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| 7671602 | Method and apparatus for cross-point detection A method and apparatus for cross-point detection in devices have been disclosed where each leg of a differential signal is compared to a reference voltage and time lags for each are noted in crossing the reference voltage and this information is used to identify cha... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7423545 | Failed filter arrest indicator and method for use in multiple arrester location The present invention is a technique for locating and identifying a failed filter/arrester in an underground conveyance such as a fiber optic cable. A sensor is installed in the filter/arrester housing to sense grounding of a cable locating frequency. The sensor wil... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7298149 | Fault location using measurements of current and voltage from one end of a line A method to locate a fault from one end of a section of a power line utilizing measurements of current, voltage and angles between the phases at a first end of said section. Symmetrical components of currents are calculated for the current and voltage measurement at... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7283806 | Wireless sensing system and method An apparatus and method is provided for sensing data relating to a structure (14), including an inspection site sensor system having at least one microprocessor (16) coupled to the structure. At least one sensor (12) for sensing data is connecte... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7262603 | System and method for sensing the formation of tin whiskers A system and method for sensing the formation of tin whiskers is presented. An assembly substrate includes whisker detectors at various locations for detecting tin whiskers in an X direction, a Y direction, and a Z direction relative to the assembly substrate. Each ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7157896 | Device for locating and identifying circuit breakers The transmitter of the circuit breaker locator draws large amplitude, short duration, phase locked unipolar pulses of current from the power source at a frequency lower than that of the AC line frequency. The audible and visual indicators of the transmitter are trig... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148695 | Fault detection system A fault detection system includes a fault indicator and power monitors coupled to the fault indicator. The fault indicator is configured to indicate a fault for a first one of the power monitors which detects a corresponding voltage is not between a corresponding ma... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7057395 | Method for diagnosing open defects on non-contacted nodes of an electronic device from measurements of capacitively coupled nodes A method and apparatus for diagnosing open defects on non-contacted nodes of an electrical device is presented. Actual and expected signal measurements are collected for various contacted nodes of the electrical device. Nodes whose actual measurements are out of ran... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6998994 | Failed filter arrest indicator and method for use in multiple arrester location The present invention is a technique for locating and identifying a failed filter/arrester in an underground conveyance such as a fiber optic cable. A sensor is installed in the filter/arrester housing to sense grounding of a cable locating frequency. The sensor wil... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6975312 | Computer system having network connector and method of checking connection state of network cable therefor A computer system having a network connector to which a network cable is connected, including a displaying part displaying a connection state of the network cable; a signal processing part processing a signal inputted through the network connector; and a control par... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6937029 | Method for detection of a shielding fault in a multiwire cable This invention relates to a method for detection of a shielding fault in a multiwire cable forming part of a communication network, during functional operation of the said network, the said cable (10) transferring a multiframe signal S(t), which comprises the... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6876934 | Method for determining fault coverage from RTL description A method for evaluating the upper bound fault coverage of an integrated circuit (IC) or a portion thereof from register transfer level (RTL) description is provided. The method requires the analysis of a circuit described in RTL consisting of primary input and outpu... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6788075 | Anode monitoring An anode monitoring system for monitoring the integrity of anodes 2 provided on a metallic structure such as a pipeline system 1. A signal circuit Sn including the pipeline 1 and one of the anodes 2 is set up and appropriate si... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6759851 | Method and apparatus for control and fault detection of an electric load circuit The present invention provides an improvement over conventional electric circuit monitoring devices in that it provides a device and method to passively monitor the performance of an electrical circuit to a load device, including faults that occur intermittently. Th... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6714019 | Failure detection method and apparatus for sensor network A sensor network has a plurality of resistors connected to row lines and column lines in a matrix. A monitoring resistor is connected between ends of two adjacent row lines. One of the row lines is connected to a pull-up resistor and the other row line is grounded t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6625428 | Voltage standing-wave ratio measurement apparatus and use in a cellular communications system An apparatus for monitoring a cellular communications system; comprising a plurality of voltage standing-wave ratio (VSWR) measurement means located at respective connections to antennas of said communications system and at respective discontinuities in r... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6577115 | Apparatus with separated conductors An invention including an outer shell that can be used to provide separated conductors and a method for installing a conductor in the outer shell is disclosed. The invention can assume many different embodiments. The outer shell is adapted to retain a con... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6563322 | Method and apparatus for detecting open circuit fault condition in a common-mode signal The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for detecting an open circuit fault condition in a differential signal, and generating a fault detection signal. An open circuit fault condition is detected by employing weak current sources to pu... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6538421 | Apparatus with separated conductors An invention including separated conductors is disclosed. The invention can assume many different embodiments. The invention includes a chassis or body adapted to receive a first conductor and second conductor, the first conductor being separated from the... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6490694 | Electronic test system for microprocessor based boards A method and apparatus for use with an electronic test system to enable the direct testing of buses on a unit under test (UUT). A connection and interface for an electronic test system are provided, which are simple to use, fast to connect and reliable, w... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6335627 | Apparatus and method for testing an electronics package substrate An apparatus for testing an electrical connection between a first electrical contact on a first side of an electronics package substrate and a first electrical terminal on a second, opposing side of the substrate. A holder is provided which is capable of ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6320390 | Probe for fault actuation devices A probe for fault-actuation devices has a transistor which is utilized to insert a reference signal into a fault-insertion point. The emitter and collector are connectable to the fault-insertion point and a reference signal and a capacitor with a capacita... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6242923 | Method for detecting power plane-to-power plane shorts and I/O net-to power plane shorts in modules and printed circuit boards A method of locating in a non-destructive and non-invasive manner power plane-to-power plane shorts or I/O net-to-power plane shorts found in a printed circuit board or a multi-chip-module by way of a magnetic field generating probe is described. Thousand... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6136618 | Semiconductor device manufacturing process diagnosis system suitable for diagnoses of manufacturing process of logic LSI composed of a plurality of logic circuit blocks and diagnosis method thereof A semiconductor device manufacturing process diagnosis system including a visual inspection device for detecting a physically abnormal part of a semiconductor device to be diagnosed, an LSI tester for measuring electrical characteristics of a semiconducto... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5903155 | Method of measurement for fault-distance determination on a HVDC power transmission line having at least two lines connected in parallel A method of measurement for fault distance determination on two or more parallel HVDC lines connected between two stations with a line fault locator is provided. The fault distance determination is performed by determining the difference in time, via sync... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5239441 | Underground power line fault locating system A fault locating system for locating a fault in an underground power distribution system includes a method and an apparatus. The underground power distribution system receives and distributes power from a bulk power source to power consumers through a fus... | 08/24/1993 |
| 4891597 | Synchronous detection and location of insulation defects A method and device for detecting defects in wire or cable insulation without disconnecting the cable by synchronously detecting the current in a sense conductor with respect to the potential waveform existing or imposed on the cable under test. Both the ... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4409541 | Method of and apparatus for determining continuity of an electrical conductor Continuity of antenna wire of an antenna windshield is determined by mounting two electroconductive receiving plates in space relationship to one another and to an electroconductive transmitting plate. The receiving plate and transmitting plate are positi... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4387337 | Ground locating device for cathodically protected steel piping and/or electrical conduits The device consists of a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter utilizes multiple frequencies generated by a binary counter divider and includes a carrier frequency, an I.F. frequency, an audible tone frequency, a frequency which gives the ability to... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4377782 | Fault location methods and apparatus using current pulse injection A probe for sensing direction of flow of an injected current pulse along a conductor of a circuit under test is linked to an ATE, to be triggered to inject the pulse during a test sequence at a step previously found by the ATE to establish a faulty state ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4362987 | Apparatus for detecting electrical shorts in electronic circuits A signal source in the form of a 60 Hertz voltage generator provides a 12 volt peak-to-peak signal to the primary winding of a transformer having a secondary winding which has an upper lead, a lower lead, a return lead which is between the upper and lower... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4345201 | Fault location system with enhanced noise immunity A probe for sensing the direction of flow of an injected current pulse along a conductor of a circuit under test. The probe is linked to automatic test equipment (ATE), and is triggered to inject the pulse during a test sequence at a step previously found... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4322677 | System and method for locating resistive faults and interconnect errors in multi-conductor cables System and method for locating resistive faults and interconnect errors between the conductors of a cable such as a telephone cable. An alternating magnetic field is applied to the cable at successive points along the same and the signal produced by the i... | 03/30/1982 |
| 3990003 | Pulsed loop antenna-conduit electromagnetic radiator test technique for electromagnetic shielding flaw detection in buried conduits and shielded conductors A buried conduit shielding flaw detector is disclosed which provides a noestructive method for testing buried pipes, cables and conduits to locate and measure shielding flaws without the necessity of excavation. A sense wire is longitudinally disposed wi... | 11/02/1976 |
