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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8026460 | Control circuit for thermostatic oven in oven controlled crystal oscillator Provided is a control circuit for a thermostatic oven in an oven controlled crystal oscillator, which is capable of further improving stability of an oscillation frequency. A control circuit in which a thermistor whose resistance value changes according to a tempera... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7741582 | Heater for automotive vehicle and method of forming same There is disclosed a heater for an automotive vehicle or other article of manufacture. The heater typically includes a first conductive medium and a second conductive medium disposed upon a carrier. In a preferred embodiment, the first conductive medium includes a f... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7402776 | Device and system for heating a mobile electronic device Described is a device and system for heating an electronic mobile device. The system includes a mobile electronic device including a power supply arrangement and a removable heating arrangement detachably coupled to the mobile electronic device. When the heating arr... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7362782 | Optical semiconductor device and controlling method of the same An optical semiconductor device includes a wavelength-tunable semiconductor laser chip, a mount carrier, a first temperature sensor and a wire. The wavelength-tunable semiconductor laser chip has a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide. The second o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7329301 | Silver nanoparticles made in solvent This invention relates to a composition of matter comprising associated predominantly silver nanoparticles, and a method of making the nanoparticles. It further relates to articles comprising the nanoparticles. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7274002 | Heating element induction of time-varying thermal gradient in elongated beam to cause one or more elongated beam oscillations One or more heating elements comprise a heating element. One or more elongated beams comprise an elongated beam. The heating element is coupled with the elongated beam and induces a time-varying thermal gradient in the elongated beam to cause one or more oscillation... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7196405 | Silicon package with integral heater A hermetic package for electronic components which is made of metallic silicon is disclosed. The package includes a plurality of silicon elements which are bonded together. A metallic layer of platinum or gold is bonded to an internal surface of the hermetically sea... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7145110 | Thermal barrier for a thermistor The present invention is a an effective thermal barrier between the thermistor and higher temperature solids or electrical components in a thermostat or its equivalent device. The invention thermal barrier substantially reduces or essentially eliminates undesired co... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7088032 | Crystal oscillator A crystal oscillator of the present invention includes: a substrate provided in a package; a heating device arranged as surrounding an internal area of the substrate on at least one of the surfaces of the substrate; a crystal resonator or a crystal element and an os... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081805 | Constant-power constant-temperature resistive network A thermally stabilized device is described. Single or multiple input ports are accommodated and single and multiple power ports are described. The variation of resistance of a resistor subject to varying power dissipations is minimized by injecting complementary pow... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075381 | Oscillator circuit and oscillator The present invention relates to a crystal oscillator circuit in which the output level is maintained to prevent changes in oscillation frequency due to variations in power voltage. This crystal oscillator circuit comprises a resonance circuit formed of a crystal os... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7023291 | Oven controlled crystal oscillator for high stability To provide a highly stable crystal oscillator having increased thermal efficiency. The highly stable crystal oscillator comprises; a thermostat mainframe which maintains the temperature of a crystal resonator including a resonator container for sealing a crystal pie... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7001028 | Method and device for preventing dew condensation and frosting on optical glass window A method and an apparatus are provided for preventing formation of dew and/or ice on an optical glass window, with which formation of dew and/or ice is easily and simply prevented while an air turbulent disturbance is minimized and a deformation is inhibited as litt... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6960744 | Electrically tunable on-chip resistor A device having a resistor and a heater disposed proximate to the resistor and capable of raising the temperature of the resistor. The device further includes a dieletric disposed between the heater and the resistor and a tuner electrically coupled to the resistor. ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6867391 | Control system for electrostatic discharge mitigation A control circuit (20) for controlling electrostatic discharge in an electric component includes a heater (28) that is thermally coupled to the component. A sensor (30) is used for sensing a sensed condition. A controller is coupled to the heate... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6847010 | Methods and circuits for measuring the thermal resistance of a packaged IC Disclosed is a DC thermal energy generator for heating localized regions of an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a pair of static circuits whose outputs are shorted, and are in contention. Contention causes current to flow through the circuits, gen... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6744021 | Microprocessor controlled heater/cooler system A portable heater/cooler system comprises a thermal electric module conducting a current through the module; a heater/cooler cavity coupled to the thermal electric module; a variable speed fan for blowing air over the thermal electric module and into the cavity; a f... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6727468 | Flexible heating system having high transmissivity A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes an LCD panel providing a surface. A flexible heating system of the invention includes a substantially transparent flexible sheet substrate disposed adjacent the surface of the LCD panel and a substantially transparent resistiv... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6727598 | Thermally tunable system An improved thermally tunable system is provided. The improved thermally tunable system includes a thermally tunable apparatus including a first portion and a second portion, a heater configured to thermally tune the apparatus, and a heat sink disposed adjacent to t... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723958 | Display with a heater Display with a heater, a) the display having at least one display glass, b) the heater having an electrically operated heating element connected to a voltage supply (UB, GND), c) the heating element comprising a thin layer, d) the layer being made of a material form... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6713731 | Fast response, multiple-loop temperature regulator An apparatus for regulating a temperature of an object to a desired temperature includes a feedback circuit operable to produce a feedback error signal based on a difference of the desired temperature of the object and the temperature of the object; and a heating ci... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6677555 | Optical device module using integral heat transfer module An optical device module using an integral heat transfer module. The heat transfer module has an integrally formed heat source and a temperature sensor for reading temperature. A heat transfer path is simplified in packaging the optical device module, so ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6667461 | Multiple load protection and control device An electrical device includes a package having an array of connections, a thermally conductive, electrically insulative substrate in the package, a plurality of polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) resistors in the package in thermal contact ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6664511 | Package for optical components A package for optical components includes an inner package enclosing the optical component, and an outer package enclosing the inner package. A heater may be disposed in the inner package proximate the optical component to control its temperature, and to ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6646226 | Heated computer keyboard A keyboard includes a plurality of keys mechanically and electrically coupled to a printed circuit board, the plurality of keys are arranged in a keyboard defining air gaps around the plurality of keys. The keyboard also includes a keyboard housing for co... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6621055 | Thermally controlled circuit using planar resistive elements A thermally controlled circuit board is provided. The circuit board includes a substrate, which carries a thermally controlled circuit. The thermally controlled circuit includes a heater, a logic unit and a thermostat. The heater includes planar resistive... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6559420 | Micro-switch heater with varying gas sub-channel cross-section An apparatus for separating a liquid in a liquid metal micro-switch. In representative embodiments, the apparatus comprises a heater and a sub-channel inside a structure. The heater is located inside a cavity of the structure onto which the liquid metal m... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6486440 | Redundant package for optical components A redundant package for optical components includes an inner package enclosing the optical component, and an outer package enclosing the inner package. A heater may be disposed in the inner package proximate the optical component to control its temperatur... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6433309 | Oscillator that uses thermostatic oven An oven-controlled oscillator includes a thermostatic oven having a heat source, a vibrator provided in the thermostatic oven, an oscillation circuit for generating an oscillation signal in response to an action of the vibrator, and a heat source control ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6423940 | Temperature stabilization scheme for a circuit board A temperature stabilization scheme reduces the effects of temperature variations on the performance of an electronic system that is implemented on a circuit board. In the temperature stabilization scheme, the circuit has an isolated region that is coupled... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6384385 | Process and device for the thermal conditioning of electronic components The component, located inside a corresponding package, is associated with a first heat sensor, located in proximity to the component inside the package, together with a second heat sensor. A thermal conditioning element is controlled in such a way as to k... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6262392 | Printed circuit boards A printed circuit board (1) includes a multi-layered structure. One of the layers (3) provides a heating layer such that heat applied to that layer (3) is transferred to electronic components (2) mounted on the board (1). The components (2) can thus be ma... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6147565 | Piezo-oscillator with heater and temperature control circuit There are disposed on a printed substrate a crystal resonator as a piezoelectric resonator, an oscillation circuit, a plurality of surface mount heaters and a temperature controlling circuit for controlling a heating temperature of the heaters. A case of ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6060692 | Low power compact heater for piezoelectric device A heater apparatus (10) for a piezoelectric device (12) includes a resistive heating element (18) on an insulating substrate (14). The heating element (18) maintains a temperature of the piezoelectric device (12) within a predetermined temperature range. ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5994679 | Thermal housing for optical circuits A housing for optical integrated circuits for protecting the circuit from temperature induced stresses has a base and cap and a thermal bed contained therein. The thermal bed has a region for containing the integrated circuit therein, suspended in a therm... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5917272 | Oven-heated crystal resonator and oscillator assembly A crystal resonator assembly is described wherein a piezo-electric resonator is mounted over a heat conducting substrate and one or more heat generating elements are located on the substrate. The heating elements provide heat both by conduction and radiat... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5818097 | Temperature controlling cryogenic package system A temperature controlled cryogenic package system for efficiently and precisely monitoring and controlling the operating temperature of a high temperature superconductor circuit placed on a substrate. The cryogenic package system comprises a heating eleme... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5818010 | Display assemblies A transparent LCD back-lit display has a transparent indium-tin oxide heater layer extending across the display and a resistive metal strip heater, supported in a frame of low thermal conductivity, extending around its edge. One temperature sensor is moun... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5794126 | Emergency positioning indicating radio buoy having a thermally insulated frequency standard An emergency positioning indication radio buoy used in case of emergency by being thrown into the sea from a ship. This radio buoy comprises a transmitting unit for generating a high frequency signal of a predetermined frequency, a battery for supplying t... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5656189 | Heater controller for atomic frequency standards A heater controller for an atomic frequency standard provides accurate and stable temperature control for an assembly, such as a lamp assembly, by regulating a current flow through a heating device so as to maintain a substantially constant heating power ... | 08/12/1997 |
