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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7781915 | Apparatus and method for remotely powering a data acquisition or utilization device Apparatus for delivering operating power from a data terminus to a utilization device includes a first data connection connecting the data terminus to a data repeater station and a second data connection connecting the data repeater station to the utilization device... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7589437 | Control unit in a vehicle A control unit in a vehicle is provided in which power is supplied via a converter that provides an electrical isolation. For the data exchange with external components and other components in the control unit that are not electrically isolated, the component isolat... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7538454 | Leakage current shunt in an electrical power distribution system utilizing solid state relays The invention provides an apparatus for shunting leakage current of a solid state switching device (SSSD) (10). The apparatus selectively provides a shunt pathway to divert current away from the output load based on the switching state of the SSSD. The appara... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7375444 | Microwave generator A microwave generator (11) has a parallel connection of series connections of uncontrolled discharge spark gaps (13) and charge storage means (12) which are charged up by way of charging resistors (17) and an inductor (19) common t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7295900 | Load drive apparatus with short circuit determination The load drive apparatus has a driver unit and a control unit. The driver unit includes a control section modulating, in accordance with a PWM signal supplied from the control unit, a drive signal to be applied to a load apparatus between a high level and a low leve... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7280602 | Microwave signal edge detector circuit for improved clock recovery A signal edge detector circuit is described for the detecting the signal transitions in a stream of microwave signals at a predetermined clock signal rate, particularly for OC-768 data streams. Selected transmission lines in the signal edge detector circuit reflect ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274116 | direct-current power supply and battery-powered electronic apparatus equipped with the power supply A bypass control section (6) maintains a bypass switch (5) in the ON state during the period when a battery voltage (Vi) is higher than the output voltage (Vo) to an external load (L). Upon falling of the output voltage (Vo) at a desired voltage (ET), ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7224600 | Tamper memory cell A circuit includes a volatile memory array and a logic circuit operable to detect a memory array tamper situation and generate at least one control signal responsive thereto. Circuitry associated with each of the individual cells within the volatile memory array res... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7200176 | Transformerless ethernet controller Transformerless ethernet controller. A method for isolating an ethernet controller, having a transceiver associated therewith, from a twisted wire transmission line is provided. The power supply of the transceiver is DC isolated from system power supply. The data si... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187089 | Electric steering lock apparatus for protecting actuator from overheating An electric steering lock apparatus that protects an actuator from overheating without enlarging the actuator. The electric steering lock apparatus includes a lock pin engaged with a steering shaft to lock the steering shaft. An actuator moves the lock pin between a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165784 | Current supplying circuit The present invention provides a current supplying circuit in which the weight of an air bag system is reduced. A current supplying circuit supplying a current required for actuating an electric igniter arranged in a gas generator at a time of actuation of th... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7133297 | Slot apparatus for memory module A slot apparatus for a memory module on a printed circuit board. The slot apparatus includes a first memory slot set, a second memory slot set, a terminal resistor, and a serial resistance. The first and second memory slot sets are disposed on the printed circuit bo... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7116145 | Phase-locked loop circuit having phase lock detection function and method for detecting phase lock thereof A phase-locked loop circuit including a lock detection function is disclosed. The phase-locked loop circuit comprises a lock detection circuit. The lock detection circuit includes a lock-detection-start-signal generator, a lock-detection-clock generator, and a lock-... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7092407 | Synchronization of an instrument's time-base clock and notable events utilizing unused signal pairs on a daisy-chained ethernet communication link An apparatus including two distributed network analyzers (each, a “DNA”) and Ethernet cabling to connect the DNAs. Each DNA performs time correlation with the other through the Ethernet cabling. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7067940 | Submarine branching unit having asymmetrical architecture A branching unit for use in submarine systems that includes a ground termination; first, second, and third cable terminations each coupled to a power feed line of a respective submarine cable; a re-configuration relay in series between the first cable termination an... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065662 | Information handling system featuring a power-based current limiting circuit A method of implementing a power-based current limiting circuit in an information handling system includes providing a power supply having an output voltage operating range that can vary between a first voltage output level and a second voltage output level. The pow... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7043379 | Method for quantifying I/O chip/package resonance A method for quantifying effects of resonance in an integrated circuit's power distribution network is provided. The power distribution network includes a first power supply line and a second power supply line to provide power to the integrated circuit. Test ranges ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6970054 | Apparatus for terminating transmission lines to reduce electromagnetic interference in an electronic system An apparatus for terminating a transmission line includes a terminating circuit coupled to a first connector portion. A second connector portion mates with the first connector portion. The second connector portion is coupled in electrical contact with the transmissi... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6946752 | Input power stabilizing circuit An input power stabilizing circuit, adapted to be disposed between a DC power source and a load to which DC power from the source is to be supplied. Voltage on a capacitor in the input power stabilizing circuit is prevented as much as possible from causing reverse c... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6919742 | Fast ethernet and ethernet driver A driver circuit for driving a line in a network comprises first driving means for driving the line, second driving means for driving the line, and switching means for switching between the first and second driving means. A method for providing multi-mode driver cap... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6909203 | I/O interface anti-resonance passband shunting technique A method and apparatus for regulating resonance in a computer system I/O interface is provided. A shunting impedance/resistance is arranged across a power supply of the I/O interface. The shunting impedance/resistance is controlled by circuitry that is arranged to d... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6768227 | Digital controlled power regulation device A power regulation device is connected between a power source and a load for receiving receive first voltage from the power source and providing a second voltage to the load. The power regulation device includes a first voltage detection circuit for detecting the fi... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6633092 | Protection of a dynamic voltage restorer A short circuit within the dynamic voltage restorer (1) is immediately detected by a short circuit detection units (9) which permanently monitors currents and voltages in the voltage source converter (3) and energy storage capacitor bank (2). Upon detecti... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6577479 | Arc suppression circuit A circuit for suppressing electrical arcing in an ion beam source or other plasma devices is provided. The arc suppression circuit of this invention detects current rises on ion beam source grids which cause arcing, disconnects the current flowing to the ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6452771 | Protection system A method and system for detecting a potentially destructive state of an arrangement containing electronics and for terminating the potentially destructive state. In the method and system currents consumed by the electronics through connecting mechanisms f... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6414405 | Method and apparatus for operating cabled-fiber undersea network, and fault-tolerant branching unit for use therein A powering arrangement for an undersea cable system provides that each branch of the system is supplied with a current equal to half of the current in the trunk. By coupling both branches to the trunk, the current adds at the branching unit. Upon occurren... | 07/02/2002 |
| 5987546 | Multiple long bus architecture having a non-terminal termination arrangement A computer system having an interconnection apparatus for connecting processors, peripherals and memories, the system including a plurality of electronic devices, and a multiple long bus structure with impedance elements disposed thereon for providing non... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5973410 | Safety device for linking reference grounds in an integrated circuit The safety device, especially in an electronic motor vehicle control system, protects external circuit branches supplied with current from an engine/motor vehicle control unit so that a single short circuit results in failure of only that circuit branch i... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5844330 | Discharge of capacitor component A capacitor component having a discharge function, a mounter machine head fit for surface-mounting of a capacitor component, and a discharge method for a capacitor component. The capacitor component having the discharge function comprises a component body... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5747893 | Termination scheme for twisted-wire pairs A termination scheme for twisted-wire pairs for network communication systems, such as Fast Ethernet 100BaseTX, where the wires are electrically connected together and a single resistor is coupled in series between the junction of the wires and ground. A ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5550411 | Downhole instrument power supply system using shunt voltage regulation A downhole power supply system having a variable voltage surface power supply and a downhole shunt voltage regulator between which is disposed in series an energy transducing device. The shunt voltage regulator comprises a current control device which con... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5466954 | Shunt phototransistor with reverse bias protection A phototransistor is provided with a first resistor that operates as a shunt and a second resistor that operates to protect the device from damage that could be caused by a reverse bias condition. The possible damage results from the creation of a PN junc... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5466975 | Switched termination for bus tap-off line An arrangement for terminating a tap-off line (40) between a bus line (14) and a bi-directional signal driver (38). The arrangement includes a resistor (42) serially connected in the tap-off line and a controllable switch (44) connected across the resisto... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5446320 | Circuit for clamping power output to ground while the computer is deactivated A circuit for connecting the power supply output of a computer to ground when the system is shut down to counter adverse effects of backfeed voltage which includes a MOSFET between the power supply output and ground. In one embodiment the MOSFET is switch... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5391931 | Protection of integrated circuit devices An arrangement for protecting an integrated circuit device (11) against latch up during a nuclear event comprising a capacitance (15) and a switch (17) connected in parallel across the power supply lines (13) of the device. When the power supply lines are... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5334879 | Feeding system and feeding method for a submarine cable communication system A feeding system is provided for supplying a current to repeaters on a communication cable including a feed line for conducting a current to the repeaters. The feeding system includes a plurality of branching units provided on the communication cable and ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5302858 | Method and apparatus for providing battery charging in a backup power system A battery in a back-up power system is charged during the time that power is available from the main AC power system by utilizing the main power transformer and the main inverter. When power is available from the main AC power source, an AC voltage appear... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5214562 | Electrostatic discharge protective circuit of shunting transistors An electrostatic discharge protective apparatus for an integrated circuit having normally on semiconductor devices mutually connecting input/output pads and the power in bonding pad to prevent stray electrostatic discharges from damaging the integrated ci... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5021926 | Construction of bridge rectifiers The improvements consist in constructing the bridge cap on the basis of an electrically insulating frame (8) and a dissipating plate (1), such plate comprising an external and larger metal-based layer (4), a thin middle electrically insulating and good he... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4887180 | Device for protecting electronic equipment against strong electromagnetic pulses, more particulary due to lightening A device for protecting electronic equipment (42) against strong electromagnetic pulses, the equipment being contained in a radioelectrically insulated enclosure (40) and connected to a line outside the enclosure, the protective device being disposed in a... | 12/12/1989 |
