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| 8123405 | Programmable circuit for drift compensation Systems and methods relating to programmable circuits are described. Several embodiments relate to systems and methods for controlling the long-term stability and accuracy of circuits that produce waveforms varying in frequency and amplitude. Such embodiments may in... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123406 | Externally adjustable impingement cooling manifold mount and thermocouple housing A mount includes a mounting bolt attached to a casing; an internal bushing that engages the casing at a distal end of the internal bushing; and an external bushing that engages a manifold and engages the internal bushing. The internal bushing is adjustable with resp... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118484 | Thermocouple temperature sensor with connection detection circuitry An assembly includes a thermocouple, a cold junction sensor, and a circuit. The thermocouple has a process end and a cold junction end. The cold junction end has first and second cold junction terminals. The cold junction sensor is supported near the cold junction e... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8100583 | Thermocouple A thermocouple having at least one inner alignment feature or at least one outer alignment feature, or a combination thereof for positively positioning and aligning at least one thermocouple junction within a bore formed in a susceptor ring of a semiconductor substr... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096708 | Digital linear heat detector with thermocouple heat confirmation The present invention provides a digital linear heat detector with thermocouple heat confirmation. A digital linear heat detector with thermocouple heat confirmation comprises a first conductor and a second conductor, the first conductor composed of a different cond... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8052324 | Thin film ceramic thermocouples A thin film ceramic thermocouple (10) having two ceramic thermocouple (12, 14) that are in contact with each other in at least on point to form a junction, and wherein each element was prepared in a different oxygen/nitrogen/argon plasma. Since each el... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8033722 | Thermocouple for gas turbine environments A thin-film thermocouple (12) is disclosed for use with a gas turbine component. The thermocouple may be formed on a non-planar substrate (22) having formed thereon an electrically insulating layer (34) capable of maintaining its insulating prop... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7997795 | Temperature sensors and methods of manufacture thereof Temperature sensors and methods of manufacturing thereof, having an intermediate stop disposed along a set of wires, the intermediate stop is secured to the set of wires such that an insulator can be properly positioned around proximal end portions of the set of wir... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993057 | Redundant temperature sensor for semiconductor processing chambers Systems are provided for measuring temperature in a semiconductor processing chamber. Embodiments provide a multi-junction thermocouple comprising a first junction and a second junction positioned to measure temperature at substantially the same portion of a substra... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7946762 | Thermocouple A thermocouple for use in a semiconductor processing reactor is described. The thermocouple includes a sheath having a measuring tip at one end and an opening at the other end. A support member having bores formed along the length is disposed within the sheath. A pa... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7891870 | Temperature sensor element and method of manufacturing the same A temperature sensor element 10 has a reduced thermal conduction path from a measurement object to a sensitive end portion 22 of a thermocouple 21 and a high-dense insulating ceramic base body 20. Since the temperature sensor element 1... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7874726 | Thermocouple A thermocouple having a support tube configured to receive a pair of wires of dissimilar metals. The pair of wires of the thermocouple connected at a junction adjacent to one end of the support tube. The thermocouple further including a cap attached to the opposing ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7871198 | High-temperature thermocouples and related methods A high-temperature thermocouple and methods for fabricating a thermocouple capable of long-term operation in high-temperature, hostile environments without significant signal degradation or shortened thermocouple lifetime due to heat induced brittleness. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7841771 | Self-validating thermocouple Self-Validating Thermocouple (SVT) Systems capable of detecting sensor probe open circuits, short circuits, and unnoticeable faults such as a probe debonding and probe degradation are useful in the measurement of temperatures. SVT Systems provide such capabilities b... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7828480 | Thermocouple circuit and method and system for forming same Disclosed is a thermocouple circuit that exhibits reduced levels of thermocouple drift. The thermocouple is generally comprised of first and second thermoelectric elements formed of first and second thermoelectric materials, respectively. The first and second thermo... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7789559 | Temperature sensor with processable front A temperature sensor has a sensor tip and a front for measuring the temperature of the inner walls of tools, particularly inner walls of injection molding tools. The tip of the temperature sensor has two thermocouple wires of a thermocouple. Each thermocouple wire o... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785002 | P-N junction based thermal detector A thermopile-based thermal detector is provided by a thermocouple, formed from a single sheet of material, which is made dissimilar with a P-doped and an N-doped junction electrically isolated via a naturally forming depletion region. The thermopile P-N sheet is uni... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7771116 | Ceramic thermocouple A ceramic thermocouple (10) in which the hot junction is defined by the junction between a first element (3) of molybdenum disilicide and a second element (2) of silicon carbide. The molybdenum disilicide element is formed by a layer of molybden... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7753584 | Thermocouples A thermocouple disposed on a substrate comprises a first leg of thermoelectric material, a second leg of thermoelectric material, and a thermocouple junction electrically connecting the first leg and the second leg, wherein a height of the thermocouple junction is s... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7744276 | Sensor measurement error There are a number of sensors (2, 22) such as thermocouples which can provide a putative measurand signal which is within a predicted range for such signals whilst the sensor is incorrectly operating, such as as due to an open circuit. Techniques and processe... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7703976 | Sensor apparatus A sensor apparatus including a plurality of sensors, and a measurement device. The plurality of sensors being divided into sensor groups with each sensor group having a number of sensors. The groups being arranged such that the sensor groups are electrically matched... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7695190 | Thermocouple rake truss A thermocouple rake. The thermocouple rake may include a number of support rods extending through a number of support disks, a number of thermocouple tubes extending through the support disks, and with the thermocouple tubes and the support disks having a thermal co... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7682075 | Apparatus and method for temperature measurement A temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of a moving or stationary surface includes a main body portion and a probe head with thermocouple element, the probe head coupled to the main body portion such that the probe head reciprocates relative to the main bod... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7604402 | Measuring device for measuring the temperature of a thermally loaded metallic base element, provided with a protective surface coating, and method for producing such a measuring device A measuring device for measuring the temperature of a thermally loaded metallic base element, especially a gas turbine component, provided with a protective surface coating includes a sensor integrated in the base element. The sensor is arranged in a recess introduc... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7604401 | Substrate temperature measurement apparatus and processing apparatus A substrate temperature measurement apparatus and a processing apparatus, whereby thermocouple wire reliability is improved, influence of infrared rays on the chip is reduced and the temperature of the substrate can be accurately measured. A chip (16) made of... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7549797 | Temperature measurement system The invention provides a temperature measurement system including a temperature sensor and means for biasing the temperature sensor in the direction of a thermal energy source in response to receiving thermal energy from the source. The invention also provides a con... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7543983 | Device for measuring temperature of heat pipe A device for measuring a temperature of a heat pipe includes at least one measuring assembly, a block and at least one base. The measuring assembly includes a resilient member with one end thereof mounted on the base, a supporting member coupled to the other end of ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7438467 | Assembly and method for evaluating fire performance of sheet piling sections An assembly and method for testing the fire performance of sheet piling sections which includes: a first wall formed from sheet piling sections; a second wall substantially parallel to the first wall; a base plate; and a pair of end sections extending between the op... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7408421 | Determining thermal absorption using ring oscillator A device and method for determining a thermal absorption of a part of an integrated circuit (IC) are provided. A specially designed ring oscillator including a non-silicided poly-silicon resistor is used for the determination. The parameters of the ring oscillator a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7360947 | Temperature sensor apparatus An apparatus for temperature sensing is disclosed that includes a sensor tube and a cable assembly connected to and extending from said sensor tube wherein said cable assembly communicates electrically with the sensor tube for temperature sensing operations thereof.... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354193 | Clamping device with flexible contact for heat pipe A clamping device with flexible contact for heat pipe includes a clamping body and a thermal couple wire. The clamping body includes a clamping section formed by at least two claws. The thermal couple wire has one end enclosing a pressing element and includes a temp... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338205 | Temperature monitoring system A system for monitoring the temperature of a component includes a temperature sensor that is in thermal contact with the component. The temperature sensor includes a thermocouple and connecting lines. The thermocouple is mounted in an electrically conducting fashion... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329043 | Thermal properties testing apparatus and methods An apparatus for testing properties of a product comprising a thermal barrier layer comprises an ignition source, a test stand that extends a sample of the product over the ignition source, and a means for measuring thermal transfer across the sample. The apparatus ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326021 | Device for loading and unloading silicon wafers in an oven from a multiple-cassette station Device for automatically loading and unloading a feed to be treated in a heat treatment unit (1) such as a diffusion oven, comprising at least a cantilever (2) designed to receive the whole feed and to introduce the feed in the oven. The feed can consi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321846 | Two-wire process control loop diagnostics A diagnostic device for coupling to a process control loop includes digital communication circuitry configured to receive a digital communication signal from the process control loop. The digital communication signal is a digitally modulated analog signal on the pro... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317296 | Electric motor The electric motor is equipped with an electronic control, for example in the form of a frequency converter (2) and comprises at least one Seebeck element (6) whose one side is connected to the motor (1) in a heat-conducting manner and whose oth... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311264 | Method and device for the process regulation or control of thermal load changes of an obstruction-curved and/or thick-walled component through which a medium flows in a thermal system The novel method and device provide for process control—closed-loop control or open-loop control—for a thermal system with an obstruction-curved and/or thick-walled component through which a medium flows. The wall temperatures of the component are detected, the ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300203 | Non-contacting sensor multichip module with integral heat-sinks A sensor assembly having a housing including a first portion and a second portion. One of the portions of the housing includes a plurality of walls. The walls at least partially define a chamber. The assembly also includes a hinge connected to the first portion and ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290450 | Process diagnostics A diagnostic device for use in a industrial process includes monitoring electronics or diagnostic circuitry configured to diagnose or identify a condition or other occurrence in the industrial process. The system can be implemented in a process device such as a flow... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282712 | Infrared sensor An infrared sensor of this invention is characterized by including a support member including a support film and a substrate that supports the support film, a polysilicon film which ranges from above a concavity to above the substrate, SiO2 which is forme... | 10/16/2007 |
