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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7397111 | Semiconductor wafer, an electronic component, and a component carrier for producing the electronic component An electronic component includes a semiconductor chip with a chip topside, an integrated circuit, and a chip backside. The chip backside includes a magnetic layer. The electronic component further includes a chip carrier with a magnetic layer on its carrier topside.... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7358739 | Geo-storm generation apparatus and internal exploration apparatus using the geo-storm generation apparatus A geo-storm generation apparatus includes a pair of coils disposed on a common center line with a predetermined interval, an electrode that is disposed between the pair of coils, an excitation power supply that excites the pair of coils such that magnetic fields wit... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7173430 | Cold-cathode ionization manometer having a longer service life due to two separate cathodes A cold cathode ionization manometer operating according to the inverse magnetron principle to measure pressures in fine vacuums, high vacuums, and ultrahigh vacuums (preferably between 10−2 Pa and 1 Pa). To reduce the contamination and thus to extend th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6563319 | Electrostatic discharges and transient signals monitoring system and method An ESD and transient signal monitoring system and method are provided wherein an ESD monitoring device may be used to continuously monitor ESD events and generate an indicating of the magnitude of the ESD events. A method for protecting an electronic devi... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6351131 | Species-selective pressure gauge with extended operation A diagnostic method and apparatus includes a pressure gauge member having an enclosed housing, an anode plate, a pair of cathode plates sandwiching the anode plate, an anode connector at an external surface of the gauge, and a lead connecting the anode pl... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6285192 | Penning vacuum meter The invention relates to a Penning vacuum meter (1), comprising a cathode and an anode. According to the invention, the cathode (11) consists at least mainly of titanium in order to avoid the detrimental effects of the cathode disintegrating.... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6153846 | Vacuum insulated switching apparatus A vacuum switch 1 includes a grounded vacuum vessel 2. The reliability of monitoring and measuring the vacuum pressure is improved by providing a vacuum pressure measuring terminal 30 at a side plane of the vacuum vessel 2 such that a main circuit 13 and ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5923172 | Penning type gauge head with ignition aid A penning type gauge head with an electrode system comprising an anode and a cathode disposed in the magnetic field of a permanent magnet, including an ignition aid for the electrode system. In order to provide rapid and reliable ignition, the ignition ai... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5568053 | Ionization gauge having a non-time varying magnetic field generator of separated opposed magnets A cold cathode ionization gauge includes a first and second electrode spaced apart and insulated from one another and having a common axis. A magnetic field generator surrounds the gauge and applies a non-time varying magnetic field along the common axis ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5317270 | Cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge with guard ring A vacuum guage of the ionisation type having a guage head comprising a substantially cylindrical cathode sleeve with an inlet at one end for communication with the vacuum with an anode positioned co-axially within the cathode sleeve; the head also has a g... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5198772 | Removable discharge initiating means for cold cathode discharge ionization gauge A cold cathode gauge including a glow lamp or the like disposed within the vacuum space of the gauge for initiating the gauge discharge, the lamp emitting UV or blue light directly at at least the cathode of the gauge where the energy of the light is suff... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5157333 | Discharge initiating means for cold cathode discharge ionization gauge A cold cathode gauge including a glow lamp or the like disposed within the vacuum space of the gauge for initiating the gauge discharge, the lamp emitting UV or blue light directly at least at the cathode of the gauge where the energy of the light is suff... | 10/20/1992 |
| 4847564 | Cold-cathode ionization vacuum meter with auxiliary ignition system for very low pressure operation A cold-cathode ionization or Penning vacuum meter with an ignition system to increase the meter's usefulness at very low pressures. The ignition system comprises an additional anode and at least one additional cathode mounted adjacent to the primary, meas... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4672323 | Device for measuring the internal pressure of an operationally built built-in vacuum switch A device for measuring the internal pressure of an operationally built-in vacuum switch which comprises a vacuum switching tube having a switching chamber and switch contacts as well as an associated drive for the contacts. For the measurement of the pres... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4471309 | Vacuum detector There is provided a novel vacuum detection means utilizing a high frequency, high voltage device to excite an electrical discharge in a vacuum whose characteristics are dependent on the level of the vacuum contained therein. This discharge current allows ... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4366437 | Device for measuring the amount of oxygen in combustion gases A device for measuring the amount of oxygen in combustion gas including succesively, a channel bordered by two plates between which exists a magnetic field, a central electrode divided in two, longitudinally, a gas discharge path, and finally a mechanism ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4000457 | Cold cathode ionization gauge control for vacuum measurement A cold cathode ionization gauge controller utilizing a periodically varying potential across the gauge tube at higher pressure and substantially constant potential at low pressure provides a wide-range pressure measurement capability from about 10-.s... | 12/28/1976 |
