Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a MOS analog circuit which has a high reliability and a low manufacturing cost, and in which latent failure is easily detected. The MOS analog circuit is switched to a test state or an operating state based on a control signal that is externally supplied. In the test state, a voltage between a power supply terminal and a reference terminal is applied to a gate oxide film of a MOS transistor included in the MOS analog circuit.

Abstract: A measuring device for measuring magnetic properties in a vicinity of the measuring device, in connection with a sensor line having sensor elements, includes a magnetization device for generating a magnetic field substantially homogeneous in a region of the sensor line, the field direction of the magnetic field, in the region of the sensor line, being at an angle of greater than 0° and less than 90° to the direction of the sensor line.

Abstract: A magnetic property determination apparatus that determines the magnetic materials on a paper sheet transported through a transport path includes a magnetization unit and a magnetic detection unit. The magnetization unit generates a magnetization magnetic field including a first magnetic field region and a second magnetic field region on the transport path. A magnetic field intensity and a magnetic field direction are set different between the first magnetic field region and the second magnetic field region so that the magnetic materials are magnetized in different magnetization directions depending on coercive forces of the magnetic materials. The magnetic detection unit that generates a bias magnetic field on the transport path downstream in a transport direction of the magnetization unit, and that detects a magnetic charge of the magnetic materials by detecting variations of the bias magnetic field.

Abstract: Electrical properties of a semiconductor device are reproducibly and stably measured in a testing step of the semiconductor device. A probe pin includes a first plunger, a second plunger, a cleaning shaft, a first coil spring, and a second coil spring. The cleaning shaft accommodated in the inside of the first plunger is allowed to enter and exit through a tip of a contact of the first plunger by the second coil spring, thereby solder shavings attached to the tip of the contact are removed. The first plunger is electrically coupled to the second plunger by the first coil spring wound on an outer side face of the first plunger and on an outer side face of the second plunger.

Abstract: In a method for determining at least one physical parameter, a sensor unit which is activated by at least one periodic excitation (1.4) is provided, wherein the sensor unit has at least one detection region in which changes of the parameter in the surroundings of the sensor unit lead to output signal (1.7) from the sensor unit. The sensor unit is wired such that if there are no changes of the parameter in the detection region the output signal (1.7) is a zero signal or virtually a zero signal at the output of the sensor unit, whereas if there are changes of the parameter in the detection region the output signal (1.7) is a signal that is not zero and has a specific amplitude and phase. In a closed control loop, the non-zero signal in the receive path is adjusted to zero using a control signal to achieve an adjusted state even in the presence of changes of the parameter in the detection region. The control signal is evaluated in order to determine the physical parameter. The output signal (1.

Abstract: Various examples of methods and systems are provided for traveling wave spot probes. In one embodiment, among others, a traveling wave spot probe includes one or more antennas positioned proximate to a coated surface. The one or more antennas can be configured to excite a surface traveling wave moving over an area under test by launching radio frequency (RF) energy at approximately a grazing angle to the coated surface under test. The one or more antennas can be positioned on a base placed proximate to the coated surface. The base can define the area of the coated surface under test. In another embodiment, a method for non-destructive testing of a coated surface includes positioning one or more antennas proximate to a coated surface and exciting a surface traveling wave over an area under test by transmitting RF energy via at least a portion of the one or more antennas.

Abstract: A dual-phase interferometric method and device for charge modulation mapping in integrated circuits provides significant improvement in signal to noise ratio over conventional detection configurations. The method and device can be used for failure analysis and testing of advanced technology IC chips for which high sensitivity in modulation mapping is required.

Abstract: An electromagnetic (EM) receiver system for measuring EM signals. The EM receiver system includes a survey EM transmitter for generating survey EM signals within a first frequency range; a tracking EM transmitter for generating tracking signals within a second frequency range; and a receiver section including a receiver that measures both the survey EM signals and the tracking signals.

Abstract: Each of a plurality electronic circuit devices fixed to a structural component of a physical structure can be scanned a first time, using a radio frequency (RF) scanner to receive, from each of the plurality of electronic circuit devices, first data indicating a first measured electrical impedance of a respective conductor connected to the electronic circuit device and an identifier assigned to the electronic circuit device. For each of the plurality of electronic circuit devices, the first data indicating the first measured electrical impedance and the identifier assigned to the electronic circuit device can be stored to a first memory. The first data indicating the first measured electrical impedance and the identifier for each of the electronic devices can form a baseline measurement of the electronic circuit devices.

Abstract: A position indicator includes a resonant circuit configured to receive electromagnetic waves transmitted intermittently from a position detection device with a first duration and a second duration. The second duration is shorter than the first duration. The position indicator also includes a load resistance value control circuit configured to control a load resistance of the resonant circuit such that different values of the load resistance are set for the first duration and the second duration. A value of the load resistance set for the second duration is smaller than a value of the load resistance set for the first duration.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a test device and a test method using the test device. The test device includes a first fastener structure for fastening a to-be-tested substrate with first touch lines, a second fastener structure for fastening a test match panel with second touch lines, and the first touch lines and the second touch lines forming a touch module, a third fastener structure for supporting a change-over flexible printed circuit board, a signal input structure for electrically connecting to one of a circuit board in the test match panel and the first touch lines through the change-over flexible printed circuit board, and inputting trigger data signals, a sensing signal capture structure for capturing touch sensing signals in the first touch line or the second touch lines.

Abstract: A Hall sensor may include a Hall sensing element configured to produce a Hall voltage indicative of a magnetic field when traversed by an electric current, and a first pair of bias electrodes mutually opposed in a first direction across the Hall sensing element. The Hall sensor may include a second pair of bias electrodes mutually opposed in a second direction across the Hall sensing element. The Hall sensor may include a first pair of sensing electrodes mutually opposed in a third direction across the Hall sensing element, and a second pair of sensing electrodes mutually opposed in a fourth direction across the Hall sensing element. The fourth direction may be orthogonal to the third direction, each sensing electrode being between a bias electrode of the first pair and a bias electrode of the second pair.

Abstract: Man-portable locator systems for locating buried or otherwise inaccessible pipes, conduits, cables, wires and inserted transmitters using detector arrays and stochastic signal processing and similar techniques to analyze and display multiple target objects at differing frequencies in a layered user interface (UI) are disclosed.

Abstract: An artificial toolface reference system includes a power supply providing current to a ground lead and a reference lead. A ground point is coupled to the ground lead and in electrical connection with the ground. A reference wellbore includes a reference conductor in electrical connection with the ground. The reference conductor is in electrical connection with the reference lead. The reference conductor includes an uninsulated portion and an insulated portion having an insulating layer positioned thereabout. A guidance sensor positioned outside the reference wellbore includes at least one magnetometer. The power supply may be used to provide a current through the reference conductor, into the ground through the uninsulated portion, and the ground point such that a reference magnetic field is generated along the reference conductor. The guidance sensor may measure the reference magnetic field with a magnetometer. An artificial magnetic toolface may be calculated therefrom.

Abstract: A device for measuring an electric field in a conducting medium comprises: two electrodes separated by a volume of an insulating medium; a device for measuring current coupled to said electrodes; and adjustment elements making it possible to vary a quantity on which the electrical conductivity of the field measuring device depends.

Abstract: A method for operation of an electronic device and an electronic device are provided. The method includes determining if an object is detected at a first terminal and a second terminal among a plurality of terminals of an ear jack. If the object is detected, the impedance of the second terminal is calculated, and a type of the object is determined according to the calculated impedance.

Abstract: A mounting assembly and method that utilize Hall effect sensors to detect orientation and insertion of a portable device in a base are provided. Hall effect sensors positioned on one of a portable device and a base are arranged to interact with one or more magnets positioned on the other of the portable device or the base such that a change in proximity of at least one of the magnets to at least one of the sensors will cause the sensor to output a voltage signal that differs depending on the nearness of the magnet. Depending on at least one of the magnitude of the signal, the profile of the signal over time, and the identity of the sensor that output the signal, it is determined whether the orientation of the portable device in the base is correct and/or if the portable device is fully inserted in the base.

Abstract: A method for locating a mobile element in a predetermined zone, including supplying power to an on-board module in the mobile element, where the on-board module includes an electronic circuit and an on-board coil, generating a locating signal by the electronic circuit and transmission of the locating signal via the on-board coil, picking up the locating signal by receiver coils on a support in proximity to the predetermined zone, each of the receiver coils configured to pick up the locating signal when the mobile element is in proximity, and determining a location of the mobile element in the predetermined zone by detecting a signal level on the support in the form of an array by a processing unit connected to the support. The electronic circuit and the on-board coil constitute an RLC circuit that oscillates, generating the locating signal by sudden interruption of the current through the on-board coil.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to unpowered railgun field validation for safe-arm fuzing. Embodiments use a wire coil having an induced electromotive force voltage. At least one positive duration circuit measures the positive portion of the induced voltage. At least one positive peak duration circuit measures the peak value of the positive portion of the induced voltage. At least one negative duration circuit measures the duration value of the negative portion of the induced voltage. At least one negative peak detector circuit measures the peak value of the negative portion of the induced voltage.

Abstract: A high-frequency data and/or power transmission system suitable for downhole use including signal/power couplers, transmission line segments and signal repeaters. Signals and power are/is transmitted between couplers and/or between couplers and repeaters by means of electromagnetic resonance coupling. In at least a portion of the system, the transmission line segments form parallel data paths and the repeaters provide crossover capability between the data/power paths, thereby significantly improving reliability. The invention also includes methods of transmitting data and/or distributing high-frequency power through a downhole transmission system including multiple data/power paths and multiple crossovers wherein a fault location in one data/power path is bypassed by routing data and/or power to a parallel data/power path by means of electromagnetic resonance coupling.