Patents Examined by Hoai-An D. Nguyen
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Patent number: 12044716Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a capacitance measurement method, system and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method is applied to a machine table and includes: obtaining a calibration file including multiple first capacitance values corresponding to a measurement probe card while the measurement probe card is floating; measuring, by the measurement probe card, multiple semiconductor devices simultaneously to obtain multiple second capacitance values corresponding to the multiple semiconductor devices, the multiple semiconductor devices being located on a same test module of a semiconductor chip; and determining target capacitance values of the multiple semiconductor devices based on the multiple first capacitance values and the multiple second capacitance values.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Bo Yang, Qian Xu, Xinyu Huang
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Patent number: 12040240Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor manufacturing process control method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: analyzing wafer lot information and determining a current product lot of a current product; obtaining historical measurement data within a specified period; when determining that the historical measurement data does not include first measurement data of the current product lot, if determining, based on preset configuration information, that the historical measurement data includes second measurement data of a target product lot, determining a target regulatory data based on the preset configuration information and the second measurement data; and controlling a production parameter of the current product based on the target regulatory data.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Yu-Han Wang
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Patent number: 12038488Abstract: A measurement in a high accuracy is performed when acquiring a tomographic image or the like. Provided is a measuring apparatus, including an electrode unit including a plurality of electrodes in contact with a living body; a magnetic sensor array, including a plurality of magnetic sensor cells, capable of detecting input magnetic fields in three axial directions in a plurality of positions in a three-dimensional space; a current applying section configured to apply a current flowing in the living body by at least one electrode pair of the plurality of electrodes; a measurement data acquiring section configured to acquire measurement data based on the input magnetic field. Which is detected from the living body by the magnetic sensor array during a current flows in the living body; and an estimation section configured to estimate a current flowing in the living body based on the measurement data.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyuki Tsuji, Shigeki Okatake, Masashi Yamada
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Patent number: 12038309Abstract: A capacitive sensor including an electrically conductive material, and a single electrode applied with positive potential, wherein the distance between the single electrode and the electrically conductive material determines the spherical radius for a proximity sensing range.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: University of WashingtonInventors: Jae-Hyun Chung, Sang-Gyeun Ahn, Tianyi Li, Zhongjie Qian, Vigneshwar Sakthivelpathi
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Patent number: 12038464Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for measuring capacitance of a load. An apparatus includes a ground connector, an output connector configured to couple to the load, and a time-varying signal source configured to inject a time-varying voltage signal onto a conduction path between the ground connector and the output connector. A DC power source is configured to apply a DC offset to the time-varying voltage signal, and a current monitor is configured to measure time-varying current in the conduction path. A capacitance module is configured to determine the capacitance based upon at least one of the time-varying current and a frequency of the time-varying voltage signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.Inventor: Donald Enzinna
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Patent number: 12032017Abstract: A chip detection device, a chip detection system and a control method. The chip detection device includes a support plate (100), a probe holder (110) disposed on an upper part of the support plate (100), a detection platform, and a first driving device (120) connected to the probe holder (110). The chip detection system includes a cabinet (600), which is internally provided with a chip detection device, a controller, a loading manipulator (910), an unloading manipulator (920), a chip tray bracket (700) disposed on a side of the loading manipulator (910), and a distribution tray (800) disposed on a side of the unloading manipulator (920). According to the chip detection device, the chip detection system and the control method, during the rotation of the turntable (200), the filling, detection and classification of the chips are all controlled to be automatically completed under the control of an automatic control program, which greatly improves the efficiency of the chip detection.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Shandong Caiju Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Meng Meng, Xiangdong Li
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Patent number: 12032002Abstract: An apparatus an apparatus comprising: a substrate having a plane; and an array of at least one conductive probe having a base affixed to the substrate, the at least one conductive probe having a major axis extending from the plane of the substrate and terminating at a tip, wherein the one or more conductive probes comprise at least three points that are non-collinear.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Pooya Tadayon
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Patent number: 12025683Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide sensing of quadrants, angles, or distance using magnetoresistive elements. A quadrant or angle sensor can have magnetoresistive elements split into multiple angles to generate an output with reduced harmonics. A distance sensor can have magnetoresistive elements split and spaced apart to generate an output with reduced harmonics. A biasing conductor can alternatingly carry different amounts of current (different in at least one of magnitude or direction) for DC offset compensation or cancellation.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventors: Jochen Schmitt, Jan Kubik
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Patent number: 12025605Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for measuring oil/water content in oil-water mixtures, regardless of the salinity of the mixture and regardless of air in the sensor pipe. In some embodiments, the oil content is measured using a dielectric sensor. It is determined whether the oil content is above or below a threshold. If the oil content is above the threshold, the oil content is reported using the measurement from the dielectric sensor. If the oil content is below the threshold, the oil content is reported using the measurement from the eddy current sensor. In some embodiments, which improve performance when there is air in the sensor pipe, two dielectric sensors with different geometries are used instead of the one dielectric sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventor: Slawomir Winecki
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Patent number: 12019107Abstract: Loop resistance is measured in a live-earth conductor loop comprising a residual current device powered by an alternating current mains supply. A measurement circuit having a low-pass filter characteristic arranged to substantially remove signal components at the frequency of the alternating current mains supply is used to measure, in a first period, a voltage across live and earth conductors of the live-earth conductor loop to determine a first voltage. A current application circuit is used to apply a unipolar test current having a magnitude below a trip current value of the residual current device for a second period and the measurement circuit is used to measure a second voltage between the live and earth conductors. Based on a difference in test current between the first and second periods and a difference in voltage between the first voltage and the second voltage, the resistance of the live-earth conductor loop is calculated.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Megger Instruments LtdInventors: Stanislaw Zurek, Jeffrey Jones, Freddie Chin
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Patent number: 12007416Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of a T-shaped connector (1) comprising a line input (4), a line output (5) and a measuring socket (2), wherein a measuring device (3), in particular an electrical voltage sensor, is arranged in the measuring socket (2), wherein the measuring device (3) comprises a coupling element (6) for connecting the measuring device (3) to the measuring socket (2), as well as a capacitor assembly with two electrodes (7, 8) located opposite one another, wherein the first electrode (7) is arranged on the coupling element (6) and wherein the second electrode (8) is arranged on an grounding element (9), wherein the measuring socket (2) has a receiving area (10) with a receiving area depth (10?) and wherein the measuring device (3) has an insertion area (11) with an insertion area length (11?), wherein the insertion area depth (10?) is smaller than or equal to the insertion area length (11?), and wherein the second electrode (8) extends into the insertion area (10) of the measuring socket (Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: GREENWOOD-POWER GMBHInventors: Norbert Juschicz, Willibald Bacher
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Patent number: 12007420Abstract: Provided is a potential measurement device including: a first substrate having read electrodes arranged in a two-dimensional array; and a second substrate on which the first substrate is stacked, in which each of the read electrodes includes at least one or more AD conversion circuits each having independent correspondence to the read electrode, and at least a part of the AD conversion circuits is arranged in a two-dimensional array on the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Ogawa
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Patent number: 12000872Abstract: In order to provide an environmentally secured voltage testing interface, an electrical enclosure box comprising a front panel is herein-described, into which is mounted a voltage indicator comprising a plurality of LED indicators that indicate a status of one or more circuits coupled thereto and monitored thereby. A compact test point device is also mounted through the front panel and comprises an interface comprising a plurality of external measurement sockets configured to receive one or more probes for manual measurement of voltages, wherein each external measurement socket is coupled to a voltage divider that is further coupled to each of a plurality of respective wires coupled to respective LED indicators.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: GRACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Charles Ronald Adkins, Jr., Roger Steven Clarke, Gang Chen
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Patent number: 11994928Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, a mobile apparatus that includes capacitive sensor(s) for detecting the presence of a user. For instance, the mobile apparatus, such as a shopping cart, may include capacitive sensor(s) located proximate to a main frame, the handles, and/or the wheel frame. The mobile apparatus may use one or more of these capacitive sensor(s) to determine that the user is located proximate to the mobile apparatus, in contact with the mobile apparatus, and/or located over the main frame of the mobile apparatus. In some examples, the mobile apparatus may then perform one or more actions based on the presence of the user. For example, the mobile apparatus may activate and/or deactivate one or more devices based on the presence of the user. This way, the mobile apparatus is able to conserve power by using the capacitive sensor(s) to detect the present of the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rachid M Alameh, Andre David Brown, Gopi Prashanth Gopal, Stephen Ernest O'Dea
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Patent number: 11994551Abstract: In this testing device, a space in which a transistor 117 is disposed and a space in which a driving circuit for testing is disposed are separated by a partition wall 214. The driving circuit has a plurality of switch circuit boards 201, and a conductive plate 204 for connection is attached to the switch circuit board 201. A fork plug 205e is connected to a collector c terminal of the transistor 117 to be tested, and a fork plug 205c is connected to an emitter e terminal. The insertion of the fork plug 205 into an opening 216 provided in the partition wall 214 allows the connection of the fork plug 205 and the conductive plate 204. By changing the position of the opening 216 for inserting the fork plug 205, the connection to the driving circuit can be changed in accordance with an item to be tested.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Qualtec Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeo Sakata, Takahiro Kajinishi, Seiichiro Kihara, Hiroshi Takahara
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Patent number: 11994484Abstract: A method includes providing a fluid to a structure including an aperture, applying a voltage signal to a circuit that includes the fluid, applying a substantially periodic pressure signal to the fluid, detecting a current signal in the circuit as an analyte passes through the aperture in response to the substantially periodic pressure signal, and processing the current signal and the substantially periodic pressure signal to determine a switch time and a release time for the analyte. An apparatus includes a structure including an aperture to receive a fluid, a voltage source to provide a voltage signal to an electronic circuit having a path that includes the aperture, a pressure signal generator to provide a substantially periodic pressure signal to the fluid, and a system to process the periodic pressure signal and a current signal induced in the electronic circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Kevin Freedman, Vinay Sharma
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Patent number: 11994571Abstract: A waveform capture device (WCD) is a flexible measurement system capable of recording complex digital signals on trillionth-of-a-second (ps) time scales. The WCD may be implemented via modular code on an off-the-shelf field-programmable gate-array (FPGA), and incorporates both time-to-digital converter (TDC) and digital storage oscilloscope (DSO) functionality. The device captures a waveform by taking snapshots of a signal as it propagates down an ultra-fast transmission line known as a carry chain (CC). It may be calibrated via a dynamic phase-shifting (DPS) method that requires substantially less data and resources than conventional techniques.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignees: Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Potomac Research LLCInventors: Noeloikeau Charlot, Daniel Gauthier, Andrew Pomerance
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Patent number: 11994537Abstract: In an embodiment, a circuit includes a first branch coupled between a first node and a second node, the first branch including a first ceramic capacitor, the first ceramic capacitor including terminals configured to receive a first voltage applied therebetween. The circuit further includes a second branch coupled between the first node and a third node, the second branch including a second ceramic capacitor that is substantially identical to the first ceramic capacitor, the second ceramic capacitor including terminals configured to receive a second voltage applied therebetween. The circuit further includes a control circuit configured to modify the second voltage until a first current passing through the second node is substantially equal to a second current passing through the third node.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SASInventor: Vratislav Michal
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Patent number: 11988699Abstract: A related interference wave presentation device includes a class specifying processer circuitry configured to specify a class to which a reference interference wave, which is a referenced interference wave, belongs, using a learned model generated by machine learning of sample data including interference waves to specify a class to which an interference wave belongs based on feature values of the interference wave, a related interference wave information generator configured to retrieve the sample data based on the class to which the reference interference wave belongs and generate related interference wave information which is information about a related interference wave; and a presentation controller configured to perform control to present the related interference wave information in part or in whole.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: TOYO CorporationInventors: Kentaro Suetsugu, Congbing Li, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 11988703Abstract: In general, a monitoring system includes one or more nodes that are capacitively coupled to a cable of a multiphase electric power line. In some examples, a node includes a coupling layer disposed over a jacket layer of the cable and capacitively coupled to a shield layer of the cable. In some examples, a node may include a first coupling layer capacitively coupled to a first cable, and a second coupling layer capacitively coupled to a second cable, such that the node is differentially coupled to the cable pair to generate a differential data signal and to perform at least one of: sensing a native signal within the cable pair; injecting an intentional signal into the cable pair; receiving an intentional signal from within the cable pair; or providing a channel characterization.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignees: 3M Innovative Properties Company, Connected Intelligence Systems Ltd.Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Uri Bar-Ziv, Eyal Doron