02nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150008873 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING LOCK - Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for a charging system with a charging lock to couple a charging converter and a charging handle. In embodiments, the charging converter may also be coupled to a charging port of an electric vehicle. The charging lock may secure the charging converter and the charging handle while the charging converter is within the charging port charging the electric vehicle. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008874 | Hierarchical System for Controlling a Battery of Electrical Energy Storage Devices - The solution relates to the field of electrical engineering and can be used for producing high-voltage batteries of electrical energy storage devices for transport and power engineering requirements. What is proposed is: a hierarchial three-level system for controlling a battery of electrical energy storage devices, in which a lower control level is completely integrated with each storage device and comprises a transformer balancing circuit which makes it possible in a controlled manner to transmit energy from any storage device and back again into a DC main storage circuit which is open for the battery and thereby to selectively redistribute the energy between the storage devices independently of the location of said storage devices under the control of control units for all three levels, wherein a control unit for controlling a module of storage devices in the medium control level additionally solves the problem of thermal regulation of the battery, and a unit for controlling the battery in the upper control level solves the problems of the storage of statistical data and performing the functions of an electronic archive of events, expert analysis for diagnostics of battery cells, evaluation of residual service life and optimization of the charge from an on-board charger depending on the status of the storage devices and external conditions, as well as ensuring tolerance to the type of electrical energy storage devices. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008875 | WIRELESS CHARGING HOLDER AND ASSEMBLY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WIRELESS CHARGING HOLDER - A wireless charging holder and an assembly of an electronic device and the wireless charging holder are provided. The wireless charging holder includes a body, a fixing element, a power line, a first coil, and a first magnetic element. The body is used to hold the electronic device. The fixing element has a first end connecting with the body and a second end fixed on a vehicle. The power line has a third end connecting with the body and a fourth end to plug into a socket. The first coil on the body is electronically connected with the power line. The first magnetic element disposed in the body is adjacent to the first coil. The electronic device having a second coil is fixed by the first magnetic element on the body, and the first coil overlaps the second coil to induce current for charging the electronic device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008876 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER AND METHOD OF WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION - The present disclosure relates to a wireless power transmitter capable of reducing standby power in the wireless power transmitter, and a method thereof, and the wireless power transmitter according to the present disclosure may include a power supply unit configured to supply a voltage; a receiving unit configured to receive a power-on signal or power-off signal from a remote controller; a power transmission controller configured to generate a drive signal to supply power for the operation of the electronic device based on the power-on signal; and a power transmission unit configured to form a wireless power signal based on the supplied voltage and the drive signal to transmit wireless power to the wireless power receiver. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008877 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a power receiving portion that contactlessly receives electric power from a power transmitting portion provided outside the vehicle and includes a shield member that is arranged around the power receiving portion in the same plane as a plane in which the power receiving portion is arranged, wherein the shield member includes a first shield region having a high shielding function and a second shield region having a shielding function lower than that of the first shield region at a position around the power receiving portion. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008878 | CHARGING-CABLE STORAGE DEVICE - The present invention is a charging-cable storage device that stores a charging cable and a charging control box each used for an electrically-driven vehicle having an electrically-driven motor for traveling. The charging-cable storage device includes a rotating drum that is rotatable and that rewinds the charging cable, and a fixing portion that is provided in the rotating drum and that fixes the charging control box. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008879 | MULTI-BAY BATTERY CHARGER - A battery charger includes a housing and a plurality of charging ports coupled to the housing. Each charging port is configured to connect a battery pack to the battery charger. The battery charger also includes a charging circuit positioned within the housing and electrically coupled to the plurality of charging ports. The charging circuit is operable to charge the battery packs connected to the plurality of charging ports in series. The battery charger further includes a skip switch coupled to the charging circuit. The skip switch is operable to skip a battery pack currently being charged and advance to another battery pack connected to the battery charger. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008880 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC SENSING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a power supply system includes: providing a source voltage with a power source; generating a device voltage with the source voltage; monitoring the source voltage and the device voltage; and supplying the device voltage to a mobile device with the device voltage controlled by a control unit. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008881 | VEHICLE CHARGER - A vehicle charger includes a main body, a circuit unit, and a display module. The main body forms a plug portion at one end and an electricity transmission portion at the other end. The circuit unit includes a power supply module, a sensing circuit, a switch module, a charging circuit, and a micro processor electrically coupling the sensing circuit and the display module. The switch module can control the sensing circuit to switch between detection of the power supply module and detection of the charging circuit. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008882 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a battery set, a voltage measurement unit, a temperature measurement unit, a matrix calculation unit and a mix algorithm unit. The voltage measurement unit measures a voltage matrix of the battery set. The temperature measurement unit measures a temperature of the battery set. The matrix calculation unit calculates a norm of the voltage matrix. The mix algorithm unit reduces a remaining capacity of the battery module by a first predetermined rate if the change of the norm is larger than a predetermined value and the rise of temperature is larger than a predetermined difference for a predetermined time, and reduces the remaining capacity of the battery module by a second predetermined rate if the change of the norm is larger than the predetermined value and the rise of temperature is not larger than the predetermined difference. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008883 | METHOD FOR CHARGING AN ELECTRIC EMERGENCY ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - A method for charging an electric emergency energy storage device ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008884 | STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE BATTERY SYSTEM - A storage battery control apparatus includes: a storage battery state detection unit which obtains a remaining SOC which is an SOC of a storage battery at the start of a supply and demand control period; an offset power value determination unit which determines an offset power value that is a power value indicating charge or discharge; an adjustment instruction value obtainment unit which obtains an adjustment instruction value indicating a state of charge and discharge of the storage battery; and a charge and discharge control unit which performs control of discharging power from the storage battery to the grid or charging power from the grid to the storage battery, the power having a magnitude of a first power value which is a power value obtained by adding the offset power value to the adjustment instruction power value indicated by the adjustment instruction value. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008885 | BATTERY CONTROL SYSTEM, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CHARGER - A battery pack ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BALANCING BATTERY CELL - A method and system of balancing battery cells are provided that use a data map that includes a balancing duty ratio based on an environment temperature of a battery and the number of balancing target-cells. The method includes measuring, by a temperature sensor, the environment temperature of a battery. In addition, a controller is configured to identify the number of the balancing target-cells and calculate a balancing duty ratio by substituting the environment temperature and the number of the balancing-target cells to the data map. A balancing time is deducted by the controller based on the calculated duty ratio and the corresponding battery cells are balanced by the controller with the calculated duty ratio for the balancing time. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008887 | BATTERY WARM UP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WARMING UP BATTERY USING THE SAME - A battery warm up system according to the present disclosure includes a battery state measuring unit to measure a state of charge (SOC) of each module of a battery pack of a vehicle, a control unit to optionally output a forced discharging start signal and to output a balancing start signal, a forced discharging circuit unit to force at least one battery module among a plurality of battery modules of the battery pack to be discharged in response to the forced discharging start signal, and a balancing unit to balance the SOC of each of the battery modules in response to the balancing start signal. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008888 | ELECTRIC CHARGING SYSTEM OF A PLURALITY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING THE ELECTRIC POWER DELIVERED BY AN ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY OF SUCH A SYSTEM - This electric charging system ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008889 | VEHICLE POWER-GENERATION CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a power-generation control device capable of appropriately using a drive belt looped around a power generator and an internal-combustion engine mounted on a vehicle. The device monitors a difference between an actual generated current of a rotating electrical machine and an estimated generated current estimated from estimated power-generation torque for controlling power generation of the rotating electrical machine, which corresponds to a power-generation torque command, or the like. When a difference equal to or more than a predetermined value occurs between the actual and the estimated generated currents, the power-generation control device limits the estimated power-generation torque so as to be reduced, and further limits the estimated power-generation torque with use of learning limiting power-generation torque calculated based on the estimated power-generation torque at a time when the difference has occurred between the actual generated current and the estimated generated current. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008890 | STEP-DOWN DIRECT-CURRENT TO DIRECT-CURRENT CONVERTER, CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SAME - An M-channel (M is an integer of at least two) synchronous rectification type step-down DC/DC converter is provided. A controller in the converter (i) calculates a load current on a basis of currents flowing through M inductors, (ii) dynamically changes the number K of driving phases (K is an integer of up to M) on the basis of the calculated load current, (iii) generates a pulse signal adjusted in duty ratio such that an output voltage of an output line coincides with a predetermined reference voltage, (iv) selects K drivers among M drivers, and distributes the pulse signal with a phase difference of (360/K) degrees to each of the selected K drivers, and (vi) monotonically increases an amplitude control signal indicating the amplitude of a gate driving voltage with respect to the calculated load current in a range determined in advance for each number K of driving phases. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008891 | POWER SUPPLY CONVERSION APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a power supply conversion apparatus, where a control unit generates a corresponding control signal according to a received high level pulse width modulation signal, to control a first PMOS transistor Q | 2015-01-08 |
20150008892 | Power Supply Unit Having Outputs That Can Be Connected in Parallel - A power supply unit comprises at least one first converter unit and a second converter unit. The at least one first converter unit is controlled with a first controller and supplies at a first output at least one of a first output voltage that is regulated using a first voltage regulator and an output current that is regulated using a first current regulator. The second converter unit is controlled by a second controller and supplies at a second output at least one of an output voltage that is regulated using the second voltage regulator and an output current that is regulated using a second current regulator. The first and second outputs are connected in parallel for providing a higher output power, and at least one controller includes a supervision unit for recognizing an output-side parallel connection. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008893 | LOW DROP-OUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR - A system including a first transistor, a first capacitor and a circuit. The first transistor has a first control input and is configured to regulate an output voltage. The first capacitor is coupled at one end to the first control input and at another end to a circuit reference. The circuit is configured to provide a first voltage to the first control input, where the first voltage includes an offset voltage that is referenced to the output voltage and adjusted to compensate for variations in the first transistor. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008894 | DYNAMIC START-UP CIRCUIT FOR HYSTERETIC LOOP SWITCHED-CAPACITOR VOLTAGE REGULATOR - A startup circuit for use with a SCVR circuit includes a comparator operative to generate a first control signal as a function of a comparison between an output voltage generated by the SCVR circuit and a reference voltage, the first control signal being used to disable the startup circuit. The startup circuit further includes a reference generator and a controller. The reference generator is coupled with the comparator and operative to generate at least first, second and third voltages, the second voltage being greater than the first voltage, and the third voltage being greater than the second voltage. The controller is coupled with the reference generator and operative to dynamically select a given one of the first and third voltages as the reference voltage supplied to the comparator as a function of the first control signal. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008895 | CURRENT MODE DC-DC CONVERSION DEVICE WITH FAST TRANSIENT RESPONSE - A current mode DC-DC conversion device with fast transient response is provided. The device includes a DC-DC converter, a pulse width control unit, a current feedback circuit, a fast transient feedback circuit, a first error amplifier, an adder, and a comparator. The current feedback circuit generates a current feedback signal according to the current passing through an inductor in the DC-DC converter. The fast transient feedback circuit generates a transient feedback signal according to a first voltage feedback signal. The first error amplifier amplifies the difference value between a second voltage feedback signal and a reference signal to generate an error amplification signal. The comparator compares the error amplification signal and the summation of current feedback signal and transient feedback signal to generate a comparison signal. The comparison signal is provided to the pulse width control unit for controlling the duty cycle of the power switch. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008896 | CONSTANT RESISTANCE TO CONSTANT CURRENT/CONSTANT POWER START-UP - A constant current and constant power method and system for controlling current drawn from a voltage source uses an electronic load device such as one or more field effect transistors connected with the voltage source via a switch. The load device is configured as a resistance device. A constant resistance, a cutover voltage, and either a constant current or a constant power are set by the user for the voltage source. When the switch is closed, a fixed current is drawn from the voltage source to the load and the voltage from the source is measured. The measured voltage is compared with the cutover voltage. When the measured voltage is less than the cutover voltage, the current to the load is maintained in accordance with the measured voltage and the constant resistance. When the measure voltage exceeds the cutover voltage, the current to the load device is switched to a constant current or the load device is switched to constant power. This allows the voltage source to be gradually brought up to a desired output voltage. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008897 | SCANNING UNIT FOR SCANNING A SCALE AND POSITION-MEASURING DEVICE - A scanning unit adapted for scanning a measuring graduation of a scale for purposes of position measurement in a measurement direction includes a housing having a detector configured to generate position-dependent scanning signals. An electrical lead passes out through the housing in the measurement direction. A rotatable member, in which the electrical lead is routed, has a first section extending in the measurement direction and a second section extending in a second direction at an angle relative to the measurement direction. The rotatable member is rotatably mounted on the housing about an axis of rotation extending in the measurement direction. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008898 | MONITORING AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY NETWORK - A method and a device are provided for monitoring an electrical power supply network. A temporal frequency change value is determined for at least two sections or for at least two points of the power supply network. The frequency change value indicates the respective temporal frequency change of the network frequency. A conclusion is drawn regarding a possible islanding within the power supply network, and a warning signal which indicates the possible islanding within the power supply network is generated when the difference between the frequency change values, exceeds a predetermined frequency change threshold value. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008899 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT IN CURRENT COMPARATORS - Precision AC and DC voltage, current, phase, power and energy measurements and calibrations with current ranges from 1 uA to 20 kA and voltage ranges from 1V to 1000 kV are now performed with accuracies of better than one part per million. Continued demand for improved accuracy has led the inventors to address remnant magetization within the current comparators that form the basis of the measuring process within many of the measurement instruments providing the precision AC and DC measurements and calibrations. Accordingly, the inventors present current comparator and measurement system architectures together with control protocols to provide for correction of this remnant magnetization. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008900 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An acquisition unit acquires first measurement values of the amounts of electric power of respective branch circuits or respective load devices and second measurement values of the amount of electric power of a master circuit provided for a building from a measurement device. An overall set unit obtains an overall reference value on the basis of a history of the second measurement values, and the unit receives a reduction target to set an overall target value on the basis of the overall reference value and the reduction target. An individual set unit sets an individual target value by distributing the overall target value set in the overall set unit to the amounts of electric power of the respective branch circuits or the respective load devices as allocation objects. A display instruction unit instructs display of the individual target value and the first measurement values acquired by the acquisition unit. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008901 | PRE-CHARGING FILTERS TO REDUCE SETTLING TIME - Various arrangements for determining a voltage of a voltage source using pre-charging are presented. Such arrangements may include a measurement module which includes an analog to digital converter, a driver, and an interface. The interface may be electrically coupled with the analog to digital converter and the driver. The driver may be configured to output current to charge a capacitor. After a first predefined period of time, the driver may stop outputting current to pre-charge the capacitor. After the driver has stopped pre-charging the capacitor and a second predefined period of time has elapsed, the analog to digital converter may be configured to measure a voltage of the capacitor. Such arrangements may include a capacitor, wherein the capacitor is electrically coupled with the interface of the measurement module. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008902 | Highly Accurate Current Measurement - The present document relates to the measurement of the current through a transistor. In particular, the present document relates to a circuit arrangement which allows an accurate measurement of the current through a power transistor. A circuit arrangement is described. The circuit arrangement is configured to provide an indication of a current flowing through a pass switch, when the pass switch is arranged in parallel to the circuit arrangement. The circuit arrangement comprises a matching unit which comprises a switch bank comprising a plurality of parallel reference switches; a resistor bank comprising a plurality of serial reference resistors; and a reference current source configured to provide a reference current flowing through the switch bank and the resistor bank. The resistor bank and the switch bank are arranged in series. The switch bank is adapted in accordance to a voltage dependent resistance of the pass switch, and the resistor bank is adapted in accordance to a voltage independent resistance of the pass switch. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008903 | CURRENT SENSING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A current sensing device and method of manufacturing a sensing device are disclosed. The current sensing device can include at least two current sensors, implemented in an openable ring-shaped support, and wherein the at least two current sensors can be arranged in a chain-like arrangement on the ring-shaped support, and wherein the at least two current sensors are electrically connected in series. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008904 | ABSOLUTE POSITIONS DETECTORS - Example apparatus for absolute position detection are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a housing and digit gears coupled to the housing to rotate about respective parallel axes. Each digit gear has a first portion including a first set of teeth disposed about an entire circumference of the first portion and a second portion including a second set of teeth disposed about only a portion of a circumference of the second portion. Each digit gear is to correspond to a respective digit in a code representing an absolute position of a shaft. A respective idler gear between each adjacent pair of the digit gears is to be intermeshed with the first set of teeth of one of the digit gears and the second set of teeth of the other one of the digit gears. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008905 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNMENT AND DETECTION OF A CONSUMABLE COMPONENT - Systems and methods for alignment and detection of a consumable component are disclosed herein. For example, a method for determining if a consumable component is coupled to a durable component to enable dispersion of a medicine is provided. The method includes determining if a signal from an electrical contact coupled to a durable component has changed an electrical state, and comparing the signal to a reference signal from a second electrical component coupled to the durable component. The method includes sampling a sensor coupled to the durable component to acquire sensor data indicative of a magnetic field observed by the sensor, and outputting data that a consumable component is coupled to the durable component if the signal is different than the reference signal, and the sensor data is within an acceptable range. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008906 | POSITION SENSING DEVICE - A device for measuring relative distance between two physical objects includes an elongated inductor coil and a movable core. The movable core includes a slug of magnetically interactive material and is configured to move within the elongated inductor coil and to couple and interact magnetically with the elongated inductor coil. Electric current flowing through the elongated inductor coil generates a magnetic flux within the elongated inductor coil, and the magnetic flux is subsequently modified by moving the movable core within the elongated inductor coil and the modified magnetic flux is used to produce an electric output as a function of the position of the slug within the elongated inductor coil. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008907 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE REDUNDANT, ABSOLUTE POSITION DETERMINATION OF A MOVABLE BODY - The invention relates to an apparatus for contactlessly detecting the absolute position of an element which can move relative to magnetosensitive sensors and has a magnetic field source fastened on the movable element, wherein two magnetosensitive sensors in a plane which are spatially offset in the direction of movement are arranged at a distance from the magnetic field source. Provision is made for the apparatus to be redundant such that said apparatus has two sensor elements, wherein two such magnetosensitive sensors are arranged in each sensor element. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008908 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PROPERTIES OF A FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL - An apparatus for measuring material properties of an object of ferromagnetic material, the apparatus including a probe, the probe including an electromagnet core defining two spaced-apart poles for inducing a magnetic field in the object, and a drive coil wound around the electromagnet core, and means to supply an alternating electric current to the drive coil to generate an alternating magnetic field in the electromagnet core and consequently in the object, wherein the probe also includes two sensing coils arranged in the vicinity of each of the poles, for sensing the magnetic flux density that links the core and the object, such sensing coils are significantly more sensitive to changes in material properties than are sensing coils overwound onto the drive coil. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008909 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCES DURING BIOMAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS - Invention, relates to the field of supersensitive biomagnetometry under presence of external electromagnetic interferences. In order to perform passive compensation of said interferences, design of device at the magnetometer input is proposed, comprising compensation elements and means for their moving including shifting, holding, and fixation units. In the basic embodiment, three short-closed wire contours are used which are orthogonally placed in space and independently moved up-down relative to the magnetometer or its input antenna. Contours are fixed in positions where minimum of external interference amplitude is achieved according to given field projection. Variants are proposed with cooling of meter and/or contours, location of contours inside the cryostat and their manufacturing from superconductors. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008910 | Techniques for Magnetic Particle Imaging - A magnetic particle imaging apparatus includes magnets [ | 2015-01-08 |
20150008911 | APPARATUS FOR SENSING CURRENT FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES - Disclosed is an apparatus for sensing current flowing the electric cord of an electric appliance. The electric cord includes at least two current carrying wires. The apparatus includes a current sensing unit, a computing unit, a power source and a housing. The current sensing unit is arranged proximate to the electric cord, the current sensing unit includes a three or more axis sensor operative to detect the changes in magnitude and orientation of magnetic field caused by the current flowing through the current carrying wires of the electric cord for generating an electrical signal. The computing unit is programmed to compute the value of current flowing from the generated electrical signal. The power source is operative to power the current sensing unit. The housing is operative to house the current sensing unit and the power source. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008912 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING MECHANICAL CHANGES IN A COMPONENT BY MEANS OF A MAGNETOELASTIC SENSOR - A method and a device detect mechanical changes in a component formed of a ferromagnetic material. The mechanical stress in the component is determined using at least one magnetoelastic sensor. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008913 | Single-Chip Three-Axis Magnetic Field Sensing Device - A single-chip three-axis magnetic field sensing device is provided. This single-chip three-axis magnetic field sensing device comprises a substrate, a first sensing module, a second sensing module, a third sensing module and at least one coil. The substrate includes a surface. The first sensing module comprises at least one first magnetoresistive element and is configured to sense a first magnetic field component substantially parallel to the surface. The second sensing module comprises at least one second magnetoresistive element and is configured to sense a second magnetic field component substantially parallel to the surface. The third sensing module comprises at least one third magnetoresistive element and is configured to sense a third magnetic field component substantially perpendicular to the surface. Wherein one of the first magnetoresistive element and the second magnetoresistive element and the third magnetoresistive element is disposed right above or right below the at least one coil. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008914 | DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MAGNETIC OBJECTS IN THE HUMAN ORGANISM - The subject matter of the invention is a detector system for detecting magnetic bodies in the human organism, which comprises at least two sensor assemblies, wherein each sensor assembly has one, two or three anisotropic magnetic resistance sensors, of which the axes of weak magnetisation point in different directions in pairs, and each sensor assembly has a spacing of 0.5 to 50 cm from the sensor assembly or the other sensor assemblies, and at least two sensor assemblies are tilted at an angle of 0 to 45° with respect to one another, and in addition a method for detecting the magnetic flux produced by a magnetic body in the human organism, and the use of the detector system according to the invention for detecting swallowed magnetic bodies and the disintegration of the same in the digestive system. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008915 | MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR - A sensor of magnetic fields along a direction of measurement comprising N magneto-resistive transducers TM | 2015-01-08 |
20150008916 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A MAGNETIC FIELD BY SYNCHRONISED EXCITATIONS - The invention relates to a magnetic field measurement device, including a detector ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008917 | RAPID CYCLE DYNAMIC NUCLEAR POLARIZATION MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS - A rapid cycle dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) NMR apparatus comprises (i) a cooling unit, configured to cool a sample in a capillary, (b) a DNP polarization unit configured to polarize the sample in the capillary, (c) a stripline-based NMR detector comprising a stripline for NMR analysis of the sample in the capillary, (d) a transport unit configured to guide the capillary from the DNP polarization unit to the stripline of stripline-based NMR detector; and (e) a heating unit configured to heat the sample in the capillary before analysis of the sample by the stripline-based NMR detector. Fast (1D-3D) NMR measurements with high resolution may be obtained. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008918 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS TO ACQUIRE MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA OF A TARGET REGION INCLUDING A METAL OBJECT - In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus to acquire MR data of a target region that includes a metal object, an MR sequence that includes at least one radio-frequency excitation to be emitted via a radio-frequency coil arrangement is used. A radio-frequency coil arrangement having multiple coil elements that can be controlled independently with different amplitude and/or phase is used. The amplitudes and/or phases of the coil elements that describe the polarization of the radio-frequency field are selected to at least partially reduce artifacts arising in the metal object due to the radio-frequency excitation, in comparison to a homogeneous, circular polarization of the radio-frequency field of the radio-frequency field in the target region. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008919 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF WITH AN ACCELERATED PROGRESSION OF A REPEATING PULSE SEQUENCE WITH AN OPTIMIZED GRADIENT CURVE - In a method for an accelerated progression of a repeating pulse sequence with an optimized gradient curve (that has at least one pulse) for a magnetic resonance examination by operation of a magnetic resonance apparatus, boundary conditions for a first gradient pulse of a first progression of the pulse sequence are detected, and the boundary conditions of the first gradient pulse of the first progression of the pulse sequence are compared with boundary conditions of a previous gradient pulse of a previous progression of the pulse sequence. An optimized gradient curve of the first gradient pulse of the first progression of the pulse sequence is determined from the gradient curve of the previous gradient pulse when agreement of the boundary conditions of the first gradient pulse with the boundary conditions of the previous gradient pulse exists. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MAGNETIC RESONANCE SIGNALS - Provided are a method and a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for measuring an MR signal. The method includes: applying a radio frequency (RF) pulse to an object; acquiring, as a response to the RF pulse, a plurality of echo signals from a plurality of readout gradients formed on a gradient coil; measuring delay times of the plurality of echo signals based on points in time when the respective echo signals are acquired; and determining a gradient delay based on the plurality of delay times. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008921 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MAGNETIC FIELD - A magnetic field measuring method in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes applying a radio frequency (RF) pulse to an object, acquiring first and second echo signals from a first readout gradient according to test gradients having different intensities, acquiring third and fourth echo signals from a second readout gradient according to the test gradients having different intensities, and determining a characteristic value of an eddy field based on an echo time (TE) of at least one of the first through the fourth echo signals. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008922 | NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR) SPECTROSCOPY DEVICE - The invention relates to a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy device adapted for carrying out 1D and nD homo- and heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy measurements of a plurality of nuclei, comprising an RF coil adapted to transmit RF to and/or receive RF from a measuring volume, wherein the RF coil forms part of a non-tuned radiofrequency circuit. The invention further relates to a method of NMR data acquisition, a method of manufacturing a NMR spectroscopy device and a NMR-device holder. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008923 | MAGNETIC FIELD HOMOGENEITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD, MAGNET DEVICE, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A computer executes: calculating a first volume distribution (v.d.) of magnetic materials on a shim tray, based on a first magnetic field strength distribution (m.f.s.d.) in a magnetic field space (S | 2015-01-08 |
20150008924 | NANOPARTICLE RF SHIELD FOR USE IN AN MRI DEVICE - A radio frequency (RF) shield for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, the RF shield comprising a carrier ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008925 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - There is provided a technique for obtaining temperature information for inside of a living body and accuracy information thereof in short time with low burden imposed on a subject. It is realized with a spectrum calculator configured to perform MRS or MRSI measurement for two kinds of substances showing difference of resonant frequencies and calculating spectra of magnetic resonance signals of the two kinds of substances, a temperature information calculator configured to calculate temperature information for inside of the subject on the basis of peaks of the calculated spectra, a temperature accuracy information calculator configured to calculate temperature accuracy information indicating accuracy of the temperature information on the basis of peaks of the calculated spectra, and a display information generator configured to generate display information to be displayed on a display device on the basis of the temperature information and the temperature accuracy information. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008926 | NON-CYLINDRICAL CABLE BALUN DESIGN FOR RF COILS - A non-cylindrical cable balun design having reduced space requirements and that provides for a lighter-weight RF coil is disclosed. The balun includes a balun shell having a non-cylindrical profile, a dielectric foam positioned within the balun shell so as to fill an interior volume defined by the balun shell, and one or more capacitors formed on the balun shell. A non-cylindrical coaxial cable that transmits electromagnetic signals to the balun extends through a length of the balun and is surrounded by the dielectric foam. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008927 | Methods and Systems for Obtaining an Electrical Impedivity and/or Resistivity Image of a Subterranean Formation - Methods and systems for obtaining an electrical impedivity and/or resistivity image of a subterranean formation are provided. The electrical impedivity and/or resistivity image can be obtained by determining first formation impedivity data and second formation impedivity data. The first formation impedivity data can be based on a component of the measured impedance data orthogonal a downhole fluid impedance. The second formation impedivity data can be based on an amplitude of the measured impedance data. A combined formation impedivity data can be obtained by combining a portion of the first formation impedivity data based on a first formation impedivity determination process with a portion of the second formation impedivity data based on a second formation impedivity determination process. The electrical impedivity and/or resistivity image of the subterranean formation can then be obtained by using the combined formation impedivity data. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008928 | Electronics for a Thin Bed Array Induction Logging System - A logging tool electronics system is disclosed with noise minimization features and pulse compression signal processing techniques to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of array induction logging tools. The borehole is radiated with a magnetic field produced by a configurable multi-frequency and/or multi-amplitude sine wave signal stimulus section driving a fully differential single transmitter coil. Received signals from multiple mutually balanced fully differential receiver arrays are processed by receiver signal chains using adaptive algorithms under firmware control. The received signals are used to determine the conductivity and resistivity of the formation surrounding the borehole. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008929 | Apparatus for Detecting the State of a Rechargeable Battery to be Checked - An apparatus for detecting the state of a checkable storage battery in a vehicle having at least two vehicle onboard power supply systems of different operating voltages is provided. The vehicle onboard power supply systems are coupled by a DC/DC converter, which converts a first DC voltage of a first vehicle onboard power supply system into a second DC voltage of the storage battery in the second vehicle onboard power supply system. The vehicle onboard power supply systems have a control device that includes a test signal module configured to supply a test signal via the DC/DC converter to the checkable storage battery, a measured value detection module configured to measure the reaction values of the checkable storage battery, and an evaluation module configured to detect the state of the storage battery from the measured reaction values. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008930 | VOLTAGE MONITORING CIRCUIT, TEST METHOD THEREFOR, AND VOLTAGE MONITORING SYSTEM - A voltage monitoring circuit includes a plurality of voltage input terminals which input a voltage across each of a plurality of series-coupled battery cells, a selection circuit which, by selecting two of the voltage input terminals, selects a voltage across one of the battery cells, an A/D converter which converts the voltage across the battery cell into a digital value, a control unit which sends the digital value to an external controller, a ground wiring which is coupled to a ground terminal for inputting a ground level voltage for the voltage monitoring circuit, the ground terminal being among the voltage input terminals, and through which the voltage monitoring circuit is supplied with the ground level voltage, a terminal which is supplied with a lowest fixed potential, and a switch circuit which is coupled between the first terminal and the ground wiring. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008931 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE, POWER SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electronic storage module includes a plurality of batteries, a primary monitoring circuit configured to detect an operating state of the plurality of batteries, a microcontroller unit connected to the primary monitoring circuit via a primary communication path, and a secondary monitoring circuit connected to the microcontroller unit via a secondary communication path. The secondary monitoring circuit is configured to detect the operating state of the plurality of batteries when a determination is made of an abnormality in the primary communication path, or an abnormality in the operating state of the primary monitoring circuit. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008932 | CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTOR - A system and method comprising a charger for ionizing aerosols; a spectrometer coupled to the charger and operable to select for a predetermined particle size; a porous charge collector coupled to the spectrometer, and a MEMS electrometer. In some embodiments the charge collector may be a metal frit electrically coupled to the electrometer. The electrometer may include a comb drive actuator coupled to a moving shuttle supported on flexures. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008933 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A USABILITY OF A CONTROL DEVICE - A method for recognizing a usability of a control device of a safety device in a vehicle includes: applying a voltage to the control device; acquiring a voltage curve or a current curve at the control device; and recognizing a usability of the control device as a function of the acquired voltage curve or of the acquired current curve. In particular, the correct polarity of an inductive actuator having a freewheeling diode is recognized, because in the case of incorrect polarity the inductive actuator is bridged by the freewheeling diode. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008934 | CIRCUIT INTEGRITY DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE INTEGRITY OF A SENSING WIRE IN ELECTRICALLY HEATED TEXTILES - A circuit integrity detection system for use in detecting the integrity of sensing wire in a heating pad wherein the integrity of the sensing wire is checking the inputs from a first and second A/D converter connected to opposite ends of the sensing wire. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008935 | PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF VERIFYING OPERATION THEREOF - A method of verifying a protection apparatus is provided. The method includes: setting a plurality of relay elements for sensing an abnormal state of the protection apparatus; receiving an input regarding test information for testing each of the plurality of relay elements; and when at least one of the plurality of relay elements is in an abnormal state from the reception of the input regarding the test information, identifying whether the protection apparatus has created an abnormal state sensing signal. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008936 | Method for Evaluating Device Including Plurality of Electric Circuits - A method for evaluating a device including a plurality of electric circuits has: a step of finding a first malfunction frequency property for individual electric circuits included in the device, the first malfunction frequency property representing the magnitude of a critical noise signal at which each electric circuit causes a malfunction; and a step of finding a second malfunction frequency property based on the first malfunction frequency property found for each of the electric circuits, an equivalent circuit of the entire device, and an equivalent circuit of each of the electric circuits, the second malfunction frequency property representing the magnitude of a critical noise signal at which the entire device causes a malfunction. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008937 | TESTING DEVICE, AND TESTING METHOD FOR THE LINE AND ONE SHEET USING THE TESTING DEVICE - A test device for a display device including a plurality of demultiplexing switches connected to a plurality of data lines in accordance with the present invention includes: a one-sheet test device configured to include a plurality of control switches connected to the demultiplexing switches through a plurality of wires; and a wire test device configured to transmit wire test signals for detecting defects in the wires to a pad connected to the control switches. The wire test device transmits the wire test signals to the pad to detect defects in first wires of the wires and then detect defects in remaining second wires thereof, and the first wires and the second wires are alternatively disposed below the demultiplexing switches to constitute paths for signals transmitted to the demultiplexing switches. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008938 | System And Method Of Detecting And Locating Intermittent And Other Faults - Data associated with at least one building condition or status is sensed by one or more sensors. The data from these sensors may be sent over a data bus and received by the central computer. In addition, a modulated signal may be transmitted by one or both of the transmitters across the data bus. The modulated signal is received at the receiver, which analyzes the received modulated signal, and determines whether an intermittent fault has occurred on the data bus based upon the analyzing. For example, the receiver may compare the received signal to an expected pattern and when a discrepancy exists, an intermittent fault is determined to exist. The receiver may also determine the location of the fault based upon the analysis. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008939 | MEASURING LEAKAGE CURRENTS AND MEASURING CIRCUIT FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH MEASURING - An embodiment of a measuring circuit for measuring the leakage current flowing in a portion of an electronic device when said portion is biased by a biasing unit of the electronic device is proposed. The measuring circuit includes a first section configured to generate a threshold current, a second section configured to receive the leakage current, a third section configured to compare the threshold current with the leakage current, and a fourth section configured to generate an output voltage based on the comparison between the threshold current and the leakage current. Said first section is configured to set the value of said threshold current to a different value at each reiteration of an operating cycle. Said fourth section is configured to measure said leakage current based on a detection of a change in the value of the output voltage between two reiterations of the operating cycle. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008940 | CLOCK JITTER AND POWER SUPPLY NOISE ANALYSIS - Disclosed are a method, system, and/or apparatus to perform clock jitter and power supply noise analysis. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving a first signal, which may be a clock signal, then generating a second signal based on the first signal. The method may further include delaying the second signal by a base delay and/or a series of fine delays. The method may also include taking measurements of the delayed second signal and comparing those measurements to theoretical measurements of the second signal that would occur if the first signal were noise-free. The method may further include determining, based on the measurements and the comparison thereof, whether noise is present, whether the noise is high frequency or low frequency noise, and whether the noise is due to clock jitter and/or power supply deviations. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008941 | Flipped Cell Sensor Pattern - Embodiments of a capacitive sensor array may comprise a plurality of large sensor electrodes and, for each of the large sensor electrodes, a first plurality of small sensor electrodes each capacitively coupled with the large sensor electrode, and each conductively coupled by one of a first set of routing traces to one of a first set of conductors located in a first edge region, and a second plurality of small sensor electrodes capacitively coupled with the large sensor electrode and conductively coupled by a second set of routing traces to a second set of conductors in a second edge region. The first set of routing traces is located in a first routing channel and the second set of routing traces is located in a second routing channel, where the first and second routing channels are located along different sides of the large sensor electrode. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008942 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TESTING OF ACOUSTIC DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - Methods and devices are disclosed for testing an acoustic probe having transducing elements for converting between acoustic and electrical signals. An electrical signal is generated at a frequency with a testing device capable of generating electrical signals over a range of frequencies. The electrical signal is transmitted to at least some of the transducing elements to measure a complex impedance and thereby evaluate a performance of the transducing elements. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008943 | Sensor Arrangement and Method for Operation of an Operating Device - A sensor arrangement comprises an input surface, an optical sensor, a first capacitive sensor, an evaluation unit and a device. The input surface has at least one light-permeable part surface. The optical sensor is disposed below the at least one light-permeable part surface. The first capacitive sensor is disposed below the input surface. The evaluation unit is coupled to the optical sensor and configured to carry out a light-permeability measurement of an object located on the input surface using the optical sensor. The device is configured to evaluate a change in capacitance of the first capacitive sensor. The device is connected to the first capacitive sensor and further configured to generate a first output signal if there is a change in capacitance. The evaluation unit is further configured to generate a presence signal if a measured light permeability falls below a predetermined value. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008944 | TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING HIGH-VOLTAGE TECHNOLOGY - The present invention relates to a test system for high-voltage technology devices, in particular shunt reactors, as defined in the preamble of independent patent claim | 2015-01-08 |
20150008945 | ELECTRIC CONNECTING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a probe card having a probe board with a conductive path electrically connected to a tester and probes enabling to respectively contact connection pads of a semiconductor wafer on a chuck top and moving relatively to the chuck top, and an elastic heat conducting member arranged between a working surface of the chuck top or the semiconductor wafer on the working surface and the probe board. The elastic heat conducting member can abut on the working surface of the chuck top or the semiconductor wafer on the working surface and the probe board when the probes do not abut on the respective corresponding connection pads and is elastically deformable not to prevent abutment between the probes and the respective corresponding connection pads. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008946 | ELECTRIC CONNECTING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a wiring base plate arranged on an upper side of a chuck top and having a wiring path connected to a tester, a probe card having a probe board spaced from the wiring base plate with a first surface thereof opposed to the wiring base plate and having a wiring path corresponding to the wiring path and probes provided on a second surface of the probe board to be connected to the wiring path and enabling to respectively contact connection pads of a semiconductor wafer on the chuck top, and an electric connector connecting the wiring base plate to the probe board by low heat conduction supporting members and decreasing heat conduction therebetween and electrically connecting the wiring paths. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008947 | BALL GRID ARRAY CONFIGURATION FOR RELIABLE TESTING - A method of testing a semiconductor die having an array of contacts, where at least two I/O pads in adjacent positions have the same data signal during testing operations with a test probe. The adjacent I/O pads form a test cluster allowing the use of a larger test probe tip and/or greater tolerance on test probe tip alignment during testing operations. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008948 | PROBER FOR TESTING DEVICES IN A REPEAT STRUCTURE ON A SUBSTRATE - A prober for testing devices in a repeat structure on a substrate is provided with a probe holder plate, probe holders mounted on the plate, and a test probe associated with each holder. Each test probe is displaceable via a manipulator connected to a probe holder, and a substrate carrier fixedly supports the substrate. Testing of devices, which are situated in a repeat structure on a substrate, in sequence without a substrate movement and avoiding individual manipulation of the test probes in relation to the contact islands on the devices, is achieved in that the probe holders are fastened on a shared probe holder plate and the probe holder plate is moved in relation to the test substrate. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008949 | BALL GRID ARRAY CONFIGURATION FOR RELIABLE TESTING - A semiconductor die with an array of contacts, where at least two contacts in adjacent positions have the same data signal during testing operations with a test probe. The adjacent contacts of the cluster allow the use of a larger test probe tip and/or greater tolerance on test probe tip alignment during testing operations. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008950 | MANUFACTURING ADVANCED TEST PROBES - Embodiments relate to the formation of test probes. One method includes providing a bulk sheet of an electrically conductive material. A laser is used to cut through the bulk sheet in a predetermined pattern to form a test probe. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008951 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER WIRING BOARD, PROBE CARD INCLUDING MULTILAYER WIRING BOARD MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD, AND MULTILAYER WIRING BOARD - A method of manufacturing a multilayer wiring board includes a stacking process in which insulating layers, each of which includes a ceramic layer and a shrinkage suppression layer being stacked on top of the ceramic layer, are stacked on top of one another, a press-bonding process in which the insulating layers are press-bonded, so that a multilayer body is formed, and a firing process in which the multilayer body is fired. In the stacking process, in each of the insulating layers, a wiring electrode is formed on a surface of the shrinkage suppression layer on the opposite side to the surface of the layer facing the ceramic layer, and the thickness of a peripheral area of the shrinkage suppression layer located around the area of the shrinkage suppression layer that is in contact with the electrode is larger than those of portions of the layer except for the peripheral area. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008952 | PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MAPPING OF PASSIVATION DEFECTS FOR SILICON PHOTOVOLTAICS - Methods for fast and accurate mapping of passivation defects in a silicon wafer involve capturing of photoluminescence (PL) images while the wafer is moving, for instance, when the wafer is transported on a belt in a fabrication line. The methods can be applied to in-line diagnostics of silicon wafers in solar cell fabrication. Example embodiments include a procedure for obtaining the whole wafer images of passivation defects from a single image (map) of photoluminescence intensity, and can provide rapid feedback for process control. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008953 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THROUGH SUBSTRATE VIA TEST - A stack of vertically-connected, horizontally-oriented integrated circuits (ICs) may have electrical connections from the front side of one IC to the back side of another IC. Electrical signals may be transferred from the back side of one IC to the front side of the same IC by means of through substrate vias (TSVs), which may include through silicon vias. Electronic apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to test and/or replace defective TSVs. Additional apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008954 | MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIE HAVING MODULAR DIE REGIONS STITCHED TOGETHER - An apparatus for a monolithic integrated circuit die is disclosed. In this apparatus, the monolithic integrated circuit die has a plurality of modular die regions. The modular die regions respectively have a plurality of power distribution networks for independently powering each of the modular die regions. Each adjacent pair of the modular die regions is stitched together with a respective plurality of metal lines. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SELF-DESTRUCTION FUNCTION IN BASEBAND MODEM - A method and an apparatus for supporting a self-destruction function in a baseband modem are provided. A self-destruction method of a baseband modem includes sending a request for supplying power to a self-destruction unit to a power management unit when a command for performing the self-destruction is received from a base station and controlling the self-destruction unit to output a signal corresponding to a specific bit value. The signal output by the self-destruction unit is used to block a clock supplied from a Temperature-Compensated crystal Oscillator (TCXO) to the baseband modem through a logical operation with a signal output by the TCXO. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008956 | DYNAMIC IMPEDANCE CONTROL FOR INPUT/OUTPUT BUFFERS - A system and method of performing off chip drive (OCD) and on-die termination (ODT) are provided. A common pull-up network composed of transistors and a common pull-down network composed of transistors are employed to implement both of these functions. In drive mode, the pull-up network is configured to produce a calibrated drive impedance when an “on” output is to be generated, and the pull-up network is configured to produce a calibrated drive impedance when an “off” output is to be generated. In termination mode, the pull-up network and the pull-down network are configured to produce a calibrated pull-up resistance and pull-down resistance respectively such that together, they form a split termination. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008957 | NON-INTRUSIVE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A method of monitoring operations of a set of ICs. The method loads a first set of configuration data into a first IC for configuring a group of configurable circuits of the first IC to perform operations of a user design. The method receives a definition of an event based on values of a set of signals in the user design and a set of corresponding actions to take when the event occurs. The set of signals includes at least one signal received from a second IC. The method generates an incremental second set of configuration data based on the definition of the event and the set of corresponding actions. While the first IC is performing the operations of the user design, the method loads the incremental second set of configuration data into the first IC and monitors the signals received from the second IC at the first IC. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008958 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Path transistor malfunction is reduced. A path gate circuit includes transistors MP, MW, and MC. The transistor MP functions as a path transistor that connects a signal line INL to a signal line OUTL. The transistor MW connects a signal line BL for inputting a signal for setting the on or off state of the transistor MP and a node SN (gate of the transistor MP). When a high-level potential is written to the node SN, the potential of BL is set higher than a normal high-level potential if the potential of INL is high. Thus, even when the potential of the node SN is dropped in accordance with transition of INL from a high level to a low level, the potential drop does not influence the operation of the transistor MP because a high potential is written in advance. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008959 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit may include a plurality of fuse boxes, each suitable for selectively outputting a first input signal and a reverse input signal obtained by inverting the first input signal; and a first output signal generator suitable for selectively receiving the first input signal and the reverse input signal from the fuse boxes, and generating a first output signal by performing a logical combination operation on the received input signals, a second input signal, and a third input signal. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008960 | DIGITAL PHASE DETECTOR - According to one example, a digital phase detector is disclosed for use with a phase lock loop. The digital phase detector is configured to operate in a low-frequency environment and to filter noise and transients in a signal, while also being tolerant of dropped phase pulses. In some embodiments, the digital phase detector is configured to measure up to two REFCLK edges with respect to a FBCLK signal, and if an edge occurs in the first half of REFCLK, classify the edge as lagging, and if an edge occurs in the second half of REFCLK, classify the edge as leading. If both edges are leading or both are lagging, the smaller of the two is used as the phase. If one is leading and one is lagging, the difference is used as the phase. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008961 | PHASE DETECTOR, PHASE-FREQUENCY DETECTOR, AND DIGITAL PHASE LOCKED LOOP - A phase detector includes a phase comparing circuit configured to detect and output a phase difference between a first clock signal and a second clock signal, a latch circuit configured to latch an output signal of the phase comparing circuit and output a phase detection signal, and an initial voltage control circuit configured to control an initial voltage of an input terminal of the latch circuit according to a control signal. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008962 | SIGNAL ENVELOPE PROCESSING - Methods and apparatus for detection and tracking of a signal envelope. The circuit comprises absolute value circuitry configured to receive data samples and output a first value corresponding to the magnitude of said data samples. An envelope tracker maintains an envelope output value and compares the first value to the current envelope output value and modifies the envelope output value based on said comparison to provide the envelope output value with predetermined attack and decay characteristics. The absolute value circuitry has a first input for receiving a first digital signal at a first sample rate and a second input for receiving an interpolated version of the first digital signal at a second sample rate which is higher than the first sample rate and outputs the first value based on the magnitudes of the samples received at the first input and the samples received at the second input. Using the first digital signal provides an early indication of any increases in signal envelope whereas the second digital signal can allow a more accurate estimation. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008963 | OUTPUT APPARATUS AND OUTPUT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An output apparatus includes an output driving unit configured to drive a final output signal; an output compensating signal generation unit configured to generate a delayed output signal by delaying the output signal by a predetermined time, and generate an output compensating signal based on the delayed output signal and the output signal; and an output driving compensation unit configured to compensate for the final output signal to a level opposite to a level to which the final output signal is driven. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008964 | Test System for Semiconductor Array - In accordance with an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a plurality of devices on the integrated circuit. Each device includes a driving circuit, an individual contact pad coupled to a first terminal of the driving circuit, and a switch having a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the driving circuit. Also, the integrated circuit includes a shared contact pad coupled to a second terminal of each switch of the plurality of devices. The integrated circuit also includes a controller coupled to each switch of the plurality of devices, where the controller is configured to selectively control each switch to couple each driving circuit to the shared contact pad. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008965 | IMPEDANCE COMPONENT HAVING LOW SENSITIVITY TO POWER SUPPLY VARIATIONS - An impedance circuit coupled to a first power supply includes: an output node; a transistor coupled between the output node and the first power supply, wherein the transistor comprises a gate electrode; and a voltage source electrically coupled to the gate electrode of the transistor and configured to apply a gate voltage to the gate electrode of the transistor, wherein the voltage source includes: a plurality of impedance components electrically coupled in series between a circuit node and the first power supply, and a current source electrically coupled between the circuit node and a second power supply. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008966 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DRIVE SIGNAL FOR A TRANSISTOR - Disclosed is a circuit arrangement for generating a drive signal for a transistor. In one embodiment, the circuit arrangement includes a control circuit that receives a switching signal, a driver circuit that outputs a drive signal, and at least one transmission channel. The control circuit transmits, depending on the switching signal for each switching operation of the transistor, switching information and switching parameter information via the transmission channel to the driver circuit. The driver circuit generates the drive signal depending on the switching information and depending on the switching parameter information. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008967 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING BURST-MODE PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (PWM) AND NON-RETURN-TO-ZERO (NRZ) DATA - A gated voltage controlled oscillator has four identically structured delay cells, each of the delay cells having the same output load by connecting to the same number of inputs of other ones of the delay cells. Optionally a four phase sampling clock selects from the delay cell output and samples, at a four phase sampler, an input signal. Optionally an edge detector synchronizes the phase of the gated voltage controlled oscillator to coincide with NRZ bits. Optionally a variable sampling rate selects different phases from the delay cells to selectively sample NRZ bits at a lower rate. Optionally, a pulse width modulation (PWM) mode synchronizes a phase of the sampling clock to sample PWM symbols and recover encoded bits. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008968 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PHASE INTERPOLATING CLOCK SIGNALS AND FOR PROVIDING DUTY CYCLE CORRECTED CLOCK SIGNALS - Apparatuses and methods for phase interpolating clock signals and for providing duty cycle corrected clock signals are described. An example apparatus includes a first inverter configured to receive first and second clock signals and further includes a second inverter configured to receive the first and second clock signals. The first inverter is configured to provide to an output node an inverted first clock signal as controlled by the second clock signal. The second inverter is configured to provide to the output node an inverted second clock signal as controlled by the first clock signal. Another example apparatus includes a clock generator circuit to provide first and second clock signals responsive to an input clock signal, and further includes a duty phase interpolator circuit, a duty cycle adjuster and a duty cycle detector. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008969 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a clock signal transmission path configured to transmit a clock signal and a data transmission path configured to transmit data. The clock signal transmission path has a first and a second clock signal transmission line configured to transmit a clock signal and a complementary clock signal. The data transmission path has a first and a second data transmission line configured to transmit data and complementary data. Each transmission path has an amplifier circuit of each signal and a level adjustment circuit for reducing amplitude of output from the amplifier circuit. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008970 | PERIOD SIGNAL GENERATION CIRCUIT - A period signal generation circuit includes a first buffer unit suitable for buffering a buffer signal and output an output signal; and a second buffer unit suitable for buffering the output signal and output a period signal, wherein each of the first and second buffer units includes a resistor element coupled between a body of a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor and a source. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008971 | NOISE CURRENT COMPENSATION CIRCUIT - Disclosed is a noise current compensation circuit. The circuit is provided with two input and output terminals A and B, and two control terminals CON and CONF. The control terminals control a work mode (work state and pre-charge state) of the compensation circuit. The compensation circuit consists of 7 PMOS transistors and 8 NMOS transistors. In the normal work state, by detecting changes of potential change rate of two signal lines in an original circuit, the noise current compensation circuit automatically enables one end of the original circuit that discharges slowly to discharge a signal more slowly, and enables one end of the original circuit that discharges rapidly to discharge a signal more rapidly, thus eliminating the influence of the noise current on the circuit and providing assistance for correct identification of subsequent circuit signals. The current compensation circuit can be used for an SRAM bit line leakage current compensation circuit, because the existence of a large leakage current on the SRAM bit line leads to the decreasing of a voltage difference between two ends of the bit line, resulting in that a subsequent circuit cannot correctly identify a signal. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008972 | Circuit Comprising an Accelerating Element - A circuit includes a switching element with a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal. The circuit also includes an impedance network coupled between the control terminal and a switching node. The circuit also includes a first accelerating element coupled between the control terminal and a first node. The first node is different from the switching node. The circuit is configured to temporarily activate the first accelerating element when a switching state of the switching element is to be changed. | 2015-01-08 |