Patents Examined by Thang X Le
  • Patent number: 11105841
    Abstract: Machine with flying probes for testing electronic boards comprising a conveyor for loading/unloading the boards into/from the testing station, a plurality of flying probes suitable to interact with predetermined points of each board and a plurality of contacting devices arranged at the sides of the working volume of the flying probes and suitable to cooperate with contact areas arranged on one edge of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SPEA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Bonaria
  • Patent number: 11105771
    Abstract: A magnetic field generation device (100) includes a first magnet (1), a second magnet (2), and a position adjustment mechanism (5). The second magnet (2), together with the first magnet (1), generates a magnetic field. The position adjustment mechanism (5) adjusts a position of the first magnet (1). The magnetic field generation device (100) controls the value of the product of a magnetic flux density and a magnetic flux density gradient in the magnetic field through the adjustment of the position of the first magnet (1) by the position adjustment mechanism (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KAWANO Lab. Inc.
    Inventor: Makoto Kawano
  • Patent number: 11092636
    Abstract: A measurement system comprising an anechoic space, a measurement antenna, a device under test, a spectrum analyzer, and a power sensor. The device under test transmits a signal. The measurement antenna measures the signal transmitted by the device under test. The signal measured by the measurement antenna is forwarded at least partly to the power sensor. The power sensor triggers the spectrum analyzer to perform a measurement. Further, a method of measuring a signal is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Schmitz, Sijia Gu
  • Patent number: 11073580
    Abstract: A medical radiofrequency coil may comprise: a base substrate; and a radio coil unit having a first coil element which has a rectangular shape and is formed along an edge of the inner peripheral surface of the base substrate, and a second coil element which is formed at the inner side of the first coil element and has a shape of paired paddles connected to each other. Therefore, the present inventive concept provides a radiofrequency coil, which can minimize an image distortion due to a beam-hardening artifact effect, and a medical imaging device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Young Han Lee, Min Jung Kim, Jaemoon Yang, Jin-Suck Suh
  • Patent number: 11067612
    Abstract: A monitoring device (10) includes a feature amount storage unit (11) that stores a device feature amount which is a feature amount of each of a plurality of electrical devices installed in a predetermined unit in operation; a measured data acquisition unit (12) that acquires measured data of the predetermined unit which is at least one of a total current consumption, a total power consumption, and a voltage measured in the predetermined unit; a feature amount extraction unit (13) that acquires a measurement feature amount which is the feature amount included in the measured data of the predetermined unit; a correction unit (15) that corrects a first feature amount which is the device feature amount or the measurement feature amount based on unit feature information indicating a feature of the predetermined unit; and a presumption unit (16) that presumes the electrical device being in operation using the corrected first feature amount, and a second feature amount which is the device feature amount or the measu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Saneyoshi, Takahiro Toizumi, Kosuke Homma, Ryo Hashimoto, Katsuya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11067608
    Abstract: A current sensor including a voltage generation circuit and a voltage integration circuit is provided. The voltage generation circuit is configured to generate a first voltage according to a current to be sensed. The voltage integration circuit is coupled to the voltage generation circuit and configured to receive the first voltage and a second voltage to generate an output voltage. The voltage integration circuit includes a first amplifier, a second amplifier and a first capacitor. The first amplifier is configured to receive the first voltage and the second voltage to generate a third voltage. The second amplifier is coupled to the first amplifier and configured to receive the third voltage to generate the output voltage. The first capacitor is coupled between an output terminal of the voltage generation circuit and an output terminal of the first amplifier and configured to reduce a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Lu, Chih-Hao Lin, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Chieh-An Lin
  • Patent number: 11060888
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring the armature position of a solenoid having a coil with a movable armature, constructed as a bistable linear magnet and activated in a switched mode by means of pulse width modulation, wherein the depth of the current peaks at the solenoid is measured as a measure of the inductance and the position of the movable armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Stefan Brantweiner, Reinhard Mick
  • Patent number: 11061079
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a grounding monitoring device, method, system and computer readable storage medium, which relates to the field of coal mine safety. The device includes: a measurement power source for supplying power to the grounding monitoring device; a resistance measurement device connected between the measurement power source and a grounding electrode, the resistance measurement device, the measurement power source and the grounding electrode forming a current detection circuit via the ground, wherein a resistance of a grounding resistor is determined according to a current flowing through the grounding electrode in the current detection circuit to determine a monitoring result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Shanxi Quan'an New Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chunping Guo
  • Patent number: 11047886
    Abstract: A measurement device includes a sensor unit capable of measuring a state of a measurement target, and a control unit configured to control the sensor unit. The sensor unit includes a measurement unit capable of measuring a voltage corresponding to the state of the measurement target, a first voltage comparison unit configured to determine whether or not the measured voltage is changed beyond a lower limit value of a predetermined voltage change, and a second voltage comparison unit configured to determine whether or not the voltage change is changed beyond an upper limit value of the voltage change. The control unit stops power supply to the sensor unit in a case in which it is determined in the first and second voltage comparison units that the measured voltage is not changed beyond the voltage change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Zensho Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiichi Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11047887
    Abstract: Deterioration in transient response characteristics of a current sensor may cause overshoot or delay. Thus, it is difficult to achieve good transient response characteristics of a magnetic field. A current sensor is provided, including: a detection unit outputting a signal corresponding to a magnetic field generated by detection current flowing through a current path; a reception unit receiving the signal corresponding to the magnetic field; a filter unit filtering the signal received by the reception unit; and an output unit outputting an output signal indicating the detection current according to the filtered signal, wherein detection gain, as gain of magnetic flux density detected by the detection unit, has a gain fluctuation band that changes with an increase in a frequency of the detection current, and the filter unit has gain that cancels out the change in the detection gain in at least a part of the gain fluctuation band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kawasaki, Ryuji Nobira
  • Patent number: 11047893
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a display, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), a communication module comprising communication circuitry disposed to the PCB, an Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) detection module comprising EMI detecting circuitry disposed to the PCB, at least one antenna electrically coupled to the communication module and the EMI detection module, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: output an image using the display, control a communication configuration of the electronic device with an external electronic device using the communication module, detect an EMI signal using the antenna and the EMI detection module, and perform a designated operation based on at least the detected EMI signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Chul Choi, Hyunwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11047926
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for redundant measurements of a magnetic field originating from or influenced by a moveable object is described. The apparatus comprising at least one first magnetic field sensitive element measuring at least one magnetic field property of the magnetic field, wherein the at least one first magnetic field sensitive element is implemented on a first area of a semiconductor substrate, at least one second magnetic field sensitive element measuring at least one magnetic field property of the magnetic field, wherein the at least one second magnetic field sensitive element is implemented on a second area of said semiconductor substrate, and wherein the first and second areas are isolated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Melexis Technologies SA
    Inventors: Jan-Willem Burssens, Vincent Hiligsmann, Lucian Barbut, Samuel Huber Lindenberger, Christian Schott
  • Patent number: 11047880
    Abstract: A probing device includes a chuck configured to support a device under test (DUT), and includes a probe card disposed above the chuck. The probe card includes an inlet configured to convey a gas into the probe card, and an outlet configured to blow the gas at a predetermined temperature from the probe card toward the chuck. A method includes providing a chuck, a DUT disposed on the chuck and a probe card disposed above the DUT, and blowing a gas at a predetermined temperature from the probe card toward the DUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: STAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Choon Leong Lou, Ho Yeh Chen
  • Patent number: 11043337
    Abstract: A meter for measuring a flow of a product is disclosed. The meter includes a sensor configured to sense the flow of the product and a microcomputer communicatively coupled with the sensor and configured to measure the flow of the product based on signals received from the sensor. The meter also includes at least one supercapacitor electrically coupled with the microcomputer and configured to supply power to the microcomputer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: AVX Corporation
    Inventor: Shawn Hansen
  • Patent number: 11035899
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a detection system, and, more particularly, to system for detection of passive voltage contrast and methods of use. The system includes a chamber; a stage provided within the chamber, configured to stage a target structure; an electron beam apparatus which is structured to emit an e-beam toward the stage; and a laser source which emits a laser signal toward the stage, at a same area as the e-beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Changqing Chen, Fransiscus X. G. Rivai, Choon Seng Adrian Ng, Kay Guan Chia
  • Patent number: 11035886
    Abstract: A device is disclosed that includes a control circuit and a scope circuit. The control circuit is configured to delay a voltage signal to generate a first control signal. The scope circuit is configured to be operated in one of a first mode and a second mode according to the first control signal. In the first mode, the scope circuit is configured to generate a first current signal indicating amplitudes of the voltage signal, and in the second mode, the scope circuit is configured to stop generating the first current signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Peng Hsieh, Chih-Chiang Chang, Chung-Chieh Yang
  • Patent number: 11026593
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting and analyzing changes in a body. For example, a system includes an electric field generator configured to produce an electric field. The system includes an external sensor device configured to detect physical changes in the electric field, where the physical changes affect amplitude and frequency of the electric field. The system includes a quadrature demodulator configured to detect changes of the frequency of the output of the electric field generator. The system includes an amplitude reference source and an amplitude comparison switch configured to detect changes of the amplitude of the output of the electric field generator. The system includes a signal processor configured to analyze the changes of the amplitude and frequency of the output of the electric field generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: LIFE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: John B. Langley, II, Guy McIlroy
  • Patent number: 11031165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for determining the armature (1) position of an electromagnet. In the method the potential differences in the yoke (2) or in the armature (1), generated by a non-homogeneous eddy current distribution in the event of a deflection of the armature (1), are detected to determine the instantaneous armature (1) position relative to a reference position from these potential differences. For this purpose at least one voltage difference is measured between two measuring points on the yoke (2) or armature (1), or between one measuring point on the yoke (2) or armature (1) and a reference potential. The armature (1) position relative to a reference position on the electromagnet is then determined from this voltage difference. The method can be performed cost effectively, and can also easily be applied to existing electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Ulm, Stefan Gradl, Pascal Stehlik, Marc Knorr, Oliver Bredlow, Oliver Vogel, Bastian Motzer
  • Patent number: 11022626
    Abstract: Disclosed is a testing device. The testing device includes a testing socket configured to support a plurality of probes, a testing-circuit substrate which includes a contact point to contact the probe, a slider which makes the testing socket be coupled to and separated from the testing-circuit substrate, and a slider operator which includes a main body arranged on the testing socket, and a slider pressing portion up/down-movably supported on the main body and moving down from the main body toward the slider so that the slider can slide along a surface direction of the testing socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Jung-Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 11022501
    Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring temperature characteristics of a battery include one or more transducers coupled to the battery for transmitting and/or receiving sound waves through at least a portion of the battery. A temperature measurement unit is provided to determine a time-of-flight of sound waves through at least the portion of the battery based on transmitted and received sound waves through at least the portion of the battery, and to determine temperature characteristics of at least the portion of the battery based on the time-of-flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Feasible, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Gaheem Hsieh, Barry James Van Tassell, Daniel Artemis Steingart, Shaurjo Biswas, Robert Charles Mohr