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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8076925 | Optical sensor assembly for installation on a current carrying cable An optical sensor assembly has a base unit, an optical current sensor, and a magnetic concentrator. The optical current sensor is mounted on the base unit and includes a polarized light input, a reflective prism, and a light output. The magnetic concentrator defines... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7391222 | Deflector A deflector which enables to have a sufficient degree of freedom of designing and also to detect accurately a displacement angle of a movable plate can be provided. In order to accomplish this, the deflector includes a mirror, a base frame, a pair of torsion bars wh... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7252634 | Confocal probe having scanning mirrors mounted to a transparent substrate in an optical path of the probe A confocal probe unit is provided with a scanning type confocal probe, which includes at least one scanning mirror, and a transparent substrate on which the at least one scanning mirror is mounted. The transparent substrate is inserted in an optical path of the conf... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7218095 | Method and apparatus for electromagnetic interference shielding in an automated test system An electronic test system load board electromagnetic shield is presented. The load board electromagnetic shield may have a DUT docking plate having a periphery rim on a first side with an aperture extending through the docking plate that has a waveguide chimney thro... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212325 | Mirror mounting structures and methods for scanners employing limited rotation motors A mirror mounting unit is disclosed for use in a limited rotation motor system. The mirror mounting unit includes a mirror, and a tapered base for coupling the mirror mounting unit to an output shaft of a limited rotation motor. In various embodiments, the tapered b... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7148591 | Oscillating device To provide a small-size oscillating device, a coil is disposed on a substrate. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142743 | Latching mechanism for magnetically actuated micro-electro-mechanical devices A latching mechanism is provided for selectively latching mirrors in an optical switch. The mirrors are selectively movable between rest and actuated positions. The latching mechanism provides stable latching of mirrors in an actuated position, i.e., without power b... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7071594 | MEMS scanner with dual magnetic and capacitive drive A MEMS scanning device includes more than one type of actuation. In one approach capacitive and magnetic drives combine to move a portion of the device along a common path. In one such structure, the capacitive drive comes from interleaved combs. In another approach... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7026699 | Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same In a semiconductor device having a WCSP type construction package, to increase inductance without increasing further an area conventionally occupied by a coil. A pseudo-post part 27 comprising a magnetic body is extended in a direction perpendicular to a main... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6992422 | Position sensor for a pivoting platform A position sensor for a pivoting platform which has a first portion that flexes when the platform pivots and a second portion of the platform that is rigid, utilizes a piezoresistive element on the first portion of the platform. A connecting terminal for the piezore... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6961672 | Universal diagnostic platform for specimen analysis A universal diagnostic platform (UDP) is described which incorporates several measurement modules for testing a device under test (DUT). Users can switch between measurement modules without removing the DUT. The UDP employs a common fixturing and software system for... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956597 | Scanning with multiple oscillating scanners A method and device for managing and controlling a scanning system that incorporates multiple oscillating scanners is provided by the present invention. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, a resonant frequency is determined for each of the scanners. A drive... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6945652 | Projection display device Light beams having different wavelengths emitted from red and blue semiconductor lasers and a laser diode pumped green solid-state laser are incident on respectively different surfaces of a color combining element and are overlaid on a single light path. Multiple be... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6937372 | Light beam deflecting apparatus, image forming apparatus utilizing the same and drive method therefor 0 A light beam deflecting apparatus which measures the passing time of a light beam in reciprocating scans on a specified position on the scanning line, and then calculates time lag data corresponding to the time lag in the reciprocating scan of a light beam deflect... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6920681 | Method of preparing an electromagnetic actuator using a substrate An electromagnetic actuator includes a stationary member, a movable member magnetically coupled with the stationary member with a gap therebetween, and a support member for displaceably supporting the movable member relative to the stationary member. Both the statio... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6903854 | Optical coherence tomography apparatus, optical fiber lateral scanner and a method for studying biological tissues in vivo The present invention relates to the analysis of the internal structures of objects using optical means. According to the invention there were designed an apparatus suited for optical coherence tomography (OCT), an optical fiber lateral scanner (15), which is... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6504355 | Device for measuring an electric current by Faraday effect A light beam output from a magneto-optical current transducer using the Faraday effect is divided into two output light beams. A first output light beam is applied, via an output polarizer, to a first optical input of a processing unit. A second output li... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6456423 | Silicon nanoparticle microcrystal nonlinear optical devices Harmonic incident radiation is obtained from a silicon nanoparticle microcrystal or microcrystal film. The preferred film comprises silicon nanoparticles, dimensioned on the order of one nanometer, reconstituted into a device quality crystalline film. The... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6452378 | Probe for electro-optic sampling oscilloscope An electro-optic sampling probe is provided, capable of irradiating a plurality of excitation light beams on a plurality of light receiving portions mounted on an IC wafer which is an object for measurement. The electro-optic sampling probe comprises a pl... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6411751 | System and method for training an optical cross-connect comprising steerable switching elements Signal losses in an optical cross-connect having steerable switching elements for routing optical signals are substantially reduced by controllably and selectively training the steerable switching elements as a function of measured input and output power ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6316930 | Direct current meter with passive input and galvanic insulation, particularly for high voltage There is described a direct current meter with passive input and galvanic insulation, particularly for high voltage. The direct current meter is made up of a passive input part and of an active output part that is optically coupled to the passive part and... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6269317 | Self-calibration of an oscilloscope using a square-wave test signal Self-calibration of a digitizer is carried out by using a square-wave test signal which is digitized by the digitizer, and temporal positions of the digitized values output by the digitizer are compared to respective reference periods of the test signal. ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5966009 | Electromagnetic actuator and manufacturing method therefor A portion of a torsion bar (6) for axially supporting a movable plate (5) of a planar electromagnetic actuator, is made conducting by diffusing boron therein in a high concentration. An external power source can thus be electrically connected to a planar ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5818188 | Noncontacting electric power transfer apparatus, noncontacting signal transfer apparatus, split-type mechanical apparatus employing these transfer apparatus, and a control method for controlling same A noncontacting power transfer apparatus, a noncontacting signal transfer apparatus, to be referred to below as a power coupler and a signal coupler, respectively, and a separate machine apparatus that uses these couplers are disclosed. The power coupler ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5798622 | Noncontacting electric power transfer apparatus, noncontacting signal transfer apparatus, split-type mechanical apparatus employing these transfer apparatus, and a control method for controlling same A noncontacting power transfer apparatus, a noncontacting signal transfer apparatus and a separate machine apparatus that uses these couplers are disclosed. The power coupler is composed of a primary side and a secondary side that are fixed to a static un... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5767666 | Planar type mirror galvanometer incorpotating a displacement detection function The present invention relates to a slim-type small size mirror galvanometer wherein the mirror displacement angle can be detected, made using semiconductor manufacturing techniques. Using semiconductor manufacturing techniques, a movable plate 5 and a tor... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5696858 | Fiber Optics apparatus and method for accurate current sensing A fiber optics sensor (10) and method for attaining accurate measurement are provided. A polarization maintaining optic fiber (22) forms a linear optical path. An optical element (24) is used to convert linearly polarized light waves to circularly polariz... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5637973 | Noncontacting electric power transfer apparatus, noncontacting signal transfer apparatus, split-type mechanical apparatus employing these transfer apparatus and a control method for controlling same A noncontacting power transfer apparatus, a noncontacting signal transfer apparatus, and a separate machine apparatus that uses these couplers are disclosed. The power coupler is composed of a primary side and a secondary side that are fixed to a static u... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5408253 | Integrated galvanometer scanning device An integrated galvanometer scanning device controllably deflects a beam of light. The device has a planar silicon wafer substrate with front and rear surfaces, first and second longitudinal slots extending from the front surface to the rear surface, and t... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5029275 | Apparatus having floating magnet unit with light reflecting mirror for detecting and indicating to an observer the presence upon a person entering a public place of ferromagnetic material that may be put to harmful use A detector of ferromagnetic materials having a permanent magnet floating in a contaier and restrained under the influence of a soft ferrite mass spaced below it to rotatable movement about a vertical axis centrally of the container. The magnet has a norma... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4875006 | Ultra-high-speed digital test system using electro-optic signal sampling A high-speed test system for semiconductor integrated circuits utilizes electro-optic sampling techniques to perform tests at data rates up to 1.2 Gb/s. The receiver portion of the tester has a 4.5 GHz bandwidth and can perform ECL level functional test w... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4868495 | Fiber optic A single mode optical fiber is used to detect electrical currents or magnetic fields from a source to a high degree of accuracy. Phase modulation of an optical beam is used to determine the changes of physical properties of a magnetostrictive material whi... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4835460 | Display device of the galvanometric or logometric type, including a control circuit in form of an integrated circuit chip The present invention relates to a display device with a winding and pivoting elements, of the galvanometric or logometric type. According to the invention the display device comprises, rigid with its case, a support of electrically insulating material, w... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4659180 | Method of mounting galvanometer and means for mounting same A metal mount of a galvanometer is secured to a plate made of an electrically conductive material via a thin insulating layer in electrically insulated relation to the plate. The thin insulating layer has a thickness within the range of about 10 μm to ab... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4560925 | Mirror position sensor and associated pivot suspension for improved track selection in optical data disk system Disclosed is a laser recording arrangement including a pivotable mirror for redirecting the laser beam in a controlled scan mode plus an associated electro-optical position monitor for monitoring mirror orientation, these being housed in a unitary casting... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4421381 | Mechanical vibrating element Herein disclosed is a mechanical vibrating element which can be used as a resonator made operative to resonate in a predetermined frequency, a filter having a frequency selecting property or an optical deflector adapted to be mechanically dislocated in ac... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4286212 | Variable signal generator for galvanometer exhibiting hysteresis Switch means having a predetermined number of switch positions normally applies any selected one of the same predetermined number of separate control signals to a galvanometer in accordance with the switch position to which the switch means is operated. H... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4203068 | Vibrating coil assembly A vibrating coil assembly for mirror galavanometers, light-beam oscillographs and the like having a mirror and a moving coil suspended by taut wires or ribbons. The ends of the wires nearest the moving coil are provided with eyes and a mounting wire is br... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4185239 | Super sharp and stable, extremely low power and minimal size optical null detector An optical null detector design achieves exceptional efficiency of light utilization with a minimum of components providing (1) extremely sharp null recognition, (2) superior long term stability, (3) extremely low power requirement, and (4) minimal size a... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4044248 | Method and apparatus for linearizing a mirror galvanometer Method and apparatus for linearizing the response of a mirror galvanometer or the like to a reference driving signal. An optical assembly transmits through a transmission grating a scanned light beam deflected from a reference signal driven galvanometer m... | 08/23/1977 |
