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Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, Or Testing > Measurement System In A Specific Environment > Electrical Signal Parameter Measurement System > Voltage Or Current

Voltage Or Current

Voltage Or Current patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

12/07/06 - 20060276981 - Calculation device calculating available capacity of secondary battery and method of calculating the same
A method of calculating an available capacity includes the steps of: calculating a first estimated SOC from a value in voltage; calculating an integral of a value of a current and adding the integral to calculate a second estimated SOC; calculating a difference between the first and second estimated SOCs; ...

11/23/06 - 20060265157 - Method for measuring electrical current levels in a power switching device
A method for determining an electrical current value using at least two current sensing circuits. One current sensing circuit is provided if the current value is below a switching threshold. The other current sensing is provided if the current value is above a switching threshold. Both current sensing circuits having ...

11/16/06 - 20060259256 - Circuits and methods for current measurements referred to a precision impedance
Circuitry and methods for obtaining accurate measurements of current supplied by an integrated circuit are provided. Current calculations are performed using information from a precision termination resistor and from the ratio relationship of two on-chip resistors. The invention provides a way to obtain accurate current measurements without the use of ...

11/16/06 - 20060259255 - Method of visualizing power system quantities using a configurable software visualization tool
A system for transmitting synchronized phasors over a wide area network. The system generally includes a plurality of phasor measurement units (PMUs). Each of the PMUs are associated with a secured portion of a power system and measure power system data from the secured portion of the power system associated ...

11/16/06 - 20060259254 - System and method for on-line monitoring and billing of power consumption
The present invention comprises systems and methods related to monitoring of energy usage on a power line. In a preferred embodiment, this system comprises (a) an electronic microprocessor-controlled digital electricity metering device coupled to the power line and comprising a non-volatile non-battery-powered data-storage device, wherein the metering device is capable ...

11/02/06 - 20060247874 - System and method for synchronized phasor measurement
A phasor measurement system is provided for computing synchronized phasor measurements. The phasor measurement system includes acquisition circuitry for acquiring voltage or current values from a power line, sampling circuitry for sampling the voltage or current values, and processing circuitry for computing a phasor and at least one time derivative ...

11/02/06 - 20060247873 - Apparatus and methods for measurement of analog voltages in an integrated circuit
The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for measurement of analog voltages in an integrated circuit. In particular, the apparatus includes an on-chip digital-to-analog converter configured to receive a variable digital input code and output a corresponding analog voltage corresponding to the variable digital input code. The apparatus also ...

10/19/06 - 20060235632 - Device for the management of electrical sockets
Described herein is a device for the management of electrical socket connected to a branch of an a.c. electrical network for domestic or industrial use, capable of monitoring the presence/absence of a connected load, as well as possible conditions of overload and short circuit thereof; the device advantageously enables variation ...

10/12/06 - 20060229833 - Eddy current inspection method and system
An eddy current inspection system and method for inspecting a component is provided. The system includes an eddy current probe for sensing eddy currents from the component and an analog to digital converter configured for converting eddy currents to digital signals. The system also includes a processor configured for generating ...

10/05/06 - 20060224338 - Method and device for verifying an electrical coupling state of an inductive load
An electrical coupling state is monitored between an inductive load and a circuit configuration. The latter has a first and a second coupling point for coupling to the inductive load. A first voltage value is determined between the first and second coupling points. The first voltage value is tested for ...

10/05/06 - 20060224337 - Programmable current load systems and methods
One disclosed system includes a plurality of current sink elements coupled between a power supply and a reference potential. A plurality of multiplexers are configured to enable the current sink elements to sink current, and a plurality of selection inputs are configured to control the state of the multiplexers. ...

09/28/06 - 20060217908 - Inspection method and system using multifrequency phase analysis
A method for inspecting a part is provided. The method includes applying a number of multifrequency excitation signals to a probe to generate a number of multifrequency response signals for the part being inspected. The method further includes performing a multifrequency phase analysis on the multifrequency response signals to inspect ...

08/17/06 - 20060184330 - Operating voltage determination for an integrated circuit
Voltage-binning of individual integrated circuits is achieved by operating those integrated circuits at a plurality of required clock frequencies and for each of those frequencies determining the minimum supply voltage level which produces a pass result for a series of applied test vectors. ...

08/03/06 - 20060173641 - Current mode waveform generator followed by a voltage mode buffer
A power saving circuit that creates a fast changing high resolution signal for testing of a pin of a device under test is disclosed. The circuit of the invention includes a current mode waveform generator followed by a voltage mode buffer. For example, the current mode waveform generator may be ...

07/06/06 - 20060149486 - Programmable calibration circuit for power supply current sensing and droop loss compensation
A circuit for regulating power is disclosed. The present invention provides circuits and methods for current sensing variations, static droop settings, mismatched phase outputs, and temperature variations in a multiphase power regulator. The circuits may include a calibration controller that senses and regulates both a current sensing circuit and the ...

06/29/06 - 20060142963 - Lock-out device and semiconductor integrated circuit device including the same
A lock-out device is provided that determines whether to lock out a chip or not according to the result of operation voltage drop detected at a plurality of positions in a semiconductor integrated circuit device. As a result, unnecessary lock-out operations can be prevented and a program operation or an ...

06/29/06 - 20060142962 - System and method for calibrating weak write test mode (wwtm)
According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises measuring drive current of a reference memory cell of a circuit, and determining, based on the measured drive current of the reference memory cell, a drive current to be supplied to a calibration memory cell of the circuit to mimic a ...

06/01/06 - 20060116831 - Measuring method and arrangement
1. A method and a system for measuring a quantity, such as current, of a power converter apparatus consisting of parallel-connected power converter units (FC1-FC3), in which method a component quantity, such as component current, of each power converter unit is measured, the component quantities are transmitted digitally in serial ...

05/18/06 - 20060106554 - Current sensing lug
Electrical current in an electrical power distribution system, such as at a power distribution transformer or the like, for an electrical utility is transferred through a current sensing connector lug mounted with an end of a user or consumer's service connection conductor or line. The lug is connectable to the ...

05/04/06 - 20060095219 - Electricity metering with a current transformer
The data storage and processing resources required for an electric meter are reduced by basing the selection and application of phase error correction on a root mean square load current flowing through the meter. ...

04/27/06 - 20060089814 - Current sensing circuit
A voltage detection unit generates a detection voltage signal representative of a potential difference caused by a current to be detected. A reference current generation unit generates a first reference current and a second reference current having a linear relationship therebetween. In response to the detection voltage signal and the ...

04/13/06 - 20060080053 - Method of measuring unnecessary electromagnetic radiation, apparatus and system for measuring unnecessary electromagnetic radiation
According to the present invention, unnecessary electromagnetic radiation from the hard disk alone is measured by connecting one end of a hard disk drive which has an interface cable and a power cable extending out from the other end thereof to a conductive jig extended along the extension direction of ...

04/06/06 - 20060074576 - Operating voltage determination for an integrated circuit
Voltage-binning of individual integrated circuits is achieved by operating those integrated circuits at a plurality of required clock frequencies and for each of those frequencies determining the minimum supply voltage level which produces a pass result for a series of applied test vectors. ...

04/06/06 - 20060074575 - Control circuit of a dc fan motor for start with high voltage and high rotational speed with low voltage
A control circuit of a DC fan motor for start with high voltage and high rotational speed with low voltage at least includes an input unit, an output unit, a control unit and a comparator. The input unit is connected to the comparison unit and the control unit for the ...

02/16/06 - 20060036381 - Method for shunt detection in sensors
For monitoring a sensor using differential voltage evaluation for detecting a short circuit to ground and/or to supply voltage UB, a first resistor and a second resistor R1, R2 are assigned to the sensor, a sum voltage is determined from voltages UP, UM at terminals of the sensor, the sum ...

01/26/06 - 20060020406 - Leakage current or resistance measurement method, and monitoring apparatus and monitoring system of the same
A measurement method is disclosed for measuring the resistance component leakage current included in the leakage current and the resistance value that is an insulation resistance to monitor the insulation state of a distribution system. The signal waveform of at least one AC cycle is sampled in the resistance component ...

01/19/06 - 20060015275 - Bus line current calibration
Disclosed herein is a method and system for calibrating line drive currents in systems that generate data signals by varying line drive currents and that interpret the data signals by comparing them to one or more reference voltages. The calibration includes varying the line drive current at a transmitting component. ...

01/19/06 - 20060015274 - Digital input current control for switch mode power supplies
A method and apparatus for digitally controlling the average input current of a switch mode power supply are disclosed. In preferred embodiments, the switch mode power supplies are DC-DC converters. One aspect of the invention relates to a method for controlling the switch of a switch mode power supply by ...

01/19/06 - 20060015273 - Apparatus and method for standby lighting
A method and system for standby lighting uses a power supply module and a standby lamp in conjunction with an HID lamp. The power supply module has a processor with smart trigger circuitry, soft start capability, overlap timer, and an advanced current sense algorithm. The power supply module continuously monitors ...

12/22/05 - 20050283325 - Current sense resistor circuit with average kelvin sense features
A current sense resistor circuit using Kelvin connection sense features provides an average voltage across net sense resistance and average voltage across net reference resistance to be available at the Kelvin connection points. The Kelvin connections can be used by a negative feedback gain loop to hold the average current ...

12/01/05 - 20050267699 - Time constant based fixed parameter assignment
A method for assigning a value to a fixed parameter in an electrical device where the fixed parameter has multiple states includes associating a time value to each state of the fixed parameter, driving a first input terminal of the electrical device to a first voltage value, receiving an input ...

12/01/05 - 20050267698 - System for detecting an undesirable condition and manipulating an electronic device
A system comprising at least one liquid detector that has a cathode and an anode and at least one switching mechanism for receiving a positive voltage from the cathode and anode of a liquid detector. Each switching mechanism comprises at least one switching component that is connected with a power ...

12/01/05 - 20050267697 - Arrangement for voltage supply to several users and controllers for a on-board network comprising at least two energy stores
The invention relates to an arrangement (1) for supplying voltage to a number of loads (2, 2′), in particular in a vehicle (36), having a vehicle power supply system (6) which has at least two energy stores (4a, 4b), a first energy store (4a) of which is connected in a ...

11/24/05 - 20050261846 - Circuitry and methods for current measurements referred to a precision impedance
Circuitry and methods for obtaining accurate measurements of current supplied by an integrated circuit are provided. Current calculations are performed using information from a precision termination resistor and from the ratio relationship of two on-chip resistors. The invention provides a way to obtain accurate current measurements without the use of ...

11/24/05 - 20050261845 - Mixed mode data slicer with auto calibration and method thereof
The present invention discloses a mixed mode circuit for data slice with auto calibration and method thereof, which comprises a data slicer for converting an analog signal into a digital signal; a set of current pump for supplying a variable power supply; a microprocessor for controlling and adjusting the set ...

10/27/05 - 20050240363 - Status indicator and status indicating method
A status indicator and status indicating method are provided to indicate multi-working statuses of an electronic device with a single status indicator. The status indicator includes an MCU (10, 10′), and an LED circuit. The MCU includes a CPU (101), a ROM (103), a RAM (105), a counter (107, 107′) ...

10/13/05 - 20050228600 - Sensor signal circuit and measuring instrument
A sensor signal circuit of the present invention includes a tacho generator (42) for detecting revolution speed of a motor and outing a detection result as a sensor signal converted to a voltage, and a controller (5) for driving and controlling the motor (41) based on the sensor signal from ...

10/06/05 - 20050222785 - System, method and computer program product for configuring power supply apparatus
A system, method and computer program for configuring power supply apparatus to supply a voltage optimized to tolerate a range about a nominal operating voltage of a device comprises a tester to test and communicate to a comparator a present utility voltage value. The comparator compares the present utility voltage ...

09/22/05 - 20050209801 - Testing device and testing method
A testing device that tests an electronic device includes a detection-voltage outputting unit operable to output a current detection voltage based on a power source current that the electronic device receives from a power source, a transmission line operable to transmit the current detection voltage, a detection amplifier operable to ...

08/18/05 - 20050182577 - Method of measuring a monophase voltage
when the phase difference between said reference signal and said voltage signal Ve is cancelled, determining the instantaneous value of said voltage signal Ve. ...

07/07/05 - 20050149281 - Apparatus for calculating an effective voltage
An apparatus for calculating an effective voltage is provided, which includes a voltage reducer, an analogue to digital converter, a first detector, a second detector and a calculator. The voltage reducer steps down instantaneous output voltages of a generator. The analogue to digital converter converts each analogue signal of the ...

06/09/05 - 20050125173 - System and method for the safe automatic detection of a field device communicating with current modulated signal
A current generator that provides a first current level to read a configuration parameter of a field device. The current generator also provides a second current level. The first current level is lower in amperage than the second current level. The first current level does not operate the field device. ...



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