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| 20110285400 | Methods For Determining The Location Of A Defect In A Wired Transmission Line And Systems According To Such Methods In one embodiment, the method for locating a defect in a wired transmission line, which extends between a first end and a second end, includes measuring a first modified noise signal at the first end by a first measuring unit, and making a first representation of the fi... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110216479 | FALLEN CONDUCTOR WARNING SYSTEM A system for notifying and/or warning of fallen or downed insulated conductor generally includes a distribution system for distributing a utility, such as power, and a sensor system for sensing whether the distribution system is properly operating. The warning system ca... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110151597 | Analysis method for semiconductor device An analysis method for a semiconductor device is described. The semiconductor device having an abnormal region is provided. Thereafter, a focused ion beam microscope analysis process is performed to the abnormal region, wherein the result of the focused ion beam microsc... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110133747 | INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND TEST TO DETERMINE THE INTEGRITY OF A SILICON DIE A detection circuit and one or more wires or circuit traces are included in a die. The combination is used to detect mechanical failure of the substrate, e.g. silicon after singulation of the dice from the wafer. Failures may be detected at different regions or planes w... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20100164503 | DIRECTIONAL ZONE SELECT INTERLOCK METHOD An improved method to detect and locate electrical faults is provided. A method of operating a circuit breaker in an electrical circuit configured with at least one of a first main circuit breaker at a first layer of circuit protection having a first direction of curren... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100134117 | Method and Device for Capturing a Fault in an Electrical Supply Grid A method for detecting a ground fault in an electrical supply system includes using a combination of components and their connections within the supply system to form virtual components, allowing presetting of fault indicators for incoming and outgoing supply lines to i... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100100356 | DEFECT REPAIR APPARATUS AND DEFECT REPAIR METHOD A defect repair apparatus includes a defect detection unit, a database, a defect repair unit, and a control unit. The defect detection unit inspects a multilayer substrate on which a repetitive pattern is formed and extracts positional information on a defect in the rep... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100066383 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DEFECT-DETECTING METHOD THEREOF The present invention discloses an array substrate and a defect detecting method thereof. The array substrate comprises one or more shorting bars for applying signals to a plurality of data lines or a plurality of gate lines of the array substrate while testing. The arr... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100039128 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting a Crack in a Semiconductor Wafer, and a Wafer Chuck A method for detecting a crack in a semiconductor wafer, which includes an electrical device and a connecting pad electrically coupled with the electrical device, is described. The crack is detected by an acoustic detector being acoustically coupled to the semiconductor... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090319207 | ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION ARRANGEMENT An electrical installation arrangement includes an electrical power distribution network and/or at least one first electrical device. In order to reduce complexity of electrical installation arrangement and increase safety of people and facilities, a detector is provide... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090294254 | Device for Detecting Faulty Positioning of a Carrying Cable in a Cableway System An assembly on a cableway or a goods-conveying system for detecting incorrect positioning of a carrying cable on a mount with a channel in which the carrying cable is located. The assembly includes a device for detecting the faulty positioning of the carrying cable. A s... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090287426 | ELASTOMERIC CONDUCTOR AND SHIELD FAULT DETECTION The systems and methods described herein provide for the early detection of wire/cable faults. For example, a system may detect electrical/electronic faults with power lines, data lines, communication lines, coaxial cables, and the like (generally referred to herein as ... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090219031 | Method for Checking the Current Flow Through Individual Wires of a Braided Wire, and Apparatus for Carrying out the Method In order to make it possible to detect a fault location, safely, reliably and with a high response sensitivity, in a braided wire which has a plurality of individual wires, an electric current is passed through the braided wire and the magnetic field which is formed as ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090160455 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING FAULTY POSITION AND SEPARATING FASTENERS AND SPACERS AS WELL AS METHOD A device for detecting the faulty position of and separating fasteners, more particularly blind rivets in a continuously operating conveyor apparatus, by means of which the fasteners are supplied to an automated joining machine, wherein each fastener is followed in the ... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090039894 | Stage-Fused Transformer Loop System and Method of Rapid Diagnosis of Fault Cable or Transformer Failure Within The System A stage-fused underground transformer loop system, which includes a series of transformers connected sequentially by a series of cables, and a series of fused elbow terminators connected to the inlets and outlets of the transformers. The fused elbow terminators are arra... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080315889 | FAULT ISOLATION IN INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS A loopback connector for a system can include a connector arrangement connectable to connector of a system component and/or a cable. The loopback connector can include loopback logic for simulating cable and/or system component functionality. In an example implementatio... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080297162 | Electrical Instrument Platform for Mounting on and Removal from an Energized High Voltage Power Conductor An apparatus for monitoring and measuring the electrical, thermal and mechanical operating parameters of high voltage power conductors. A toroidal shaped housing, which can be mounted onto an energized conductor, contains all of the necessary electrical instruments to m... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080100305 | Automated arc generator and method to repeatably generate electrical arcs for AFCI testing An apparatus for repeatably generating electrical arcs for testing an electrical switching device, such as an arc fault circuit interrupter, includes a stationary electrode and a movable electrode that is moved along a path of travel by an electromechanical device under... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080084216 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING HOT SOCKET DETERIORATION IN AN ELECTRICAL METER CONNECTION A system for detecting, at a remote location, a deterioration in an electrical connection, such as an electrical meter socket connection, includes at least one deterioration sensing device that includes an apparatus for detecting, at a remote location, a deterioration i... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080033602 | Method and Device for Detecting Electric Arc Phenomenon on at Least One Electric Cable The invention concerns a detecting device (1) comprising a database (10) including a plurality of membership classes, whereof one first class concerns a corona phase, and an assembly (5) comprising means for measuring electric current and electric v... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080030200 | IMAGE DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS An image defect inspection apparatus 1 which performs a defect detection for detecting a defect on a surface of a sample 100 by comparing corresponding portions in an image captured of the surface of the sample 100 that are supposed to be identical ... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20070265795 | Air Bridge Structures And Methods Of Making And Using Air Bridge Structures A probe card assembly, according to some embodiments of the invention, can comprise a tester interface configured to make electrical connections with a test controller, a plurality of electrically conductive probes disposed to contact terminals of an electronic device t... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070194919 | Method and device for localizing anomalies located inside an immersed hollow structure A method for externally locating anomalies located inside an immersed hollow structure (PL), wherein said anomalies are previously detected by a device (RTE) moving inside said immersed hollow structure, and are positioned by counting a series of reference marks from an... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070179721 | System and method for detecting noise source in a power line communications system A method for detecting noise location information in a power line distribution system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of receiving link quality data for a first power line communication link between a first and second power line communicat... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070152684 | Apparatus and method for analyzing photo-emission A photo-emission analysis apparatus may include a plate, a socket board on the plate, and configured to receive semiconductor chip package. The apparatus may further include a housing on the plate, the housing having an inlet configured to introduce air into the housing... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070120571 | Method for determining information about the internal workings of a chip based on electro-magnetic emissions therefrom A novel a method for determining the internal operation of an integrated circuit (IC) includes measuring electromagnetic (EM) emissions from the integrated circuit chip and analyzing the EM emissions. In a particular method, the EM emissions from the IC are measured usi... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070063708 | Rectifier open diode detection An open diode detection circuit for use with an auto-transformer rectifier unit includes a plurality of first diodes each connecting one of a plurality of transformer nodes to a detector rail. A comparator compares the detector rail to a rectifier rail, which is also co... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20060145703 | Automatic component testing A method of testing a component, wherein the component is sensed using a test sensor whose position is tested and an apparatus for the carrying out of the method. ... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060125486 | System and method of locating ground fault in electrical power distribution system A method for locating a ground fault in an electrical power distribution system includes providing a plurality of current sensors at a plurality of locations in the electrical power distribution system. The method further includes detecting a ground fault in the electri... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060087322 | Method and apparatus for a remote electric power line conductor faulted circuit current, conductor temperature, conductor potential and conductor strain monitoring and alarm system. An electric power line characteristic apparatus and monitoring method allows automatic conductor faulted circuit data logging of average nominal and maximum magnitudes of conductor current, voltage, temperature, and strain. Additionally an alarm is implemented to enunci... | 04/27/2006 |
| 20050251359 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR HIGH SPEED MEMORY TESTING For testing a device under test (“DUT”) a test specification is converted in a computer system by a pin vector generator process, which includes generating test vectors. The DUT has numerous input pins and such a pin vector is for a signal to drive one such pin. The... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050151659 | Transmission/distribution line fault indicator with remote polling and current sensing and reporting capability The present invention includes a fault indicator for an electrical transmission line comprising: a fault indicator circuit; and a remote communicator operatively coupled to the fault indicator circuit to transmit condition data to a remote location, where such condition... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050110646 | Disturbance direction detection in a power monitoring system A system for determining the location of a disturbance event in a power distribution system. More specifically, the present invention provides a system for determining the direction of a disturbance event at the individual meter location and a system for analyzing this ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050057259 | System and method for remotely detecting and locating damaged conductors in a power system A system is provided for remotely detecting and locating damaged conductors. The system includes at least one slave controller disposed proximate at least one load and electrically connected to the loads via at least one conductor. The slave controller includes at least... | 03/17/2005 |
