Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080258741 | Parallel AC measurement method - A method for making electrical measurements of a first and a second DUT, the DUTs being in sufficient proximity to exhibit crosstalk therebetween, the method comprising: applying a first signal to the first DUT; applying a second signal to the second DUT, the first signal and the second signal being contemporaneous and orthogonal to each other; measuring a first DUT response; and measuring a second DUT response. The first and second DUT responses exhibit independence from the second and first signals, respectively. | 10-23-2008 |
20080303535 | MULTI-PIN CV MEASUREMENT - A method for measuring electrical parameters of a DUT having at least three terminals includes applying a first AC voltage to a first terminal; separately driving a second and a third terminal each to a virtual second AC voltage, each virtual voltage requiring a respective current; and measuring an electrical parameter of the DUT based on the first AC voltage and the second and third terminals each being at the virtual second AC voltage. | 12-11-2008 |
20090201822 | SWITCH MATRIX - A switch matrix for selectively connecting at least one of N signal inputs to at least one of M signal outputs, N and M being integers greater than two, includes a cluster of N input switches arranged about each of the M signal outputs resulting in at least M clusters of N input switches, each input switch having a switch input and a switch output, the switch outputs being connected to respective signal outputs, the clusters and the input switches in the clusters being arranged to permit adjacent switch inputs of adjacent clusters to be connected to form input switch nodes; and a steering switch for each of the signal inputs. The steering switch selectably connects a signal input to an input switch node, wherein the combination of the steering switches and the input switches are operable to connect a desired signal input to a desired signal output. | 08-13-2009 |
20090273338 | ACTIVE AUTORANGING CURRENT SENSING CIRCUIT - A range-changing circuit for a measurement device having a desirable range includes an array of graduated impedances. And amplifier supplies an electrical voltage to at least one of the impedances of the array. A voltage sensing and limiting switch is provided in a feedback path of the amplifier. The switch limits said electrical voltage supplied to said at least one of the impedances in response to a sensed voltage that is sensed by the switch. An electrical voltage in the desirable range is developed across a different one of the impedances of the array based on an operation of the switch. | 11-05-2009 |
20130113511 | DC-AC PROBE CARD TOPOLOGY - A DC-AC probe card for testing a DUT includes: a plurality of probe needles, each probe needle having a distal end for contacting said DUT; and a plurality of connection pathways operable to connect test instrumentation to the probe needles, wherein each connection pathway provides both a desired characteristic impedance for AC measurements and a guarded pathway for DC measurements between respective test instrument connections and probe needles. | 05-09-2013 |
20140111188 | ACTIVE SHUNT AMMETER APPARATUS AND METHOD - An active shunt ammeter for measuring current flowing through a device under test (DUT) and method are disclosed. The active shunt ammeter includes an input configured to receive an input signal having a frequency within a frequency band and representing the current flowing through the DUT. An output is configured to generate an output voltage representing the current flowing through the DUT. The active shunt ammeter also includes a gain circuit having an amplifier with a gain characteristic that varies respect to frequency within the frequency band and a feedback element having an impedance coupled from an output of the gain circuit to a negative input of the gain circuit, the feedback element impedance being configured to change with frequency to correlate with the amplifier gain characteristic such that the feedback element impedance divided by the amplifier gain over the frequency band has minimal frequency dependency. | 04-24-2014 |
20140347158 | ISOLATION TRANSFORMER FOR USE IN ISOLATED DC-TO-DC SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - An isolated DC-to-DC switching power supply includes an isolation transformer having a magnetic core, a first winding around the magnetic core, a first winding-shield around the magnetic core, a second winding-shield within the first winding-shield, and a second winding within the second winding-shield. There is no direct coupling between the first winding and the second winding since the second winding is enclosed within the second winding-shield and the second winding-shield is enclosed within the first winding-shield. | 11-27-2014 |
20140354354 | NANOVOLT AMPLIFIER DESIGN - A circuit can include operational amplifier having a first input, a second input, and an output, first and second resistors in series between the output of the op-amp and a ground, and multiple switches configurable to toggle the circuit between a positive phase and a negative phase. | 12-04-2014 |