Abstract: A jaws apparatus and method for using the jaws apparatus within a vise is described herein. A jaws apparatus may include a fixed jaw secured to the vise through an adapter. The adapter may have an adapter contact face and the fixed jaw may have a jaw contact face in slidable engagement with the adapter contact face. The adapter contact face may be comprised of a first physical material and the jaw contact face comprised of a second physical material. The first physical material and the second physical material may have substantially similar mechanical properties. The jaws apparatus may further include a movable jaw secured to a movable portion of the vise.

Abstract: A thermoelectric bias voltage generator having a substrate, an active device formed in a semiconductor region of the substrate, and a thermoelectric junction disposed on the substrate and connected to the active device to provide the bias voltage for the active device.

Abstract: A power sensor having a microstrip transmission line, comprising: a dielectric substrate; a strip conductor disposed on one surface of the substrate; and a ground plane conductor disposed on an opposite surface of the substrate. The power sensor includes a plurality of thermocouples extending from the strip conductor, proximal end portions of the thermocouples being thermally coupled to the strip conductor. A plurality of electrical conductors is provided, each one having a first end electrically connected to a distal end of a corresponding one of the thermocouples and a second end electrically connected to the proximate end of one of the plurality of thermocouples disposed adjacent to such corresponding one of the thermocouples. The proximal ends of the thermocouples are electrically insulated one from the other.