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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155916 | Semiconductor component and method of determining temperature One embodiment provides a circuit arrangement integrated in a semiconductor body. At least one power semiconductor component integrated in the semiconductor body and having a control connection and a load connection is provided. A resistance component is thermally c... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7865327 | Method for determining the temperature of an electrical component with the aid of a temperature model A method for determining the temperature or the ohmic resistance of an electrical component, especially of a coil of a magnetic valve. The component temperature is estimated with the aid of a temperature model, which is able to determine the curve of the component t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7460973 | Sensing apparatus A sensing apparatus includes a microprocessor having an A/D converting function of digital-converting an analog electric quantity supplied to an A/D conversion port and taking in a conversion result, and a plurality of electrical elements that are connected with the... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7441949 | System and method for providing temperature data from a memory device having a temperature sensor A circuit and method for providing temperature data indicative of a temperature measured by a temperature sensor. The circuit is coupled to the temperature sensor and configured to identify for a coarse temperature range one of a plurality of fine temperature ranges... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7395173 | Temperature sensing device The present invention relates to a temperature sensing device with a first temperature sensor mounted to a housing at a first location proximate a first surface of the housing. The first temperature sensor senses a first temperature while a second temperature sensor... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7368827 | Electrical assembly for monitoring conditions in a combustion turbine operating environment An electrical assembly for use in various operating environments such as a casing of a combustion turbine 10 is provided. The assembly may include an electrical energy-harvesting device 51 disposed in a component within the casing of the turbine to con... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360437 | Devices for evaluating material properties, and related processes A device for measuring at least one property of a material sample is disclosed. The device includes at least one sensor element which is formed by a direct-write technique. The device can be an instrument for measuring strain in the sample, or for measuring other pr... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350974 | Temperature detection circuit A temperature detection circuit according to the present invention includes a potential generating part and a temperature detection part. The potential generating part generates a potential according to an environmental temperature, and the temperature detection par... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7322743 | Temperature measurement system and method A temperature measurement system is provided to measure temperatures using temperature sensors. The temperature measurement system may include a controller having a plurality of address lines, a sensor configured to provide a plurality of inputs, and a connector con... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7316507 | Electronic thermometer with flex circuit location An electronic thermometer is configured for ease and accuracy in construction. A probe of the thermometer includes a flex circuit containing electronic components used to measure temperature and transmit signals to a calculating unit of the thermometer. A locating m... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315792 | Temperature detector providing multiple detected temperature points using single branch and method of detecting shifted temperature A temperature detector and method of detecting a shifted temperature provides multiple detected temperature points using a single branch. The temperature detector generates multiple detected temperature points in response to temperature control signals sequentially ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315427 | Method for checking the quality of servo Gray codes A dynamic threshold detector for a magnetic storage medium comprises a transition detector that receives the data comprising pairs of numbers based on data received from the magnetic storage medium, each of the pairs of numbers including a first number and a second ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7309157 | Apparatus and method for calibration of a temperature sensor A circuit for temperature sensing provides a bias current to a PN junction, and the PN junction provides a PN junction voltage in response to the bias current. Also, a parasitic resistance may be coupled in series with the PN junction. The circuit for temperature se... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7275012 | Automated method and apparatus for processor thermal validation A method and corresponding software for automatically validating a computer platform thermal solution. An application program is employed to selectively execute thermal stress code to cause the platform's processor to dissipate an amount of power corresponding to a ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7254518 | Pressure transmitter with diagnostics In one embodiment, a pressure transmitter is provided which diagnoses the condition of a primary element and/or an impulse line which connects to a pressure sensor. A difference circuit coupled to the pressure sensor has a difference output which represents the sens... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7199784 | One-handed operation of a handheld field maintenance tool A handheld field maintenance tool is provided with features that improve one-handed operation. In one aspect, the tool includes a side strap to allow a technician to exert additional leverage on the tool during one-handed operation. Another aspect includes providing... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197421 | Method and system for a temperature sensor for transmitter output power compensation In an RF communication system, aspects of a method for a temperature sensor for transmitter output power compensation may comprise generating an output voltage, which may vary with temperature, from at least one reference voltage, wherein at least one reference volt... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194363 | Ultrasonic flowmeter A low power ultrasonic flowmeter to be powered by a two wire power supply loop is described, comprising: an ultrasonic flow sensor, a signal processing unit for determining a measurement result based on measurements performed by the ultrasonic flow sensor, an input/... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7117122 | Field maintenance tool An improved field maintenance tool is provided. The tool is operable with process communication loops in accordance with a plurality of process industry standard protocols. Aspects of the invention include hardware features such as an infrared port; removable memory... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7070324 | Method and device for system and/or process monitoring The invention relates to a method and to a device for system- and/or process-monitoring in connection with a measurement apparatus that determines/monitors at least one process parameter of a medium. The method and device enable statements to be made regarding the p... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7054695 | Field maintenance tool with enhanced scripts Improved script generation and usage for handheld field maintenance tools is provided. In one aspect, the handheld field maintenance tool actually generates scripts for later playback. Preferably script generation and/or playback or features are provided to field ma... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046180 | Analog-to-digital converter with range error detection A circuit includes a multiplexer, an analog-to-digital converter, and a processor that compares a sequence of digital outputs from the analog-to-digital converter to a sequence of normal ranges that correspond with the digital outputs in order to provide an error ou... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036386 | Multipurpose utility mounting assembly for handheld field maintenance tool A multipurpose utility mounting assembly for a handheld field maintenance tool is disclosed. The assembly includes a number of features that allow effective use of the handheld field maintenance tool for a wide variety of mounting techniques that may be encountered ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038996 | Method and apparatus for reading an array of thermal resistance sensors Described is a method for reading an array of sensors having a set of row conductors each connected to the sensors in a corresponding row of the array and a set of column conductors each connected to the sensors in a corresponding column of the array such that each ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039888 | Modeling process for integrated circuit film resistors A method is presented, in which a thin film resistor is modeled to account for self-heating. The method includes fabricating the thin film resistor and characterizing a thermal resistance of the thin film resistor, wherein the thermal resistance accounts for self-he... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039744 | Movable lead access member for handheld field maintenance tool A handheld communication and diagnostic tool is provided. The tool is usable with process industry standard protocols having varying physical layers. Each physical layer includes at least one distinct lead. To facilitate proper loop connections, the tool includes a ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7027952 | Data transmission method for a multi-protocol handheld field maintenance tool A method for preventing unsafe transmission on an incompatible network with a multi-protocol intrinsically safe handheld field maintenance tool as provided. The method preferably includes checking voltage levels on two sets of network connections when a network conn... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6997606 | Threshold temperature sensor comprising room temperature test means An integrated temperature sensor delivers threshold detection signals when temperature thresholds have been exceeded. The temperature sensor includes a circuit for detecting a first temperature threshold having a first detection threshold, and for detecting a second... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6974934 | Remote reference resistor An apparatus including a reference resistor for use with ratiometric temperature sensing of a device to be sensed. The resistive element has a resistance dependant upon a temperature of the device to be sensed and is electrically coupled to a reference resistor. The... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6937087 | Temperature sensor and method for detecting trip temperature of a temperature sensor A comparator circuit of a temperature sensor includes an output node and a variable current node. The output node is a first voltage at a given temperature when a current at the variable current node is less than a threshold current, and a different second voltage a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931629 | Method and apparatus for generation of validation tests A computer system and a computer-implemented method for generating test programs that satisfy at least one termination criterion. The computer system includes a hardware unit to transmit data. A processor is coupled to the hardware unit and to a storage device. The ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6924649 | Sensor read out A circuit and a method to measure continuously the resistance of variable resistors in series as e.g. potentiometers within a sensor, used for e.g. a joystick, has been achieved. The voltage across said sensor comprising any number of variable resistors is stabilize... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6925419 | Intrinsically safe field maintenance tool with removable battery pack An intrinsically safe field maintenance tool includes terminals selectably coupleable to a process communication loop having a process industry standard communication protocol. At least one media is configured to communicate in accordance with a process industry sta... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920799 | Magnetic flow meter with reference electrode An magnetic flow meter is provided which includes a reference electrode configured to electrically couple process fluid flowing within a flowtube of the flow meter. The reference electrode is adapted to measure potential of the process fluid. A current limiter is co... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920001 | Thermal asperity multi-threshold algorithm using the read/write channel A method of categorizing magnitudes of thermal asperities in a read-back signal of a data storage system includes receiving the read-back signal from a location containing a thermal asperity. A peak magnitude signal is generated from the read-back signal. A threshol... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6910804 | Resistive temperature device (RTD) module with improved noise immunity An RTD system includes multiple pluralities of RTDs and RTD bank assembly to which each plurality of RTDs are connected. Each RTD bank assembly includes a current source for the RTDs connected thereto, a multiplexer switching system for switching the current source ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6901343 | MULTILAYER BOARD IN WHICH WIRING OF SIGNAL LINE THAT REQUIRES TAMPER-RESISTANCE IS COVERED BY COMPONENT OR FOIL, DESIGN APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR THE MULTILAYER BOARD, AND MEDIUM RECORDING THE PROGRAM A signal line, being in a six-layer board and connecting terminal 102 of component 101 with terminal 115 of component 114, requires tamper-resistance. The signal line is composed of foil 103 on an outside layer, a via 104, f... | 05/31/2005 |
