: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. C/o Duane Morris LLP (san Francisco)

20080284455 - Probe apparatus: A probe apparatus includes a load port for mounting therein a carrier having therein a plurality of substrates; a plurality of probe apparatus main bodies, each having a probe card having probes on its bottom surface; a substrate transfer mechanism for transferring the substrates between the load port and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080284456 - Test apparatus of semiconductor devices: A test apparatus of a semiconductor device is provided. A signal pin can be electrically connected to a connector and can have a region for electrically connecting to a semiconductor device. The signal pin can be inserted into the connector, and the region of the signal pin for electrically connecting... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080284454 - Test interface with a mixed signal processing device: The present invention relates to a test interface to which a mixed signal processing circuit is integrated, and more particularly to a test interface of a probe card or a DUT card to which a mixed signal processing circuit is integrated, and the mixed signal processing circuit is integrated to... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080284457 - Method and apparatus for control of a positioning device: In a device and a method for positioning an object, a drive of a movement device is controlled. To this end, a visual joystick is actuated, as a result of which a moveable actuator is moved, at least linearly by means of a display of a control unit of the... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080284458 - Method for forming connection pin, probe, connection pin, probe card and method for manufacturing probe card: The probe has a contact to be brought into contact with an inspection object, and a beam part supporting the contact at a tip end portion. A rear portion of the beam part of the probe is joined to a surface at an inspection object side, of a contactor disposed... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080284459 - Testing using independently controllable voltage islands: A voltage island architecture wherein the source voltage of each voltage island can be independently turned on/off or adjusted during a scan-based test. The architecture includes a plurality of voltage islands, each powered by a respective island source voltage, and a testing circuit, coupled to the voltage islands, and powered... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20080284461 - Active cancellation matrix for process parameter measurements: An active cancellation matrix for process parameter measurements provides feedback paths for each test location wherein each feedback path is used to sense the applied voltage and the sensed voltage is used to adjust the source voltage for any variations along the input path. The devices under test are arranged... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jvm)

20080284462 - Mechanical stress characterization in semiconductor device: Methods of characterizing a mechanical stress level in a stressed layer of a transistor and a mechanical stress characterizing test structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, the test structure includes a first test transistor including a first stress level; and at least one second test transistor having a substantially different... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080284460 - Method and apparatus for statistical cmos device characterization: A unified test structure having a large number of electronic devices under test is used to characterize both capacitance-voltage parameters (C-V) and current-voltage parameters (I-V) of the devices. The devices are arranged in an array of columns and rows, and selected by control logic which gates input/output pins that act... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jvm)

20080278140 - Method of using a four terminal hybrid silicon/organic field effect sensor device: A four terminal field effect device comprises a silicon field effect device with a silicon N-type semiconductor channel and an N+ source and drain region. An insulator is deposited over the N-type semiconductor channel. An organic semiconductor material is deposited over the insulator gate forming a organic semiconductor channel and... Agent: Winstead PC

20080278141 - Rf power sensing circuit: The present invention provides an electronic circuit for measuring of an output power of a RF power amplifier The electronic circuit comprises a current sensing transistor for sensing the RF current of the power amplifier and a voltage sensing module for sensing the voltage of the RF power amplifier. The... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080278142 - Frequency characteristic measuring circuit: A frequency characteristic measuring circuit is disclosed, which includes a first diode element having differential input nodes and differential output nodes, thermally coupled to a resistance element of a differential amplifying circuit having the resistance element connected between the differential output nodes, and driven by a first constant current source,... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080278143 - Remote display and control for test and measurement apparatus: A remote display for a test and measurement apparatus is provided including a control panel. The control panel is removable and user-replaceable with an alternate control panel. The control panel can be connected to the remote display device to control and interact with the test and measurement apparatus, and to... Agent: Lecroy Corporation

20080278144 - Monitoring device to provide electrical access in restricted spaces: An elongated, spring-biased, connector clip carries, at a distal end thereof, a plurality of electrical contacts. The clip can be used to access a plurality of terminals or contact points in an electrical unit which are not readily accessible. Distal ends of the clip are spring-biased to move toward one... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Welsh & Katz

20080278145 - Process measurement instrument adapted for wireless communication: The measurement unit and communication unit are thus able to share information via the common memory, e.g. by sequential read/write access. This avoids the need for simultaneous activity. The invention can be especially advantageous when the instrument is powered by an internal power store, such as a battery, and extend... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080278146 - Guide device and test apparatus for electronic devices: The present invention relates to a guide device comprising a baseplate unit having formed therein a guide channel for guiding electronic devices, wherein at least two portions of the baseplate unit are spatially fixed, said guide device being characterized in that means for compensating the thermal expansion of the baseplate... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080278147 - Extra bucking coils as an alternative way to balance induction arrays: An electromagnetic logging tool is disclosed that includes a support; and at least one four-coil array disposed on the support, wherein the at least one four-coil array comprises: a transmitter, a bucking coil, a receiver, and a trim coil. A method for balancing an induction array is disclosed that includes... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20080278149 - Air-core transformer position sensor: An air-core transformer position sensor includes an excitation coil, an output coil, and a sensor coil. The excitation coil is adapted to be electrically excited with an excitation signal. The output coil is inductively coupled to the excitation coil upon electrical excitation of the excitation coil. The sensor coil is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080278148 - Method of sensing a position of a movable component: A method of sensing a position of a movable component of an operator interface includes a step of receiving a first signal from a first Hall effect sensor and a second signal from a second Hall effect sensor. The method also includes a step of determining the position of the... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper

20080278150 - Rotation angle detector: A rotation angle detector id arranged to detect a rotation angle of an object. The rotation angle detector includes a rotor rotating about a rotation axis according to a rotation of the object, a detecting unit for detecting a rotation of the rotor, a controller for detecting a rotation angle... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080278151 - System and methods for inspecting internal cracks: A method for inspecting an internal cavity in a part is provided. The method includes inserting a probe into the internal cavity. The method also includes controlling movement of the probe using a defined scan path to scan the probe over a region of interest in the internal cavity. The... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080278152 - Disturbance elimination system for inductive sensors: The invention relates to a disturbance elimination system for inductive sensors for monitoring the movement of mobile objects, including an inductive element formed by two magnetically-opposed identical half-coils (L2 and L3) which are arranged in parallel with one another and coplanar to the movement plane of a magnetic element (1)... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080278153 - Systems for measuring magnetostriction in magnetoresistive elements: A system for use when measuring a magnetostriction value of a magnetoresistive element according to one embodiment includes a mechanism for applying a first magnetic field about parallel to a substrate having one or more magnetoresistive elements, and for applying a second magnetic field about perpendicular to the substrate and... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC- Ibm

20080278154 - Device for determining an object, in particular a locating device or material identification device: The invention relates to a device for determining an object (14, 16), comprising an inductive sensor (8), a control unit (10) for evaluating phase information of the inductive sensor (8) and display means (4, 4a-d). According to the invention, the display means (4, 4a-d) are configured to indicate a characteristic... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080278156 - Sensor device with generator and sensor current sources: The invention relates to a magnetic sensor device (10) comprising wires (11, 13) for the generation of a magnetic field and a magnetic sensor element (12), for example a GMR (12), for sensing changes of the generated magnetic field caused by magnetic particles (2). The wires (11, 13) and the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278155 - System and use concerning under water eddy current measurements on components for nuclear reactors: The invention concerns a system suited for carrying out eddy current measurements on components for nuclear reactors when these components are located in water. The system comprises a control unit, a measurement probe and a first cable suited to constitute at least a part of the connection between the control... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20080278157 - Eddy current probe: An eddy current probe moves along a longitudinal axis and includes a support structure defining a surface, the surface including a set of panels. Conductor coils are distributed across said surface, each panel includes at least one coil section, each coil section lies transverse to the longitudinal axis.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080278158 - Sensor for sensing a magnetic field direction, magnetic field direction sensing, method for producing magnetic field sensors, and write-in apparatus for producing magnetic field sensors: A sensor for sensing a magnetic field direction has a plurality of magnetoresistive sensor elements, each of which having a main sensitivity direction with respect to a present magnetic field. Lines associated with the main sensitivity directions of the magnetoresistive sensor elements and passing through the magnetoresistive sensor elements intersect... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080278162 - Cartesian continuous sampling with unequal gradients: Example methods and apparatus control ratios between a maximum gradient amplitude (MGA) of a readout lobe (GREAD) in a Cartesian continuous sampling read gradient (CSRG) and an MGA of a dephase lobe (GDEPHASE) in the CSRG and an MGA of a rephase lobe (GREPHASE) in the CSRG, where the direction... Agent: Kraguljac & Kalnay

20080278161 - Conjugate symmetry in parallel imaging: Example systems, methods, and apparatus associated with conjugate symmetry in parallel imaging are provided. One example method includes controlling a parallel magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI) apparatus to acquire a first magnetic resonance (MR) signal from a first point in k-space using a phased array of receiving coils. The method also... Agent: Kraguljac & Kalnay

20080278160 - Dynamic pmri using grappa-operator: Example systems, methods, and apparatus facilitate providing a k-space line that is missing in an under-sampled time frame. The missing line is computed by applying a GRAPPA-operator to a known k-space line in the under-sampled time frame. One example method includes controlling a dynamic parallel magnetic resonance imaging (DpMRI) apparatus... Agent: Kraguljac & Kalnay

20080278159 - Turbospin echo imaging sequence with long echo trains and optimized t1 contrast: In a method in the form of a turbo spin echo imaging sequence with long echo trains and optimized T1 contrast for generation of T1-weighted images of an examination subject by magnetic resonance, magnetization in the examination subject is excited with an RF excitation pulse, a number N of RF... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080278163 - Method and system for magnetic resonance imaging using labeled contrast agents: A method and system for imaging using labeled contrast agents and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner are provided. The method comprises performing a prescan at a frequency selected to be substantially similar to a frequency of the labeled contrast agent and performing an examination scan at the frequency of... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080278164 - Novel method for sequence determination using nmr: The invention relates to methods for analyzing polysaccharides. In particular, compositional and sequence information about the polysaccharides are derived. Some methods use NMR in conjunction with another experimental method, such as, capillary electrophoretic techniques for the analysis.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080278165 - Method and apparatus for reconstruction of an image in image space using basis functions (rib) for partially parallel imaging: Embodiments of the invention pertain to a method and apparatus for image reconstruction for parallel Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). In a specific embodiment, a method for image reconstruction in image space is provided. The method can suppress aliasing caused by undersampling when the number of sampling lines in k-space is... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080278167 - Rf coil for imaging system: An RF coil suitable for use in imaging systems is provided which coil has a dielectric filled cavity formed by a surrounding conducting enclosure, the conducting enclosure preferably being patterned to form continuous electrical paths around the cavity, each of which paths may be tuned to a selected resonant frequency.... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20080278166 - Superconducting loop, saddle and birdcage mri coils: New MRI coil and resonators are disclosed based solely on superconducting inductive element and built-in capacitive elements as well as hybrid superconducting-metal inductive and capacitive elements having superior SNR. Single and multiple small animal MRI imaging units are also disclosed including one or more resonators of this invention surrounding one... Agent: Robert W Strozier, P.l.l.c

20080278168 - Transmission line for use in rf fields: An electrically conductive link (connection lead) or transmission line (13) comprising at least one transformer (41, 42; 83) for coupling at least two lead segments (51, 52; 81, 82) of the line (13) and for providing safety of the line when guided through a RF field is disclosed. Furthermore, an... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278169 - Electromagnetic wave resistivity tool having a tilted antenna for determining the horizontal and vertical resistivities and relative dip angle in anisotropic earth formations: This invention is directed to a downhole method and apparatus for simultaneously determining the horizontal resistivity, vertical resistivity, and relative dip angle for anisotropic earth formations. The present invention accomplishes this objective by using an antenna configuration in which a transmitter antenna and a receiver antenna are oriented in non-parallel... Agent: Krueger Iselin LLP (1391)

20080278170 - Selectable tap induction coil: An electromagnetic logging tool includes a support configured for disposal in a well; at least one antenna mounted on the support; and a plurality of coils mounted on the support proximate the at least one antenna, wherein the plurality of the coils are configured for selective connection with the at... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20080278171 - Two-axial pad formation resistivity imager: A resistivity imaging device injects currents in two orthogonal directions using two pairs of return electrodes and performing impedance measurements of the buttons placed between the returns.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20080278172 - Voltage sensor module and voltage monitoring apparatus: Provided is a voltage sensor module monitoring a voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells, including: first and second terminals each receiving a voltage applied between both ends of the plurality of battery cells; third and fourth terminals each receiving a voltage applied between both ends of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080278173 - Ionization vacuum gauge: An ionization vacuum gauge includes a linear cathode, an anode, and an ion collector. The linear cathode, the anode, and the ion collector are concentrically aligned and arranged from center to outer, in that order. The linear cathode includes a linear base and a field emission film deposited coating on... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080278174 - Circuit and method for detecting a dielectric breakdown fault: An improved circuit and method for detecting dielectric breakdown and ground fault conditions is provided. The circuitry and method of the present invention include taking a continuous voltage reading of the high voltage battery and sampling the continuous voltage reading of the high voltage battery at a fixed time interval.... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20080278175 - Systems and apparatus for monitoring internal temperature of a gradient coil: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments a thermal sensor of a magnetic coil of a magnetic resonance imaging system (MRI) is positioned, placed and/or mounted externally to the magnetic coil. The external placement of the thermal sensor does not require replacement of the entire magnetic... Agent: Ramirez & Smith

20080278176 - Calibrated s-parameter measurements of a high impedance probe: A new methodology for the measurement of the S-parameters of a high impedance probe allows obtaining a full two port S-parameter set for the high impedance probe. The measured probe S-parameters are then used for characterization of probes. An alternative method characterizes half of the fixture and termination as a... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20080278177 - Method for direct measurement of the mixed-mode scattering matrix with a vectorial network analyser: In a method for the excitation of port groups of a multi-port device under test with coherent incident waves of the same frequency, which provide defined amplitude ratios and phase differences within each port group, the waves are generated respectively by one signal generator of a vectorial network analyzer per... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080278178 - Capacative position sensor: A sensor for determining a position for an adjacent object in two dimensions is described. The sensor comprises a substrate with a sensitive area defined by a pattern of electrodes, wherein the pattern of electrodes includes a first group of drive elements interconnected to form a plurality of row electrodes... Agent: David Kiewit

20080278179 - Method and measurement apparatus for determining the transition impedance between two parts of a subdivided neutral electrode: A method and a measurement apparatus are provided for determining the transition impedance between two electrode parts of a subdivided neutral electrode used in high-frequency surgery. These makes it possible for the purely capacitive component of the transition impedance to be measured. For this purpose a resonant-frequency shift is measured,... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080278180 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for measuring capacitance in a stator component: Embodiments of the invention can provide systems, methods, and apparatus for providing a capacitance paddle for measuring capacitance in a stator component such as a stator bar. In one embodiment, a system for measuring capacitance can include an output device operable to measure capacitance in an object. Furthermore, the system... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080278181 - Oxidation-resistant, ligand-capped copper nanoparticles and methods for fabricating them: The present invention is directed toward oxidation-resistant, ligand-capped nanoparticles, each comprising one or more capping ligands on a copper-containing core. Methods of making and using these nanoparticles are also disclosed.... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080278183 - Fuel cell test system: A fuel cell test system including a controller, a housing defining a test chamber, a test subject fuel cell positioned in the test chamber, the test subject fuel cell being in communication with the controller to provide the controller with signals indicative of a performance of the test subject fuel... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080278182 - Test structure for statistical characterization of metal and contact/via resistances: A test structure for measuring resistances of a large number of interconnect elements such as metal, contacts and vias includes an array of test cells in rows and columns. Power is selectively supplied to test cells in a given column while current is selectively steered from test cells in a... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jvm)

20080278184 - Grid sensor: The invention relates to a grid sensor, including grids of electrode wires, for measuring the electroconductivity of a flow medium in the cross-section of a pipeline. The invention can be especially applied where the flow medium flows at a high pressure and at high temperatures. According to the invention, each... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080278185 - Electrical contact device and its manufacturing process: A method of making an electrical contact device includes the step of (a) preparing a substrate, (b) forming a dielectric layer on a surface of the substrate and forming a well on the dielectric layer by means of a non-etching technique, (c) forming a first sacrifice layer in the well,... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080278186 - Pipeline test apparatus and method: A pipeline test apparatus is provided. The pipeline test apparatus includes a test board. A plurality of stages of sockets are installed on the test board. Each socket is configured to be connected to a device under test (DUT). The sockets of each stage are connected to one of a... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080278187 - Test pin, method of manufacturing same, and system containing same: A test pin includes a compression element (110), a first tip (120) physically coupled to a first end (111) of the compression element, a second tip (130) physically coupled to a second end (112) of the compression element, a first arm (140) physically coupled to a first side (121) of... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080278188 - Probe card and method for fabricating the same: A probe card for testing semiconductor chips on a semiconductor wafer, includes a circuit board receiving electrical signals from outside, a plurality of unit probe modules contacting the semiconductor chips on the wafer to transfer the electrical signals, a space transformer having the plurality of probe modules seated on the... Agent: Mcneely Bodendorf LLP

20080278189 - Test circuit for performing multiple test modes: A test circuit includes a first reset pulse generator configured to generate a first reset pulse when a test mode is performed or when power is up, a test mode maintenance signal generator configured to provide a test mode maintenance signal activated in response to a predetermined consecutive test information... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080278190 - Testing fuse configurations in semiconductor devices: Methods, systems, and apparatus for testing semiconductor devices. A semiconductor device includes one or more external terminals configured to receive fuse configuration data from an external source. The semiconductor device also includes a soft-blow circuit to generate a soft-blow signal based on the fuse configuration data, and a fuse circuit... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080272761 - Device and method of detecting ferrite and non-ferrite objects: A metal detector for detecting the presence of a ferrite object in the proximity of inductively coupled sensor having overlapping D shaped transmitter and receiver coils. The metal detector has a phase shift circuit to phase shifting a sensor output signal by a known amount and a switch operating in... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080272762 - Inverter: An inverter has an inverter circuit and a current detector. In the inverter circuit, upper-arm switching elements and lower-arm switching elements, which are connected to DC power supply, provide DC with pulse-width modulation (PWM) so as to output AC to a load. The current detector detects current of the load.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080272763 - Antistatic demonstrator:

20080272764 - Test tray for test handler: The present invention relates to a test tray for a test handler. According to this invention, there is disclosed a technique that an insert loaded in a loading part which is arranged in a matrix pattern in a frame of the test tray allows an amount and direction of free... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080272765 - Brushless dc motor using linear hall-effect sensor and realization method of speed signal thereof: Disclosed is a realization method of a speed signal of a motor using a linear Hall-effect sensor characterized by comprising the steps of: by using a Hall signal in the form of a sine wave of a linear Hall-effect sensor, determining coordinate values on a x-y coordinate system of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080272766 - Inductive sensor: An inductive sensor is provided having a housing with a sensing face and a sensing unit arranged in the housing. The sensing unit has an oscillatory circuit with at least one inductive element. The at least one inductive element is arranged proximate to the sensing face of the housing and... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20080272767 - Position detecting circuit and imaging apparatus: A position detecting circuit provided in an imaging apparatus having an optical system that images a subject image, an imaging element that performs photoelectric conversion of the subject image, and a release switch capable of setting states of two stages includes: a plurality of magnetic field change detecting elements that... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080272768 - Angular position magnetic sensor: A magnetic angular-position sensor is mounted between two carrier elements that are movable in rotation relative to each other about an axis of rotation. The sensor has firstly a magnetic body defining a working zone in which there extends a magnetic field having field lines perpendicular to the axis of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080272769 - Pulse generator wheel, preferably for shafts, and method for manufacturing such a pulse generator wheel: A pulse generator wheel has a cylindrical wall provided with windows distributed about a circumference of the cylindrical wall and closed axially at a first end by a ring. The ring is made of circumferentially extending profiled sections of profiled parts that are separated from one another. The pulse generator... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080272770 - Current-loop position sensor and rolling bearing equipped with same: The invention concerns a system for determining the position of mobile element relative to a stationary structure, said system comprising an encoder configured to emit a pseudo-sinusoidal spatial signal representing the position of the encoder, a sensor (2) comprising a current-loop mount between at least two resistive elements (3) and... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080272771 - Magnetic tunnel junction (mtj) based magnetic field angle sensor: A magnetic field angle sensor for measurement of a magnetic field angle over a 360° range has magnetic tunnel junction elements oriented at multiple angles. The magnetic field angle sensor includes multiple magnetic tunnel junction elements formed on a substrate that have an anti-ferromagnetic layer and pinned synthetic multiple layer.... Agent: Stephen B. Ackerman

20080272772 - Methods and apparatus for inspecting materials: Apparatus and methods for inspecting materials such as cylindrical and tubular members are disclosed. One apparatus includes a frame that supports a magnetic coil and a detector assembly, the detector assembly having one or more magnetic detectors adapted to be spaced a first distance from the material being inspected by... Agent: Jeffrey L. Wendt

20080272774 - Magnetic resonance method for the detection and imaging of susceptibility related magnetic field distortions: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for generating susceptibility-related contrast images, as induced, e.g., by marker material interventional devices used for passive MR-guided interventions, or by particles or cells loaded with marker materials used for molecular imaging, cell-tracking or cell-labeling. Near a local magnetic field perturber a positive contrast signal emanates... Agent: Joyce Von Natzmer Pequignot + Myers LLC

20080272773 - Viscosity determination from logarithmic mean ratio of relaxation times: A method for determining viscosity, η, of a fluid downhole, calls for performing a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) survey of the fluid; determining a longitudinal relaxation time, T1, and an apparent transverse relaxation time, T2app, for the fluid; forming a ratio R of T1/T2app for the fluid; and determining the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP- Baker Atlas

20080272776 - Magnetic resonance image acquisition with suppression of background tissues and rf water excitation at offset frequency: Background tissue signals such as water and/or fat are suppressed in an MR image by using an imaging agent that chemically shifts the tissue spins of interest. An imaging pulse sequence is used to acquire the image data using an RF excitation pulse that is tuned to the off-resonance tissue... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080272775 - Quantum theory-based continuous precision nmr/mri: method and apparatus: A method for spin magnetic resonance applications in general, and for performing NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy) and MRI (nuclear magnetic resonance imaging) in particular is disclosed. It is a quantum theory—based continuous precision method. This method directly makes use of spin magnetic resonance random emissions to generate its auto-correlation... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20080272777 - Artifact reduction in steady-state free precession imaging: A method of reducing artifacts in steady-state free precession (SSFP) signals for use in magnetic resonance imaging is provided. A plurality of SSFP imaging sequences is applied to an object. An imaging data for each of the SSFP imaging sequences is acquired. The imaging data is combined using a weighted... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20080272779 - Determination of distribution information of a contrast agent by mr molecular imaging: MR based molecular imaging is used for the quantification of contrast agent concentrations. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a difference between R2 and R2* relaxation rates of a contrast agent is determined on the basis of data measured after contrast agent application. This may provide for... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080272778 - Enhanced spectral selectivity for steady-state free precession imaging: A method of collecting image data with selective spectral suppression for at least two species is provided. A sequence of RF excitation pulses is repeatedly applied, whereby a repeated sequence of at least two substantially different spectrally selective steady-state magnetizations is established. Magnetic gradients are applied between said RF pulses.... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20080272780 - Method for accounting for shifted metabolic volumes in spectroscopic imaging: In a magnetic resonance method, a localizing magnetic field gradient (GL) is determined suitable for acquiring a first resonant species magnetic resonance localized to a first sampling region (Rm1). A second sampling region (Rm2) defined by the localizing magnetic field gradient for a second resonant species magnetic resonance is determined.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080272781 - Q-space sampling method and diffusion spectrum imaging method employing the same: A q-space sampling method includes: (a) receiving a required sampling number and a range of sampling region in q-space set by a user; (b) obtaining a sampling interval by iteration using a regular non-rectangular sampling lattice when an actual sampling number converges to the required sampling number; and (c) obtaining... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080272782 - Suppression of noise in mr images and mr spectroscopic images using signal space projection filtering: A method for suppressing the noise component of a measured magnetic resonance (MR) signal is disclosed. In particular, a signal-space projection operator is produced and employed to suppress the noise component from acquired MR signals that is uncorrelated with the spatial pattern of a desired NMR signal. In one embodiment,... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080272783 - Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus that applies a gradient magnetic field and a radio-frequency magnetic field to a subject in a static magnetic field to image the subject based on magnetic resonance signals emitted from the subject, includes a unit which generates K transmission radio-frequency pulse signals required to produce... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080272784 - Magnetic resonance imaging device and method for operating a magnetic resonance imaging device: The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device and to a method for operating it. The basic components of an MRI device are the main magnet system (2) for generating a steady magnetic field, the gradient system (3) with at least one gradient coil, the RF system... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080272785 - Phased array coil for mri: A method and apparatus for ameliorating high-field image distortion in magnetic resonance imaging of tissue. Two separate scans of a target region are taken with different phase and amplitude values for each scan. The phase and amplitude values of each scan are selected to be complimentary so as to provide... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080272786 - Integrated power supply for surface coils: A radio frequency receive coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal includes a radio frequency antenna. The radio frequency antenna includes one or more electrical conductors (72, 74, 76, 78, 172, 173, 176, 180, 252, 254), at least one of which is a substantially hollow conductor (72, 78, 172, 252,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080272788 - Microcoil nmr detectors: The present invention provides resonance circuits, detection devices incorporating such circuits, and methods for their design, construction, and use.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080272787 - System and method for multi-channel mr transmission: A system and method for transmitting multiple radio frequency (RF) channels via an RF coil assembly are provided. An RF coil assembly having a number of coil elements may be configured to transmit a number of RF channels which is less than the number of coil elements thereof. Some implementations... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (gems)

20080272789 - Permittivity measurements with oil-based mud imaging tool: Oil-based mud imaging systems and methods that measure formation permittivity. In some embodiments, disclosed logging systems include a logging tool in communication with surface computing facilities. The logging tool is provided with a sensor array having at least two voltage electrodes positioned between at least two current electrodes that create... Agent: Krueger Iselin LLP (1391)

20080272790 - Method for determining state of charge of lead-acid batteries of various specific gravities: In accordance with various embodiments, there is a method for determining the state of charge of a battery. Various embodiments include the steps of determining the specific gravity of the battery and measuring an open circuit voltage of the battery at rest. The open circuit voltage at rest can be... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080272791 - System to measure series-connected cell voltages using a flying capacitor: A system for measuring voltage of individual cells connected in series includes a single flying capacitor. The capacitor stores the charge of one of the cells such that an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) connected to the capacitor may process an accurate representation of the voltage of the cell being measured. A... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080272793 - Finger tester for testing unpopulated printed circuit boards and method for testing unpopulated printed circuit boards using a finger tester: The present invention relates to a finger tester for the testing of non-componented printed circuit boards using at least two test fingers (1), each of which has a test probe (2), and wherein there is provided above each test probe (2) a detection device (20) for optical detection of the... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080272792 - Method and device for testing of non-componented circuit boards: The method according to the invention is used to determine deviations of circuit board test points of a series of circuit boards from the CAD data relating to these circuit boards, by scanning the surface of the circuit board by an imaging method and subjecting this image to automatic image... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080272794 - Method of manufacturing a probe card: A method of designing and manufacturing a probe card assembly includes prefabricating one or more elements of the probe card assembly to one or more predefined designs. Thereafter, design data regarding a newly designed semiconductor device is received along with data describing the tester and testing algorithms to be used... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20080272795 - Prober apparatus and operating method therefor: An operating method for a prober apparatus is disclosed which includes controlling the temperature of at least one part of the prober apparatus. Another operating method for a prober apparatus includes production and transfer of thermal energy between means for the exchange of heat and at least one component of... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20080272796 - Probe assembly: The probe assembly according to the present invention comprises a probe board and a plurality of probes. Each probe has an arm portion extending from the probe board at a distance and substantially along the probe board, a tip portion provided in the arm portion and projecting in a direction... Agent: Bruce A. Jagger

20080272797 - Intergrated circuit self-test architecture: An integrated circuit (1) comprises a monitor (M1, M3, M3) operable to produce monitor data in dependence upon a measured parameter of the integrated circuit (1); and a self test controller (28) connected to receive monitor data from the monitor (M1, M2, M3). The self-test controller is also operable to... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080272798 - Display device and liquid crystal television: The present invention discloses enabling readily determining which circuit, among a plurality of circuits including an optical source lighting circuit and a power supply circuit, has a failure and repairing the circuits easily in a short period. A liquid crystal television 100 comprising a power supply circuit 24 that produces... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.