47th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100295596 | LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT - A level shift circuit insusceptible to mistaken operations at the time of disengagement of a standby state is disclosed. The level shift circuit includes a level converter circuit | 2010-11-25 |
20100295597 | MIXER WITH HIGH LINEARITY AND LOW OPERATING VOLTAGE - A mixer with high linearity and a low operating voltage is provided. The mixer includes a transconductor and a switch circuit. The transconductor receives a differential voltage signal and outputs a differential current signal accordingly. The transconductor includes a first resistor, a second resistor, a differential amplifier, a first current source and a second current source. The switch circuit includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a fourth switch. The first and second switches are coupled to a first input of the differential amplifier, while the third and fourth switches are coupled to a second input of the differential amplifier. The first and third switches are mutually coupled to provide an output of the mixer, while the second and fourth switched are mutually coupled to provide another output of the mixer. Each of the first, second, third and fourth switches determines whether to allow the differential current signal to pass through according to a differential control signal. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295598 | ADAPTIVE RADIO TRANSCEIVER WITH A LOCAL OSCILLATOR - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such as filters and inductors. The controller for adaptive programming and calibration of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. The self-testing unit generates is used to determine the gain, frequency characteristics, selectivity, noise floor, and distortion behavior of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295599 | Transmit Architecture for Wireless Multi-Mode Applications - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an upconversion unit configured to upconvert a baseband signal to a radio frequency (RF) signal. A plurality of baluns for a plurality of wireless bands are provided. Multiplexing circuitry is coupled to the plurality of baluns where the upconversion unit is coupled to each balun through the multiplexing circuitry. The multiplexing circuitry is configured to multiplex the radio frequency signal from the upconversion unit to one of the plurality of baluns based on a wireless band being used. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295600 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Through Silicon VIA (TSV) Redundancy - An apparatus includes a first die having a first bus, a second die having a second bus stacked on the first die, a plurality of through silicon vias connecting the first bus to the second bus, and first control logic for sending data to identified ones of the plurality of through silicon vias. Also, optionally, second control logic for determining a first set of the plurality of through silicon vias that are nonfunctional, wherein the second control logic is configured to send information to the first control logic identifying the first set of the plurality of through silicon vias or identifying a second set of through silicon vias that are functional. Also a method of sending signals through a plurality of through silicon vias. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295601 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device (antenna switch) causes a switch circuit to perform a switching operation by using a logic circuit. The switch circuit and the logic circuit are formed on a single semiconductor substrate and a shield conductor is provided or arranged directly over the logic circuit. The shield conductor can have an air bridge structure and can be connected to a ground terminal. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295602 | SEMICONDUCTOR RELAY - A semiconductor relay of the invention includes first and second signal terminals, a substrate, a first switch circuit and a control circuit. The substrate includes signal patterns for forming a signal line between the first and second signal terminals. The first switch circuit has a semiconductor switch used to make or break the connection between the first and second signal terminals. The control circuit has a control IC for controlling the first switch circuit. The control IC is mounted on a land of the substrate. The land has a size corresponding to the control IC. A part or all of the land is included in a part of the signal patterns. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295603 | DUAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL CIRCUIT - A dual temperature control circuit detects a first temperature of a first location and a second temperature of a second location. The dual temperature control circuit transforms the first temperature to a first voltage signal, and transforms the second temperature to a second voltage signal, and compares the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal to output a third voltage signal, where a controlled circuit is controlled according to the third voltage signal. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295604 | OLED ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED PROXIMITY SENSOR - The invention concerns an OLED device with a cathode | 2010-11-25 |
20100295605 | FUSE CIRCUIT OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING FUSE STATE THEREOF - A fuse circuit of a semiconductor device includes a plurality of fuse set units configured to compare an input address with address information programmed according to a fuse cutting state and a test control unit configured to enable one or more fuse set units selected based on a number of times that a selection signal is enabled in a test mode. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295606 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN SUPPORT SYSTEM, DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit design support system having a partial power control mechanism includes a partial power control simulation program configured to perform a partial power control simulation on the basis of a circuit description of the semiconductor integrated circuit and a power specifications description, a power mode transition detection program configured to detect a power mode which is run during execution of the partial power control simulation and record power mode information of an examined power mode, and a power mode transition check program configured to check whether the examined power mode recorded at the time of execution of partial power control is used and output a check result. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295607 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REDUCE NOISE IN A SUBSTRATE - A system for reducing noise in a chip is disclosed and may include a substrate, a first well disposed on top of the substrate, a second well and a third well that are both disposed within the first well, a first transistor disposed in the second well, a positive potential of a voltage source connected to a body of the first transistor, and a second transistor disposed in the third well. The first transistor is a PMOS transistor, and the second transistor is an NMOS transistor. A noisy voltage source may be coupled to a source of the first transistor. A body of the first transistor may be resistively coupled to the second well. The system may include a noisy voltage source, where a body and a source of the second transistor are both coupled to the noisy voltage source. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295608 | DEMODULATION METHOD UTILIZING DELAYED-SELF-SAMPLING TECHNIQUE - Rather than using an external sampling clock to perform time-to-digital conversion function, input signal is self-sampled by its own delayed signals. A demodulation method utilizing delayed-self-sampling technique, comprising steps of: obtaining a signal processed by a limiting amplifier as the only input signal required for demodulation; transferring the limiting amplified signal via two paths, by one of which the limiting amplified signal is directly sent to an input end of a delayed-self-sampler, and by the other of which the limiting amplified signal is sent to a delay line for generating and outputting time delayed signals; sampling the limiting amplified signal by time delayed signals from the delay line with delayed-self-sampler to generate a group of sampled data; and converting the group of sampled data by a thermometer-to-binary converter into a group of binary codes, which is input into data decision circuitry to be processed into recovered base-band data. The advantage of demodulation method utilizing delayed-self-sampling technique is the delayed-self-sampler can avoid edge synchronization problem and reduce power consumption. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295609 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Dynamic Multi-Stage Amplification in a Medical Device - Methods and apparatus for providing multi-stage signal amplification in a medical telemetry system are provided. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295610 | CIRCUIT WITH A POWER AMPLIFIER AND AMPLIFICATION METHOD - In a power amplification circuit an output signal is generated by combining the power of a first and second signal that have been amplified separately. An input signal is received that indicates a desired amplitude and phase of the output signal. A controllable phase shift circuit adapts the phase of first and second signals dependent on the desired amplitude, so that, when the signals with the adapted phases are combined, the resulting output signal will have an envelope with the desired amplitude. A time dependent common mode phase shift is applied to both the first and second signal. A control circuit selects the time dependent common mode phase shift as a function of the desired amplitude of the output signal, to compensate for envelope amplitude dependence of a common phase shift introduced by the amplification. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295611 | DISTORTION COMPENSATION APPARATUS - An apparatus for compensating a distortion characteristic of an amplifier includes an update unit configured to store a distortion compensation coefficient, configured to calculate the coefficient based on a signal before input to the amplifier and a feedback signal, and configured to update the stored coefficient to the calculated coefficient; a distortion compensation unit configured to perform distortion compensation processing of the signal before input to the amplifier by using the updated coefficient; a delay unit configured to delay the signal before input to the amplifier by a set delay time, to output the delayed signal to the distortion compensation coefficient update unit; and a delay controller configured to control the set delay time based on a phase of a complex number having a power component of the signal before input to the amplifier as a real part, and a power component of the feedback signal as an imaginary part. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295612 | POWER SERIES DIGITAL PREDISTORTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A power series digital predistorter includes a combiner which combines an output from a linear transmission path with an output from an odd-order distortion generating path, an analog-to-digital converter which converts a feedback signal from an output of a power amplifier to a digital feedback signal, an odd-order distortion vector control part which controls vector adjustment performed by an odd-order distortion vector adjusting part in the odd-order distortion generating path, a cancellation signal generating part which generates a cancellation signal from an input transmission signal, a combiner which is inserted in a feedback signal path and which combines the cancellation signal with a signal from the feedback signal path, and a cancellation signal control part which controls the cancellation signal generating part so that the cancellation signal suppresses a main signal component in the feedback signal at the combiner. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295613 | SUPPLY-MODULATED RF POWER AMPLIFIER AND RF AMPLIFICATION METHODS - An embodiment of the invention is a method of generating a reduced bandwidth envelope signal V | 2010-11-25 |
20100295614 | AMPLIFYING DEVICE - An amplifying device for setting input impedance at several GΩ to several tens of GΩ and improving an ESD withstand current rating is provided. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295615 | CML OUTPUT DRIVER - An integrated circuit (IC) for driving a light emitting semiconductor device is provided. The IC includes an input stage configured to receive a first input signal with a first differential pair of bipolar transistors and a second input signal with a second differential pair of bipolar transistors and to provide a pre-driver output signal being a superposition of the first input signal and the second input signal and an output stage including a third differential pair of bipolar transistors for receiving the pre-driver output signal of the input stage and for driving the light emitting semiconductor device in response to the pre-driver output signal, wherein the IC is configured to pre-distort the pre-driver output signal of the input stage so as to compensate a signal distortion of the output stage. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295616 | AUDIO COMPENSATION METHOD AND AUDIO APPARATUS WITH CLASS AB POWER AMPLIFIER - An audio apparatus is provided, receiving a reference voltage and an input signal to generate an output signal. In the audio apparatus, a compensation circuit, generates a compensated reference voltage based on the input signal, the reference voltage and the output signal. A class AB power amplifier receives the compensated reference voltage to amplify the input signal into the output signal. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295617 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING AN LED - Here, a driver for an light emitting diode (LED) is provided. Within this driver, several differential pairs of bipolar transistors are employed in an input stage and output stage along with a control loop. Collectively, these components operate together to drive the LED with a low headroom voltage while still achieving high driver performance in terms of edge speed and jitter. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295618 | DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER, REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT, DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFYING METHOD, AND REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATING METHOD - A differential amplifier includes a main differential amplifier circuit that receives a pair of input signals and supplies a pair of output signals based on a difference between the input signals; and a bias control differential amplifier circuit that receives the pair of output signals, controls a control terminal of a current-limiting transistor making up the main differential amplifying circuit based on an offset voltage included in the output signals, and reduces the offset voltage. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295619 | Low Noise Amplifier - An embodiment of an LNA includes a voltage input, a voltage output, an input transistor connected as a source follower with a current source at the drain and source nodes of the input transistor, an input resistor connected between the source follower source node and signal ground, a gain boosting transistor with the gate connected to the input transistor drain node, wherein the source node is connected to ground and the drain node is connected through a load resistor to the input transistor source node. Such an LNA provides substantial improvement in power efficiency by adapting an output stage of the LNA to reuse the supply current of the input transistors to the LNA through a load resistor. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295620 | HIGH-SPEED, MULTI-STAGE CLASS AB AMPLIFIERS - A multi-stage Class AB amplifier system includes a first Class AB amplifier circuit configured to receive an input signal. A bias circuit is configured to receive an output of the first Class AB amplifier circuit. A second Class AB amplifier circuit is in communication with the bias circuit. The second Class AB amplifier circuit is configured to generate an output signal. A current mirror circuit is arranged between the first Class AB amplifier circuit and the bias circuit. A common-mode feedback circuit is configured to generate a feedback signal based on the output signal. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295621 | FREQUENCY GENERATOR AND METHOD OF FREQUENCY GENERATION WITH MULTIPLE SAMPLING PHASE DETECTORS - A device includes: a plurality of sampling phase detectors, each receiving a sampling signal and a VCO output signal and in response thereto outputting a beat signal representing a frequency and phase difference between the VCO output signal and the sampling signal; a frequency/phase detector receiving a reference signal and a combined beat signal produced by combining the beat signals, and in response thereto producing an error signal representing a phase difference between the reference signal and the combined beat signal; a loop integrator receiving the error signal and in response thereto producing the VCO control signal; a power detector detecting a power level of the combined beat signal; and at least one offset voltage generator adjusting a value of a bias voltage in response to the detected power level of the combined beat signal, and applying the adjusted bias voltage to one of the sampling phase detectors. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295622 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF TESTING A VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR IN AN OPEN LOOP CONFIGURATION - Methods and apparatus for self testing a multiband voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) are disclosed. A tuning voltage of the VCO is adjusted where the output of the VCO does not affect the input to the VCO. Frequency bands in the VCO are selected. Output frequencies of the VCO are measured. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295623 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING REAL TIME CLOCK - Systems and methods for calibrating real time clock are provided. A representative receiver includes a GPS device comprising a real time clock (RTC) circuitry that generates RTC clock signals and a temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) that generates TCXO clock signals. A ratio counter circuitry receives both the RTC clock signals and the TCXO clock signals and determines a frequency ratio by comparing the RTC clock signals and the TCXO clock signals. A computing device receives the frequency ratio and estimates a current RTC frequency based on the received frequency ratio. The computing device is configured to calibrate an estimated RTC time being maintained at the RTC circuitry based on an estimated RTC frequency from a prior estimation, the current RTC frequency and an elapsed time of the RTC circuitry. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295624 | BROADBAND FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER FOR SUPPRESSING PARASITIC LOW FREQUENCY TRANSMISSIONS - The broadband frequency synthesizer ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100295625 | Variable inductor - A variable inductor includes: a first inductor having two ends connected to a first terminal and a second terminal; a second inductor having two ends connected to the first terminal and the second terminal; a first node provided on the first inductor; a second node provided on the second inductor; and a switch element that switches between a conductive state and a non-conductive state between the first node and the second node. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295626 | VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR ROBUST AGAINST POWER NOISE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A voltage-controlled oscillator robust against power supply includes: a regulating unit configured to maintain a virtual power supply of a VCO core circuit in a stable condition with regard to a reference voltage; and a power supply removal unit including second transistors configured to correspond to respective first transistors of the regulating unit, the power supply removal unit being configured to remove power noise of the virtual power supply by using negative feedback through a closed-circuit loop formed by each of the first and second transistors. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295627 | VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR - A voltage-controlled oscillator that can achieve low phase noise while ensuring stable oscillation startup and stable oscillation maintenance even under low supply voltage conditions. The voltage-controlled oscillator includes an LC parallel resonant circuit, whose impedance varies with a control input voltage and a negative resistance circuit for introducing negative resistance into the LC parallel resonant circuit, wherein the negative resistance circuit includes at least: a first amplifier circuit, provided in parallel with the LC parallel resonant circuit and having a first pair of transistors cross-coupled via a capacitor, that achieves class-C amplifier operation by biasing the gate of each transistor in the first transistor pair with a first bias voltage; and a similarly configured second amplifier circuit that achieves class-C amplifier operation by biasing the gate of each transistor with a second bias voltage which is different from the first bias voltage. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295628 | Apparatus, method and computer program - An apparatus, method and computer program, the apparatus including: a modulator including a first input for receiving a data signal and a second input for receiving an output signal from a phase locked loop wherein the modulator is for modulating the output signal from the phase locked loop using the data signal and providing the modulated signal to an output for connection to an amplifier; and a phase shifter configured to result in a predetermined phase shift to the modulated signal. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295629 | OUTPUT CIRCUIT WITH INTEGRATED IMPEDANCE MATCHING, POWER COMBINING AND FILTERING FOR POWER AMPLIFIERS AND OTHER CIRCUITS - An output circuit with integrated impedance matching, power combining, and filtering and suitable for use with power amplifiers and other circuits is described. In an exemplary design, an apparatus may include first and second circuits (e.g., power amplifiers) and an output circuit. The first circuit may provide a first single-ended signal and may have a first output impedance. The second circuit may provide a second single-ended signal and may have a second output impedance. The output circuit may include (i) first and second matching circuits that perform output impedance matching and filtering for the first and second circuits, (ii) a combiner (e.g., a summing node) that combines the first and second single-ended signals to obtain a combined single-ended signal, (iii) a third matching circuit that performs impedance matching and filtering for the combined single-ended signal, and (iv) switches to route the single-ended signals to different outputs. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295630 | DIPLEXER SYNTHESIS USING COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED PHASE-ADVANCE/DELAY LINES - A diplexing apparatus and method which utilizes composite right/left-handed (CRLH) phase-advance/delay lines combined with a coupler. By engineering CRLH-based transmission lines with desired phase responses at two arbitrary frequencies of interest, the connected CRLH delay line and/or CRLH coupler are excited in a manner such that signals at designated frequencies are separated to the corresponding output ports of the hybrid coupler. Benefits of the apparatus include elimination of design complexities such as optimization of the interconnection junctions and the harmonic spurious suppression involved in conventional filter-based diplexers. In addition, channel isolation is beneficially achieved from the isolation property of directional couplers. Measured insertion loss on the implementations was found to be less than 1 dB, with isolation greater than 20 dB in the dual bands. A high level of agreement was observed between simulated and measured results. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295631 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID RESONATOR - A resonant device including a stack of a first metal layer, a piezoelectric material layer, and a second metal layer formed on a silicon substrate, a cavity being formed in depth in the substrate, the thickness of the silicon above the cavity having at least a first value in a first region located opposite to the center of the stack, having a second value in a second region located under the periphery of the stack and having at least a third value in a third region surrounding the second region, the second value being greater than the first and the third values. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295632 | Resonators, resonator arrays, apparatus and methods - A resonator includes a substantially disk shaped portion having a plurality of axes of symmetry and is configured to resonate in a plurality of resonant modes by symmetrically deforming about the plurality of axes of symmetry. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295633 | ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP PATTERN STRUCTURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SECURITY PRODUCT USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) pattern structure, including: a nonconductive substrate; and a pattern assembly formed on the substrate and including regularly arranged closed-loop patterns and open-loop patterns both of which are made of a conductive material. The EBG pattern structure is advantageous in that it can be used to manufacture new security products by applying its frequency characteristics to securities or IDs and in that it can be variously used in security technologies for preventing forgery and alteration because various security codes can be created by adjusting the variables of its EBG pattern. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295634 | TUNABLE BANDPASS FILTER - Tunable bandpass filters are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a tunable bandpass filter including a dielectric substrate having a first surface opposite to a second surface, a conductive ground plane disposed on the first surface, a microstrip conductive trace pattern disposed on the second surface, the trace pattern defining a phase velocity compensation transmission line section including a series of spaced alternating T-shaped conductor portions, at least one varactor diode coupled to a first T-shaped conductor portion of the series of T-shaped conductor portions and to the conductive ground plane, and bias control circuitry coupled to the first T-shaped conductor portion, wherein the bias control circuitry is configured to control the at least one varactor diode. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295635 | Terahertz Resonator - A tunable terahertz resonator includes a semiconductor substrate and a metal layer contacting a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A depletion layer is formed in the semiconductor substrate near an interface between the metal layer and the semiconductor substrate. A chiral nanostructure is coupled to the substrate or the metal layer, the chiral nanostructure including a conducting or semiconducting material and having an inductance. A bias circuit applies a bias voltage across the metal layer and the semiconductor substrate to control a capacitance of a tunable capacitor that includes the depletion layer. The chiral nanostructure and the tunable capacitor form a tunable resonant circuit. The tunable terahertz resonator can be used in a terahertz radiation emitter or receiver. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295636 | MATCHED RF OUTPUT TRANSITION FOR A HIGH-POWER MICROWAVE ELECTRON TUBE - The invention relates to a microwave output transition for a high-power electron tube comprising a body ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100295637 | Coaxial Attenuator and Method of Manufacture - A coaxial attenuator is provided. The attenuator includes a central body with first and second sockets at opposite ends thereof, outer conductors threadably engageable with the first and second sockets, inner conductors coaxial with the outer conductors, a resistive element or “chip” positioned within the central body, and a floating shroud or jack adapter captured between the central body and one of the outer conductors. Transverse slots are formed in ends of the inner conductors to create flexible ends which contact and bias sides of the resistive element. The floating shroud includes an internal, annular projection which is captured between a shoulder formed in the outer conductor and a side of the central body, allowing the shroud to be captured on the attenuator while permitting movement of the shroud with respect to the central body and the outer conductor. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295638 | METHOD OF SWITCHING A MAGNETIC MEMS SWITCH - A MEMS magnetic flux switch is fabricated as a ferromagnetic core. The core includes a center cantilever that is fabricated as a free beam that can oscillate at a resonant frequency that is determined by its mechanical and material properties. The center cantilever is moved by impulses applied by an associated motion oscillator, which can be magnetic or electric actuators. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295639 | STRUCTURE OF SPRING AND ACTUATOR USING THE SPRING - A structure of a spring has a supporting member, an actuating member that is rotatably supported to the supporting member by a first supporting axis at a portion near a center, and a plurality of interlocking members that are each provided on both sides of the first supporting axis, that are rotatably supported to the supporting member by a second supporting axis, and that are rotatably coupled to the actuating member. Each point of action of the interlocking members is defined at a portion that is closer to the first supporting axis than to the coupled portion of the second supporting axis and the actuating member. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295640 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE MAGNET - There is obtained a superconductive magnet in which there are reduced the machining costs and the amount of materials for bobbins and supporting members that support coils. In a superconductive magnet provided with a first group of coils serving as main coils for generating a magnetic field and a second group of coils serving as shield coils that are arranged coaxially with the first group of coils and generate a magnetic field whose direction is opposite the direction of a magnetic field generated by the first group of coils so that a magnetic field that leaks outside is cancelled, the second group of coils are arranged at axis-direction positions where axis-direction electromagnetic force generated by the first group of coils and exerted on the second group of coils and axis-direction electromagnetic force generated by the second group of coils balance with each other and cancel out each other. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295641 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING A MAGNETIC FIELD VIA A SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET - A system for creating a magnetic field via a superconducting magnet configured to produce the magnetic field is disclosed. The system includes a first branch including the superconducting magnet formed by a coil inductance (L′) in series with a residual resistance (R′ | 2010-11-25 |
20100295642 | MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATING DEVICE - A magnetic field generating device includes a housing and a cryogenically coolable superconducting magnetic coil that is accommodated in the housing. The housing includes a deep-drilled hole, through which coolant flows. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295643 | FERRITE POWDERS FOR BONDED MAGNET, PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE POWDERS, AND BONDED MAGNET MADE BY USING THE SAME - The present invention provides ferrite powders for bonded magnet capable of suppressing increase of SFD, while widening a particle size distribution for obtaining flowability and compressed density, and also capable of suppressing deterioration of orientation and magnetizability, and provides a process for a production magnetoplumbite-type ferrite powders containing an oxide of at least one or more kinds of transition metals selected from a group consisting of Zr, Ti, Zn, Co, Mn, and Ni, having a mean particle size of 0.20 μm or more and less than 5.00 μm, being the ferrite powders for bonded magnet with the ratio of particles having particle size of 1 μm or less being 20 mass % or more in the magnetoplumbite-type ferrite powder size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction type particle size distribution analyzer. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295644 | R-FE-B BASED SINTERED MAGNET HAVING ON THE SURFACE THEREOF VAPOR DEPOSITED FILM OF ALUMINUM OR ALLOY THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An objective of the present invention is to provide an R—Fe—B based sintered magnet having on the surface thereof a vapor deposited film of aluminum or an alloy thereof, which maintains excellent adhesion strength with the adhered object even after subjecting it to a severe heat cycle test, and a method for producing the same. As a means for solving the problems, an R—Fe—B based sintered magnet having on the surface thereof a vapor deposited film of aluminum or an alloy thereof of the present invention is characterized in that the vapor deposited film of aluminum or an alloy thereof comprises a columnar crystalline structure grown broader from the surface of the bulk magnet body outward to the outer surface, which has a part within a region defined in the thickness direction of the film as taken from the surface of the bulk magnet body to ⅓ of the film thickness, 5 to 30 intercrystalline gaps of 0.01 μm to 1 μm in width as counted per 10 μm length in the lateral direction of the film are existing at the part. The method for producing the same is characterized by, on forming the vapor deposited film of aluminum or an alloy thereof on the surface of the R—Fe—B based sintered magnet, individually controlling the average film formation rate in the initial stage and in the later stage of the film formation as such that it is slower up to a predetermined point, and that it is speeded up later thereon. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295645 | Transformer Arrangement - A transformer arrangement comprising a transformer having a neutral and formed as a symmetrical transformer, in particular a cage transformer and having a reactor coil connected to the neutral of the transformer is provided. The transformer can be of any type having a neutral such as a Y-n/Y-n, Z-n/Z-n, Y-n/Z-n or a Z-n/Y-n transformer. By providing a transformer having symmetrical phases connected to a reactor coil a transformer arrangement having less weight is obtained. The lower weight is obtained because in comparison to using an E core for the transformer all phases will be symmetrical so that if a ground fault occurs in one of then phases there is no need for any compensatory windings regardless of which phase suffers the ground fault. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295646 | Manufacture and use of planar embedded magnetics as discrete components and in integrated connectors - The current invention provides an integrated planar transformer and electronic component that includes at least one wideband planar transformer disposed in a planar substrate, where each wideband planar transformer includes a planar substrate in a fully-cured and rigid state, a ferrite material embedded in the planar substrate, where the ferrite material is enveloped in an elastic and non-conductive material, inter-wound conductors disposed around the embedded ferrite material, where top and bottom conductors are bonded by an insulating adhesive. The top and bottom conductors are connected in an inter-connected pattern by conductive vias disposed on each side of the ferrite material and span through the layers to the conductors. The planar transformer further includes at least one center tap connected to at least one inter-wound conductor. The integrated planar transformer and electronic component further includes at least one electronic component connected to at least one terminal of the wide-band planar transformer. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295647 | Multi-Stage Coil for Transformer, and Coil Winding Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing the Same - At least two or more flat rectangular wires having been fed separately or simultaneously (two or more are superimposed) are integrated by being pinched in a width direction and a thickness direction by at least two or more pairs of rollers and are rolled and formed simultaneously in a forming part to be formed into two or more flat rectangular electric wires. The two formed electric wires are stacked in layers in a wind-up part while being wound into a disk shape to provide a multi-stage coil. Two or more systems up to the forming part of the winding apparatus may be disposed in a planar layout. Each system may supply one flat rectangular electric wire separately, and the supplied electric wires may be stacked in layers in the wind-up part while being superimposed. The coil may be molded entirely. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295648 | STACKED STRUCTURE OF A SPIRAL INDUCTOR - A stacked structure of a spiral inductor includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a first set of vias, and a second set of vias. The first metal layer includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, wherein the layout direction of the third segment is different from the layout direction of the first and second segments. The second metal layer includes a fourth segment, a fifth segment, and a sixth segment connected to the fifth segment, wherein the layout direction of the sixth segment is different from the layout direction of the fourth and fifth segments. The first set of vias connects the first and fourth segments, and they construct a first shunt winding. The second set of vias connects the second and fifth segments, and they construct a second shunt winding. The third and sixth segments construct a crossover region. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295649 | INTEGRATED TRANSFORMER - A transformer comprises a substrate comprising a semiconductor material, a first conductor over the substrate, a second conductor over the substrate, and a magnetic layer over the substrate. The first conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn. The second conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295651 | Power transmission transformer for noncontact power transfer device - The present invention provides a power transmission transformer of which workability in implementing and reliability of connection are considered in a noncontact power transfer device using individual self-oscillation circuits. The power transmission transformer for a noncontact power transfer device including a transmitting coil L | 2010-11-25 |
20100295652 | COIL DEVICE - PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED A problem is to provide a sheet-like or thin plate-like coil device that can guarantee a high power transmission efficiency, that has quite little magnetic spurious radiation, that does not cause overheat even in the case of long charge, and that can be manufactured at low cost. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295653 | CIRCUIT IMPLEMENT UTILIZING ACTIVE MATERIAL ACTUATION - An electronic implement adapted for use in a circuit, and including a shape memory element, such as a shape memory alloy wire, wherein the element, when activated and/or deactivated, is operable to open, close, or otherwise modify at least one characteristic of the circuit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295654 | ACTIVE MATERIAL CIRCUIT PROTECTOR - A circuit protector includes first and second conductive members. An active material alters at least one attribute in response to an activation signal. The active material is operatively connected to the first and second conductive members to alter the electrical resistance between the first and second members. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295655 | Power-generating unit for a tire sensor module - A power-generating unit for a tire sensor module of a vehicle tire has: a piezoelectric element, which is displaceable between a first stable bent position and a second stable bent position and outputs a piezoelectric voltage upon the displacement between the stable bent positions, and a restoring unit for the mechanical displacement of the piezoelectric element from the first stable bent position into the second stable bent position, the restoring unit being activatable by a deformation acting on the power-generating unit, e.g., in a deformed tire area of the vehicle tire above its tire contact patch. The piezoelectric element is clamped in receptacles at its end areas and has two oppositely arched stable bent positions having unstable intermediate states. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295656 | Method and System for Safety Monitoring - Embodiments of the present invention may include systems and methods for monitoring a person's activities. A system may receive an input ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100295657 | INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - An intelligent control system includes a RFID reader, a RFID tag, a control unit, and an electronic-device. When the RFID tag receives a radio signal from the RFID reader, the RFID tag outputs a radio response signal. The RFID reader outputs a first detecting signal in response to receiving the radio response signal and a second detecting signal in response to not receiving the radio response signal. The control unit controls the device power off or power on according to the first detecting signal or the second detecting signal. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295658 | INTELLIGENT LOCK - The present invention provides an intelligent lock including an image recognition system, a voiceprint recognition system and a fingerprint recognition system. These recognition systems can recognize a built-in recognition data of the lock. If the built-in recognition data of the lock is matched, then the lock can be opened immediately, or else an alarm will be triggered. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295659 | IDENTIFYING RFID CATEGORIES - The set T of all categories in a population of RFID tags is estimated within a specified error bound. For each of one or more frames, a reader broadcasts a probability p, a multiplicity d, a frame size M, and a seed value R to the present tags. A deterministic algorithm on each tag, and known to the reader, calculates (i) whether the tag will transmit in this frame, and, if so, (ii) in which slots the tag will transmit a single “1.” When the tags have responded, the reader calculates set T by initially assuming that all possible categories are in set T and then eliminating those categories that would have transmitted in those slots in which no tag transmitted. Alternatively, the reader initially assumes that set T is empty, and adds those categories that would have transmitted in those slots in which one or more tags did transmit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295660 | METHOD FOR TRACKING CYCLICAL PROCEDURES PERFORMED ON PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT - A method for tracking procedures performed on an article of PPE includes the steps of providing an article of PPE configured with a first smart tag to a first individual prior to performance of a first task; processing the article of PPE in a first cycle after the first individual performs the first task; and retrieving first information from the first smart tag during at least one of: before, during and after processing the article of PPE in the first cycle. The method further includes the steps of providing the article of PPE configured with a second smart tag to a second individual prior to performance of a second task; processing the article of PPE in a second cycle after the second individual performs the second task; and retrieving second information from the second smart tag during at least one of: before, during and after processing the article of PPE in the second cycle. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295661 | Random Delay Generation for Thin-Film Transistor Based Circuits - Circuits and circuit elements configured to generate a random delay, a monostable oscillator, circuits configured to broadcasting repetitive messages wireless systems, and methods for forming such circuits, devices, and systems are disclosed. The present invention advantageously provides relatively low cost delay generating circuitry based on TFT technology in wireless electronics applications, particularly in RFID applications. Such novel, technically simplified, low cost TFT-based delay generating circuitry enables novel wireless circuits, devices and systems, and methods for producing such circuits, devices and systems. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295662 | VERIFICATION UNIT FOR CONDUCTING A TIME-RELATED VALIDITY CHECK - The present embodiments relate to checking a validity of a time-limited status of a device. In one embodiment, a checking unit includes an RFID reader and a control unit. The control unit is embodied for performing a validity check that relates to a time period and is based on time information read by the RFID reader from an RFID label and conveyed to the control unit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295663 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING BACKSCATTERING TECHNIQUES IN WIRELESS APPLICATIONS - Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for utilizing backscattering techniques in wireless applications. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of wirelessly controlling a device comprising, in a first electronic device, generating a first command, modulating the first command, and transmitting the modulated first command over a first communication channel using an RF signal. In a second electronic device, the RF signal is received over the first communication channel, and the modulated first command is demodulated and executed. In one embodiment, the second electronic device absorbs and uses at least some power from the RF signal transmitted by the first electronic device. In one embodiments, data generated by the second device may be transmitted back to the first electronic device using backscattering. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295664 | DETERMINING THE VALIDITY OF A CONNECTION BETWEEN A READER AND A TRANSPONDER | 2010-11-25 |
20100295665 | OBJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An object management system that includes at least one object identification device to be secured to an associated object. The object identification devices provide radio frequency signals containing object identification codes. The system includes at least one user identification device providing a radio frequency signal containing a user identification code and a control unit having a reader for receiving and reading the signals provided by the user identification devices and the object identification devices. One aspect provides a remote unit that communicates directly with the control unit to receive information associated with a condition of the object management system at a location remote from the control unit. The remote unit is further configured to be carried by a user and configured to communicate information and/or an alert to the user, wherein the information and/or the alert is associated with the condition of the object management system. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295666 | Computer System Having RFID Reading/Writing Function - A computer system having an RFID reading/writing function is provided. The computer system includes a computer device, and a modulized RFID reader. The modulized RFID reader is an RFID reader module integrated with functions and the circuit of the conventional RFID reader. The RFID reader module can be integrated inside the computer device. Therefore, the computer system of the present invention is multifunctional and has at least an RFID reading/writing function. As such, the modulized RFID reader is adapted for mass production, and is convenient for testing and assembling. Therefore, the modulized RFID reader can be provided to the customers with a much cheaper price. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295667 | MOTION BASED POINTING APPARATUS PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provides is a motion based pointing apparatus including a pointing unit that includes an operating sensor sensing a motion of a user and a haptic output unit providing haptic feedback to the user; and a terminal unit that operates pointers displayed on a screen from the motion of the user sensed by the pointing unit and outputs haptic information corresponding to a change in the screen due to the motion of the pointer and the operation of the pointer to the pointing unit, wherein the pointing unit outputs haptic operation according to the haptic information output from the terminal unit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295668 | Driving support apparatus - A driving support ECU comprises: a roadside object detection section for detecting, in a case where a lane marking WR on at least one of the right side and left side is detected by a white line detection section and another lane marking WL is not detected, a roadside object GL on the other of the right side and left side; a white line estimation part for estimating a position of a lane marking VL | 2010-11-25 |
20100295669 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VEHICLE TIRE TREAD DEPTH - A method is described for determining a vehicle tire tread depth using at least one sensor situated in or on the vehicle tire, the tire tread depth being determined as a function of a tire contact area detected by the sensor. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295670 | INTERIOR INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS USED FOR THE SAME - Information is displayed by irradiating a visible light on a specific position based on at least one of vehicle state information, vehicle surrounding information, and vehicle interior information. For example, the visible light is irradiated on a target switch based on signals indicating an on/off state of a headlamp operation switch and an on/off state of a key switch. A user | 2010-11-25 |
20100295671 | DATA PORT AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE - Among other things, there are disclosed devices and methods for monitoring sensors in a home, office or other location and transmit low-bandwidth signals concerning those sensors along existing telephone wires not connected to telephone service. A hub device is electronically connected to one or more sensors at an end user's location, and is also electronically connected to the unused telephone wires. When a sensor transmits a signal to the hub, such as a smoke detection or other problem, the hub creates a low-bandwidth signal and transmits it along the unused telephone wires. A converter remote from the end user's location receives the signal, converts it into data or other type of message, and sends the message to the end user or other service for action. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295672 | INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - An infrastructure monitoring system and method that comprises multiple communications devices. At least one communications device is coupled to an element of the infrastructure. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295673 | CLOUD COMPUTING FOR MONITORING AN ABOVE-GROUND OIL PRODUCTION FACILITY - A system of solar powered sensors wirelessly coupled for remote monitoring using a wide area network. The sensors can be configured for monitoring a parameter associated with an oil well. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295674 | Integrated health management console - A health management system is described, comprising at least one console, one or more devices in two-way wireless communication with the console wherein the console acts as an intelligent gateway through which the one or more devices may communicate to external data and voice networks, and an alert system wherein an alert is triggered by one or more of a user's action and pre-set alarm criteria and wherein the triggering of an alert causes the console to take an action. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295675 | Location Device - A location device includes a location detection and processing module, preferably a global positioning device for receiving satellite signals. Module outputs position data in the form of a digitally encoded signal to a control processor coupled to an activation device. The processor processes the signal and provides a signal to a voice synthesizer in a form the synthesizer can recognize and converts to a voice data signal stating the position in terms of latitude and longitude. The synthesizer sends that signal to a transmitter which transmits the signal as an over the air voice signal. The control processor may send the digitally encoded voice data to a transmitter or to a transmitter for direct transmission to a central authority. The device may include an activation module for activating the device response to a specific stimulus. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295676 | GEOGRAPHIC REMINDERS - Described is a technology by which a mobile device outputs an alert for a reminder based upon a current location of the mobile device with respect to an entity (person, place or thing) associated with the reminder. The reminders may be maintained and provided by a service. Each reminder includes a reference to target-related information. When the device moves to within a threshold proximity of the target, and other criteria (e.g., time of day) is satisfied, an alert is output by the device. A user may gesture with a device towards an entity to set a reminder associated with that entity, or to get any reminder associated with that entity. A device may also get reminders by scanning or image processing, e.g., by reading a barcode associated with a product to get any reminders associated with that product. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295677 | ALARM DEVICE AND ALARM SYSTEM - An alarm device includes: a detection device which detects an occurrence of an abnormal condition within a monitoring area; a transmission device which transmits an alarm signal when the detection device detects the abnormal condition; and an output device which, after the transmission device has transmitted the alarm signal, outputs an alarm after a lapse of a predetermined time after the transmission. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295678 | MOBILE APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a notice apparatus including: a plurality of notice signal generation units which generate notice signals; a reference signal output unit which outputs a reference signal used to determine an environmental situation; a reference signal detection unit which detects the reference signal output from the reference signal output unit and generates the detected reference signal as a detection signal; and a notice controller which controls one of the notice signal generation units to generate the notice signal based on the detection signal generated by the reference signal detection unit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295679 | CONTAINER DEFENSE SYSTEM - A method for scanning and securing a container including a plurality of at least partially composite panels defining an interior volume is disclosed. The method includes: storing unique identification information in an identification element within container; sealing the container; monitoring the container for intrusion; without breaching the seal of the container, remotely identifying the container based on the unique identity information without breaching the seal of the container; without breaching the seal of the container; scanning the identified container to determine the presence or absence of a nuclear weapon in the interior volume; and if the scan determines no nuclear weapon is present remotely storing certificate information associated with the identity of the container in a remote monitor unit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295680 | Anti-Theft Monitoring Device and a Method for Monitoring an Electrical Applicance, Especially a Solar Module - The invention relates to an anti-theft monitoring device, particularly for one or more solar modules, including an input for supplying a control signal that changes over time, two terminals, between which the object that is to be monitored is connected. The monitoring device further includes a switch that can be triggered by the control signal, for supplying a monitoring signal to the terminal. A comparison circuit is coupled with the input and with the other one of the terminals, for detecting a change in the temporal course between the control signal and the monitoring signal. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295681 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME LOCATION OF ASSETS - A method and apparatus involve a plurality of first devices, and a second device movable relative thereto. According to one aspect, the first and second devices respectively transmit first information and second information containing unique identification codes, the first information also containing position information. The devices collectively include circuitry that estimates distances therebetween, one of the first and second information including the estimate. According to a different aspect, one of the second device and each first device transmits its identification code, and the devices collectively include circuitry that determines two successive sets of estimates representing respective distances between the second device and each first device. One of the second device and each first device transmits information that includes both estimates for that first device, and identification codes for the second device and that first device. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295682 | Radio tag and system - Passive tags use two antennas with only limited mutual coupling, one of which receives a power/clock field and the other of which receives a data signal. An area-reading antenna, or two or more antennas, are deployed to generate the power/clock field, from a base station. The base station, or active tags, or both, generate the data signals from time to time. This topology together with the use of low frequencies permits area reads, and permits small and economical passive tags, and further permits localization of a particular passive tag as being nearby to a particular active tag. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295683 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device typified by a wireless tag, which has improved mechanical strength, can be formed by a more simple process at a low cost and prevent radio waves from being shielded, and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device. According to the invention, a wireless tag includes a thin film integrated circuit formed of an isolated TFT having a thin film semiconductor film. The wireless tag may be attached directly to an object, or attached to a flexible support such as plastic and paper before being attached to an object. The wireless tag of the invention may include an antenna as well as the thin film integrated circuit. The antenna allows to communicate signals between a reader/writer and the thin film integrated circuit, and to supply a power source voltage from the reader/writer to the thin film integrated circuit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295684 | Personal health management device - A personal health management device is described. The device is part of a system comprising at least one console, one or more devices in wireless communication with the console wherein the console acts as an intelligent gateway through which the one or more devices may communicate to external data and voice networks, and an alert system wherein an alert is triggered by one or more of a user's action and pre-set alarm criteria and wherein the triggering of an alert causes the console to take an action. The device may be a wearable device or it may be implemented in software and reside on third-party hardware. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295685 | System and Method for Automatic Quality Control of Clinical Diagnostic Processes - A system and method to automatically implement quality control of a clinical diagnostic process are disclosed. Upon generation of an internal error flag, a confirmation rule automatically checks a questionable patient statistic alert by testing a quality control specimen, applying event-related quality control rules to the results of that test, and provides an alert to the operator only upon a confirmed patient signal. The automatic quality control process thus eliminates the uncertainty of operator reaction to an alert signal and implements the quality control run automatically, without operator intervention. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295686 | USABILITY FEATURES FOR INTEGRATED INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM - Various systems and methods for improving the usability of continuous glucose monitors and drug delivery pumps are described. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295687 | SYSTEM FOR TRACKING OBJECTS - A system is provided of tracking objects loaded into a receptacle, where the receptacle defines a chamber having an open side for receiving the objects and has a perimeter about the open side. The system comprises a radio frequency identification antenna spaced from the receptacle and attached to the perimeter about the open side, and a radio frequency identification reader attached to the receptacle for receiving a signal from the antenna. The system further comprises a control unit attached to the receptacle communicating with the reader for processing the signal from the antenna. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295688 | Illumination device and control method thereof - An illumination device and a control method of the illumination device are provided. The illumination device includes a thermal sensor and a light emitting diode (LED) module. The control method include steps of: enabling the thermal sensor to detect the environment temperature outside the illumination device, and comparing the environment temperature with a threshold value, wherein if the environment temperature is higher than the threshold value, the driven current of the LED module is reduced and the thermal sensor is shut down within a continued period of time. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295689 | Systems and Methods for Automated, Rapid Detection of High-Atomic-Number Materials - The present invention is directed to an inspection system that has a radiation source, a detector array, an inspection region, and a processing unit, where the processing unit a) obtains a radiographic image, b) segments the radiographic image based on radiation attenuation or transmission, c) identifies at least one segmented area on the radiographic image, d) filters the at least one segmented area using at least one geometric filter, e) generates feature vectors using the filtered segmented area; and f) compares the feature vectors against predefined values to determine whether a high-atomic-number object is present. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295690 | DISHWASHER HAVING A TURBIDITY SENSOR - The invention relates to a dishwasher comprising a control and display unit having input elements ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100295691 | Intelligent wire connectors - An intelligent wire connector carrying a microprocessor for transmitting information and/or sensing conditions proximate the wire connector wherein information from the microprocessor may be transmitted to a remote location in either a wireless mode or indirectly through an electrical wire, which is secured in the wire connector. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295692 | COMPENSATION OF SIMPLE FIBER OPTIC FARADAY EFFECT SENSORS - A monitoring system for detecting earth faults in an electrical power supply grid providing a power signal includes a plurality of monitoring devices, each of the monitoring devices including a detector for detecting the level of harmonics in the power signal, wherein the level of harmonics is detected in a specific frequency range. Each of the monitoring devices further includes a memory for storing a harmonics reference value, a processor for comparing the detected level of harmonics with the reference level, and a communication device for transmitting an alarm if the detected level of harmonics is above the reference level for a specific period of time. Each of the detectors includes an optical sensor for detecting the harmonics by use of the Faraday effect. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295693 | GROUND TERMINAL BLOCK FAULT INDICATOR - An electrical ground terminal block assembly and arrangement to make ground fault situation accessible comprise a ground terminal housing to hold the wire linking elements and a characterized ground fault indicating device. The ground terminal block based on the invention is comprised with signalling means to indicate ground fault. Fault current is detected by the ground fault indicating device through upper linking element detection device of said ground terminal block. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295694 | Smart Aerospace Structures - Smart aerospace structures are described herein utilizing a deactivated RFID tag including an IC and an electrical by-pass. The electrical by-pass is conductive and the electrical by-pass is in parallel with the IC such that the deactivated RFID becomes activated upon an abnormal condition, such as an improper clamp installation, a clamp failure, an impact, a thermal event or a crack. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295695 | AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE WITH OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM - An automotive vehicle has arranged therein a vehicle seat and is equipped with an occupant detection system for detecting whether an occupant is present on the vehicle seat, the system including a first antenna electrode arranged in the seat and a sensing circuit associated with the seat where the sensing circuit includes an oscillation circuit connected to the first antenna electrode for applying to the first antenna electrode a first oscillating signal and a current detection circuit also connected to the first antenna electrode for determining a first current flowing in the first antenna electrode in response to the first oscillating signal being applied, the first current indicating whether an occupant is present on the vehicle seat, where the vehicle is further equipped with an appliance including an appliance control device arranged in the vehicle compartment at a location where it can be operated by an occupant of the seat and the occupant detection system is configured for detecting whether the occupant attempts to interact with the appliance control device, in particular, the occupant detection system includes a second antenna electrode arranged together with the appliance control device, and an oscillator is operatively connected to the second antenna electrode for applying a second oscillating signal to the second antenna electrode and the current detection circuit is configured for determining a second current flowing in the first antenna electrode in response to the second oscillating signal being applied to the second antenna electrode where the second current thus indicates whether an occupant of the vehicle seat has a part of their body proximate to the appliance control device. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295696 | Digital Display Apparatus for Fastener Pulling Tool - A digital display apparatus for a fastener pulling tool to set a fastener (e.g., rivet, blind rivet or blind threaded insert), driven by pneumatic, hydraulic or pneudraulic power, includes a power supply, a CPU, a pressure sensor, position sensors, a display, and an input means; wherein the pressure sensor is operable to sense pressure of hydraulic or pneumatic fluid entering the fastener pulling tool; the CPU includes a pressure and pulling force calculation module an unit conversion module, an over pressure determination module, a cycle times counting module, and an abnormal stroke detecting module; and the display includes a pressure display zone for showing hydraulic or pneumatic pressure and a pulling force display zone for showing pulling force, a non-resettable over pressure display zone showing the highest inlet pressure, and a cycle time display zone for showing non-resettable accumulated working cycles of the tool. | 2010-11-25 |