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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152365 | Method and system for determining optical properties of semiconductor wafers A method and system are disclosed for determining at least one optical characteristic of a substrate, such as a semiconductor wafer. Once the optical characteristic is determined, at least one parameter in a processing chamber may be controlled for improving the pro... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8096704 | Extreme temperature robust optical sensor designs and fault-tolerant signal processing Silicon Carbide (SiC) probe designs for extreme temperature and pressure sensing uses a single crystal SiC optical chip encased in a sintered SiC material probe. The SiC chip may be protected for high temperature only use or exposed for both temperature and pressure... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092081 | Battery thermal event detection system using an optical fiber A method and apparatus is provided for determining when a battery, or one or more batteries within a battery pack, undergoes an undesired thermal event such as thermal runaway. The system uses an optical fiber mounted in close proximity to, or in contact with, an ex... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7997792 | Optical fiber temperature sensor The present invention relates to an optical fiber temperature sensor capable of reducing an error in a temperature measurement. The sensor comprises an optical fiber, an optical frequency difference adjusting section, a light source system, a spectrum measuring sect... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7604399 | Temperature monitor for bus structure flex connector A temperature monitor for monitoring plural locations on an electrical bus structure. The temperature monitor includes an infrared sensor for receiving infrared energy from a plurality of discrete predetermined locations on the bus structure, a first member defining... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7534031 | Temperature measuring device and temperature measurement method The temperature measuring device of the present invention comprises: a light source for outputting light; an optical fiber to which light outputted by the light source is inputted and from which Brillouin scattered light is outputted; a detection unit for detecting ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7429735 | High performance CCD-based thermoreflectance imaging using stochastic resonance The invention is directed to systems and methods of digital signal processing and in particular to systems and methods for measurements of thermoreflectance signals, even when they are smaller than the code width of a digital detector used for detection. For example... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425093 | Thermography test method and apparatus for bonding evaluation in sputtering targets A method and apparatus for thermographically evaluating the bond integrity of a sputtering target assembly is described. The method includes applying a heating or cooling medium or energy to one surface of the assembly and acquiring a graphic recording of a correspo... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7416330 | Method and apparatus for measuring temperature of substrate The temperature of the surface and/or inside of a substrate is measured by irradiating the front surface or rear surface of the substrate, whose temperature is to be measured, with light and measuring the interference of a reflected light from the substrate and a re... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7364355 | Method and apparatus for obtaining a temperature measurement using an InGaAs detector A method of linearizing the output a infrared camera having an InGaAs includes determining the an equivalent black body temperature of an object by utilizing a plurality of calibration constants determined by collecting data from a number of temperatures of the obje... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364356 | Method and device for the contactless determination of the body temperature A method is provided for the contactless determination of the body core temperature of a person (7), wherein the surface temperature of the person (7) is detected at a measuring site (6) on the body by means of a temperature sensor unit (2 | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357570 | Method and device for contactless temperature monitoring and temperature adjustment A method and device for determining the temperature of a sample, wherein a probing light beam is directed onto the sample whereby at least two partial beams of the probing light pass through paths of different lengths inside the sample by backscattering or reflectin... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355178 | Infrared thermometer with through-the-lens visible targeting system A conventional infrared thermometer is equipped with a visible light source having exactly the same size and shape as the infrared detector to illuminate the target so as to visibly identify the area to be thermally measured. The light source is judiciously position... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350972 | Distributed temperature sensor using optical reflectometry A temperature sensing method in which pulses of optical radiation are launched by a laser diode (11) into an optical fibre (14) and optical radiation backscattered from the fibre is detected, the method comprising passing the backscattered radiation th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339685 | Method and apparatus for electronically generating an outline indicating the size of an energy zone imaged onto the IR detector of a radiometer A radiometer includes a sighting system that generates a digital image of an object surface having an area that is to be imaged onto the IR detector. A shape outline is overlaid on the digital image of an object surface to indicate the extent of the energy zone that... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329044 | Infrared clinical thermometer and temperature state estimation method, information notification method, and measurement operation method thereof Temperature states of a clinical thermometer body and an environment are estimated by temperatures measured by a first temperature sensor integrally formed together with an infrared sensor arranged to the distal end of a probe and a second temperature sensor arrange... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314309 | Ambient and perfusion normalized temperature detector A body temperature detector is particularly suited to axillary temperature measurements of adults. The radiation sensor views a target surface area of the body and electronics compute an internal temperature of the body as a function of ambient temperature and sense... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306367 | Emissivity-independent silicon surface temperature measurement A method and system for measuring remotely the surface temperature of a silicon wafer and layers, without the need to know the surface emissivity. The surface temperature is measured in-situ and in real-time during a high-temperature process, in a vacuum system, by ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303331 | Temperature measuring system A temperature measuring system, comprising an imaging device for focusing radiation towards a radiation detector, wherein the imaging device is a diffractive optical device. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293915 | Assembly method and structure of an electronic clinical thermometer An assembly method and structure of an electronic clinical thermometer is disclosed. The thermometer can be disassembled or assembled as required, wherein one of the detachable modules such as the measuring body has an incomplete electronic clinical thermometer circ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284903 | Distributed optical fibre measurements A method of obtaining a distributed measurement comprises deploying an optical fibre in a measurement region of interest, and launching into it a first optical signal at a first wavelength λ0 and a high power level, a second optical signal at a second wa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274867 | System and method for determining the temperature of a semiconductor wafer A system and method for determining the temperature of a semiconductor wafer at the time of thermal contact of the semiconductor wafer with a temperature sensing element. According to the invention, a temperature profile of the temperature sensing element is recorde... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7255783 | Use of infrared imaging to reduce energy consumption and fluoride consumption Operations in an electrolytic cell for producing aluminum are controlled by sensing infrared radiation on an outer surface of a cell chamber to determine an actual temperature. When the actual temperature is greater than a target temperature, a crust hole is repaire... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7192186 | Multimeter with non-contact temperature measurement A multimeter with non-contact temperature measurement capability. The multimeter is contained in a housing, and has outputs relating to measured electrical parameters. There is also an output display contained in the housing, for displaying results to a user. A non-... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186978 | Compact emissivity and temperature measuring infrared detector A hand-held, fleet deployable infrared camera with integrated hardware and software providing real time processing of infrared images. The camera senses variable temperature images over a selected object of interest and senses variable emissivities over the object. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7163336 | Instrument for non-contact infrared temperature measurement having current clamp meter functions A handheld instrument that accomplishes infrared (IR) temperature measurement and non-contact electrical current measurement. The instrument has a case, a current-sensing device coupled to the case and operable to be placed around a conductor, for generating an outp... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7141440 | Apparatus and method for measuring a property of a layer in a multilayered structure A property of a layer is measured by: (1) focusing a heating beam on a region (also called “heated region”) of a conductive layer (2) modulating the power of the heating beam at a predetermined frequency that is selected to be sufficiently low to ensure that at ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140764 | Thermal tympanic thermometer tip A method for reducing temperature measurement error in a tympanic thermometer. The present disclosure provides a tympanic thermometer including a heat sensing probe defining a longitudinal axis and an outer surface extending from a distal end of the tympanic thermom... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121720 | Protective cap for infrared radiation thermometer The invention is directed to a protective cap (2) for a temperature measurement probe (30) of an infrared radiation thermometer (1) that can be introduced into a body cavity (31). The protective cap (2) is comprised of a base body ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7109443 | Multi-zone reflecting device for use in flash lamp processes A method, apparatus, and system including a reflecting device having a plurality of reflecting zones with associated reflectivities for reflecting light from a flash lamp, are described herein. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108419 | Thermal tympanic thermometer tip The present disclosure provides a tympanic thermometer including a heat sensing probe defining a longitudinal axis and an outer surface extending from a distal end of the tympanic thermometer. The heat sensing probe includes a sensor housing extending to a distal en... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7091470 | Purge air flow passage structure A purge air flow passage structure has an air flow passage for ventilating the purge air, a separation space that is provided in the air flow passage and separates dust in the purge air therefrom, and a filter that is provided in the air flow passage, is positioned ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077566 | Methods and apparatus for temperature measurement and control in electromagnetic coils A method for monitoring temperature in at least one location of an electromagnetic coil assembly having at least one electrical winding. The method includes passing a light through a non-magnetic optical fiber inserted into a sheath that is wound with the electrical... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7060991 | Method and apparatus for the portable identification of material thickness and defects along uneven surfaces using spatially controlled heat application A method and apparatus for testing a material such as the water-wall tubes in boilers includes the use of a portable thermal line heater having radiation shields to control the amount of thermal radiation that reaches a thermal imager. A procedure corrects for varia... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059765 | Temperature measuring apparatus and related improvements An apparatus for measuring the temperature of an object. The apparatus includes a device for establishing a standing wave pattern or radiation emanating from the object and a coupling device for coupling the radiation to a detector, such as a measuring radiometer. | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056012 | Multimeter with non-contact temperature measurement A multimeter with non-contact temperature measurement capability. The multimeter is contained in a housing, and has outputs relating to measured electrical parameters. There is also an output display contained in the housing, for displaying results to a user. A non-... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052177 | Temperature measurement apparatuses and method utilizing the alexandrite effect A method and apparatuses for measuring the temperature of a radiating body utilizing the alexandrite effect. The method includes the steps of generating a mathematical relationship between a hue value and temperature for an alexandrite effect filter, receiving radia... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048437 | Infrared thermometer and waveguide for infrared thermometer An infrared thermometer comprises a detecting portion provided with a waveguide (8) having a tubular conformation and capable of conveying the infrared radiation emitted from a detecting surface towards a sensor member (7) housed within the infrared-th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044636 | Method of measuring fast time response using fast pulse and system of the same A measuring method eliminates the limitation of the observation time scale controlled of the optical path length, and expands the range of samples of the thermoreflectance method using a pulse laser. The method irradiates an extremely fast light pulse to a sample as... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040806 | Temperature detecting unit and fixing apparatus A temperature detecting unit including a temperature detecting sensor, a window member, and a frame which holds the window member. The temperature detecting sensor receives infrared rays radiated by an object, thereby detecting the temperature of the object without ... | 05/09/2006 |
