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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183871 | Method and device for fault location in a two-terminal transmission or distribution power line A method for locating a fault in a two-terminal power transmission or distribution line. Measurements of the three phase currents are received from both terminals. Measurements of the three phase voltages are received from one line terminal. Parameters of the line a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179143 | Apparatus for testing printed circuit and method therefor An apparatus comprises a sensor, a power supply and a measurer. The sensor is placed over the electronic component. The power supply can supply electric power to the printed circuit; thereby the printed circuit is powered on. The measurer can measure a sensing signa... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169224 | Power switch with an overcurrent protection device A power circuit includes a power transistor for feeding a load current to a load, a measuring transistor for coupling out a measurement current dependent on the load current, at least two coupling transistors for dividing the measurement current into an internal mea... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8143898 | Systems and methods for reconfiguring an ultrasound device Systems and methods (the “utility”) presented herein provide for the assessment of acousto-electrical probes, such as their connections (e.g., transducer leads) and their response characteristics. For example, the utility may provide for readily evaluating trans... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138764 | Test circuit for monitoring a bandgap circuit A test circuit provided to monitor a bandgap circuit that outputs a bandgap reference voltage The test circuit includes a reference voltage test module to output a first pass signal when an operating voltage of the bandgap circuit is greater than a first threshold v... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140916 | Unit for predicting malfunction of an apparatus According to one embodiment, a malfunction predicting unit includes a level reduction unit, a first buffer gate unit, a second buffer gate unit, a comparator unit and a processing unit. The level reduction unit reduces an input digital signal to generate a level-red... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125230 | Motor current based air circuit obstruction detection A method for determining an obstruction in an air circuit, the air circuit having a fan and a motor that drives the fan, includes the steps of obtaining a load current of a motor coupled to the air circuit, comparing the load current to a predetermined value, and de... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8115494 | Systems, methods, and apparatus for rub detection in a machine Systems, methods and apparatus for monitoring rub detection in a machine are provided. An alternating current voltage signal may be transmitted or communicated to at least one component of the machine. The transmitted signal may be monitored in the at least one comp... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111072 | Steam cooker and related superheater A steam cooker includes a steam generator including a heating chamber defining a volume for holding water. A heat exchanger is associated with the heating chamber so as to generate steam. A steam superheater superheats steam traveling from the heating chamber to a s... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8102180 | CPU voltage testing system and method thereof A CPU voltage testing system and method uses a parameter storing unit to store a number of VID codes and a plurality of allowable voltage ranges. A number of VID code control signals corresponding to the number of the VID codes are sent to a VID code coding unit to ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8081002 | Apparatus and method for determining location of phase-to-phase fault or three-phase fault A method and apparatus for determining a distance of a phase-to-phase fault or a three-phase fault on a three-phase electric line, the apparatus (40) being configured to determine a first estimate value for a distance between the measuring point (40) a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8072225 | Differential power detection A method of determining a differential power condition includes comparing a voltage across a resistor to a first threshold. The voltage across the resistor is proportional to a difference between a first current and a second current. The method also includes compari... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8049510 | Method for detecting a fault on a data line Multiple embodiments relate to a method for detecting a fault on a data line in a bus system in a two-line data network having at least two control units. A data signal is emitted by a transmitter-receiver unit on the two data lines as a differential voltage signal ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044667 | Failure detection for series of electrical loads An apparatus for detecting failures in an illumination device includes at least two light emitting diodes connected in series. The apparatus includes a first, a second, and a third circuit node for interfacing the illumination device such that the voltage drop acros... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044666 | Method for determining location of phase-to earth fault A method and apparatus for determining a location of a phase-to-earth fault on a three-phase electric line (30) of an electric network, comprising determining an equivalent load distance curve of the electric line (30) representing a voltage drop along... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8030943 | Circuit for the detection of solder-joint failures in a digital electronic package The solder-joint integrity of digital electronic packages, such as FPGAs or microcontrollers that have internally connected input/output buffers, is evaluated by applying a time-varying voltage through one or more solder-joint networks to charge a charge-storage com... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026725 | Optical fiber coupled antenna current monitor A system for sensing the amplitude and phase of an RF current flowing in an antenna element of a directional antenna system that uses a sampling device such as a current sample loop that is connected to an antenna monitor with fiber optic cable. The system uses an i... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022710 | Methods for common mode voltage-based AC fault detection, verification and/or identification Methods for AC fault (ACF) detection are provided. In addition, methods for AC fault (ACF) detection and verification are provided. In addition, methods for identification of a module which is the cause of an AC fault (ACF) are provided. In one implementation, one o... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018240 | Apparatus, circuit and method of monitoring leakage current characteristics An apparatus includes a current source, a current monitor circuit which monitors a current amount of the current source, and outputs a current amount signal corresponding to the current amount being monitored, a counter circuit which counts a count value based on th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018236 | Device and method for analyzing defects, particularly for items made of plastics A device for analyzing defects, particularly for items made of plastics, such as battery casings and the like, comprising at least one probe, which is adapted to be moved closer to, or to come into contact with, the item made of plastics to be tested, the probe bein... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8004285 | Leakage detection device of vehicle mounted power supply system A leakage detection can be correctly performed both in a DC high voltage circuit and in an AC high voltage circuit in a vehicle-mounted power supply system. Under a state where a contactor 17 is turned off, all IGBT elements (switching elements) 76 in ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004286 | Voltage measurement instrument and method having improved automatic mode operation Voltage measuring instruments and methods of measuring the amplitude of an input signal are disclosed. In an example method of measuring the amplitude of an input signal, in an AC measurement mode, the input signal is coupled through a capacitor, the RMS amplitude o... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999558 | Systems and methods of overvoltage and undervoltage detection Systems and methods for overvoltage and undervoltage detection may be implemented with a fully differential circuit that includes a coarse comparator and a band gap based fine comparator. The coarse comparator may determine if the battery is closer to an OV conditio... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999557 | Method for determining location of phase-to-earth fault A method and apparatus for determining a location of a phase-to-earth fault on a three-phase electric line of an electric network, comprising determining, when the ratio of a fault current and load current has a first value, a first fault distance line which indicat... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7977948 | Sensor device and method thereof A sensor device determines a value based on a sensed parameter by applying a voltage across two voltage terminals of a sensor. In response, the sensor provides an electrical signal representative of a sensed parameter to a controller via a pair of conductors. The co... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977947 | Low impedance series coupled radio frequency directional power detector The present invention is a low series impedance directional power detector, which may be used to measure either forward or reverse power in a radio frequency (RF) circuit. The directional power detector includes current detection circuitry to directionally measure c... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969156 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a load Applicants have created an improved method and apparatus for remotely monitoring an electrical load and assessing key attributes of power-related anomalies and line disturbances caused or created by the electrical load and qualifying their conformity to certain expe... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7952359 | Test apparatus having bidirectional differential interface First and second resistors are provided between a first input/output terminal and a power supply terminal, and between a second input/output terminal and the power supply terminal, respectively. Third and fourth resistors are connected to the second and first input/... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948241 | Fault direction determination The invention concerns a method and computer program product for determining the direction of fault in an electrical power system as well as to a fault handling device. In the fault handling device the voltage at a measurement node of the power system is measured, t... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7932725 | Hacking detector circuit for semiconductor integrated circuit and detecting method thereof Disclosed is a semiconductor integrated circuit which includes a pre-charge capacitor connected to a check node pre-charged. A sense capacitor is configured to discharge the check node. A detector is configured to detect whether the sense capacitor is exposed, based... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7906972 | Inline inspection of photovoltaics for electrical defects A method of inline inspection of photovoltaic material for electrical anomalies. A first electrical connection is formed to a first surface of the photovoltaic material, and a second electrical connection is formed to an opposing second surface of the photovoltaic m... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7868622 | Circuit for detecting power supply voltage drop Provided is a circuit for detecting power supply voltage drop having a small circuit scale. An NMOS transistor (12) generates a source voltage based on a voltage obtained by subtracting an absolute value of a threshold voltage and an overdrive voltage from a ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7863904 | Cell voltage detection device and cell system using the same A fuel cell detection device according to the present invention includes: a cell block formed with a plurality of cells serially connected to each other; a voltage detection element for detecting voltages of the cells within the cell block; and another voltage detec... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7834637 | Method and apparatus for generalized AC and DC arc fault detection and protection According to the features discussed herein, through a single generalized arc-fault detection algorithm, various types of series and/or parallel arc faults can be detected without any nuisance trip for either AC or DC Electric Power Systems. Running Discrete Fourier ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7825666 | Test apparatus and measurement apparatus for measuring an electric current consumed by a device under test There is provided a test apparatus for testing a device under test, which includes a voltage supplying section that supplies a voltage to the device under test through a wire, a first capacitor that is arranged between the wire and a common potential in series, a cu... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7728601 | Method of inspecting electronic circuit A method of inspecting an electronic circuit that includes a first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit formed on a circuit board. The first integrated circuit has a first power source, and an input circuit that has a test signal output section and the... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7719286 | Method and circuit arrangement for verifying electrical contacts between a first output pin of a first power switch of a power switch device and an external node and a second output pin of a second power switch of said power switch device and said node A first voltage, which is dropped out onto a pull-down resistor that is coupled to a first power circuit breaker, is compared to an adjustable first reference voltage in order to determine a first comparative value. A second voltage, which is dropped out onto the pu... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7714588 | Current sensor with a magnetic structure for measuring an electrical current on an electrical conductor There is provided a current sensor for monitoring electrical disturbances on an electrical circuit having an electrical conductor. The current sensor comprises a magnetic flux sensor for sensing a magnetic flux generated by a current flowing in the electrical conduc... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7705604 | Electric circuit for triggering a piezoelectric element, in particular of a fuel injection system of a motor vehicle An electric circuit for triggering a piezoelectric element, a fuel injection system of a motor vehicle in particular, is described. A first measuring shunt connected in series to the piezoelectric element is provided. Provided are two transistors connected in series... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7705605 | Voltage detecting apparatus A voltage detecting apparatus for detecting a voltage of a direct current power source by using a capacitor, which can process an abnormal voltage without elongation of measuring time. When a voltage between both terminals of the capacitor is greater than a maximum ... | 04/27/2010 |
