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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117005 | Optimization and control of the freeze-drying process of pharmaceutical products A system for monitoring the lyophilization process of a product in containers (4, 4a, 4b) arranged inside a lyophilization chamber, including a temperature measurement system (6) associated with each container housed inside (10 | 02/14/2012 |
| 8069003 | Monitoring of heat exchangers in process control systems A method for monitoring the efficiency of a heat exchanger is provided. Heat flows from a first medium into a second medium and an actual heat flow is detected and compared with at least one reference heat flow corresponding to a respectively predetermined degree of... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065108 | Systems and methods for measuring at least one thermal property of materials based on a thermal brewster angle One embodiment of the invention includes a system for measuring at least one thermal property of a material. The system includes a thermal source configured to generate an incident thermal wave that propagates through a medium and is provided onto the material at an... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060334 | Aircraft pitot-static tube with ice detection An aircraft Ice Detection pitot-static tube is described which uses sensors integrated into the pitot-static tube to determine when and where the pitot-static tube is icing up. Temperature, thermal conductivity and impedance sensor measurements are combined with a m... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046188 | Temperature sensor and temperature measuring method A temperature sensor for measuring temperature in accordance with a time-of-life of a fluorescent light that is produced by a fluorescent material, and is provided with a light source for imaging an excitation light, a fluorescent material for producing fluorescent ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8019568 | Physics-based oil temperature model A system includes an input and a thermal data processing module. The input receives a first oil temperature of an engine oil when an engine is turned on. The thermal data processing module estimates a first heat transfer from a piston of the engine to the engine oil... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014971 | Method for validation of thermal solution for an electronic component In one embodiment a method includes operating a component coupled to the system at a first steady state average power consumption, measuring the temperature of the component to produce a first temperature measurement, operating the component at a second, higher powe... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7982486 | Method for measuring PN-junction temperature of light-emitting diode (LED) The present invention provides a method for measuring the PN-junction temperature of a light-emitting diode (LED), which uses a reference voltage to establish the function of current, real power, power factor, or driving-time interval on temperature. The initial and... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7937240 | Method and device for characterizing, using active pyrometry, a thin-layer material arranged on a substrate The present invention relates to a method for characterizing a material using active pyrometry. The material comprises at least one thin surface layer arranged on a thick substrate. The present invention heats the surface (ZTH) of the material by exposing... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7848902 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a thermal management system of an electro-mechanical transmission Temperature of an electric power device of a hybrid transmission is managed based upon device temperatures and power flow, ambient temperature, and a cooling circuit flow rate. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7734444 | Systems and arrangements to assess thermal performance Systems and arrangements to assess the thermal performance of a thermal solution based upon the ability of a device under test (DUT) to operate in accordance with electrical performance criteria are contemplated. Embodiments may include a tester to couple with the D... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7711515 | System and method for automated parameter measurement In accordance with the present invention, a method for automated parameter measurement includes strategically positioning an identifier tag at a location proximate a first object. The identifier tag stores location-specific information associated with the first obje... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7698090 | System for the measure of thermal properties of fluids The present invention refers to a system, composed by mechanical and electronic components and by a resident software inherent to the system. The system for the mean of thermal properties of fluids is destinated to the measure of thermal properties such as diffusivi... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7640133 | Method, apparatus and system for characterizing two phase fluid flow in an injection well A method and corresponding system is provided for determining fluid properties of a two phase fluid flowing through various portions of a wellbore. Specifically, the method and corresponding system determines fluid properties (e.g. enthalpy flux) of the two phase fl... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7526400 | Thermal modeling and error detection in a data processing configuration A method of operating a data processing system includes predicting values for a set of thermal sensors based on an assumed inlet air temperature and a selected configuration state. Additional values are predicted for a plurality of assumed inlet air temperatures and... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7463994 | Method and device for detecting surface state of work piece A work piece 1 mounted on a movable table 22 is rotated while adjusting cutting depths of a grinding wheel 23 by means of feed motor so as to perform cylindrical grinding. During the cylindrical grinding, a thermocouple 42 is pushed to an... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7451055 | Method and system for measuring energy savings resultant from improvements made to a structure A method and related system for determining energy savings that result from improvements made to a structure includes auditing the structure before the improvements are made to create a mockup of a section of the unimproved structure. The structure is then fully imp... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7409313 | Method and apparatus for nondestructive evaluation of insulative coating An apparatus is provided for determining thickness and thermal conductivity for an insulative coating disposed on a substrate in an object. The apparatus includes a source for rapidly applying a multiple optical pulses on a surface of the object, where the surface c... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405667 | Apparatus for determining type of liquid in a container and method for controlling the apparatus A technique for quickly determining the type of liquid in a container externally regardless of the material of the container, preferably contactlessly. A halogen heater 102 and an infrared thermopile 103 are disposed outside an electrically conductive ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399446 | Apparatus and process for locating and for measuring variations in temperature and/or in degree of fouling over the internal surface of equipment The present invention relates to an apparatus and a process for locating and for measuring variations in temperature and/or in degree of fouling over the internal suface of equipment. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396156 | Analysis data generating apparatus, analysis data generating method and computer-readable recording medium containing analysis data generating program The present invention has an object for setting thermal resistance corresponding to a contact condition of a contact face between two elements automatically and generating analysis data including a thermal conductivity of the contact face accurately in a short time ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7386414 | Generation of hardware thermal profiles for a set of processors A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for generation of hardware thermal profiles for a set of processors. Sampling is performed of the thermal states of the set of processors during the execution of a set of wo... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383141 | Faraday system integrity determination A system, method and program product for determining the integrity of a faraday system are disclosed. The invention uses a computer infrastructure to control an automatic determination of a faraday system integrity, when the faraday system is not in operation. The d... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373269 | Processor power consumption control An information processing apparatus provides control of power consumption of multiple central processors. The apparatus includes, sections for: measuring temperature of each central processor; calculating halt percentage for each of the central processors from measu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369905 | Method and apparatus for pressure and plasma control during transitions used to create graded interfaces by multi-step PECVD deposition A method and apparatus are provided for a graded PECVD process that continuously modulates a set of flow and pressure conditions while the plasma power is turned on and a film is being deposited. A feedback mechanism specific to a give deposition recipe is used to g... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364354 | Method and system for measuring the thermal diffusivity The present invention concerns a method and a system for measuring the thermal diffusivity. Said method comprises the steps of: subjecting a surface region of an object to a modulated heating beam (3) while providing a signal (MLS) thereof, the heated spot or... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363195 | Methods of configuring a sensor network A sensor network collects time-series data from a process tool and supplies the data to an analysis system where pattern analysis techniques are used to identify structures and to monitor subsequent data based on analysis instructions or a composite model. Time-seri... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355266 | Semiconductor wafer test system A semiconductor wafer test system for carrying out a burn-in test on a semiconductor wafer including multiple semiconductor devices thereon. A metal interconnect is connected to the gate electrode of each of those devices. A power supply applies an ac voltage of pre... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356426 | Calibration of thermal sensors for semiconductor dies A thermal management system is described which may be implemented on a semiconductor die. The system may include a thermal sensor thermally coupled to the die to sense the temperature of the die and generate an output representing the sensed temperature, and an adju... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350971 | Method and device for measuring the thermal conductivity of a multifunctional fluid The invention relates to a method and a device for the continuous measurement (30) of the thermal conductivity of a multifunctional fluid. The inventive method consists of: placing a sample of the multifunctional fluid in a space (31) which is defined ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353133 | Temperature-based CPU operation frequency controller of a CPU powered by a CPU power supply to protect against multiple circuit overheating A system for protecting against overheating of a CPU whose operation frequency is changed due to voltage variation of a driving power, includes a CPU temperature sensor to detect the temperature of the CPU, a reference temperature sensor to detect the temperature of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347621 | Method and system for real-time estimation and prediction of the thermal state of a microprocessor unit A method (and system) of predicting a thermal state of a transient thermal system, includes combining sensor outputs and thermal parameters to construct a consistent set of estimates of internal temperature of a transient thermal system. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346468 | Method and apparatus for detecting heat sink faults Detecting, predicting, and diagnosing faults in a cooling system. According to one embodiment, a heat sink is in thermal contact with a heat-generating electronic component. When a temperature differential between the electronic component and the heat sink exceeds a... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343505 | Method and apparatus for thermal control of electronic components A method and system are provided for thermal management of a CPU. Both hardware and software data are used to periodically calculate a power consumption index. An internal database is provided to convert power consumption data to rotational speed of an associated co... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343303 | Global asset risk management system and methods A method and system for providing a risk assessment are disclosed. The method includes receiving intelligence from at least one intelligence source, and generating a risk assessment report based on the intelligence. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340312 | Method and system for monitoring and control of complex systems based on a programmable network processor A method and apparatus for monitoring and control of a system is disclosed. The method and apparatus include providing a plurality of sensors, a table, and a network processor. The sensors monitor attributes of the system. The table includes a plurality of entries. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340699 | Analysis apparatus for semiconductor LSI circuit electrostatic discharge by calculating inter-pad voltage between pads A semiconductor integrated circuit electrostatic discharge analysis apparatus includes a resistance network generation unit generating a resistance network served as a power supply interconnect equivalent circuit in a logic cell region of a semiconductor LSI circuit... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340367 | Fan control apparatus and fan control method A fan control apparatus and method to reduce the temperature in an equipment body by a time control when setting a stop period constant at the start by adding a time axis fan control by means of a temperature sensor. The fan control apparatus includes a temperature ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333910 | Fire sensing method and fire sensing system using wireless chip for sensing fire The present invention provides a fire sensing system comprising a step of recording positional data of a wireless chip in a memory included in the wireless chip, a step of obtaining temperature data from a temperature sensor included in the wireless chip to be recor... | 02/19/2008 |
