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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180586 | Amplitude discrimination using the frequency mask trigger A frequency mask trigger having frequency selective amplitude discrimination capability is provided for triggering when selected frequency components of an input signal fail to reach a desired power level. A frame of digital data representing an input signal is tran... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8108166 | Analysis of chirp frequency response using arbitrary resampling filters Log chirp testing where a log chirp may be provided to a device under test and a first time domain response from the device under test may be received. The first time domain response may be in the time domain. The first time domain response may be converted to the a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103470 | Method, coupler and apparatus for measuring radiated power In a method for measuring a radiation power, an elliptical mirror is prepared so as to have a elliptical spherical space enclosed by a metal wall surface, the space having a rotating axis passing through two focal points. A device under test is placed in a position ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8055465 | Method, data processing program and computer program product for determining a periodic cycle of time series data Method, apparatus, and system, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for determining a periodic cycle of time series data. A frequency spectrum of the data is provided. The frequency spectrum is processed using at least one of the fo... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8005633 | Excitation signal generator for improved accuracy of model-based testing An excitation signal generator (“ESG”) is described. The ESG generates an minimized excitation signal for use in a test system to generate a functional model of a device under test (“DUT”) where extreme values of the minimized excitation signal are increased... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7953566 | Electromagnetic interference reduction calculation method, device, and program, and its electronic circuit A calculation method of electromagnetic interference reduction through spectrum diffusion that is for reducing the electromagnetic interference, in which, when a center frequency of a measurement bandwidth is changed so that a spectrum having the maximum amplitude i... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949484 | Probability density function separating apparatus, probability density function separating method, noise separating apparatus, noise separating method, testing apparatus, testing method, calculating apparatus, calculating method, program, and recording medium There is provided a probability density function separating apparatus that separates a predetermined component in a given probability density function, including: a domain transforming section that is supplied with the probability density function and transforms the... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7912661 | Impedance analysis technique for frequency domain characterization of magnetoelastic sensor element by measuring steady-state vibration of element while undergoing constant sine-wave excitation Circuitry and program code adapted for carrying out an associated technique for characterizing the response of one or more magnetoelastic sensor elements during exposure to an excitation field generated by an interrogation coil: including: (a) measuring a total sens... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908104 | Plasma processing apparatus and method for detecting status of said apparatus The invention provides a method for detecting and managing the status of a plasma processing apparatus with high sensitivity so as to enable long-term stable processing. In a plasma processing apparatus comprising a vacuum processing chamber 10, a plasma gene... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904263 | Method for automatically detecting and characterizing spectral activity The invention disclosed herein provides a computer implementable method for characterizing signals in a frequency domain spectrum where such signals may be a wideband signal while individually being of varied formats such as tones, analog modulation, digital modulat... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7873486 | Spectrogram mask trigger A spectrogram mask trigger is generated in response to multiple or complex frequency events within a signal being monitored. A sequence of frequency masks over a period of time is generated according to a frequency trajectory, frequency hops or other complex frequen... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7848898 | Method for monitoring process drift using plasma characteristics Methods for monitoring process drift using plasma characteristics are provided. In one embodiment, a method for monitoring process drift using plasma characteristics includes obtaining metrics of current and voltage information of a first waveform coupled to a plasm... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7715996 | Method of estimating digital signal frequency The present invention is a novel method of performing spectral analysis on a digital signal. The received signal is segmented into a number of data blocks, which may be disjoint or overlapping. For each data block, the signal is differentiated, and the Gram-Schmidt ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7698080 | Methods and systems for determining sample identity information are disclosed Methods for determining the most likely composition of sample are disclosed. The methods can include: obtaining data from a sample, where the data includes a representation of a measured spectrum; determining a precision state of the representation of the measured s... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7634372 | Method and apparatus for monitoring cable stranding A method and a related apparatus for monitoring an external surface of stranded cables, such as submarine cables for optical telecommunications, and electrical energy cables, provide for telemetrically acquiring a profile of the cable external surface by means of a ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7620511 | Method for determining plasma characteristics Methods for determining characteristics of a plasma are provided. In one embodiment, a method for determining characteristics of a plasma includes obtaining metrics of current and voltage information for first and second waveforms coupled to a plasma at different fr... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7539582 | Apparatus and method for detecting and analyzing spectral components in predetermined frequency bands within a signal, frequency filter, and related computer-readable media An apparatus for detecting spectral components in a predetermined frequency band within a signal includes first and second processing devices and first, second, and third connectors tuned to the frequency band. The first processing device includes first, second, and... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7505858 | Method for analyzing tone quality of exhaust sound According to evaluation of tone quality of exhaust sound adapted to human audition, a characteristic of the tone quality of exhaust sound is objectively analyzed. There are provided a measuring process (M1) for sampling exhaust sound to be analyzed, by means ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7483799 | Method and apparatus for sampling a power supply current of an integrated circuit, and storage medium onto which is recorded a control program therefor An apparatus for sampling a power supply current value for performing frequency analysis of the power supply current flowing in an integrated circuit with a test signal applied to the integrated circuit has a power supply generating a prescribed supply of power for ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7474973 | Apparatus and method for detecting and analyzing spectral components in predetermined frequency bands within a signal, frequency filter, and related computer-readable media An apparatus for detecting spectral components in a predetermined frequency band within a signal includes first and second processing devices and first, second, and third connectors tuned to the frequency band. The first processing device includes first, second, and... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7444249 | Digital power metering system for reducing spectral leakage when determining the frequencies present in a power signal A digital power metering system reduces spectral leakage when determining the frequencies present in a power signal by a technique that includes sampling the signal and performing a transformation from the time domain to the frequency domain. The system initially me... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444250 | Measuring or test device comprising interchangeable functional units A measuring device or test device is provided which includes several functional units that are interconnected. The functional units are interchangeable or can be added or omitted in a variable manner. The measuring or test device can be configured with functional un... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440859 | Method for determining plasma characteristics Methods for determining characteristics of a plasma are provided. In one embodiment, a method for determining characteristics of a plasma includes obtaining metrics of a plasma at two different frequencies, and determining at least one characteristic of the plasma u... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7424404 | Method for determining the envelope curve of a modulated signal in time domain The disclosure relates to a method for determining the envelope curve of a modulated input signal with the following method steps: generating digital samples by digital sampling of the input signal, generating Four... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421356 | Method and apparatus for measurement of fuel cell high frequency resistance in the presence of large undesirable signals A method and apparatus for a high frequency resistance measurement instrument with a reasonable dynamic range, which militates against saturation in the presence of one or more large undesirable signals, the high frequency measurement instrument capable of employing... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418357 | Realtime power mask trigger A realtime power mask trigger generator for an instrument that acquires data in response to a trigger signal integrates power amplitudes over a defined bandwidth within a frequency spectrum for an input signal to produce an average signal power, and compares the ave... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412340 | System and method for sample detection based on low-frequency spectral components Method and apparatus for detecting a selected material in a sample are disclosed. In the method, the sample is placed adjacent a detector coil, for generating an electromagnetic time-domain signal composed of sample source radiation. The signal is first conditioned ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7373281 | High bandwidth oscilloscope A method for improving bandwidth of an oscilloscope involves, in preferred embodiments, the use of frequency up-conversion and down-conversion techniques. In an illustrative embodiment the technique involves separating an input signal into a high frequency content a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373256 | Method for the identification of molecules and biomarkers using chemical, biochemical and biological data This invention pertains generally to the field of multivariate statistics, and in particular to new methods for the analysis (e.g., chemometrics) of chemical, biochemical, and biological data, including, for example, spectral data, including but not limited to nucle... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369952 | Quantification of disease progression by means of interpolation between parameters based on electromagnetic spectra The invention relates to analysis methods for diagnosing diseases on human and animal samples. Said invention also relates to an evaluation method for diagnosing the individual stages of a disease in such a way that it is possible to display the progression thereof.... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369953 | Femtosecond spectroscopy using minimum phase functions A method determining a transient response includes providing a measured magnitude of the Fourier transform of a complex electric field temporal profile of a pulse sequence comprising a probe pulse and a dummy pulse, wherein the probe pulse is indicative of the trans... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365311 | Alignment of mass spectrometry data Methods, systems and mediums are disclosed for aligning mass spectrometry data before the analysis of the mass spectrometry data. The mass spectrometry data may be received from a mass spectrometry machine, and re-sampled using a smooth warping function. To estimate... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362686 | Film measurement using reflectance computation A method of determining actual properties of layered media. An incident beam of light is directed towards the layered media, such that the incident beam of light is reflected from the layered media as a reflected beam of light. The actual properties of the reflected... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353143 | Reviewing and changing the outcome of a digital signal processing operation An input signal is analyzed and a proposed processing control is output for review. A user may interact with the proposed processing control to change the outcome of the digital signal processing operation. As proposed changes are received, feedback is output so a u... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353119 | Reduced noise sensitivity in magnetic flowmeter A magnetic flowmeter for measuring flow of a process fluid includes a coil configured to apply a magnetic field to the process fluid. Electrodes are arranged to sense a fluid voltage signal related to the applied magnetic field and fluid flow. An analog to digital c... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351209 | Apparatus for inspecting allergic reaction An apparatus for inspecting an allergic reaction projects laser light onto an object having a bloodstreams and receives, using a light sensor, light rays scattered by blood cells at the surface of the object. Based on signals output from the light sensor, the appara... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349170 | Method of monitoring operation of a disk drive by analyzing the envelope of a read-back signal in the frequency domain A method monitors operation of a disk drive. The method includes providing a disk drive which includes a rotating disk and a head having a read transducer in proximity to a surface of the disk and an adjustment mechanism which controllably adjusts an average relativ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340375 | Method and apparatus for noise floor estimation A method and device are provided for an improved system and method of estimating the noise floor of a wideband signal without full knowledge of the nature of the narrowband signals contained therein, and provides digital characteristics to allow real-time signal pro... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340440 | Hybrid neural network generation system and method A computer-implemented method and system for building a neural network is disclosed. The neural network predicts at least one target based upon predictor variables defined in a state space. First, an input data set is retrieved that includes the predictor variables ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330841 | Modeling decision making processes A computer implemented method of predicting decisions uses the knowledge of one or more individuals. The individuals, referred to as a team, are knowledgeable about the domain in which decisions are being made. The team individually rates the importance of decision ... | 02/12/2008 |
