Patents Examined by Adam S Clarke
  • Patent number: 12379338
    Abstract: A testing method for carrier mobility of insulating polymers is provided, which is based on a testing device for carrier mobility of insulating polymers, including a first box; a second box, disposed inside the first box, provided with a partition plate, and defining a first space and a second space through the partition plate; a sample frame, configured to fix a sample, and disposed in the first space; an X-ray source, disposed in the second space, and configured to generate and emit X-rays to irradiate the sample, to excite generation of carriers in the sample; a voltage generation component, in line connection with the sample, to apply a triangular wave voltage to two ends of the sample, to thereby make the carriers generated in the sample move; and a current detection component, connected to the sample, to thereby collect current signals of the sample generated by movement of the carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Inventors: Su Zhao, Yi Yin, Zhe Zheng, Luyao Zhong, Xiaolei Zhao, Yalin Wang, Lu Fan, Jiandong Wu
  • Patent number: 12368374
    Abstract: A monolithic half-bridge gate driver includes a phase node terminal configured to be coupled to a phase node to which a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor of a half-bridge are coupled; a diode comprising an anode and a cathode, wherein the cathode is coupled to the phase node terminal; and a comparator comprising a first input terminal coupled to the anode of the diode for receiving a measurement value indicative of a phase voltage at the phase node terminal, a second input terminal coupled to a threshold source for receiving a threshold, and an output terminal configured to output a comparison result indicating whether the measurement value satisfies the threshold. The phase node terminal is configured to be connected to a high-side supply potential by the high-side transistor, and is configured to be connected to a low-side supply potential by the low-side transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Diego Raffo, Weidong Chu, Christian Locatelli
  • Patent number: 12339295
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses a system including a memory storing instructions and at least one controller configured to execute the instructions to cause the system to obtain a measured speed of an electric machine and a measured position of the electric machine based on output from a sensor, select an observer based on a speed value, obtain an estimated speed of the electric machine and an estimated position of the electric machine using the selected observer, determine a control output based on the measured speed and the measured position, the control output being the measured speed and the measured position or the estimated speed and the estimated position and control the electric machine using the control output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Lav Thyagarajan
  • Patent number: 12332204
    Abstract: A capacitance sensing system senses frost and ice accumulation in an energy efficient defrost system. The capacitance sensing system comprises a first capacitor including a portion of a metal heat exchanger and a sensor electrode electrically isolated from the metal heat exchanger; a tank oscillator including a second capacitor and an inductor coupled in parallel with each other and with the first capacitor; and a circuit coupled to the tank oscillator. The circuit determines a resonant frequency of the tank oscillator, determines a capacitance value of the first capacitor based on the resonant frequency of the tank oscillator, and transmits a heater activation command in response to determining the capacitance value is greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Bjoern Oliver Eversmann, Andreas Felix Martin Kraemer, Michael Seidl
  • Patent number: 12332200
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus implementing an electrode array and an operating method of the measuring apparatus are provided. The measuring apparatus may include an electrode array configured to measure input signals of an analog domain through electrodes arranged in a target point, main signal processors configured to perform signal processing operations including a digital conversion operation of corresponding input signals of the input signals, respectively, and auxiliary signal processors configured to replace at least one of the main signal processors, and perform at least some of the signal processing operations including the digital conversion operation in response to a replacement condition being satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeokki Hong, Chisung Bae, Kitae Park
  • Patent number: 12326388
    Abstract: An abnormality detecting device relating to the present disclosure includes at least two first cover parts arranged next to each other in a circumferential direction; a plurality of electrode parts respectively supported by the first cover parts; a plurality of magnet parts provided inside of the first cover parts in the radial direction, where each magnet part is in contact with a corresponding one of the electrode parts; and at least two second cover parts provided between adjacent ones of the first cover parts in the circumferential direction. Each electrode part has an oil-repellent surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Mori, Koji Nakamura, Kazuhiko Sakurai, Masaki Harada
  • Patent number: 12313569
    Abstract: Disclosed is a signal isolating test instrument, such as an electronics test probe. The instrument includes an input to receive a floating analog signal. An upconverter is employed to modulate the floating analog signal to a microwave frequency analog signal. An isolation barrier prevents coupling of the floating analog signal to an earth ground. The instrument employs a microwave structure to transmit the microwave frequency analog signal across the isolation barrier via electromagnetic coupling. A downconverter is then employed to demodulate the microwave frequency analog signal to obtain a ground referenced test signal corresponding to the floating analog signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Dandy, Daniel G. Knierim
  • Patent number: 12298329
    Abstract: A test and measurement device includes an input port to receive an input signal, a sampling circuit structured to generate a sample from the input signal, in which generating the sample from the input signal produces an amount of kickout energy, and an energy reducing circuit coupled between the sampling circuit and one or more other components of the test and measurement device, the energy reducing circuit structured to decrease the amount of kickout energy from the sampling circuit. The energy reducing circuit may include or be combined with a pick-off circuit. Methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventor: Pavel R. Zivny
  • Patent number: 12298348
    Abstract: A relay welding diagnosing apparatus can lower a risk of erroneous diagnosis while preventing energy of a battery from being discharged uselessly. The relay welding diagnosing apparatus including a positive electrode side relay, a negative electrode side relay, and a capacitor and a load circuit that are connected in parallel between the positive electrode side relay and the negative electrode side relay, which is forced discharge, by connecting the capacitor and the load circuit; and a determining section that, in a case where the negative electrode side relay is not welded, determines whether or not the positive electrode side relay is welded after the active discharge is performed and, in a case where the negative electrode side relay is welded, determines whether or not the positive electrode side relay is welded after passive discharge of the capacitor, which is natural discharge, is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventor: Takuya Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 12295102
    Abstract: A method may include forming an inductor comprising a plurality of inductor coils comprising a plurality of first inductor coils and a plurality of second inductor coils, each inductor coil comprising a spiraling wire of electrically-conductive material wherein the wire of electrically-conductive material is arranged substantially in a plane, wherein the plurality of first inductor coils and the plurality of second inductor coils are electrically coupled to one another and arranged with respect to one another such that within the plane, electrical current flowing through the inductor flows clockwise in the first inductor coils, within the plane, electrical current flowing through the inductor flows counterclockwise in the second inductor coils, each first inductor coil is adjacent to at least one second inductor coil, and each second inductor coil is adjacent to at least one first inductor coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Zhong You, Emmanuel Marchais, Robert G. Kratsas, Anthony S. Doy
  • Patent number: 12287361
    Abstract: Disclosed are a power transmission line monitoring system and a power transmission line monitoring method. The monitoring method comprises: acquiring, by means of a functional node, monitoring data related to a power transmission line, and transmitting the monitoring data to an edge node; and receiving the monitoring data by means of the edge node, transmitting the monitoring data to a collection node by means of an edge node chain type communication network, and sending, by the collection node, the data to a master station server. In the application, a self-organized edge node chain type network is formed by means of edge nodes, and data transmission is performed by means of the edge node chain type network, so that problem of poor data transmission caused by impossible coverage of a cellular network can be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, SICHUAN ENERGY INTERNET RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jinliang He, Jun Hu, Yong Ouyang, Yi Liu, Shanxiang Wang, Rong Zeng, Zhanqing Yu
  • Patent number: 12273068
    Abstract: An abnormality determination system includes a power generation amount measurement unit that measures a power generation amount of the photovoltaic facility; a data acquisition unit that acquires data of a solar radiation amount; a calculation unit that divides a summed value of the power generation amount per day by a summed value of the solar radiation amount per day to calculates a division value; and a data accumulation unit that accumulates a combination of the power generation amount and the solar radiation amount, or the division value, and is configured to determine that there is an abnormality based on a slope of the division values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Nasuno
  • Patent number: 12270831
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a thermal heat sensor trace including conductive metal and disposed in a space transformer, the thermal heat sensor trace being configured to form a resistance, and a controller configured to sense a voltage across the resistance formed by the thermal heat sensor trace, the voltage positively correlating to a temperature of the space transformer. The controller is further configured to determine whether the sensed voltage is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold voltage, and based on the sensed voltage being determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold voltage, output an alert signal for reducing and/or warning of the temperature of the space transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur Isakharov
  • Patent number: 12270855
    Abstract: A debug probe (102) for controlling debugging of a target system (104) is described, the debug probe comprising an interface (128) comprising a plurality of pins (202), debug control circuitry (130) to control debugging of the target system based on a digitally sampled level of at least one signal communicated through at least one of the plurality of pins, and measurement circuitry (204) to make a measurement of a property of the target system based on an analogue level of a signal received through said at least one of the plurality of pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventor: Christopher James Styles
  • Patent number: 12265040
    Abstract: A device for measuring the amount of moisture in a medium that includes a transmission antenna that sends a signal as an electromagnetic wave, a reception antenna that receives the electromagnetic wave sent from the transmission antenna and transmitted through a medium, a measurement section that measures the electromagnetic wave propagated to the reception antenna, and a sensor casing. The sensor device further includes a transmission substrate that includes a plurality of wiring layers and a reception substrate that includes a plurality of wiring layers, or a first covering layer that partially covers an outer periphery of the transmission substrate and a second covering layer that partially covers an outer periphery of the reception substrate The coverings are formed of an electromagnetic wave absorption material. The sensor casing includes a transmission probe casing that accommodates the transmission substrate and a reception probe casing that accommodates the reception substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Ichihara, Norihito Mihota, Atsushi Yamada, Sachio Iida, Takahiro Oishi, Minoru Ishida
  • Patent number: 12265109
    Abstract: A device for measuring a microwave surface resistance of a dielectric conductor deposition interface includes: a test platform, a calibration component, a sealing cavity and a support plate; wherein the test platform comprises: a shielding cavity having an open bottom, a dielectric rod, an input coupling structure, an output coupling structure, and a dielectric supporter; the dielectric conductor test sample and the test platform form a TE0m(n+?) mode dielectric resonator; the calibration component and the dielectric conductor test sample are mounted on the test platform to measure corresponding quality factors, thereby calculating the microwave surface resistance of the deposition interface of the dielectric conductor test sample. The present invention requires no pre-measurement of relative permittivity and loss tangent of the dielectric conductor test sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    Inventors: Cheng Zeng, Tianhui Sun, Junsong Ning, Shirong Bu, Zhanping Wang
  • Patent number: 12235298
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a detection circuit, an appliance, and a control method. The detection circuit includes at least a first capacitive component, a second capacitive component, a load to be detected and a detection component, where the first capacitive component is connected in series with the load to be detected to form a first branch, and the first branch is connected in parallel with a second branch including the second capacitive component. The detection component is configured to detect a first alternating current (AC) signal of the first branch and a second AC signal of the second branch, determine a first direction of the first AC signal and a second direction of the second AC signal, and determine a type of the load to be detected based on the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA WHITE HOME APPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunren Yin, Hui Liao
  • Patent number: 12235234
    Abstract: Ion sensing device includes a field-effect transistor including a bottom gate and a top gate, a reference electrode, and a driver circuit configured to measure concentration of ions in a sample solution into which the reference electrode and the top gate are immersed. The driver circuit includes a constant current source configured to supply a drain of the field-effect transistor with a constant current, and a voltage follower configured to receive a potential of the drain. The driver circuit is configured to supply the reference electrode with a constant reference potential, apply a constant voltage across an output of the voltage follower and the bottom gate, and output an output potential of the voltage follower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Sekine
  • Patent number: 12216138
    Abstract: A rotation speed detector includes: a base material to be attached to a rotating body; a first magnetic pole having an arcuate strip shape and provided on the base material; a second magnetic pole having an arcuate strip shape and provided on the base material; and a power generation element including a magnetic wire configured to cause a large Barkhausen effect, and a pickup coil. The power generation element is arranged to face the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole so that a longitudinal direction of the magnetic wire is provided along a radial direction of the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole. A non-magnetic gap is provided between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Mekata, Takeshi Musha, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Takuya Noguchi
  • Patent number: 12216149
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a degradation detection device includes a driving circuit that supplies a driving signal that controls on/off of an output transistor to the output transistor and an output circuit that compares a value of integral of an output current that is output by the output transistor in an off-state thereof over a predetermined period of time with a predetermined threshold when the output transistor is turned from an on-state thereof to an off-state thereof and outputs a signal that indicates a degradation state of the output transistor depending on a result of such comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Hideaki Majima