Coffey
Aaron M. Coffey, Nashville, TN US
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20160045907 | WATER SOLUBLE CATALYSTS FOR NMR/MRI ENHANCEMENT - Iridium catalysts for nuclear spin polarization enhancement in solution via signal amplification by reversible exchange are provided. The iridium catalysts can be water-soluble iridium catalysts. Also provided are methods for preparing iridium catalysts, and methods of activating and using iridium catalysts for nuclear spin polarization enhancement in solution via signal amplification by reversible exchange. | 02-18-2016 |
Aedan Diarmid Cailean Coffey, Kilkenny IE
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20100054382 | Recovering Data From An Oversampled Bit Stream With A Plesiochronous Receiver - Data is recovered in a plesiochronous receiver from an oversampled bit stream. In one example, a bit stream is received and oversampled in blocks to produce successive sets of samples, each set of samples representing a same number of bits. Transitions are found in the samples. Positions of the found transitions are determined and a single mask of a plurality of masks is selected. The selected mask is applied to the set of samples to determine values for the block of bits. | 03-04-2010 |
Aidan Coffey, County Cork IE
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20100004321 | Recombinant Staphylococcal Phage Lysin as an Antibacterial Agent - The present invention provides a plasmid pSOFLysK contained in the bacterial strain | 01-07-2010 |
Austin Coffey, Waterford IE
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20150211510 | WATER REMOVAL STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention provides water removal and storage system adapted for use in a building structure, said system comprising a water storage vessel for the removal and storage of water from one or more supply lines and resupply of water stored on demand. The system of the invention provides either a solution to the problems of flooding due to pipe rupture, interrupted water supply due to freezing, pipe rupture due to freezing, and water damage due to uncontrolled thaw. In one aspect the invention provides a controller adapted to receive control signals remotely, said signals control the valve to regulate the water supply pressure and/or flow rate to a desired set point. | 07-30-2015 |
Christopher Coffey, Salisbury, Wiltshire GB
Clayton G. Coffey, Medicine Hat CA
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20120101555 | LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE - A light therapy device is taught including a light emitting assembly having light emitting diodes (LEDs) as a light source. The light emitting assembly capable of generating 2,500 lux to 7,500 lux at 12 inches. | 04-26-2012 |
20120245660 | LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE - A light therapy device is taught including a light emitting assembly having light emitting diodes (LEDs) as a light source. The light emitting assembly capable of generating 2,500 lux to 7,500 lux at 12 inches. | 09-27-2012 |
20140222119 | LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE - A light therapy device is taught including a light emitting assembly having light emitting diodes (LEDs) as a light source. The light emitting assembly capable of generating 2,500 lux to 7,500 lux at 12 inches. | 08-07-2014 |
J. Calvin Coffey, Limerick IE
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20130345077 | DIAGNOSIS OF LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT IN RECTAL CANCER - A method of determining the risk that a subject that has been diagnosed with rectal cancer has stage III rectal cancer is described. The method includes determining the expression levels of a plurality of differentially expressed genes in a rectal cancer sample from the subject, comparing the expression levels of the plurality of genes with the corresponding controls, and characterizing the subject as having an increased risk of having stage III rectal cancer if the expression levels of the genes are increased or decreased compared to the corresponding control values. The inventor has determined which genes are expressed at higher or lower levels by a subject who has stage III rectal cancer. Microarrays and kits for staging subjects are also provided. | 12-26-2013 |
Joseph Christopher Coffey, Burnsville, MN US
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20160025942 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MODULE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for optically connecting circuit elements and optical fiber systems. In one embodiment, an optical waveguide module includes an optical light guide having opposite first and second planar surfaces extending between a first side edge and a second side edge. The optical light guide can be configured with a substrate supporting one or more optical pathways extending between the first and second side edges. The waveguide module can further include one or more first and second edge connectors, each of which has an adapter port and a first alignment slot opposite the adapter port. The alignment slots extend over the first and second planar surfaces at the first and second side edges to align the adapter ports with the one or more optical pathways in a first direction. | 01-28-2016 |
Kevin Coffey, Veldhoven NL
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20160040996 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CONTEXTUAL MENU IN A MAP DISPLAY - An approach is provided for presenting a contextual menu in a map display. A contextual menu platform determines an input for a delineation of at least one route, at least one geographical area, or a combination thereof in at least one map user interface of at least one device. The contextual menu platform determines contextual information associated with the at least one route, the at least one geographical area, the at least one map user interface, the at least one device, at least one user associated with the at least one device, or a combination thereof. The contextual menu platform also determines one or more contextual menu options based, at least in part, on the contextual information. The contextual menu platform further causes, at least in part, a presentation of at least one contextual menu to present the one or more contextual menu options in the at least one map user interface. | 02-11-2016 |
Lorcan Coffey, Tuebingen DE
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20090318861 | METHOD OF THERMAL TREATMENT OF A THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MATERIAL OF MEDICAL DEVICES - The present invention relates to a method of thermal treatment of thermally responsive material wherein areas in or on the material to be thermally treated are defined and thermal energy is inputted on or into the defined areas in order to change/influence the material characteristics. The present invention further relates to medical devices or parts thereof manufactured at least in part from thermally responsive material by a process comprising at least one step of thermal treatment of this thermally responsive material. | 12-24-2009 |
20110172696 | CATHETER HAVING A SOFT DISTAL TIP - The present invention relates to a catheter having a soft distal tip that can be manufactured at lower cost than catheters in the prior art. In one embodiment, the catheter is produced by coupling a soft sleeve to the distal end of a catheter tube. The sleeve may affixed to the catheter tube under temperature and pressure conditions that cause the proximal end of the sleeve to taper against the outer surface of the catheter tube, avoiding or minimizing discontinuities in the insertion profile of the catheter, and that also cause the inner wall of the sleeve to taper against the distal end of the catheter tube, avoiding or minimizing discontinuities in the lumen of the catheter. | 07-14-2011 |
20110284498 | METHOD OF REDUCING RIGIDITY OF ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON SECTIONS - A dilatation balloon is fabricated according to a process that forms cavities and indentations in the balloon and/or catheter sections. A length of tubing is axially elongated and radially expanded in a form to provide the requisite biaxial orientation and strength. Then, an excimer laser or another type of laser or mechanical material removal tool is used to remove the polymeric material, virtually without thermal effects. Cavities in the sleeve sections of the balloon are defined and if desired, indentations in the cone sections are defined. Material removal, particularly near the balloon sleeves enables a thinner, more flexible bonding area between the catheter shaft and the balloon. Further, the indentations along the cone sections enables tighter wrapping of the balloon for a reduced delivery profile. Rigidity near the sleeves is reduced for better maneuverability of the catheter in tortuous passageways. | 11-24-2011 |
20120203172 | CATHETER HAVING A SOFT DISTAL TIP - The present invention relates to a catheter for POBA or stent delivery applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to a balloon catheter having a soft distal tip member and methods for manufacturing the same. | 08-09-2012 |
20130001192 | METHOD OF REDUCING RIGIDITY OF ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON SECTIONS - A dilatation balloon is fabricated according to a process that forms cavities and indentations in the balloon and/or catheter sections. A length of tubing is axially elongated and radially expanded in a form to provide the requisite biaxial orientation and strength. Then, an excimer laser or another type of laser or mechanical material removal tool is used to remove the polymeric material, virtually without thermal effects. Cavities in the sleeve sections of the balloon are defined and if desired, indentations in the cone sections are defined. Material removal, particularly near the balloon sleeves enables a thinner, more flexible bonding area between the catheter shaft and the balloon. Further, the indentations along the cone sections enables tighter wrapping of the balloon for a reduced delivery profile. Rigidity near the sleeves is reduced for better maneuverability of the catheter in tortuous passageways. | 01-03-2013 |
20150174365 | METHOD OF THERMAL TREATMENT OF A THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MATERIAL OF MEDICAL DEVICES - The present invention relates to a method of thermal treatment of thermally responsive material wherein areas in or on the material to be thermally treated are defined and thermal energy is inputted on or into the defined areas in order to change/influence the material characteristics. The present invention further relates to medical devices or parts thereof manufactured at least in part from thermally responsive material by a process comprising at least one step of thermal treatment of this thermally responsive material. | 06-25-2015 |
Lorcan Coffey, Tubingen DE
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20090292241 | BALLOON CATHETER - A catheter arrangement is described that is arranged to permit a guide wire or other structure to be fed laterally from the region of an expandable working element. The catheter includes an elongate flexible tubular member and an inflatable structure carried by a distal portion of the flexible tubular member. The flexible tubular member has a guide wire lumen and at least one fluid supply lumen that is in fluid communication with the inflatable structure. The inflatable structure includes at least one, and preferably two, inflatable members (which may take the form of balloons). In the case of two inflatable members, the first and second inflatable members are radially spaced about the guide wire lumen such that at least one gap is formed between the inflatable members. With this arrangement, the distal end of a guide wire may be advanced through the guide lumen and out of a side opening such that the guide wire passes laterally between the first and second inflatable members. With such an arrangement, a guide wire passing out of the side opening in the region between the inflatable members can readily be directed into a second branch of a vessel bifurcation while the device is positioned in a first branch. | 11-26-2009 |
Lorcan J. Coffey, Tubingen DE
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20100145265 | AGENT DELIVERY CATHETER HAVING A RADIALLY EXPANDABLE CENTERING SUPPORT MEMBERS - A catheter for delivering an agent to an injection site in a wall of a patient's body lumen, with an elongated shaft having a needle-through lumen slidably containing a needle therein, and an expandable member on the distal shaft section which has a collapsed configuration and a radially expanded configuration. In the radially expanded configuration, the expandable member supports the shaft in a position spaced away from the body lumen wall, and the needle slidably exits the needle-through lumen in the extended configuration through the port spaced away from the body lumen wall as a portion of the expandable member maintains the position of the port section of the shaft in the body lumen. The expandable member typically has an open-walled, helical, or lobed configuration providing a perfusion path along the expandable member. | 06-10-2010 |
20110046709 | METHODS FOR IMPLANTING A STENT USING A GUIDE CATHETER - Various methods for implanting a stent into an ostium or a proximal portion of a body vessel utilizing a guide catheter, rather than a convention balloon angioplasty balloon catheter, as the primary delivery device are disclosed. The guide catheter can be used as the primary stent delivery catheter for the ostium region of the body vessel and can be anchored to the vessel to allow secondary treatment devices to be advanced to distal locations in the body vessel. | 02-24-2011 |
20120143139 | AGENT DELIVERY CATHETER HAVING A RADIALLY EXPANDABLE CENTERING SUPPORT MEMBER - A catheter for delivering an agent to an injection site in a wall of a patient's body lumen, with an elongated shaft having a needle-through lumen slidably containing a needle therein, and an expandable member on the distal shaft section which has a collapsed configuration and a radially expanded configuration. In the radially expanded configuration, the expandable member supports the shaft in a position spaced away from the body lumen wall, and the needle slidably exits the needle-through lumen in the extended configuration through the port spaced away from the body lumen wall as a portion of the expandable member maintains the position of the port section of the shaft in the body lumen. The expandable member typically has an open-walled, helical, or lobed configuration providing a perfusion path along the expandable member. | 06-07-2012 |
20140121603 | AGENT DELIVERY CATHETER HAVING RADIALLY EXPANDABLE CENTERING SUPPORT MEMBER - A catheter for delivering an agent to an injection site in a wall of a patient's body lumen, with an elongated shaft having a needle-through lumen slidably containing a needle therein, and an expandable member on the distal shaft section which has a collapsed configuration and a radially expanded configuration. In the radially expanded configuration, the expandable member supports the shaft in a position spaced away from the body lumen wall, and the needle slidably exits the needle-through lumen in the extended configuration through the port spaced away from the body lumen wall as a portion of the expandable member maintains the position of the port section of the shaft in the body lumen. The expandable member typically has an open-walled, helical, or lobed configuration providing a perfusion path along the expandable member. | 05-01-2014 |
Lorcan James Coffey, Tuebingen DE
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20110224777 | STENT WITH INDEPENDENT STENT RINGS AND TRANSITIONAL ATTACHMENTS - A vascular endoprosthesis ( | 09-15-2011 |
20120209368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING A STENT TO A BIFURCATED VESSEL - A stent delivery catheter system for accurately positioning a stent in a bifurcated vessel is disclosed. The system includes a catheter having a terminal portion and distal tip that is placed in a main branch of the vessel proximate the bifurcation. A fixed guidewire is attached to distal tip. A port is defined in the terminal portion of the catheter. The port is aligned with an ostium of a side branch of the bifurcated vessel to allow the passage of a stent delivery device, such as a balloon catheter having a stent crimped thereon, into the side branch. Radiopaque bands are positioned on opposite ends of the port. A positioning balloon is included on a surface of the catheter opposite the port and is selectively inflatable to position the radiopaque bands adjacent the side branch ostium. The radiopaque bands are referenced to place the stent proximate the side branch ostium. | 08-16-2012 |
Lorcan James Coffey, Tubingen DE
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20110160847 | APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY AND DEPLOYMENT OF AN EXPANDABLE STENT WITHIN A BLOOD VESSEL - An improved apparatus for delivering and deployment of an expandable stent with a protection sheath within a blood vessel is provided. The system comprises a fluid pressure device which is coupled with a retraction device for the protection sheath such that after retraction of the protection sheath the stent is automatically deployed by the fluid pressure device. The advantage of the invention is an easy and simple operation of the apparatus. | 06-30-2011 |
Matthew Coffey, Calgary, AB CA
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20090035278 | REOVIRUSES HAVING MODIFIED SEQUENCES - The invention provides for modified reovirus nucleic acid sequences and modified reovirus polypeptide sequences as well as reoviruses containing such modified nucleic acid or polypeptide sequences. The invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions that include reoviruses having a modified sequence as well as methods of making and using such reoviruses. | 02-05-2009 |
Nathan Coffey, Grand Prairie CA
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20100236781 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORATING MULTIPLE WELLBORE INTERVALS - A bottom hole assembly for one trip perforating and treating a wellbore, the bottom hole assembly including: a tool body including an outer surface and an upper end; a fluid passage extending into the tool body from the upper end; a valve to provide (i) in one orientation fluid access from the fluid passage to an outlet port opening to the outer surface and (ii) in another orientation fluid access from the fluid passage to a perforating gun actuation fluid supply channel while sealing fluid access from the fluid passage to the outer surface; an annular sealing member encircling the outer surface below the outlet port; and a perforating gun carried below the resettable, annular sealing member and hydraulically actuable to detonate by fluid communication through the perforating gun actuation fluid supply channel. | 09-23-2010 |
Nathan Brian Coffey, Alberta CA
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20120024528 | Firing assembly for a perforating gun - The present disclosure discloses a firing assembly for detonating charges of a perforating gun. The firing assembly includes: one or more casings connected together to form a firing head containment body, the firing head containment body comprising a detonation chamber and actuation chamber; a detonator configured in the detonation chamber; a moveable actuator configured in the actuation chamber and operatively connected to the detonator, wherein the actuator is retained in a first position in the actuation chamber by a retention detent; a coupler operatively connected to the actuator opposite the detonator, wherein the coupler comprises a channel for communicating pressure through the coupler to the actuator that overcomes the retention detent and allows the actuator to move in the actuation chamber to a second position, wherein the detonator activates in dependence upon the actuator moving to the second position. | 02-02-2012 |
Nathan Brian Coffey, County Of Grande Prairie No.1 CA
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20140000894 | Wellbore subassemblies and methods for creating a flowpath | 01-02-2014 |
Nathan Brian Coffey, Okotoks CA
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20140116775 | WELL PERFORATING APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a wellbore perforating apparatus. The apparatus includes a tubular body and a perforating charge. The tubular body has a wall defining an interior space and an exterior space and the wall has a cavity. In some embodiments, the cavity may be shaped to define a charge socket that receives a perforating charge. The perforating charge is configured in the cavity at a location inside the wall. The perforating charge is configured to discharge toward and into the interior space and penetrate into the exterior space by perforating the wall across the interior space from the location of the perforating charge. | 05-01-2014 |
Nathan Brian Coffey, Grand Prairie CA
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20110017453 | Wellbore subassembly with a perforating gun - The present invention discloses a wellbore subassembly with a perforating gun. The wellbore subassembly includes a tubular body and a perforating charge. The tubular body has a wall defining an interior space and an exterior space and the wall has a cavity. In some embodiments, the cavity may be shaped to define a charge socket that receives only a single perforating charge. The perforating charge is configured in the cavity at a location inside the wall. The perforating charge is configured to discharge toward and into the interior space and penetrate into the exterior space by perforating the wall across the interior space from the location of the perforating charge. | 01-27-2011 |
20150041135 | FIRING MECHANISM FOR A PERFORATING GUN OR OTHER DOWNHOLE TOOL - A firing assembly for a wellbore perforating gun or other downhole tool includes; one or more casings connected together to form a firing head containment body, the firing head containment body is in fluid communication with a firing assembly that includes a click pressure firing module that allows the wellbore to be pressurized to high pressures required for pressure testing the well casing one or more times without firing the gun or actuating a certain downhole tool, and after a predetermined number of pressure increase events, allows the subsequent high pressure activation to reach the firing pin or actuation device and fire the gun or activate the tool without further activity from the surface other than applying the pressure. | 02-12-2015 |
Peter Coffey, London GB
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20110236464 | MEMBRANE - The invention relates to a membrane for supporting cells, especially RPE cells. The membrane is useful in the treatment of conditions such as age related macular degeneration. | 09-29-2011 |
20130218167 | DEVICE FOR DEPLOYING A FLEXIBLE IMPLANT - The invention relates to devices and methods for deploying an implant. Preferably the device ( | 08-22-2013 |
20140127282 | Membrane - The invention relates to a membrane for supporting cells, especially retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells. The membrane is useful in the treatment of conditions such as age related macular degeneration. The membrane may also be used to support retinal pigmented epithelial cell precursors and retinal cell derivative cells formed from the differentiation of RPE on the membrane. | 05-08-2014 |
Peter Coffey, Bedfordshire GB
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20150175964 | Methods and Compositions for the Rapid Production of Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cells from Pluripotent Cells - The invention relates to the field of cell culture, specifically, the derivation of retinal pigmented epithelial cells from pluripotent cells. The invention comprises the use of various cell culture medium supplements, medium formulations, and methods of using such medium supplements and formulations, in order to effect the rapid differentiation of pluripotent cells into retinal pigmented epithelial cells with very high yields. The invention further includes cell culture media formulations for the efficient maintenance, propagation, and maturation of cultured retinal pigmented epithelial cells. | 06-25-2015 |
Roger O. Coffey, Glastonbury, CT US
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20150322820 | SHROUDED CONDUIT FOR ARRANGING A FLUID FLOWPATH - A shrouded conduit is provided for arranging, for example, in a gas path of a turbine engine. The shrouded conduit includes a tubular shroud extending longitudinally along a centerline. The shrouded conduit also includes a fluid conduit extending longitudinally in the shroud. A first portion of the fluid conduit is connected laterally to and may be formed integral with a first portion of the shroud. | 11-12-2015 |
20150323107 | FLUID COUPLINGS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A method is provided involving an additive manufacturing system. This method includes a step of forming a first fluid conduit using the additive manufacturing system. The method also includes a step of providing a fluid coupling. The fluid coupling includes the first fluid conduit and a second fluid conduit. The first fluid conduit is connected to and fluidly coupled with the second fluid conduit. The first fluid conduit has a first configuration. The second fluid conduit has a second configuration that is different than the first configuration. | 11-12-2015 |
20160003157 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED TUBE ASSEMBLY - A tube assembly is additive manufactured as one unitary piece and has a first tube that co-extends with and is surrounded by a second tube. An annular void may be defined by and located between the first and second tubes for insulating a fluid flowing through the first tube. The void may be sealed and under a negative atmospheric pressure for enhancing insulating properties. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003158 | FUEL DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A fluid dispensing apparatus that may be additive manufactured as one unitary piece and may be a fuel injector for a gas turbine engine includes a radial displacement bellows having an outer surface that faces and may be exposed to a surrounding environment and an interior surface that faces and may define at least in-part a flowpath extending along a centerline. The radial displacement bellows is constructed and arranged to move between an expanded state when a pressure differential between the environment and the flowpath is low to a restricted state when the pressure differential is high. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003380 | INSULATED FLOWPATH ASSEMBLY - A flowpath assembly has a first conduit defining a flowpath radially inward, and a second conduit spaced radially outward from the first conduit. A void defined between the first and second conduits contains an insulating material that may have a greater porosity than the first and second conduits. The assembly may be additive manufactured generally as one unitary piece with the raw material of the conduits being melted and solidified on a slice-by-slice basis and the insulating material being selectively bypassed by an energy gun of an additive manufacturing system. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003556 | TUBE ASSEMBLY - A tube assembly that may be for a fuel nozzle of a fuel system of a gas turbine engine may have a first tube defining a first flowpath along a centerline, a second tube generally spaced radially outward from the first tube with a first void located between and defined by the first and second tubes, and a support structure located in the first void and extending between the first and second tubes. The support structure is constructed and arranged to minimize or eliminate thermal conduction between the tubes. The entire assembly may be additive manufactured as one unitary piece. One example of a method of operation may include designed-for breakage of the structural support due to then al stresses thereby further minimizing thermal conduction between tubes. | 01-07-2016 |
Tony Coffey, Highworth GB
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20100045329 | Probeless DC testing of CMOS I/O circuits - A method and implementation is described by which I/O input and output circuitry of a CMOS chip are measured without the need to probe the chip. Output driver transistors are used to provide marginal voltages to test input circuits, and the output driver transistors are segmented into portions where a first portion is used to provide a representative “on” current, which is coupled to a test bus that is further connected to a current comparator circuit contained within the chip. Both leakage and “on” current of the driver transistors is measured using segmented driver transistors. The output of the current comparator circuit is connected to a test scan register or to a test output from which test results are obtained digitally. The testing techniques are also applicable for other semiconductor devices. | 02-25-2010 |