Patents Examined by Rahul Maini
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Patent number: 10466286Abstract: A system includes a controller, a node connected to one side of a capacitance, the controller configured to measure the capacitance by measuring a time for a voltage across the capacitance to reach a predetermined reference voltage, and the controller causing the time period for capacitance measurements to vary even when the capacitance is constant.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Krishnasawamy Nagaraj, Paul Kimelman, Abhijit Kumar Das
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Patent number: 10458950Abstract: An approach to determining the crash dynamic behavior of structural castings made of a AlSi10MnMg alloy in a simple and cost-effective manner is provided. In this approach eddy current testing is carried out using a high-resolution measuring coil which is adjusted to the cast-specific conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Alexander Aigner, Manuel Anasenzl, Franz-Josef Klinkenberg
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Patent number: 10451686Abstract: A dummy battery device for testing an electronic device having a battery cavity, which includes a connector, comprises: a main structure shaped and dimensioned so as to fit in the battery cavity of the electronic device; and a head structure configured to be detachably and moveably connected to the main structure, the head structure having contacts for electrically connecting the connector of the battery cavity once the main structure is received in the battery cavity of the of the electronic device, and cables extending therefrom, the cables being electrically connected to the contacts of the head structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Shuo Lu
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Patent number: 10422842Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to conduct measurements on a structure using a nuclear magnetic resonance tool. The nuclear magnetic resonance tool can be operated to make nuclear magnetic resonance measurements that generate transverse 5 relaxation time echo train sequences ending with a recovery pulse. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Rebecca Corina Jachmann, Jie Yang, Christopher Jon Conrad
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Patent number: 10422822Abstract: A capacitive sensing system includes a controller, a node connected to one side of a capacitance, the controller configured to measure the capacitance by measuring a time for a voltage across the capacitance to reach a predetermined reference voltage, a noise measurement circuit configured to measure electrical noise on the node, and the controller receiving the measurement of noise from the noise measurement circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Krishnasawamy Nagaraj, Paul Kimelman, Abhijit Kumar Das
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Patent number: 10416216Abstract: This disclosure concerns photonics and in particular the addressing of individual targets in solids. In aspect one there is provided a device comprising a solid substrate with one or more atomic scale targets in the substrate. A laser light is focused on a region of the substrate that contains a single target to selectively cause photoionization of the target. A charge sensor with sub-electron charge sensitivity is focussed on measuring the charge in the region of the substrate that contains a single target. In use, the device operates such that the laser is turned on to cause photoionization of the target, and the charge sensor detects the change in charge in the region of the substrate that contains the single target. In another aspect is the method for optically investigating individual nuclear spin states of single atoms by investigating both the Zeeman effect and the hyperfine interaction of the single atoms.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: Australian National UniversityInventors: Sven Rogge, Matthew John Sellars, Chunming Yin, Jeffrey Colin McCallum, Gabriele Gaetano De Boo, Milos Rancic, Nikolas Stavrias
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Patent number: 10408881Abstract: A battery state estimating apparatus includes a learner configured to learn a battery state estimation model comprising a label corresponding to a battery state; and a state estimator configured to estimate a battery state of a target battery using the battery state estimation model.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaemo Sung, Jeonghyun Park
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Patent number: 10401313Abstract: Downhole fluid volumes of a geological formation may be estimated using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements, even in organic shale reservoirs. Multi-dimensional NMR measurements, such as two-dimensional NMR measurements and/or, in some cases, one or more well-logging measurements relating to total organic carbon may be used to estimate downhole fluid volumes of hydrocarbons such as bitumen, light hydrocarbon, kerogen, and/or water. Having identified the fluid volumes in this manner or any other suitable manner from the NMR measurements, a reservoir producibility index (RPI) may be generated. The downhole fluid volumes and/or the RPI may be output on a well log to enable an operator to make operational and strategic decisions for well production.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Vivek Anand, Ravinath Kausik Kadayam Viswanathan, Tianmin Jiang, Erik Rylander, Mansoor Ali, Richard E. Lewis
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Patent number: 10401407Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes a first transistor having a first dopant type and a second transistor having a second dopant type opposite to the first dopant type. The first transistor includes a first terminal configured to receive a current, a second terminal connected to a node, and a first gate, and the second transistor includes a first terminal connected to a device under test (DUT), a second terminal connected to the node, and a second gate. Each one of the first gate, the node, or the second gate is capable of receiving a first voltage from a first voltage source simultaneously with another one of the first gate, the node, or the second gate receiving a second voltage from a second voltage source, the first voltage being different from the second voltage.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Wen-Shen Chou, Po-Zeng Kang, Yung-Chow Peng
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Patent number: 10393828Abstract: An interdigitated Y-axis magnetoresistive sensor, comprising a substrate, and located on the substrate is a first comb-shaped soft ferromagnetic flux guide, a second comb-shaped soft ferromagnetic flux guide, and a push-pull magnetoresistive bridge sensing unit. It also may include a calibration and/or an initialization coil. The first and the second comb-shaped soft ferromagnetic flux guides are formed into an interdigitated shape. The gaps between a second comb tooth and two adjacent the first comb teeth are the first gap and the second gap. Furthermore, a pair of gaps are formed between the second come tooth and the base of the first comb as well as between the first comb tooth and the second comb tooth base. A push magnetoresistive unit string and a pull magnetoresistive unit string are alternately placed in the first gap and the second gap, respectively. The resulting magnetoresistive sensing unit senses the magnetic field along the X-axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: James Geza Deak, Zhimin Zhou
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Patent number: 10393795Abstract: Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of semiconductor failure prognostication. One exemplary embodiment is a power converter comprising a semiconductor switch and a converter control system. The converter control system is configured to turn on the semiconductor switch, measure a first voltage and a current during reverse conduction, estimate junction temperature of the semiconductor device, turn off the semiconductor device, measure a second voltage after turning off the semiconductor device, determine a resistance value using the second voltage measurement, determine an expected resistance value, predict a failure of the semiconductor device using the resistance value and the expected resistance value, and transmit a semiconductor device failure warning.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Eddy Aeloiza, Arun Kadavelugu, Joonas Puukko, Liming Liu, Jukka-Pekka Sjoroos
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Patent number: 10393545Abstract: A sensor unit (2) for a motor vehicle or trailer is disclosed. The sensor unit comprises a sensor measuring arrangement (16) for sensing at least one physical variable, a sensor housing (12) partly or fully enclosing the sensor measuring arrangement (16) and at least two connecting lines (18). The sensor unit (2) with the sensor housing (12) is electrically connectable to a conductive part of the motor vehicle or trailer and the sensor measuring arrangement (16) is connectable to an analyzer (6) via the connecting lines (18). Related methods, a sensing and analysis device, and motor vehicles or trailers including the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: WABCO GmbHInventors: Dirk Bormann, Jens Gröger, Hartmut Schappler, Marek Swoboda
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Patent number: 10379176Abstract: A single-chip high-magnetic-field X-axis linear magnetoresistive sensor with a calibration and an initialization coil, comprising a high magnetic field single-chip referenced bridge X-axis magnetoresistive sensor, a calibration coil, and an initialization coil, wherein the calibration coils are planar coils, and the initialization coils are planar or three-dimensional coils. The planar calibration coils and the planar initialization coils can be placed above a substrate and below the magnetoresistive sensor units, between the magnetoresistive sensor units and the soft ferromagnetic flux guides, above the soft ferromagnetic flux guides, or at gaps between the soft ferromagnetic flux guides. The three-dimensional initialization coil is wound around the soft ferromagnetic flux guides and magnetoresistive sensor units.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: James Geza Deak, Zhimin Zhou
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Patent number: 10379183Abstract: A magnetic moment arrangement calculation method for magnetic field adjustment by combining correction of a component of a low-order mode with correction of a component of a high-order mode among the eigenmodes so as to calculate arrangement of the magnetic moment for approximately correcting the error magnetic field distribution, in which the low-order mode is an eigenmode group from the first of eigenmode numbers assigned to respective eigenmodes in the magnitude order of singular values to an eigenmode number specified by a first threshold value, in which the high-order mode is an eigenmode group with an eigenmode number more than the first threshold value, and in which a correction amount of the component of the high-order mode is smaller than a correction amount of the component of the low-order mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Hikaru Hanada, Kenji Sakakibara, Mitsushi Abe, Takuya Fujikawa
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Patent number: 10379156Abstract: An integrated circuit testing system includes a conductive structure, a conductive pad electrically connected with the conductive structure, a test circuit electrically connected with the conductive pad, a conductive line electrically connected with the conductive structure, the conductive line being configured to be connected with a ground, and a controller coupled with the test circuit. The controller is configured to selectively cause the test circuit to supply a voltage to the conductive structure via the conductive pad. The test circuit is configured to provide feedback to the controller indicative of whether the conductive structure is electrically connected with the conductive pad.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Chewn-Pu Jou, Min-Jer Wang
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Patent number: 10366643Abstract: A display panel includes: a display including pixel columns electrically connected to data lines; a non-display area adjacent the display; a test circuit configured to receive a lighting test signal passing through at least a portion of the non-display area and to transfer the lighting test signal to the data lines in response to a test control signal; and a switch configured to receive a data signal from an external component and to transfer the data signal to the data lines in response to a switching signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Won-Kyu Kwak, Hwan-Soo Jang, Seung-Kyu Lee
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Patent number: 10359532Abstract: A method for analyzing at least one characteristic of a geological formation may include obtaining measured data for the geological formation based upon a logging tool. Measured data may come from multiple passes or multiple depths of investigation. The method may further include generating a kernel describing a known linear mapping between the measured data and unknown data points representing at least one characteristic of the geological formation, and a redundant dictionary including a plurality of different basis functions expected to span the solution space of the unknown data points. The unknown data points representing the at least one characteristic of the geological formation may be determined from the measured data, the kernel and the redundant dictionary based upon an L1 minimization.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Vikas Jain, Kais Gzara
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Patent number: 10359537Abstract: A method of estimating fluid saturations includes obtaining amplitude values of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data for a material, with each amplitude value being associated with a longitudinal magnetization recovery (T1 relaxation) time and a transverse magnetization decay (T2 relaxation) time. A mean is calculated as a function of the amplitude values and the T1 and T2 relaxation times for the amplitude values. Hydrocarbon saturation of pore space of the material is estimated as a function of the deviation of the mean from a threshold hydrocarbon saturation indicator and a threshold water saturation indicator, using the processor. Water saturation of the pore space of the material is estimated as a function of the deviation of the mean from the threshold hydrocarbon saturation indicator and the threshold water saturation indicator, using the processor.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Mansoor Ali, Vivek Anand
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Patent number: 10359485Abstract: An example method for generating measurements using a downhole tool may comprise generating a magnetic field using a magnetic field source coupled to a tool body. An electromagnetic signal may be transmitted from an antenna coupled to the tool body and around which at least one radial projection is positioned and tilted with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tool body. The method may also include receiving a response to the transmitted electromagnetic signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Rebecca Jachmann, Sunghua Chen
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Patent number: 10353017Abstract: A Hall effect sensor system for detecting magnetic fields includes a Hall effect sensor having a central body with a substantially square shape, a first pair of outwardly oriented and opposing arms projecting outwardly from opposing sides of the central body and a second pair of outwardly oriented and opposing arms projecting outwardly transverse from the first pair of arms to form a cross-shape. Each of the arms has a plurality of fingers projecting outwardly therefrom and electrodes are provided on the fingers. In operation, at least two electrodes on the first pair of opposing arms provide a path for bias current through the Hall effect sensor. An electrode on each of the second pair of opposing arms senses voltage formed in the Hall effect sensor by a magnetic field and provides an output to an amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: The Timken CompanyInventor: Lei Wang