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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7386411 | Automatic hi-pot test apparatus and method An exemplary automatic hi-pot test apparatus (20) includes a high voltage supply (21), a transmission device configured for transmitting an electronic device (26) to be tested, a connecting device electrically connected to the high voltage suppl... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7355418 | Configurable prober for TFT LCD array test An improved prober for an electronic devices test system is provided. The prober is “configurable,” meaning that it can be adapted for different device layouts and substrate sizes. The prober generally includes a frame, at least one prober bar having a first end... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7304481 | Apparatus for testing electric cables In one preferred embodiment, an apparatus for testing a cable includes an interface for connecting to a connector of the cable, many resistors, a socket, and a meter for testing resistance of the resistors. The interface has many pins, the resistors respectively con... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305067 | Tone distribution apparatuses, systems, and methods An apparatus and system for connecting a tone generator to a plurality of conductors communication line. The apparatus includes an interconnect structure that includes multiple leads each including an electrically conductive portion having a first end and a second e... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7279908 | Dynamically switched line and fault detection for differential signaling systems A differential signaling system is provided. The differential signaling system comprises one or more cable pairs for carrying signals, one or more differential drivers for providing signals to the one or more cable pairs, and one or more differential receivers, the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7116112 | Apparatus for testing electric cables A cable test apparatus includes a power supply terminal, an open circuit indicator with an anode connected to the power supply terminal, a short circuit indicator, a first interface, a second interface, and a switch. The first interface and the second interface have... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7068757 | Apparatus and method for automated testing of the quality of voice communications over data networks A slave test unit is used in conjunction with a remote test unit to test voice signal quality parameters, such as clarity, delay and echo. A remote master test unit, or a remote slave test unit, controls the slave test unit via commands sent by the remote test unit ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7031856 | Automatic wire dielectric analyzer A system and method for automatically determining a dielectric constant for a cable of known length for use in a Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) are disclosed. The TDR mode is set to time mode. A waveform for the cable is acquired from the TDR. The waveform indicate... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030636 | Low pin testing system A low pin testing system for efficiently detecting unlocked terminals within an electrical connector. The low pin testing system includes a housing with a receiver opening for removably receiving an electrical connector to be tested, a plurality of probe passages wi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7019531 | Procedure and device for the evaluation of the quality of a cable A procedure and a system for the evaluation of the quality and/or efficiency of a cable or a cable segment by a current measurement is disclosed. This is achieved by supplying between the core and the screen of a cable a voltage with alternating polarity and rectang... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7002147 | Highly sensitive vacuum ion pump current measurement system A vacuum system comprising: 1) an ion pump; 2) power supply; 3) a high voltage DC—DC converter drawing power from the power supply and powering the vacuum pump; 4) a feedback network comprising an ammeter circuit including an operational amplifier and a series of ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6992576 | Test device and test module A test device for testing an electronic device having a plurality of device terminals that receive a signal, includes: an operating condition outputting unit for outputting an operating condition indicating an operation of a signal to be supplied to a device termina... | 01/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6956379 | Testing device and method for testing backplanes and connectors on backplanes A testing device for testing a backplane preferably includes an impulse board with a connector for connection to the backplane, where the impulse board sends test signals to the backplane; a receiver board with a connector for connection to the backplane, where the ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954076 | Aircraft multi-function wire and insulation tester An aircraft multi-function wire and low voltage insulation tester, having a time domain reflectometer, a digital multi-meter, and a matrix switch integrated in a computer, and a connector having a plurality of output pins allowing a plurality of wires to be hooked u... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6950779 | Apparatus and method for detecting incorrect connector insertion, and program for carrying out the method An apparatus for detecting incorrect connector insertion. The apparatus includes a first member including a first connector; a second member including a second connector; a test signal output processing unit that outputs a first test signal to the first member and t... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6927579 | Parallel arc fault diagnostic for aircraft wiring A system for locating parallel arcing faults in a set of wires is described. The system includes three devices that can be used in combination or alone. A first device applies a current to a wire while grounding the remaining wires of the set of wires so as to cause... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6906526 | Non-intrusive cable connection monitoring for use in HFC networks A method and an apparatus are employed for individually monitoring the connectivity status of cables connected at a cable modem termination system (CMTS), where the cables conduct upstream and downstream RF communication signals. The monitoring is self-contained wit... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6876203 | Parallel insulation fault detection system A device for detecting and locating arcs in a set of wires is discussed. The device comprises a probe for discharging controlled current to an exposed portion of a wire in the set of wires. The probe includes a handleable enclosure and an elongated structure which p... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6836124 | Capacitance monitoring systems A capacitance monitoring system includes a capacitance gauge head for monitoring the capacitance between a measuring electrode and an electric cable travelling along a path parallel to the measuring electrode. The output from the capacitor gauge head is fed to a Fas... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6744257 | APPARATUS, A METHOD FOR TESTING AN ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEM, A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TESTING AN ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEM AND A COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TESTING AN ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEM A method and apparatus are provided to quickly electrically test an electrical wiring system that has a large number of contacts by maximally reducing the number of electrical tests. A plurality of contacts forming a network of an electrical wiring system is divided... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6639410 | Insulation resistance measuring apparatus for capacitive electronic parts Provided is an insulation resistance measuring apparatus capable of highly precisely measuring an insulation resistance characteristic of a capacitive electronic part in a short period of time while being unaffected by various kinds of noises such as from... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6456087 | Insulation resistance measuring apparatus for capacitive electronic parts Provided is an insulation resistance measuring apparatus capable of highly precisely measuring an insulation resistance characteristic of a capacitive electronic part in a short period of time while being unaffected by various kinds of noises such as from... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6424160 | Testing insulation between conductors A method of testing the insulation between N electrical conductors, where 2n-1 | 07/23/2002 |
| 6407542 | Implementation of a multi-port modal decomposition system A mechanical fixture for providing a rigid connection between a multi conductor cable or other connecting hardware and measurement equipment is disclosed. The fixture includes a test head consisting of a plurality of unbalanced ports which are contained i... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6385561 | Automatic fault location in cabling systems A method and apparatus (12-20, 32) for automatically locating faults in a network of signal carriers (cables) utilises an interrogation waveform which is pulse-like in form and receives composite reflected signals from the carriers which are a time distri... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6201383 | Method and apparatus for determining short circuit conditions using a gang probe circuit tester A method for determining whether short circuits exist among networks within a circuit under test includes bringing test probes into contact with each such network and switching groups of the test probes among two sides of a test circuit so that current fl... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6191570 | System and method for detecting shorts, opens and connected pins on a printed circuit board using automatic test equipment A method for testing node isolation on a circuit board. The method utilizes an automated test system having a plurality of test channels, wherein each test channel has a digital driver with a first input and a first output, and a digital receiver with a s... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5757265 | Multiple-cable field bus system A field bus system may be used in which transmission ability of the system can be maintained even if communication error occurs due to noises or failure of a transmission line. The system can be easily shifted at a lower cost from a conventional system to... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5744967 | Apparatus for detecting intermittent and continuous faults in multiple conductor wiring and terminations for electronic systems A latching tester for testing continuity of wires in a system has an array of pin electronics cells, where each pin cell couples a signal to a row sense line and a column sense line when a change in current flow through a pin occurs; apparatus for detecti... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5677633 | Cable test instrument having interchangeable performance modules A test instrument (50) for testing a cable (52), the test instrument having a main unit (54) and an interchangeable performance module (56). The main unit of the test instrument contains signal generators for generating AC and DC test signals. The AC test... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5627474 | Continuity checker for allocating individual cores of multi-core cables Proposed is a continuity tester for a plurality of electric conductors. For this purpose, a signal transmitter for admitting different individual identification signals to such conductors is connected to one of the ends of the conductors, whereby an ident... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5617033 | Method and apparatus for electrically testing multi-core cable A plurality of cores of a multi-core cable are collectively conducted at first ends side thereof and are isolated from one another at second ends side thereof. The cores are engaged at the first ends side with grooves formed on a movable member one by one... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5539321 | Apparatus for measuring the crosstalk in a cable An instrument to measure crosstalk between conductor pairs is configured to transmit a signal at one pair and receive the signal at another pair. The spureous or parasitic crosstalk at the connectors is supressed using a vectorial substraction from the re... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5488306 | Open and short fault detector for a differential interface An improved cable fault detection system which makes the fault detection independent of the ground shift between units coupled to the interface. This fault detection is based on differentially sensing the voltage on a wire pair, in a cable, and using the ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5347225 | Network monitor and test apparatus An apparatus for monitoring and testing a twisted pair, particularly useful for an Ethernet network. First and second DC currents alternated with one another are applied to both ends of the line, asynchronously. By monitoring the potential on the line, a ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5321363 | Two-terminal circuit element measuring apparatus for performing contact checks A two-terminal circuit element measuring apparatus of the present invention is capable of distinguishing a loose connection between a DUT and the measuring apparatus from a high impedance in the DUT. The measuring apparatus is also capable of measuring th... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5247259 | Cable testing method and apparatus A machine for making and testing a cable harness assembly having planar, multi-conductor cable terminated to insulation displacement contacts housed in connectors. The machine includes a test module having a programmed microprocessing unit for executing t... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5228072 | Multiwire-pair telecommunications test system A dual unit diagnostic system for testing the physical status of a multi-pair cable. Each unit comprises connectors which are connectable to the cable wire pairs, and switches that are connected to the connectors, and are also activatable to provide disti... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5220285 | System for testing the electrical continuity and insulation of the electrical conductors of a portion of wiring A system for electrical continuity and insulation testing of the electrical conductors of a portion of wiring. Outputs (11b.1, 11b.2, 11b.3) of the connecting elements of the conductors are disposed on a support (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) in the form of a matrix ... | 06/15/1993 |
